Health & Fitness

Coca-Cola appears to be “the real thing” as the cause of death for a 30 year-old New Zealand woman. A pathologist recently testified at an inquest that the stay-at-home mother of eight died of a heart attack in February from hypokalemia, or dangerously low potassium. Read More →

It was no surprise that the Bureau of Reclamation would have a table at the World Water Forum. The event, this year in Marseilles, France, was really a gathering for many of globalism’s biggest corporations and the BOR was there to parade their operation of 366 dams across the U.S. Read More →

A group of Yurok youth organized research that culminated with a tribal ordinance that, if passed, would ban the sale and use of CO2 and nitrous oxide (N2O) cartridges on the Yurok Reservation. They hope the Hoopa Tribe will consider passing a similar law. Read More →

Tick season has started earlier than normal this year due to the mild winter across the U.S. Gardeners, hikers, and others who love the outdoors should take precautions to prevent becoming a Starbucks for ticks. People should also stay alert for symptoms of tick-borne disease such as Lyme, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. Fever, headache and muscle pain can be the signs of a tick borne illness. A hallmark of Lyme disease is a bull’s-eye-patterned rash. Read More →

Before the sun had yet started a new day, Karuk Council member Crispen King McAllister began an arduous run that would span over the entirety of the Karuk Ancestral territory. McAllister began the over 230 mile run in Orleans (also known as the village of Panamnik) on March 17 and ran up Highway 96 through the town of Happy Camp. From Happy Camp he continued on to Karuk housing in the town of Yreka. From there he turned around and returned to Orleans on March 21. Read More →

The American Diabetes Association came out last week to strongly recommend a list of “super foods” that have optimum nutritional value and a low glycemic index Read More →

An additional 100 new moms will soon be able to participate in a home visitation program that has been successfully operating in Humboldt County for nearly three years. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors recently voted to approve contracts with Del Norte and Siskiyou counties that expand the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Nurse-Family Partnership. Read More →

Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’ suffering is spawning an uncontrollable addiction epidemic. Read More →