Archive for the 'Health' Category
Cancer-Free Woman Undergoes Chemotherapy After False Diagnosis
July 18th, 2013Via: KHOU: A 54-year-old Victoria woman is trying to find sense in a life-changing diagnosis that never should have happened. Herlinda Garcia said she became “a whole different person” after she was diagnosed with Stage IV terminal Breast Cancer. That diagnosis came after Garcia had a benign tumor removed from her left breast. “When you’re […]
Insecticide Laced Food Kills at Least 22 Children in India
July 17th, 2013Some of this food wasn’t “properly washed” and dozens of children are dead? Via: The Star: At least 22 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how chemicals ended up in the […]
EPA Nukes Radiation Rules
July 17th, 2013Via: EnviroReporter: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft EPA “Protective Action Guide” (PAG), posted on its website April 15, allows hundreds to thousands of times more radiation in disasters than the agency had previously allowed. Americans have until Monday, July 15 to comment* even though the EPA made the new PAG effective immediately. According to […]
The Shadowy Cartel of Doctors that Controls Medicare
July 14th, 2013Via: Washington Monthly: On the last week of April earlier this year, a small committee of doctors met quietly in a midsized ballroom at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. There was an anesthesiologist, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, and so on—thirty-one in all, each representing their own medical specialty society, each a heavy hitter in his […]
Experimental Cancer Therapy from Immunocore
July 14th, 2013Rick Simpson Oil See what I did there? Via: Independent: Immunocore has found a way of designing small protein molecules, which it calls ImmTACs, that effectively act as double-ended glue. At one end they stick to cancer cells, strongly and very specifically, leaving healthy cells untouched. At the other end they stick to T-cells. The […]
Japan Withdraws HPV Vaccine Recommendation for Girls
July 13th, 2013Via: Medscape: The Japanese government withdrew its recommendation to use human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in girls last week, citing concerns from the public about adverse effects, according to news reports. The announcement is in stark contrast to the pronouncement last week by health officials in the United States that vaccination rates in teenage girls should […]
Scientists Create Artificial Human Chromosome
July 11th, 2013Via: Independent: Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series of studies showing that it may be possible to treat genetic diseases with a radically new form of gene therapy. In one of the unpublished studies, researchers made a human artificial chromosome in […]
Absurd Giveaway to Corporate Fascists Delayed Until 2015
July 3rd, 2013Via: New York Times: In a significant setback for President Obama’s signature domestic initiative, the administration on Tuesday abruptly announced a one-year delay, until 2015, in his health care law’s mandate that larger employers provide coverage for their workers or pay penalties. The decision postpones the effective date beyond next year’s midterm elections.
Britain Could Create First ‘Three-Parent Baby’ Through IVF
June 28th, 2013Via: Telegraph: Britain will become the first country in the world to create babies with the DNA of three people under government plans which could see the procedure offered on the NHS by next year. Parents at high risk of having children with severe disabilities such as muscular dystrophy will be offered the controversial new […]
BP Thinks It Overpaid Damages for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster
June 27th, 2013Via: AP: BP oil spill settlement payments are being aggressively contested by London-based BP. The company may seek to recover what BP calls ‘overpayments’ that businesses received from the court-supervised settlement program for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Research Credit: almaverdad2
