Archive for the 'Health' Category
South Africa to Hold Mass-Scale HIV Vaccine Trial
February 9th, 2007Oh sure. Via: AFP: The first mass trial of an HIV vaccine which has yielded promising results in smaller tests in the United States and elsewhere is to be launched in AIDS-hit South Africa, it was announced. The South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative said the programme, baptised Phambili or “Going Forward” in the Xhosa language, […]
Texas Requires Cancer Vaccine for Girls
February 2nd, 2007Oh sure. Tell me another one. Via: Breitbart / AP: Gov. Rick Perry ordered Friday that schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making Texas the first state to require the shots. The girls will have to get Merck & Co.’s new vaccine against strains of the […]
Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
February 1st, 2007Via: wftv.com: A Sanford mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee. The woman filed a complaint against Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, she said, because they won’t tell […]
Blood Center to Collect DNA of Donors; Part of DoD Program; “Be Very Afraid”
February 1st, 2007Via: Seattle Times: For the first time, the Puget Sound Blood Center will begin collecting, testing and storing the DNA of blood donors. Donors may opt out of the program, part of a study funded by the Defense Department to develop better ways of identifying blood types. And the Blood Center is firm that the […]
Raw Milk and Lifting the Veil that has Been Pulled Over Our Eyes
January 28th, 2007As all of you know, I find the “expert” opinions on medicine, energy, economics and several other areas to be riddled with bullshit. I have found that experimentation always trumps theory. No number of people with PhDs, paid trolls or “peer reviewed” journals are going to convince me that something that works for me isn’t […]
Think Your Doctor Knows Best? Think Medical Science is on Your Side? Think again!
January 23rd, 2007Via: Avanoo: The average life expectancy in the United States is 77.85 years, which ranks forty-sixth highest in the world. Among the countries with higher life expectancies are Guam and Puerto Rico, both of which are under U.S. control, but don’t have nearly the same “quality†of health care that is provided in U.S. states. […]
‘We Will Be Able to Live to 1,000’
January 22nd, 2007Sure, Stupid, will we be able to drink the water? Or, maybe we won’t need any water. Maybe we will just download our consciousness into a computer running Windows version Hell-On-Earth-Meets-the-Matrix. Where do they find these f*@*&#g lunatics? In universities flush with grant money, that’s where. Clear air, food and water for the people who […]
Cheap, Safe Drug Kills Most Cancers
January 18th, 2007Via: New Scientist: It sounds almost too good to be true: a cheap and simple drug that kills almost all cancers by switching off their “immortalityâ€. The drug, dichloroacetate (DCA), has already been used for years to treat rare metabolic disorders and so is known to be relatively safe. It also has no patent, meaning […]
CANCER: DCA SHRINKS LUNG, BREAST AND BRAIN TUMORS
January 17th, 2007Full text follows, because I don’t trust stories like this to hang around… Via: CTV.ca: Small molecule offers hope for cancer treatment Updated Tue. Jan. 16 2007 11:39 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A small, non-toxic molecule may soon be available as an inexpensive treatment for many forms of cancer, including lung, breast and brain […]
How Spicy Foods Can Kill Cancers
January 13th, 2007Via: BBC: Scientists have discovered the key to the ability of spicy foods to kill cancer cells. They found capsaicin, an ingredient of jalapeno peppers, triggers cancer cell death by attacking mitochondria – the cells’ energy-generating boiler rooms. Related: Don’t Forget the Garlic and Onions
