Archive for the 'Health' Category
After Death Experiences: ‘The Data Suggests That Consciousness Is Not Annihilated’
April 24th, 2013Via:Wired: Sam Parnia practices resuscitation medicine. In other words, he helps bring people back from the dead — and some return with stories. Their tales could help save lives, and even challenge traditional scientific ideas about the nature of consciousness. “The evidence we have so far is that human consciousness does not become annihilated,” said […]
U.S. Sues Novartis, Alleging Kickbacks to Pharmacies
April 24th, 2013Via: Reuters: The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of millions of dollars in reimbursements based on fraudulent, kickback-tainted claims. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp had […]
Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water
April 23rd, 2013Via: Chemical & Engineering News: Scientists once thought that pathogens could not reach drinking water wells sunk into deep, protected groundwater aquifers. Nevertheless, over the past decade, researchers have identified diarrhea-causing viruses at a handful of deep bedrock well sites in the U.S. and Europe. Now, researchers in Madison, Wis., report where these pathogenic viruses […]
Toddlers Becoming So Addicted to iPads They Require Therapy
April 22nd, 2013£16,000 for a 28-day “digital detox” program?! That’s ridiculous! But in a world where toddlers are being zombified with smartphones and tablets, who’s to say what’s ridiculous and what isn’t anymore… Anyway, here’s a alternative treatment plan. 1) Get candles, flashlights and books ready. If you normally cook with electricity, get a propane stove. 2) […]
FDA Let Drugs Approved on Fraudulent Research Stay on the Market
April 16th, 2013Via: ProPublica: On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide. Lead agent Patrick Stone, now retired from the FDA, had visited the Houston lab many times over the previous decade for […]
The Sad Kevin Harris Situation
April 16th, 2013People from Orange County, California are searching Google for information on Kevin Harris and they’re finding my ancient post on him from 2004. I used to live a couple of dozen miles from Harris. I found one of his booklets on my doorstep back then and, upon reading it, concluded that he was very obviously […]
Report Uncovers ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied West Bank
April 14th, 2013Via: Common Dreams: A new report on Israel’s water grab in the occupied West Bank links the widespread deprivation of Palestinian water rights to Israel’s settlement expansion strategy, saying both demonstrate “a clear testament to its colonial and apartheid motives.” Published Monday by the Ramallah-based human rights organization Al-Haq, “Water for One People Only: Discriminatory […]
U.S. Rice Imports Contain Harmful Levels of Lead Paper Withdrawn by Author
April 11th, 2013
Via: Natural News: But the authors themselves discovered worrisome discrepancies when they sent the samples to a third-party lab for verification. According to an email acquired by Natural News, the results from this third-party lab showed all sub-ppm levels of lead, not the much higher numbers the Tongesayi team had reported. Why the Tongesayi team […]
Chinese Colonel Says Latest Bird Flu Virus Is U.S. Biological Weapon
April 10th, 2013Via: Washington Post: Colonel Dai Xu of the People’s Liberation Army wrote online that the new strain of bird flu hitting China, known as H7N9, is an American “bio-psychological weapon” meant to destabilize China. The rant, posted to Dai’s account on the Twitter-like service Weibo, had already been shared by more than 30,000 fellow users […]
Texas Law Prevents Veterinarian from Offering Consultations Over Internet
April 10th, 2013Via: U.S. News and World Report: But in March—after more a decade of dispensing veterinary advice over the Web for a small fee— the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners sent Hines a letter claiming the department “has received a complaint alleging you have and are currently operating an internet consultation service which provides medical […]
