Archive for the 'Health' Category
Updates Slow; Middle Ear Myoclonus
July 6th, 2008Two days ago, I came down with what I’m practically sure is middle ear myoclonus (in my right ear). It’s a muscle spasm that causes me to hear an almost constant, dull lud-lud-lud type sound. It sounds like a boat engine idling in the distance. Here’s how a doctor describes it: If you have ever […]
Homeless People Die After Bird Flu Vaccine Trial in Poland
July 4th, 2008Via: Telegraph: Three Polish doctors and six nurses are facing criminal prosecution after a number of homeless people died following medical trials for a vaccine to the H5N1 bird-flu virus. The medical staff, from the northern town of Grudziadz, are being investigated over medical trials on as many as 350 homeless and poor people last […]
U.S. Issues Health Warning Over Mercury Fillings
June 29th, 2008I never thought that this would be officially acknowledged. Via: Independent: Amalgam dental fillings – which contain the highly toxic metal mercury – pose a health risk, the world’s top medical regulatory agency has conceded. After years of insisting the fillings are safe, the US government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a health […]
What to Do with All the Sandbags? Never Mind the Millions of Acres of Farmland Flooded in Toxic Soup
June 27th, 2008The water that flooded millions of acres of farmland is so dangerously polluted that the sand and the sandbags—used for flood control—need to be disposed of in landfills. Of course, the Associates Press doesn’t mention those millions of acres of flooded farmland in the piece below. Maybe the topsoil that didn’t wash away can just […]
You Know You’ve Been Living In the City Too Long When…
June 25th, 2008Via: Salon: For years, Bean enacted small-scale revenge, breaking in to stop the alarms or letting air out of tires. One night in the early ’90s, an alarm sounded for more than four hours outside his apartment at 97th Street and West End. By the time Bean broke into the car, the vehicle was covered […]
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
June 11th, 2008This one hits very close to home. Via: The Atlantic: “Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowman, having nearly been sent to […]
Research Psychiatrists Fail to Report Earnings From Drug Companies
June 10th, 2008Follow the drug money. Via: PlanetC1: Call it a psycho conflict of interest affecting the health and lives of thousands of children, an Iowa senator has discovered 3 Harvard researchers earned millions of dollars in consulting fees from drug companies, for performing research and evangelizing antipsychotic drug use in children. Charles Ernest “Chuck” Grassley, a […]
Babies Exposed to Chlorinated Water at Risk of Heart Problems, Cleft Palate or Major Brain Defects
June 4th, 2008Would you like some vaccines with that? How about a free mobile phone? Via: Telegraph: Babies born in areas where drinking water is heavily disinfected with chlorine are at double the risk of heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects, according to a new study. Expectant mothers can expose themselves to the higher risk […]
The World According to Monsanto
June 3rd, 2008Guys, I’m very behind with posts. One of the reasons is because I watched this documentary tonight. Please find the time to watch this and share it around. I’ll catch up on posts tomorrow. Watch: The World According to Monsanto Via: GreenPeace: A new movie has dealt yet another severe blow to the credibility of […]
Warning: Using a Mobile Phone While Pregnant Can Seriously Damage Your Baby
May 19th, 2008Via: Independent: Women who use mobile phones when pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with behavioural problems, according to authoritative research. A giant study, which surveyed more than 13,000 children, found that using the handsets just two or three times a day was enough to raise the risk of their babies developing […]
