Archive for the 'Health' Category
TSA Can Now Force Travelers to Go Through Body-Scanners
December 24th, 2015Via: Slashgear: Your next flight might include a mandatory trip through the body scanner, with the US government quietly changing the opt-out rules for searches. In a document published earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security outlined an update to the Advanced Imagery Technology protocols used by the TSA at US airports, adding a […]
How Poverty Changes Kids’ Brains
December 16th, 2015Via: Nautilus: When children grow up in poverty, their brains can take a different shape. That’s one of the stark and uncomfortable findings from the lab of Kimberly Noble, a pediatrician and cognitive neuroscientist at Teachers College, Columbia University. Noble has used MRI scans to study the brains of children and found that kids in […]
Smog Choked Chinese Buy Cans of Canadian “Fresh Mountain Air” for $28 Each
December 15th, 2015Maybe it’s time someone wrote the Twelve End Days of Christmas. Just imagine it… The Twelve Days of Christmas using Cryptogon headlines. Via: Independent: As China’s pollution problems continue, a Canadian company has cashed in on the crisis by selling bottles of fresh mountain air to people for up to $28 (£18.50) each. Beijing was […]
Flint, Michigan: State of Emergency Declared Over High Levels of Lead in Children’s Blood
December 15th, 2015Via: Washington Post: For months, worried parents in Flint, Mich., arrived at their pediatricians’ offices in droves. Holding a toddler by the hand or an infant in their arms, they all have the same question: Are their children being poisoned? … The Hurley Medical Center, in Flint, released a study in September that confirmed what […]
Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Increase Risk of Autism by 87 Percent
December 14th, 2015Via: ResearchGate: Using antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), during the 2nd/3rd trimesters of pregnancy increases the risk of having a child with autism (87 percent increased risk of autism with any antidepressants; more than doubling the risk with SSRI use specifically) – this risk is above and beyond the risk associated with maternal […]
Beijing Red Alert for Smog
December 7th, 2015Via: BBC: Schools in Beijing are to close and outdoor construction to stop after the Chinese capital issued its first “red alert” over smog levels. The red alert is the highest possible, and has not been used in the city before, the state-run Xinhua news agency says. Authorities expect more than three consecutive days of […]
Airpocalypse Now: China Pollution Reaching Record Levels
November 28th, 2015Via: Guardian: In some areas of Shenyang, PM2.5 readings reportedly surpassed 1,400 micrograms per cubic metre, which is about 56 times the levels considered safe by the World Health Organisation. More: Beijing Residents Told to Stay Inside, Air Pollution 15X Safe Level
Myopia Epidemic: Kids Urged to Drop Devices and Go Outside — Or Risk Blindness
November 26th, 2015Must see picture of Chinese school desks! Via:Sydney Morning Herald: A new global study co-authored by Dr David Wilson of Brien Holden Vision Institute, forecasts that 10 per cent of the world’s population will be at risk of blindness by 2050 if steps aren’t taken to stop myopia turning into high myopia (requiring glasses with […]
“Gene Drive” Mosquitoes
November 26th, 2015Via: Guardian: Hundreds of genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of spreading the malaria parasite to humans have been created in a laboratory as part of a radical approach to combating the disease. The move marks a major step towards the development of a powerful and controversial technology called a “gene drive” that aims to […]
End of Daily Injections for People with Type 1 Diabetes
November 26th, 2015Via: Telegraph: The end of daily injections for diabetes sufferers could be in sight after scientists showed it is possible to restore insulin production for up to a year by boosting the immune system. Hundreds of thousands of people in Britain suffer from Type 1 diabetes and need to inject themselves daily to keep blood […]
