The Remote Viewing Archives

” Remote Viewing ” (mental spying) was initially carried out by Eastern Block countries at the height of the ” Cold War.”
Secret PSI research associated with the state security and defense establishment was going on in the former U.S.S.R. and its many satellite communist countries since the early 50’s.
Paradoxically, the Soviet Union, although based on [...]

Fish oil may help prevent blindness

Eating food rich in fish oils could help protect against certain forms of blindness, according to a new study.
Intake of the omega-3 fatty acids, found in popular fish-oil supplements, has given encouraging results in tests on mice.
Tests are now due to begin on premature babies, who are at risk of loss of vision. Read More…

Echinacea Halves Chances of Getting Cold, Review Finds

June 25 (Bloomberg) — Echinacea, the North American flower widely used to protect against colds, actually works - and works well - a scientific review found.
The plant, also known as the purple cornflower, reduced the chances of getting a cold by nearly two-thirds compared with a placebo, according to the review, which independently analyzed the [...]

Mastectomy No Better Than Lumpectomy for Women with Small Breast Tumors

Women with relatively small breast cancers who were treated with breast-conserving surgery plus radiation therapy were as likely to be alive and disease-free 20 years later as women treated with mastectomy (surgery to remove the affected breast), two groups of researchers report in separate studies published in the October 17, 2002, issue of the New [...]

Study reignites debate on sweetener’s safety

Researchers have strengthened a link between aspartame - a common sweetener in diet sodas, medicines and sugar-free candies - and cancer in rats.
The chemical is sold under the brand name NutraSweet.
The study, conducted by a team of Italian scientists, demonstrates that aspartame is particularly potent when animals are exposed in utero and during development. The [...]

New questions over artificial sweetener

New questions have been raised about the potential effects of artificial sweetener after a New Zealand woman fell ill, blaming her daily consumption of four packs of sugar-free chewing gum.
Abigail Cormack, 25, of Wellington, went to her doctor complaining of crippling muscle cramps, anxiety attacks, depression and skin rashes, and was forced to take sick [...]

Campaign to outlaw sweetener in schools

Abigail Cormack, 25, said she began suffering muscle cramps, heart palpitations, anxiety, depression and skin rashes after chewing gum that contained the artificial sweetener aspartame.
Her symptoms disappeared when she stopped her four-pack-a-day habit.
A spokeswoman for the Wrigley company, which makes Extra chewing gum, said aspartame - which is used in more than 6000 products consumed [...]

The Mind Outside the Body

Explorations into the mind field will become more fascinating as time unfolds. But at least one finding has its share of entertainment value. A few years ago the adventurous British researcher Rupert Sheldrake received an e-mail from a woman in New York City who said that her African gray parrot not only read her thoughts [...]

Skeptics Left Doubting Their Own Skepticism

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 20, 2007 — On June 14th ,2007 at Simon Fraser University, B.C. Skeptics Colloquium sponsored a lecture by Arthur Grollman, M.D., Professor of Pharmacological Sciences at the University of New York Stony Brook. Barry Beyerstein, PhD, a professor of Psychology at S.F.U. and head of the B.C. Skeptics Society, hosted the [...]

Scientist investigates “Laying on of hands”

 It appears that there is some kind of universal healing energy that human beings can accumulate and use to correct health problems in humans, animals, and even plants. We recently came across a fascinating scientific research project that demonstrated this in a carefully controlled laboratory experiment.     The project was covered in detail by Dr. Bernard [...]