Archive for the 'Health' Category
FDA Fails to Pull Worthless Drugs from Marketplace
October 26th, 2009Via: AP: The Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn’t extend patients’ lives, say congressional investigators. A report due out Monday from the Government Accountability Office also shows that the FDA has never pulled a drug off the […]
Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency
October 25th, 2009Via: Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, the White House said on Saturday. The declaration will make it easier for U.S. medical facilities to handle a surge in flu patients by allowing the waiver of some requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs as […]
Sid the Science Kid Gets a Flu Shot
October 22nd, 2009Stalin could learn a thing or two about propaganda from the present day U.S. Government. Via: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Gary Null on Vaccines: New York State Assembly Hearing
October 21st, 2009The date on these is 10-13-2009:
Update on Desiree Jennings
October 20th, 2009Update: Hoax? —End Update— Related: Woman’s Life Ruined by Seasonal Flu Shot
Ireland: Top Insurer Tells 1,000 Doctors Not to Give Swine Flu Vaccine
October 16th, 2009Via: Independent: An insurance company has warned 1,000 GPs not to administer the swine flu vaccine. The HSE plans to enlist family doctors to give the swine flu vaccine to patients with pre-existing medical conditions. But an insurance company which covers around 1,000 of the 2,200 to 2,500 GPs in the country advised them not […]
Woman’s Life Ruined by Seasonal Flu Shot
October 16th, 2009Update: Hoax? —End Update— Via: WUSA9: Many of you have been lining up to get the seasonal flu shot. But there is one Ashburn woman who wants you to hear her story before you do. Desiree Jennings is trapped in her body. Intellectually she’s all there, but her muscles are fighting each other. She’s been […]
Australia: Ban Screens of All Kinds for Children Under Two
October 13th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Children under the age of two should be banned from watching television, according to guidelines prepared for the Australian government. The guidelines warn that exposure to television at such an early age can delay language development, affect the ability of a child to concentrate and lead to obesity. The recommendations also suggest that […]
The Frankenfood Industry’s Strong Arm Tactics with Researchers
October 13th, 2009Via: GM Watch: The increasingly fractious relationship between public sector researchers and the biotech seed industry has come into the spotlight in recent months. In July, several leading seed companies met with a group of entomologists, who earlier in the year had lodged a public complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over restricted […]
Two Million Slum Children Die Every Year as India Booms
October 4th, 2009Via: Guardian: India’s growing status as an economic superpower is masking a failure to stem a shocking rate of infant deaths among its poorest people. Nearly two million children under five die every year in India – one every 15 seconds – the highest number anywhere in the world. More than half die in the […]
