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“There is a herb for every ailment,” the German Benedictine nun and all-round scholar Hildegard von Bingen is reputed to have said back in the 12th century. This can be taken quite literally. Wild herbs in particular are a true jewel in nature’s treasure chest, although the inconspicuous “green stuff” is often underestimated and much […] Read on...

While the Corona situation now seems to be worsening again in many countries during the winter months and many governments are again resorting to harsh and drastic measures, several vaccine manufacturers – most notably Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca (as well as the Gamaleja Institute in Russia and Sinovac, Sinopharm and CanSino in China) – have […] Read on...

Many countries have made it law that in certain environments, such as public transport, that people must wear face masks to protect against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. How beneficial is this in protecting you? Are there health risks in doing so? In a World Health Organisation (WHO) funded study, published in The Lancet , it […] Read on...

Children and adolescents today grow up in the field of two conflicting worlds: the real and the digital one (see also Part I of this article).Although new media offer opportunities, dealing with them is difficult for children and poses completely new challenges especially for teachers, educators and parents. The couple Winfried and Astrid Brüning, who […] Read on...

Young people born after 1980 are often referred to as “digital natives” in academic literature, because they grew up with computers and the Internet just as naturally as other generations did with water, electricity and later the television. “The term digital native is derived from the term native speaker and illustrates the fact that one […] Read on...

COVID vaccine trial data – five major vaccines under development The publication of data from vaccine trials for Covid-19 is not as transparent as it should be. We are told in the mainstream media that vaccines are safe but we are not shown the data. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is reported as 90% effective and safe, […] Read on...

“Vaccination is a barbarous practice, and it is one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time, not to be found even among the so-called savage races of the world. Its supporters are not content with its adoption by those who have no objection to it, but seek to impose it […] Read on...

Covid-19 still seems to have the world under control and it is still claimed that only a vaccine could finally get us out of the crisis. But is that really so? Is there really no other way? Could perhaps an alternative form of medicine such as Classical Homeopathy, developed by Samuel Hahnemann a good 250 […] Read on...

The corona pandemic is leaving clear traces in society, the economy and medicine—and also in the consciousness and social interaction of people. Some people are beginning to question complex contexts, many are relying solely on the statements of official agencies and media reports, and yet others linger entirely in fear of the pathogen, the disease […] Read on...

World Oceans Day, which has been celebrated on 8 June since 2009, unites and rallies the world to protect and restore our shared oceans. On this day the people around our blue planet celebrate and honour the oceans that connect us all. The day is a reminder of how essential and worthy of protection the […] Read on...