Enjoyed the world over as something of an icon of the tropical experience, the pineapple was used in indigenous medicine for a wide range of ailments; uses that are only now being confirmed by modern scientific methods
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"Institutions that police dissent often discover--too late--that legitimacy is a finite resource."
When the World Health Organization issued its carefully worded statement on January 24, 2026, responding to the formal notification of U.S. withdrawal, the tone was calm, regretful, and resolutely moral. The world, it warned, would be less safe without the United States. Cooperation saves lives. Science must transcend politics. The statement read less like an internal reckoning and more like a sermon delivered after the congregation had already walked out the door.¹
by: January 28, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Doctors routinely prescribe estrogen-based medications to millions of women for everything from preventing pregnancy to clearing up acne, managing PMS symptoms, and treating menopausal hot flashes. These prescriptions are handed out with reassuring confidence that the benefits outweigh the risks. Now, a new research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation has exposed a disturbing mechanism through which these widely prescribed medications dramatically amplify blood clot risk, particularly in women carrying extra weight.
by: January 29, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Western medicine insists pharmaceutical drugs represent the only hope for cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disease. Billions of dollars flow into Alzheimer’s medications that barely slow progression while causing serious side effects. Meanwhile, a remarkable mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries has been quietly demonstrating something pharmaceutical companies can’t achieve: actually stimulating new brain cell growth and reversing neurological damage.
by: January 27, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) The pharmaceutical industry has spent billions developing drugs claiming to boost immunity or suppress inflammation, yet a centuries-old Korean fermented vegetable dish accomplishes both simultaneously – something no patented medication has achieved. Kimchi, long dismissed by Western medicine as merely ethnic cuisine, demonstrates precise immune regulation that modern immunology is only beginning to understand.
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Case counts are rising. So are the unanswered questions.
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South Carolina is now reporting the largest measles outbreak since elimination--but the data behind that claim remains curiously incomplete.
Garlic is used the world over as a culinary spice, but recent research indicates that among its 100+ medicinal properties it is far safer and more effective than a commonly used chelation drug in pulling lead out of the human body.
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Consuming seven Ajwa dates each day may help prevent preeclampsia during pregnancy -- and that's just one of dates' many health benefits
The health benefits of dates date to as far back as biblical times. Koran, the holy book of Islam, references the effects of the fruit for better birthing: Allah instructs the Virgin Mary to consume dates when she gives birth to Jesus.[i] Within Islamic tradition, dates maintain a revered place in pregnant women's health.
Now a new study echoes potential health gains from consuming dates during pregnancy, specifically how doing so may inhibit the progression of preeclampsia, which is high blood pressure during pregnancy that's a leading factor in fetal and maternal deaths worldwide.[ii] This is just one of the many health benefits of dates -- an often-overlooked fruit in the U.S.
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What 48 Studies and 6,000 Years of Tradition Reveal About One of Earth's Most Powerful and Poetic Healing Foods
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There are foods that feel like simple fuel--and foods that feel like memory, as if they've been traveling with us for millennia, carrying quiet instructions for survival. The date (Phoenix dactylifera) belongs to the latter category. Across cultures and epochs, it has stood as a symbol of fertility, resurrection, and divine provision--a fruit that appears whenever life hangs in the balance.
Author: Trisha Houghton, CNS, ASIST
Have you ever heard of HBOT, or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
If not, you’re in for a treat!
It turns out this unique form of treatment can do wonders for a wide range of medical applications—from treating decompression sickness in scuba divers to slowing serious infections to accelerating wound recovery to addressing air bubbles in your blood vessels.
According to recent research, however, there’s a new use for it: treating traumatic brain injuries!
Below, we’ll take a closer look at what Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is, how it works, and what it can do for you. We’ll also dive into some of the recent studies linking HBOT to your brain health.
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by: January 26, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Here’s what nobody tells you about dementia: nearly half of all cases could theoretically be prevented by addressing lifestyle factors we control right now. Not someday when pharmaceutical companies develop the perfect pill. Not through experimental treatments costing tens of thousands annually. Today, through choices available to anyone willing to challenge the narrative that cognitive decline is simply inevitable aging.
by: January 25, 2026
(NaturalHealth365) Your grocery store’s produce section presents a deceptive choice. Those large, mature vegetables filling your cart look impressive and substantial, suggesting nutritional value proportional to their size. Meanwhile, tiny seedlings barely 2-8 centimeters tall – dismissed as garnishes or culinary novelties – contain exponentially more vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting compounds than their full-grown counterparts.
Heart disease, while still the #1 cause of mortality in the developed world, can be prevented and even reversed with nutritional interventions, according to a growing body of scientific research we're indexing on GreenMedInfo.com
Considering that heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the developed world, anything that can prevent or reduce cardiac mortality, or slow or even reverse the cardiovascular disease process, should be of great interest to health professionals and the general public alike.
Sadly, millions are still unaware of the extensive body of biomedical literature that exists supporting the use of natural compounds for preventing and even reversing heart disease, which we have indexed on GreenMedInfo.com.
We all know that leafy green vegetables are good for us, but do you know why they're so good? There are plenty of reasons but, when it comes to heart health, the secret may be nitrates and chlorophyll
In a paper published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh propose that high levels of dietary nitrate might in part explain the vascular benefits of diets rich in leafy greens.
Since the 19th century nitrates have been administered to patients with angina to dilate their arteries and increase blood flow.
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Author: Salina Speck-Thayer, MS, QMHP, CPLC, CPT
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How Leaves of Grass Reveals Wellness as the Ground of All Being
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170 years ago, a poet wrote twelve words that contain an entire philosophy of healing. They are not advice. They are not hope. They are a statement about the structure of reality itself--and they may be the most radical thing you read this year.
"What will be, will be well-- for what is is well."
-- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
There is a single line in Whitman's Leaves of Grass that carries the weight of cosmic consciousness. It is not optimism. It is not denial. It is ontology--a statement about the structure of reality itself: What will be, will be well--because what is, is well.
When I first read it thirty years ago, it blew my mind and heart wide open. To this day, it haunts me in the most beautiful way.
