Archive for the 'Health' Category
God’s Lonely Programmer
November 26th, 2014Via: Vice: He kept the rest of the programming simple. God told him to stick to 640×480 and 16 colors, with only a single audio voice. Like Noah, he built as he was commanded. “It’s really obvious what to do next,” he says, “and it can keep you busy for the first ten years.” But […]
Canadian Mom Gives Birth in U.S., Gets $1 Million Bill
November 24th, 2014Via: Newser: Jennifer Huculak-Kimmel thought she’d dotted all the i’s. Six months pregnant in October of 2013, she was cleared by her doctor to vacation in Hawaii with her husband, and she made sure to get Blue Cross insurance coverage before her trip. Just two days in, though, her water broke and she was put […]
Landmark 20-Year Study Finds Pesticides Linked to Depression In Farmers
November 16th, 2014Via: Modern Farmer: There’s a significant correlation between pesticide use and depression, that much is very clear, but not all pesticides. The two types that Kamel says reliably moved the needle on depression are organochlorine insecticides and fumigants, which increase the farmer’s risk of depression by a whopping 90% and 80%, respectively.
Idea that Intestinal Bacteria Affect Mental Health Gains Ground
November 13th, 2014Via: Nature: Companies selling ‘probiotic’ foods have long claimed that cultivating the right gut bacteria can benefit mental well-being, but neuroscientists have generally been sceptical. Now there is hard evidence linking conditions such as autism and depression to the gut’s microbial residents, known as the microbiome. And neuroscientists are taking notice — not just of […]
Penalty For Uninsured Not Signing Up For Obamacare To More Than Triple
November 12th, 2014Via: CBS: Americans will see their bank accounts shrink if they don’t sign up for Obamacare in its second enrollment season. Uninsured Americans who decide not to enroll will face a penalty of $325 per person, more than tripling the $95 penalty those who did not enroll had to pay the first time around. Children […]
Indian Women Die After State-Run Mass Sterilisation Campaign Goes Wrong
November 12th, 2014Via: Guardian: Eleven women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, with 20 listed as critically ill, after a state-run mass sterilisation campaign went horribly wrong. More than 80 women underwent surgery for laparoscopic tubectomies at a free government-run camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday. Of these about 60 […]
Israel Has Officially Banned Fluoridation of Its Drinking Water
November 10th, 2014Via: Newsweek: On Tuesday of this week (Aug. 26), Israel officially stopped adding fluoride to its water supplies. The decision has “been lauded by various rights groups, but criticized by many in the medical and dental communities as a serious mistake,” as the Times of Israel put it. The tasteless, colorless chemical is put into […]
Kenya: Catholic Doctors Claim WHO/UNICEF Tetanus Vaccine Is Part of a Population Reduction Program
November 10th, 2014Let’s ask the medical doctors out there: Is there a nothing-to-see-here explanation for five doses of “tetanus” vaccine containing Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)? Via: Matercare International: “Let me authoritatively clarify the concerns raised by the Catholic Bishops on the just concluded tetanus vaccination by sharing extracts from the official position of the Kenya Catholic Doctors […]
Military Names 5 U.S. Bases for Ebola Mission Troops
November 7th, 2014Via: Stars and Stripes: The Pentagon said Friday it has designated five military bases inside the U.S. and two in Europe as quarantine areas for troops returning from the Ebola-response mission in West Africa. Servicemembers will be isolated for 21 days at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, […]
Dr. Toni Bark on Pediatric Health and Vaccination Status: The Kids with Chronic Illnesses Have All Been Vaccinated
November 4th, 2014Via: Age of Autism:
