Archive for the 'Health' Category
The Amish Farmers Reinventing Organic Agriculture
October 14th, 2014Via: The Atlantic: “In the Second World War,” Samuel Zook began, “my ancestors were conscientious objectors because we don’t believe in combat.” The Amish farmer paused a moment to inspect a mottled leaf on one of his tomato plants before continuing. “If you really stop and think about it, though, when we go out spraying […]
One Dedicated Ebola Hospital for Each State
October 14th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: U.S. and local health officials want to set up dedicated hospitals in each state for Ebola patients, part of a new emphasis on safety for health-care workers after a nurse caring for an infected patient in Dallas tested positive for the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also reconsidering […]
Texas Health Worker Is Positive for Ebola, 1st Known Ebola Transmission in U.S.
October 12th, 2014Via: CNN: A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the state’s health agency said. Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The employee helped care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person ever diagnosed […]
Ebola Vaccine Trials Under Way in Mali
October 11th, 2014Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Health workers in Mali have been given an experimental vaccine against Ebola designed to boost the immunity of those on the frontline of the battle against the disease, which has so far claimed more than 3,800 lives in west Africa. Mali has no Ebola cases but it borders Guinea, where the […]
Number of Ebola Cases ‘Probably Doubling Every Three to Four Weeks’
October 10th, 2014Via: Irish Independent: The UN special envoy on Ebola says the number of cases is probably doubling every three to four weeks and the response needs to be 20 times greater than it was at the beginning of October.
Most U.S. Food Labeled ‘Natural’ Contains GMOs
October 10th, 2014Via: Russia Today: Nearly all US packaged food with a “natural” label in fact contains high levels of genetically modified ingredients, tests by the product testing watchdog Consumer Reports reveal. Consumer Reports said its study included more than 80 different processed foods containing corn or soy – the two most prevalent genetically modified crops in […]
Cancer and Artificial Turf
October 8th, 2014Via: NBC: Soccer coach Amy Griffin was in a Seattle hospital visiting a young goalie who was receiving chemotherapy when a nurse said something that made the hair on Griffin’s neck stand up. It was 2009. Two young female goalies Griffin knew had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Griffin, associate head coach for the University […]
Multitasking Damages Your Brain and Career
October 8th, 2014Via: Forbes: You’ve likely heard that multitasking is problematic, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain. Research conducted at Stanford University found that multitasking is less productive than doing a single thing at a time. The researchers also found that people who are regularly bombarded with several […]
Belgium: 45 Litres of Concentrated Live Polio Virus Solution Released Into the Environment
October 4th, 2014Via: ECDC: As reported to ECDC by Belgian authorities, on 2 September 2014, following a human error, 45 litres of concentrated live polio virus solution were released into the environment by the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in Rixensart city, Belgium. The liquid was conducted directly to a water-treatment plant (Rosieres) and released after treatment in […]
Taps Running Dry in Rural California
October 2nd, 2014Via: New York Times: State officials say that at least 700 households have no access to running water, but they acknowledge that there could be hundreds more, with many rural well-owners not knowing whom to contact. Tulare County, just south of Fresno, recently began aggressively tracking homes without running water, delivering bottles to hundreds of […]
