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Is Your Phone Blinding You?

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A new study says that smartphones may ruin your eyesight. Researchers at the University of Toledo, in Ohio, have found that exposure to blue-light — the glow emitted from most smartphones, tablets and laptops — promotes the growth of “poisonous molecules” in your eyes, leading to macular degeneration. FULL STORY HERE

Teen Receives Double Lung Transplant Due To Vaping

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Dr. Hassan Nemeh, the surgeon who led the team that performed the first double lung transplant on a vaping patient in the United States, said that the damage to the previously healthy teen’s organs was unparalleled. “What I saw in his lungs is like … FULL STORY HERE

Switching From Zoloft To CBD – What To Know

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Switching From Zoloft to CBD If you are planning on switching from Zoloft To CBD, or any other anti depressants for that matter, there are some very important things to keep in mind. There are three types of anti-depressants: SSRIs, SNRIs, and NDRIs. Some of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants are called re uptake inhibitors. […]

CBD for PVC’s – Premature Ventricular Contractions

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For more information on CBD for PVC’s or other conditions, be sure to visit our CBD Knowledge Center, our Benefits of CBD page, or our CBD FAQ. Buttons are below. Feel free to download our Free e-book as well. There’s no obligation. What are PVC’s? Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra heartbeats that begin in […]

Cortisone Injections: The Side Effects

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What will the doctor offer you if you have a stubborn pain in a joint? Frequently, physicians turn to cortisone injections to ease the pain for a while. Before you agree to such treatment, make sure you are aware that it can cause devastating body-wide side effects. One reader learned that the hard way. FULL […]

Ditch The Dairy!

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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to place breast cancer warnings on cheese. Made up of 12,000 medical professional members, PCRM would like cheese products to have warning labels similar to those on cigarette packets. It gives one example in the petition: “dairy cheese contains reproductive […]

Synthetic CBD is Coming

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By now most people have heard of Cannabidiol otherwise known as CBD. Many of us in the industry have been concerned with the FDA taking steps to remove this 100% natural material from direct over the counter sales and migrating it to Prescription only. They have claimed that they are considering potency guidelines for over […]

Home Genetic Test Kits Giving FALSE Results

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Senior doctors have called for a crackdown on consumer genetic tests, following an influx of patients who have been wrongly told they are carrying dangerous mutations linked to cancer or other devastating conditions. Women have been incorrectly informed by companies that they have faulty BRCA genes, which convey a high risk of breast and ovarian […]

Gene Testing and Fraud

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When technology or insurance coverage determinations evolve, so do the opportunities for FRAUD. Genetic testing, whether it’s for ancestral research or assessing disease risk, is an extraordinary tool made possible by advances in science, computing capacity, and the sequencing of the human genome. What was inconceivable 25 years ago can now be accomplished with a saliva […]

Vaping-Related Hospitalizations – 5 Things We Still Don’t Know

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Today, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies confirmed that there have been 215 confirmed cases and as many as 450 possible cases in 33 states that could be linked to the recent outbreak of vaping-related hospitalizations. Additionally, the CDC confirmed there have been three deaths associated with […]