Archive for the 'Health' Category
150,000 People in the U.S. Have Been Implanted with Defective Medtronic Defibrillator Cables
April 7th, 2009If you think that Medtronic is going to get nailed to the wall with endless lawsuits over this… Guess again! Via: New York Times: Consider the Sprint Fidelis, a heart defibrillator cable. In 2007 its maker, Medtronic, stopped selling it after five patients who had the cables died. But only now is the full scope […]
Pfizer to Pay £50 Million After Deaths of Nigerian Children in Drug Trial Experiment
April 7th, 2009Via: Independent: A divorce case was all that passed for excitement at Richard P Altschuler’s “kinda small” lawyer’s office in West Haven, Connecticut, when the phone rang nine years ago. On the other end of the line, a world away in the heat of Nigeria, was Etigwe Uwo, a young lawyer with “an incredible story […]
The Power of Chi
April 5th, 2009I first heard of chi/ki/qi when I took Aikido (for a couple of weeks before I got hurt…bad). What I experienced in Aikido, besides pain, was interesting, but nobody got shocked, nothing burst into flames and the sensei wasn’t able to power any lights.
Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Baby Formula
April 5th, 2009The unnecessary feeding of formula to infants amounts to yet another corporate social engineering atrocity. Here is a list of conditions that are more likely to affect formula fed babies. The Wikipedia page for infant formula contains bibliographic information on each of these: Digestive/gastrointestinal issues * Appendicitis * Constipation and Anal fissures * Diarrhea * […]
Panel: All Teens Should be Tested for Depression
March 31st, 2009…an independent panel of experts convened by the federal government… Say that out loud a couple of times. If you feel the need to bathe afterward, that’s cool. Via: AP: An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to routinely screen all American teens for depression — a bold step that acknowledges that nearly 2 […]
Terrifying Bleeding Calf Phenomenon in Germany
March 29th, 2009This sounds almost like a bovine Ebola. I wonder if the calves have a fever. Oh well, give them more genetically engineered feed and some more vaccinations. That’ll fix it! *sigh* Via: Der Spiegel: A mysterious illness is causing calves to bleed to death on German farms. Veterinarians are stumped over what is causing the […]
Frontline: The Medicated Child
March 23rd, 2009Is there something more at work here besides chasing profits? The diabolical nature of this seems to go beyond the usual chasing profits explanation. This has an inky black, low murmuring evil feel to it. Echoes of Dr. Mengele. Also, pay attention to the “food” that these people are ingesting, and the physical appearance of […]
Cattle Respond to Magnetic Fields from Power Lines
March 22nd, 2009Via: AP: High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient the animals. When the power lines run east-west, that’s the way grazing cattle tend to line up, researchers led by […]
MMS: Solution of Sodium Chlorite and Citric Acid
March 22nd, 2009A friend of mine, who lives in the bush a couple of valleys over from us, told me about MMS (Miracle Mineral Supplement) a few months ago. I looked into it briefly, thought that it seemed interesting, and that I’d need to take a closer look at some point. Then, in response to the story […]
Gardening Industry Sees Boom as Families Grow Their Own Veggies to Save on Groceries
March 16th, 2009Path to Freedom is soooo good. Here’s the Journal, in case you get lost in all of the quality information on the main site. The Dervaes family was my inspiration to learn how to garden. They have taken urban homesteading to unthinkable levels; certainly beyond what might have been thought of as “maximum” even a […]
