Archive for the 'Health' Category
Tattooing Patients With UV Ink Could Protect Pacemakers From Hackers
April 18th, 2010Oh sure. Via: Popular Science: More and more implantable devices, like pacemakers or defibrillators, are turning to wireless signals as a means to communicate with external devices, but in doing so they open themselves to security breaches. Several solutions are in the works that tackle this problem by upping device defenses, but by piling on […]
Toxic Beef, Rejected by Mexico, Sold in U.S.
April 13th, 2010Via: USA Today: Beef containing harmful pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them, a federal audit finds. A program set up to test beef for chemical residues “is not accomplishing its mission of monitoring […]
The Cove
April 12th, 2010I just saw The Cove. It’s worth a look on several levels. On the DVD, the “extra features” are really good too—must see for anyone who eats larger, predatory fish. Hint: You’re poisoning yourself.
Scientist Researching Radio Frequency Waves for Cancer Treatment Killed in “Home Invasion Robbery”
April 7th, 2010Via: Palm Beach Post: Who would want to kill scientist Joseph Morrissey, who enjoyed an international reputation for his pioneering research into the use of radio frequency waves in cancer treatment? That’s the question friends and colleagues were asking late Tuesday after Morrissey, 46, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Nova Southeastern University, was […]
FDA Suppressed Imaging Safety Concerns
April 7th, 2010Via: AP: A former Food and Drug Administration scientist said Tuesday his job was eliminated after he raised concerns about the risks of radiation exposure from high-grade medical scanning. Dr. Julian Nicholas told an audience of imaging specialists that he and other FDA staffers “were pressured to change their scientific opinion,” by managers in the […]
Breast Feeding Saves Lives and Money
April 7th, 2010Captain Obvious strikes again. Via: CBS News: The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says. Those startling results, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are only […]
Pfizer to Pay $142 Million for Drug Fraud
March 26th, 2010Pocket lint. Via: CBC News: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been ordered to pay $142 million US in damages for fraudulently marketing gabapentin, an anti-seizure drug marketed under the name Neurontin. A federal jury in Boston ruled Thursday that Pfizer fraudulently marketed the drug and promoted it for unapproved uses. The jury sided with California-based Kaiser […]
Potato or Tomato?
March 25th, 2010Research Credit: ottilie
Internet Connected Bottle Caps Remind People to Take Their Drugs, Send Emails, Make Phone Calls, Generate “Progress Reports” And More!
March 24th, 2010When it’s not watching TV, Homo Allopathicus can entertain itself by fielding calls and emails from its pill bottles! And analyzing drug consumption statistics is fun for the whole family. Yes, friends, keep eating the same toxic sludge that turned you into Homo Allopathicus, but kick it up a notch by leveraging cutting edge communication […]
IRS May Need to Hire 16,500 Additional Employees for Health Care Enforcement?
March 24th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: House Republicans said Thursday that the health care overhaul will expand IRS authority by giving agents the power to verify acceptable health care coverage and fine or confiscate the tax refunds of Americans without coverage. Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee, a panel that oversees taxes and health […]
