Who Owns Your Genes? The Case Continues…

Sandra Park ACLU Today, a divided appellate court upheld patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The ruling partially reverses a landmark decision by a federal district court in March 2010 that concluded that human genes cannot be patented. The appellate court did affirm the district court’s invalidation of several [...]

Big Pharma looks to capitalize on success of vitamin D by turning it into a ‘drug’ for kidney disease

Jonathan Benson NaturalNews With an incredible success rate for vitamin D in treating a myriad of health conditions, it is no wonder that some drug companies are looking for new ways to capitalize on this natural, inexpensive nutrient. Biopharmaceutical giant Rockwell Medical recently announced that it has acquired a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]

Tylenol Extra Strength Is the Number One Cause of Liver Failure

USA Today Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that it’s reducing the maximum daily dose of its Extra Strength Tylenol pain reliever to lower risk of accidental overdose from acetaminophen, its active ingredient and the top cause of liver failure. The company’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division said the change affects Extra Strength Tylenol sold in the [...]

Apple holding more cash than USA

BBC News Apple now has more cash to spend than the United States government. Latest figures from the US Treasury Department show that the country has an operating cash balance of $73.7bn (£45.3bn). Apple’s most recent financial results put its reserves at $76.4bn (£46.9bn). The US House of Representatives is due to vote on a [...]

Rahm Emanuel Imposes New Curfew For Chicago Children

Cancer-stricken WTC worker gets $0 settlement check

SUSAN EDELMAN and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN New York Post Cancer-stricken Ground Zero worker Edgar Galvis has finally received a compensation check — for zero dollars. The 51-year-old Queens man, who suffered sinus problems and then throat cancer after months of removing toxic debris from the World Financial Center, was relieved to get a check in [...]

What’s really in the food? The A to Z of the food industry’s most evil ingredients

Mike Adams NaturalNews Ever wonder what’s really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking me, “What ingredients should I avoid?” So I put together a short list that covers all the most toxic and disease-promoting ingredients in the food supply. These are the substances causing cancer, diabetes, heart disease [...]

4 Recent Scientific Blows to the Global Warming Theory

Activist Post The science behind the anthropogenic global warming theory appears to be falling apart with each new scientific study. Global warming, now often referred to as “climate change,” is still reported as fact in every establishment publication despite increasing evidence to the contrary.  It’s difficult to argue that the climate is not shifting in [...]

Polarbeargate?

James Delingpole The Telegraph This is too good a story not to repeat, not least for the headline it invites: (H/T Ed West; Julian Morris) JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been placed [...]

White House recruits IMF communications chief

Caroline Atkinson will become a special assistant to US President Barack Obama © AFP/File Saul Loeb AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday announced its top spokesperson, Caroline Atkinson, is leaving the Fund to become a special assistant to US President Barack Obama. Atkinson, the director of external relations at the Washington-based [...]