Archive for the 'Health' Category
‘High Level’ of Radiation Detected in Tokyo Park
April 25th, 2015Via: BBC: Japanese authorities have detected an unusually high level of radiation around playground equipment in a Tokyo park, report local media. The park, in the Toshima ward in central Tokyo, has been fenced off. Authorities recorded up to 480 microsieverts per hour at one spot – nearly half the recommended annual limit of exposure […]
Head Transplant Doctor: Creating Immortality Is the Goal
April 23rd, 2015Via: Independent: The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a man’s head onto a donor’s body has said that he could do much of the procedure in less than an hour. The procedure — which Canavero has admitted is just a first step towards his ultimate aim of creating immortality — will […]
Chinese Scientists Admitted to Tweaking Genes of Human Embryos for First Time
April 23rd, 2015Via: Business Insider: A recent biotech discovery — one that has been called the biggest biotech discovery of the century — showed how scientists might be able to modify a human genome when that genome was still just in an embryo. This could change not only the genetic material of a person, but could also […]
Brain-Damaged UK Victims of Swine Flu Vaccine to Get £60 Million Compensation
April 22nd, 2015Via: IB Times: Patients who suffered brain damage as a result of taking a swine flu vaccine are to receive multi-million-pound payouts from the UK government. The government is expected to receive a bill of approximately £60 million, with each of the 60 victims expected to receive about £1 million each. Peter Todd, a lawyer […]
Feds Say Cannabis Is Not Medicine While Holding The Patent on Cannabis as Medicine
April 19th, 2015U.S. Patent 6630507: Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants Via: Ben Swann:
Guatemalans Deliberately Infected with STDs Sue Johns Hopkins University for $1 Billion
April 6th, 2015Via: Guardian: Nearly 800 plaintiffs have launched a billion-dollar lawsuit against Johns Hopkins University over its alleged role in the deliberate infection of hundreds of vulnerable Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis and gonorrhoea, during a medical experiment programme in the 1940s and 1950s. The lawsuit, which also names the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation, alleges […]
1,000-Year-Old Onion and Garlic Eye Remedy Kills MRSA
March 31st, 2015Via: BBC: A 1,000-year-old treatment for eye infections could hold the key to killing antibiotic-resistant superbugs, experts have said. Scientists recreated a 9th Century Anglo-Saxon remedy using onion, garlic and part of a cow’s stomach. They were “astonished” to find it almost completely wiped out methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA. Their findings will […]
Hives
March 31st, 2015Warning: Nothing that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. Update: Vitamin B-12 Vitamin B-12 worked for reader KD. — Update: Thanks to Everyone Who Emailed Woh. A lot of people have had experience with hives. The large majority of people concur with everything you’d read within two minutes on the Internet: 1) Find […]
The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains
March 28th, 2015Via: The Atlantic: Leading scientists recently identified a dozen chemicals as being responsible for widespread behavioral and cognitive problems. But the scope of the chemical dangers in our environment is likely even greater. Why children and the poor are most susceptible to neurotoxic exposure that may be costing the U.S. billions of dollars and immeasurable […]
Bill Gates Warns on Future Disease Epidemic
March 19th, 2015Flashback 2011: Via: BBC: The world needs to prepare for the next major health crisis, Bill Gates has told delegates at the Ted (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference. While Ebola seems to be being kept under control currently, next time “we may not be so lucky” the Microsoft co-founder warned. He said that there were […]
