Chinese herbs have been used for centuries on their own and in conjunction with other alternative therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure and Ayurveda to prevent hair loss, re-grow hair and restore natural pigment to gray hair. Hair loss has many causes, such as...

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Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have a "proof of concept" that selenium, a nonmetal chemical element, can disrupt the foraging behavior and survival of honey bees.

A number of animal scientists at public universities help, and are paid by, pharmaceutical companies to advise -- persuade -- farmers and ranches to use Zilmax, antibiotics, hormones and other drugs.

Autism Action Network Citizen Activists Stop Pharma Cold S 199 was introduced by State Senator Bill Mullin, the Vermont Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Chairperson for Vermont. ALEC is lobbying organization that attempts to pass legislation in the states that reflect the ...

by Dr. Mercola One in four Americans aged 45 and older take statin drugs to lower cholesterol and supposedly “prevent heart disease.” That amounts to 32 million Americans or, as Peter Wehrwein pointed out in the Harvard Health Letter, the equivalent of the entire populations of Florida and Illin ...

Just like ALEC, Big Pharma is doing the job of elected officials by writing legislation-ready bills for no charge, says the New York Times. The new bills seek to prevent health insurers from raising co-pay amounts to a price where patients are unable or unwilling to buy drugs, especially with expens ...

Who would think that sunscreen causes cancer? It has been only a fairly recent development, but it still could cause some serious shock and awe when everyone figures out that conventional sunscreen found in drugstores nationally could be a potential risk factor for skin cancer. Sunscreens are made t ...

Decades of conservation efforts to save rhinos are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in Asian traditional medicine has spawned a vast criminal trade powered by poaching.

Local and regional authorities in Indonesia caught 33 poachers last week who had taken , manta rays and sea cucumbers from a marine protected area that scientists have identified as one of the sea’s most important sites. But after confiscating their illegal catch and gear, the patrol officers had ...

You may have read what’s bad about plastic bags and decided to reduce the amount of disposables you consume, and that’s a great direction to be heading in. But there’s another problem in the plastic-trash minefield that needs tackling — … Continue reading →

Hunters, corrupt wildlife officials and Asian traffickers have all been snared in South Africa's crackdown on rhino poaching.

U.S. drug regulators are warning people with multiple sclerosis to avoid an experimental treatment that props open internal veins in the neck and chest, because it can cause death or serious injury.

A new study published in Biology Letters found that microplastic concentrations in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) have seen a 100-fold increase over the past 40 years. The Pacific Garbage Patch is a swatch of ocean, thought to be between … Continue reading →

Even the world's largest producer of oil understands the value of developing renewable energy.

Scientists are reporting a possible link between the use of sunscreen containing a certain ingredient that mimics the effects of the female sex hormone estrogen and an increased risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis, a painful condition in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus. They de ...

there is the problem of time. HLW will remain dangerous for longer than civilization itself has existed. Future civilizations may not even have the ability to address the dangers—even if we could somehow warn them what they’re dealing with.  Meanwhile, the construction of new nuclear facilities ...

A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Increasingly, the front lines of the information warfare being perpetuated by corporations upon the people are moving into peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences journals. Once considered a place where rigorous, empirical science -- i.e. the truth -- is vindicated and publicly acknowledged, th ...

The new documentary 'Last Call at the Oasis' shines a light on growing global concerns about water scarcity -- and what companies and governments large and small are doing to keep the glass half-full. Read the original article...