Alternative News and Information. en-us http://users.feedblitz.com/7cac552a450f83864c6413641f68cb51/logo.gifhttp://www.alternet.org/ http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/health/155189/independent_test_results_show_fracking_flowback_emissions_are_dangerous_toxic_chemicals/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/30036014/0/alternet_healthwellness~Independent-Test-Results-Show-Fracking-Flowback-Emissions-Are-Dangerous-Toxic-Chemicals/ A Texas town is ignoring its own test results to allow fracking to continue in violation of city ordinances and to the endangerment of local residents. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:00:01 PDT Earthworks story-0d9b05ffd1e180a821e70f5777be8524 http://www.alternet.org/health/155180/kfc_ordered_to_pay_%248.3_million_to_australian_girl_paralyzed_after_eating_a_twister_wrap/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/30029801/0/alternet_healthwellness~KFC-Ordered-to-Pay-Million-to-Australian-Girl-Paralyzed-After-Eating-a-Twister-Wrap Monika Samaan was seven when she suffered salmonella encephalopathy -- a brain injury linked to food poisoning that also left her with a blood infection and septic shock. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:01 PDT AFP story-f3df547735ae038e8a5ed83921f34508 http://www.alternet.org/health/155177/gulf_coast_waters_closed_to_shrimping/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/30028496/0/alternet_healthwellness~Gulf-Coast-Waters-Closed-to-Shrimping/ State officials in Alabama have taken action, and other states need to take action to keep dangerous seafood from the Gulf off the dinner tables of Americans. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:01 PDT Joieau, Daily Kos story-d6fa44f53e0b973eab55a6c3387770cf http://www.alternet.org/health/155170/6_kinds_of_pills_big_pharma_tries_to_get_you_hooked_on_for_life/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/30018107/0/alternet_healthwellness~Kinds-of-Pills-Big-Pharma-Tries-to-Get-You-Hooked-on-for-Life/ Since direct-to-consumer drug advertising debuted in the late 1990s, the number of people on prescription drugs for life has ballooned. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:01 PDT Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet story-70115aaa5be6d32508a3d11eaf0ffe65 http://www.alternet.org/health/155172/10_amazing_discoveries_you_missed_this_week/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/30034651/0/alternet_healthwellness~Amazing-Discoveries-You-Missed-This-Week/ From medical devices straight out of Star Wars to birds that give Martha Stewart a run for her money, here are 10 fascinating new discoveries. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:01 PDT Liz Langley, AlterNet story-d5c3a09c68823cd32227eb0e81f01ba3 http://www.alternet.org/health/155167/5_fascinating_new_uses_for_psychedelics/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/30034652/0/alternet_healthwellness~Fascinating-New-Uses-For-Psychedelics/ Scientists are looking into various medical and psychiatric uses for psychedelics. Could the taboo be ending? Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:00:01 PDT Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet story-9cf5094da2d605831735ce7d36929ac5 http://www.alternet.org/health/155122/occupy_aids%3A_act_up_celebrates_25_years_by_marching_on_wall_street/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29991462/0/alternet_healthwellness~Occupy-AIDS-ACT-UP-Celebrates-Years-by-Marching-On-Wall-Street/ ACT UP developed a model of direct action that is in many ways a template for Occupy--so it's not surprising that they're joining OWS for a march on Wall Street. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:01 PDT Michael Bouldin, AlterNet story-50f95cc5723d62e7941e502b9c78dfa1 http://www.alternet.org/health/155119/why_is_autism_so_drastically_on_the_rise_an_environmental_horror_story/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29998470/0/alternet_healthwellness~Why-Is-Autism-So-Drastically-on-the-Rise-An-Environmental-Horror-Story/ An investigation into the relationship between environmental poisons and human health is riveting -- and terrifying. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:00:01 PDT Eleanor J. Bader, AlterNet story-5669805a145112776e74da1baf91e13e http://www.alternet.org/health/155001/how_psychiatric_drugs_made_america_mad_/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29980066/0/alternet_healthwellness~How-Psychiatric-Drugs-Made-America-Mad/ Many casually prescribed drugs are fully capable of disabling – often permanently – bodies, brains and spirits. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:00:01 PDT Gary G. Kohls, Consortium News story-c11fd99f191927e06d9d8b92c596cf6d http://www.alternet.org/health/155103/why_women_%28and_men%29_get_%26quot%3Bbaby_fever%26quot%3B_/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29980067/0/alternet_healthwellness~Why-Women-and-Men-Get-quotBaby-Feverquot/ Could there be real science behind the old cliche of a woman's biological clock? I didn't believe it -- until now. