Archive for the 'Health' Category
Naoto Kan, Japan’s Former Leader, Condemns Nuclear Power
May 29th, 2012Via: New York Times: In an unusually stark warning, Japan’s prime minister during last year’s nuclear crisis told a parliamentary inquiry on Monday that the country should discard nuclear power as too dangerous, saying the Fukushima accident had pushed Japan to the brink of “national collapse.” … He said he feared additional meltdowns could “release […]
Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability
May 28th, 2012Via: AP: America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they […]
Fukushima: Wall of Building Holding Spent Fuel Shows ‘Slight Bulge’
May 27th, 2012Via: New York Times: What passes for normal at the Fukushima Daiichi plant today would have caused shudders among even the most sanguine of experts before an earthquake and tsunami set off the world’s second most serious nuclear crisis after Chernobyl. Fourteen months after the accident, a pool brimming with used fuel rods and filled […]
Harvard Medical School Facing Trial Over Massive Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fraud
May 21st, 2012Via: Alliance for Human Research Protection: The US Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit overturned a summary judgement by a lower court ordering a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Dr. Kenneth Jones against Harvard Medical School, its teaching hospitals, Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Marilyn Albert (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Ronald Killiany to […]
Denmark: Children Who Co-Sleep Nightly Are 70% Less Likely to be Overweight vs. Kids Who Never Sleep with Their Parents
May 21st, 2012That’s great, but I’m sick of getting kicked in the nuts. 😐 Via: Inhabitots: In odd but true news, yet another perk of co-sleeping has been revealed – reduced obesity. According to a new study from Denmark, kids who co-sleep nightly are 70% less likely to be overweight as compared to kids who never sleep […]
U.S. Military Provides Healthcare to Rural Alabama
May 19th, 2012Maybe they could get corporate sponsorship for attractive triage tents. “Brought to you by Brawndo – The Thirst Mutilator.” How about handing out pHoods that make people obese, give them high blood pressure and rot their teeth, along with the goody bags of drugs? You know, get your Pepsi, Poptarts and Plavix all at the […]
Italian Court Rules MMR Vaccine Did Trigger Autism
May 17th, 2012Via: NYR Natural News: An Italian court has ruled there is a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. In what may be a ground-breaking decision, the Italian Court of Rimini has ruled that causation between an MMR vaccine and the resulting autism in a young child “has been established.” The unnamed child received the […]
High-Fructose Corn Syrup Can Make You Dumb, U.S. Scientists Warn
May 16th, 2012Via: AFP: Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats’ memories. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup — […]
Coke Reveals Its Secret: It May Need to Carry a Cancer Warning
May 16th, 2012Via: Independent: Nightmares about the backlash they suffered the last time they dared to change the secret recipe for their drink still most likely haunt Coca-Cola executives. But 27 years after the ill-fated launch of New Coke, the threat of having a cancer warning placed on their famous red bottles is forcing them to revise […]
Radio Interview: Arnie Gundersen on KGO – Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4
May 13th, 2012Reposted on YouTube:
