Archive for the ‘Global Health’ Category

Patch Adams

Now we’re talking!!!!……. Dr. Adam’s was recently here in Portland this February and I had the wonderful opportunity to hear him talk. This is a amazing person. [patchadams.org] He is an example of someone who is true to themself and walks the talk. He talks about intention and creating yourself every moment. A truly lovely [...]

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Milk- rBHT (hormones)

Watch this film by Jeffrey M. Smith. Dairy products from cows treated with Monsanto’s genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST) may sharply increase cancer risk and other diseases, especially in children. Already banned in most industrialized nations, it was approved in the US on the backs of fired whistleblowers, manipulated research, and a [...]

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Drugs in the water we drink

Today the Associated Press published an informative article on drugs polluting our water.
The question scientists ask is will this harm us? Duh, of course it will.
Ask the pharmaceutical industry whether the contamination of water supplies is a problem, and officials will tell you no. “Based on what we now know, I would say we find [...]

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Global Perspectives in Health and Environment- Cuba

We can look at health on an individual level and a social level. (Micro and Macro)
On the 19th of February the communist dictator of the west, Castro, has stepped down- passed the torch to his brother. One important thing to remember that in Cuba “1.4 million people are basically held prisoner on that island. Freedom [...]

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