Vital Votes Health Blog - Natural Health Articles by Dr. Mercola

Are Americans Getting Angrier?

Are we bad for getting mad?  Psychologists say it's normal to get angry. We all do it – and we need to feel anger. It's a basic human emotion, they say.  More and more, though, we see...

How 16 Ships Create as Much Pollution as All the Cars in the World

Super ships that keep the West in everything from Christmas gifts to computers pump out killer chemicals linked to thousands of deaths because of the filthy fuel they use.  We've all noticed...

U.S. Regrets Not Adding Deadly Adjuvant to Swine Flu Vaccine

As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number...

Good Germs: Surface Bacteria Maintain Skin's Healthy Balance

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal...

Misleading Research Links Vitamin Supplements to Cancer

A recent study linking folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements with higher risks of cancer is misleading, claim two trade associations representing dietary supplement manufacturers and ingredient...

9 Weirdest-Looking Animals You Didn't Know Existed

Are these things real?  From newly-discovered deep sea crustaceans to rodent-resembling primates, nature has brought us some outright weird-looking creatures.

More Proof Cholesterol Lowering Drugs Are Useless

Research published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine is sending rumbles through the medical community because it is the third recent study to raise questions about the effectiveness of...

New Guidelines Push Back Age for Pap Smears

Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and...

Glaxo Buys Rights to Smoking Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline Plc. may pay more than $500 million for rights to an experimental drug that could help tobacco smokers permanently kick their addiction to nicotine. Glaxo will initially pay Nabi...

U.S. Government Liable for Katrina Flooding

The Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal...