Archive for the 'Health' Category
U.S. Postal Service Will Deliver Drugs in Event of Bioattack
January 1st, 2010Via: AP: If the nation ever faces a large-scale attack by a biological weapon like anthrax, the U.S. Postal Service will be in charge of delivering whatever drugs and other medical aid Americans would need to survive. In an executive order released Wednesday, President Barack Obama put the Postal Service in charge of dispensing “medical […]
Murder of Antonio Ferrigno
December 28th, 2009Update 2: 1/1/2010: Trying to Get Reuters to Cover It I sent Reuters a note, letting them know about this and how there’s no mainstream coverage of the story in English. —End Update— Update 1: Cryptogon Reader Contributes English Translation of the Story Below: Thanks Domi: Murdered inhabitant of Rijswijk appears to be nuclear physicist […]
GE Attempting to Silence a Danish Academic from Discussing Dangers of Omniscan
December 20th, 2009Via: Times Online: Two years ago in a conference room in the Randolph hotel in Oxford, Henrik Thomsen gave his inside account of a medical “nightmare”. In a presentation to about 30 colleagues, Thomsen, one of Europe’s leading radiologists, revealed how patients treated at his hospital had subsequently contracted a rare and potentially fatal disease. […]
Carcinogenic Fire Retardant Being Phased Out (Finally)
December 20th, 2009Via: New York Times: Three manufacturers of a commonly used fire retardant have voluntarily agreed to phase out its production within three years in a pact with the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmentalists have long advocated a ban on the retardant decabromodiphenyl ether, or DecaBDE, which is used widely in consumer electronics, furniture and textiles, among […]
People Fed Pizza as Reward for Receiving Swine Flu Vaccination
December 18th, 2009Via: WXYZ: The Detroit Health Department is fighting swine flu with pepperoni. When kids return to school after the holiday break, each class has the opportunity to get a free pizza party – if they sign up for the shots. … The Detroit Health Department has already been working especially hard to get the vaccine […]
Henrik Svensmark Heart Attack
December 14th, 2009I’ve only personally seen one person have a heart attack (my dad), but it didn’t look anything like this at all. Does anyone out there—who has witnessed a heart attack (or experienced one personally)—have any comments about this? Is the hit-by-taser looking reaction related to his pace maker? Via: YouTube: On live TV during the […]
Poor Children Four Times More Likely to Get Antipsychotics
December 13th, 2009Via: New York Times: New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance. And the Medicaid children are more likely to receive the drugs for less severe conditions than their middle-class counterparts, the […]
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water
December 8th, 2009Via: New York Times: More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data. That law requires communities to deliver safe tap water to local residents. But since 2004, the […]
Man Controlled Robotic Hand with Thoughts
December 5th, 2009Via: AP: An Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash was successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said Wednesday. During a one-month experiment conducted last year, 26-year-old Pierpaolo Petruzziello felt like his lost arm had grown […]
State of Texas Saving Newborn DNA Samples
December 2nd, 2009Via: KXAN: When Andrea Beleno was expecting her first child, she never dreamed his blood would become the focus of a federal lawsuit. Neither did the other families who are suing the State of Texas to protect the medical privacy of their children. Each year, more than 400,000 babies are born in Texas. State law […]
