Archive for the 'Health' Category
Too Many Women Dying in U.S. While Having Babies
March 12th, 2010Via: Time: Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories overseas such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health […]
Ractopamine: Banned in 160 Countries… Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
March 10th, 2010Via: Food Consumer: A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA. The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more […]
Five Ways Your TV is Slowly Killing You
March 7th, 2010Via: MSNBC: You’ve accepted the idea that TV makes you dumber. You know there are lots of more edifying things you could be doing with your time than cheering on the contestants on “Survivor.” And unless you’re working out to an exercise video, you know those hours sprawled out in front of the screen are […]
Incidents at Level 4 Biosafety Lab in Downtown Winnipeg
March 4th, 2010Via: Vancouver Sun: It sits smack in the centre of downtown Winnipeg and contains some of the world’s deadliest pathogens behind air-tight walls and biosafety cabinets. But new documents reveal Canada’s National Microbiology Lab isn’t immune to leaks, spills and failures in restricted areas where lethal organisms are housed. Health Canada documents obtained through an […]
Bill Gates: Lower World Population with Vaccines
February 28th, 2010During his recent TED talk, Bill Gates said that the world population is headed to 9 billion people. Then he said, “Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services—we could lower that perhaps ten or fifteen percent.” I’m not sure what the nothing-to-see-here explanation is for Bill […]
Do Toxins Cause Autism?
February 25th, 2010Just take a breath of fresh air. Via: New York Times: Autism was first identified in 1943 in an obscure medical journal. Since then it has become a frighteningly common affliction, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting recently that autism disorders now affect almost 1 percent of children. Over recent decades, other development disorders […]
Baby DNA Sent to Military Lab for Potential Use in National Database
February 24th, 2010Via: Statesman: An Austin lawyer threatened to pursue a new federal lawsuit Monday after learning that some newborn blood samples in Texas went to the U.S. military for potential use in a database for law enforcement purposes. The Department of State Health Services never mentioned the database to Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil […]
Japanese Food Additive Conglomerate Rebrands Aspartame (Nutrasweet) as AminoSweet
February 14th, 2010Via: NaturalNews: In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world’s most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin marketing it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of Ajinomoto, maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over […]
77 Percent of People in Mumps Outbreak Were Vaccinated Against the Disease
February 14th, 2010The following statements appear in the CNN article below: “Of the New Jersey cases, 77 percent were vaccinated, Terjesen said.” and “The vaccine is 76 to 95 percent effective, the CDC says on its Web site.” HAHA. Woops. Via: CNN: Lakewood, New Jersey, Rabbi Yehunda Pirutinsky was surprised when his 14-year-old son was diagnosed with […]
Harvard-Educated Neurobiologist, Co-Inventor of Revolutionary Medical Research Device, Involved with Mass Shooting
February 13th, 2010Update: Amy Bishop Pleads Guilty in Alabama University Killings Via: BBC: A former US biologist has pleaded guilty to murdering three colleagues and wounding three others in a 2010 shooting rampage at a faculty meeting. Former University of Alabama at Huntsville scientist Amy Bishop, 47, had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Bishop […]
