Archive for the 'Health' Category
Being a Cynic Linked to Tripled Risk of Developing Dementia, Finland Study Suggests
May 29th, 2014Via: National Post: Cynics are three times more likely to develop dementia than those who have faith in humanity, a study has shown. Believing that others are motivated by selfishness, or that they lie to get what they want, appears to radically increase the risk of cognitive decline in later life.
Military Plans to Test Brain Implants to Fight Mental Disorders
May 28th, 2014Via: NPR: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is launching a $70 million program to help military personnel with psychiatric disorders using electronic devices implanted in the brain. The goal of the five-year program is to develop new ways of treating problems including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, all of which are […]
A Human Experimenter Was Vice-President Of The American Cancer Society
May 27th, 2014Via: io9: A doctor who was once vice president of the The American Cancer Society turns out to have had a dark history. He twice experimented on human beings, injecting them with cancer cells. Learn about the human experimentation of Chester Southam. … Amazingly, the loss of the license, even for a brief time, was […]
Suspended-Animation Trials to Begin on Humans
May 26th, 2014Via: CNET: This month, the world’s first attempts at placing humans in suspended animation using a new technique will take place at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — not for space travel, but to save lives. The technique will initially be used on 10 patients whose wounds would otherwise be lethal in an […]
Oregon Counties Ban GM Crops
May 26th, 2014Via: IB Times: Voters in two Oregon counties approved ballot initiatives Tuesday banning the cultivation of genetically modified crops. The ballot measures add Jackson and Josephine, neighboring counties in southwestern Oregon, to the growing list of places around the world that have outlawed the highly controversial GMO crops from being grown within their borders. The […]
Doctor: Detroit Abortion Stats ‘Like Some Third World Country’
May 24th, 2014Via: Detroit News: Nearly one-third of all pregnancies in the city of Detroit end in abortion, a statistic public health officials blame on rising poverty and dwindling access to affordable contraception. Of an estimated 18,360 pregnancies among Detroit residents in 2012, the most recent year for which data are available, 5,693 ended in abortion, or […]
North Carolina GOP Pushes Unprecedented Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals
May 21st, 2014Via: Mother Jones: As hydraulic fracturing ramps up around the country, so do concerns about its health impacts. These concerns have led 20 states to require the disclosure of industrial chemicals used in the fracking process. North Carolina isn’t on that list of states yet—and it may be hurtling in the opposite direction. On Thursday, […]
Miami VA Whistleblower Exposes Drug Dealing, Theft, Abuse
May 21st, 2014Via: CBS: When asked why he would risk his job and speak publicly, Detective Thomas Fiore considered the question carefully before answering. “People are dying,” he finally said, “and there are so many things that are going on there that people need to know about.” Fiore, a criminal investigator for the VA police department in […]
Inside Italy’s Secret Toxic Waste Crisis
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Hood Disease: Inner City Oakland Youth Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
May 16th, 2014Via: CBS: In the inner city, a health problem is making it harder for young people to learn. The Centers for Disease Control said 30 percent of inner city kids suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The CDC said these children often live in virtual war zones. Doctors at Harvard said they actually suffer from […]
