Getting rid of the plug and swapping landlines for cell phones, representatives of the Generation Digital will soon feel that they paid for the mobility with their own health. As the growing industry of mobile devices develops, the list of diseases that are typical for members of the “digital” generation is growing. This is openly discussed by a Nobel laureate Dr. Devra Davis in her book... 

A Euro coin with the Spanish national flag in the background. A recent report released by a Spanish institution says 25 percent of Spain’s population lives below poverty line, 2 percent higher than last year, as the country grapples with the highest rate of impoverishment among European states. According to an annual report issued by the Spanish Economic and Social Council (CES), lack of jobs for... 

Bath salts Move over, mild hallucinations! The newest narcotic ravaging the US isn’t bought on corners or pilfered from pharmacies, but sold legally in stores under an unassuming name. Bath salts are all the rage, but are users becoming flesh-hungry monsters? In 2010, the American Association of Poison Control Centers received only about 300 reports relating to the usage of “bath salts,” a man-made... 

Five million Brazilian farmers are locked in a lawsuit with US-based biotech giant Monsanto, suing for as much as 6.2 billion euros. They say that the genetic-engineering company has been collecting royalties on crops it unfairly claims as its own. The farmers claim that Monsanto unfairly collects exorbitant profits every year worldwide on royalties from “renewal” seed harvests. “Renewal”... 

Stage slide show during Madoona show in Tel Aviv Madonna seems to have crossed the line and may now face a court battle with France’s top far right-wing politician, Marine Le Pen. She claims the singer depicted her as a Nazi, placing a swastika on her forehead during a stage slide show. The face of Marine Le Pen, the head of France’s Front National, appeared on a large screen with a swastika symbol... 

The Irish Medical Times reveals that 70% of adults in the fluoridated Republic are above the medically-safe daily fluoride intake and this is directly due to drinking water being fluoridated. In the UK which is largely un-fluoridated, a sizeable proportion of adults are also above safe levels. Only in February 2012 the European Commission again warned that the very youngest are at greatest risk with... 

Revolution is in the air – Globally. At least the first wave of revolutionary fervour has struck the world. Commencing from unlikely Tunisia, spreading through dormant Egypt, toppling the Libyan strongman, the North African – Arabian Peninsula rejoiced in the Arab Spring. Yet the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and western world change seekers are even more dramatic. Striking at the heart of... 

Grace Bedell thought it could clinch the election when she suggested to Abraham Lincoln that he grow a beard. Now a century and a half later, Americans are asking their president to consider an updated proposal: Mr. Obama, please don’t kill us. Unlike the correspondence from 1860 that was signed off by a single person — an 11-year-old girl from upstate New York — over 1,000 Americans have already... 

Following protests from bee advocates, Poland has banned the use of an insecticide-producing Monsanto seed. Poland has banned a strain of genetically engineered Monsanto corn, citing a link between the pervasive crop and the rapid decline of honeybee populations. After experts determined that widely used neonicotinoid insecticides were causing colony collapse disorder—a worldwide phenomenon wherein... 

Russia can be left without its traditional alcohol beverages after July 1st. It goes about such drinks as mead, sbiten, cider and some others. The producers and importers of these products do not execute the regulations about mandatory licensing, which obliges them to make containers for alcohol and non-alcohol products separately, Interfax reports. During the summer period of the year, which is a... 

Several days ago, the world was shocked with the news from Europe. A family couple from Bosnia and Herzegovina had been keeping a young German woman as their slave for eight years. The victim of family violence is now 19 years of age. The Bosnian couple – Milenko Marinkovic, 52, and his wife Slavojka Marinkovic, 45, – were torturing and starving an underage girl, whose name was Karla.... 

The new AIDS? A parasitic illness called Chagas disease has been dubbed the 'new AIDS of the Americas' by experts. It is usually transmitted from the bite of blood-sucking insect species called Triatome bugs, which include 'Kissing bugs' (Triatomids) A little-known life-threatening illness caused by blood sucking insects has been labelled the ‘new AIDS of the Americas’ by experts. The... 

In an attempt to get more money from the state, a middle school and high school in Texas are implementing a program in which student IDs will be outfitted with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in order to track their movements around school. If you’re unfamiliar with this technology, a great primer on the subject has been written by Brent Daggett for End the Lie and I highly recommend... 

Diabetics cannot process carbohydrates. It’s fact. But the recommended diet from the American Diabetes Association is loaded with them. Why? Because they don’t want to fix you they, and the corporations to fund them, want you to contribute to the insulin industry. If you follow the ADA diet you will slowly and painfully die. What happens when you have diabetes (type 2) either your pancreas... 

A new report by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) circulating in the Kremlin today on this past weeks violent shaking of the Norwegian Sea floor after it was hit by a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake at the shallow depth of 8.8 km (5.5 miles) states that this event also caused an “unexpected and rapid” shifting of the magnetic North Pole by nearly 1,000 km (621 miles) these scientists claim...