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:00:01 PDT Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon story-186b391c714e3f2a1e22a37b73dad4e9 http://www.alternet.org/health/155088/billions_in_fines_don%27t_matter_--_here%27s_how_bp_should_be_punished_for_the_gulf_disaster/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29960449/0/alternet_healthwellness~Billions-in-Fines-Dont-Matter-Heres-How-BP-Should-Be-Punished-for-the-Gulf-Disaster/ What is missing is a criminal prosecution that holds responsible the individuals who gambled with the lives of BP's contractors and the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:00:01 PDT Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica story-58fbab9a84c7c9ef0b226ec58881e66a http://www.alternet.org/health/155062/epa%27s_first_fracking_rules_seen_as_limited_and_delayed/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29947953/0/alternet_healthwellness~EPAs-First-Fracking-Rules-Seen-as-Limited-and-Delayed/ "It sets a floor for what the industry needs to do," said attorney Erik Schlenker-Goodrich of the Western Environmental Law Center. "The reality is we can do far better." Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:00:01 PDT Lena Groeger, ProPublica story-dbc2b28561d065d1cd52109b5d855f3f http://www.alternet.org/health/155032/eyeless_shrimp_and_fish_with_tumors%3A_the_horrific_consequences_of_bp%27s_spill/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29938741/0/alternet_healthwellness~Eyeless-Shrimp-and-Fish-With-Tumors-The-Horrific-Consequences-of-BPs-Spill/ Despite mounting environmental and health consequences, not to mention the death of 11 workers, no executives have received jail time. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:00:01 PDT Lisa Kaas Boyle, AlterNet story-10dd2a74092e6b7167d6e127a59dd39a http://www.alternet.org/health/155021/2012_goldman_environmental_prize_winners_risk_their_lives/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29925162/0/alternet_healthwellness~Goldman-Environmental-Prize-Winners-Risk-Their-Lives/ The Goldman Environmental Foundation announced the winners of their prize given to people who protect the environment and their communities, often at risk of their lives. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:00:01 PDT Environment News Service story-621a8f3ccfa630117bdd8b12809786b9 http://www.alternet.org/health/154988/conservatives%27_losing_bet_on_birth_control%3A_history_suggests_they_might%27ve_woken_a_sleeping_giant/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29905858/0/alternet_healthwellness~Conservatives-Losing-Bet-on-Birth-Control-History-Suggests-They-Mightve-Woken-a-Sleeping-Giant/ The historical record suggests we may be witnessing a re-awakening of the reproductive rights movement. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:00:01 PDT Patti Miller, RH Reality Check story-6d667fdad327da08b4aa34a11ac68311 http://www.alternet.org/health/154944/inside_the_growing_prescription_pill_epidemic_that%27s_ravaging_communities/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29853472/0/alternet_healthwellness~Inside-the-Growing-Prescription-Pill-Epidemic-Thats-Ravaging-Communities/ What started out as a situation in poor isolated areas of the country left to their own devices has taken root and spread, across Appalachia and beyond. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:01 PDT Evelyn Nieves, AlterNet and Salon story-f45f57b999218fa008ea7ca3079a4b25 http://www.alternet.org/health/154915/how_psychiatry_stigmatizes_depression_sufferers/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29894786/0/alternet_healthwellness~How-Psychiatry-Stigmatizes-Depression-Sufferers/ Viewing depression as a "brain defect" has resulted in the glorification of insipid happiness, particularly among our politicians. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:01 PDT Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet story-457e2745bab4574e8fed69c913ec1d39 http://www.alternet.org/health/154879/10_cool_things_the_world_learned_this_week/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29817324/0/alternet_healthwellness~Cool-Things-the-World-Learned-This-Week/ Fuzzy dinosaurs, coral with herpes, an autism gene? Here's a few stories you may have missed. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:00:01 PDT Liz Langley, AlterNet story-fda896c168fc1539aa8b63a9c7095824 http://www.alternet.org/health/154861/my_14_year_old_son_has_brain_cancer_--_without_obamacare%2C_we_may_have_been_dropped_by_our_insurance_company/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29795902/0/alternet_healthwellness~My-Year-Old-Son-Has-Brain-Cancer-Without-Obamacare-We-May-Have-Been-Dropped-By-Our-Insurance-Company/ My then 13-year-old son would have reached his lifetime limit of health insurance had such limits not been eliminated by Obamacare on April 1, 2011. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:01 PDT Janine Urbaniak, Salon story-1bcf0552cf87dc535a31ec31761187f0 http://www.alternet.org/health/154850/the_politics_of_fat%3A_we_have_to_keep_struggling_to_liberate_ourselves_from_self-hatred/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29813126/0/alternet_healthwellness~The-Politics-of-Fat-We-Have-to-Keep-Struggling-to-Liberate-Ourselves-from-SelfHatred/ “We claimed the agency, we granted ourselves the authority. But we never stopped worrying about how our asses looked in our jeans.†Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:00:01 PDT Allison McCarthy, AlterNet story-46bb57a2489dfe6a0066143a4c3fcaad