Archive for the 'Health' Category
“U.S. Scientist Creates Deadly New Flu Strain for Pandemic Research”
July 6th, 2014*wink* Via: Independent: A controversial scientist who carried out provocative research on making influenza viruses more infectious has completed his most dangerous experiment to date by deliberately creating a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has genetically manipulated the 2009 strain of pandemic […]
Hospitals Are Mining Patients’ Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick
July 4th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you let your gym membership lapse, make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter, or begin shopping at plus-size clothing stores. For patients of Carolinas HealthCare System, which operates the largest group of medical centers in North and South Carolina, such a […]
Pennsylvania Ordered Its Health Workers to Never Discuss Fracking
June 25th, 2014Via: Grist: In the heavily fracked Keystone State, the economic interests of frackers trump the health concerns of residents. That much is abundantly clear in the wake of an extraordinary story by StateImpact Pennsylvania, which interviewed two retired state health department workers. The former workers say they were ordered to not return the phone calls […]
Australia: Genetically Modified Grass for Dairy Cows Sparks Concern
June 24th, 2014The issue with GM crops polluting neighboring farms in Australia is particularly grim. See: Steve Marsh: The future of organic and non GM food in Australia is uncertain after a WA farmer today lost his legal battle with a neighbouring farmer. Steve Marsh lost organic certification on his Kojonup farm – and most of his […]
New Handheld X-Ray Scanner
June 23rd, 2014Via: DefenseOne: Superman had X-ray vision. Now, so does the United States military, in the form of an X-ray gun that can see through fabric, rubber and aluminum to find drugs, money, explosive liquids and even people. The recently released X-ray gun is the first device of its kind that a soldier or would-be superhero […]
A Mysterious Sound Is Driving People Insane — And Nobody Knows What’s Causing It
June 20th, 2014This is probably the most mainstream treatment of the various “hums” phenomena that I’ve read. I have never personally heard any of these hums, but this is a classic topic in alternative info circles that goes back a couple of decades. Have you guys heard anything like what’s described? What do you think is causing […]
California to Investigate Illegal Sterilization of Female Inmates
June 19th, 2014Via: Time: An investigation of the California prison system revealed troubling numbers of female inmates who had been sterilized without their consent, in addition to many other breaches of protocol. A report released on Thursday by the California State Auditor examined 144 cases of tubal ligations (more commonly referred to as having one’s “tubes tied”) […]
Britain: Antibiotic Resistance Breakthrough
June 19th, 2014Via: Independent: Scientists at a British university have claimed a breakthrough in the race to beat the global health threat of antibiotic resistance. In research that could pave the way for an entirely new class of drugs to combat highly resistant “superbugs”, the scientists say they have found the “Achilles heel” of a major group […]
‘BPA-Free’ Baby Bottles Are Loaded with Other Estrogen Mimickers
June 19th, 2014Via: Natural News: Baby bottles from AVENT, Born Free, Green to Grow, Evenflo and Weil Baby all emit high or very high levels of hormone-altering chemicals, says new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health. (1) “Many PC-replacement-products made from acrylic, polystyrene, polyethersulfone, and Tritan resins leached chemicals with [estrogenic activity], including products made […]
Infertility in Spanish Pigs Has Been Traced to Plastics. A Warning for Humans?
June 18th, 2014Via: National Geographic: A strange catastrophe struck Spain’s pig farmers in the spring of 2010. On 41 farms across the country—each home to between 800 and 3,000 pigs—many sows suddenly ceased bearing young. On some farms, all the sows stopped reproducing. On others, those that did become pregnant produced smaller litters. When investigators examined the […]
