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$10 for a loaf of bread? Hyperinflation?
2008-04-22 08:30:00 Economist Walter Williams Sees Hyperinflation As Early As 2010 Economist Walter (John) Williams issued a special report on the evolving hyperinflation that he sees coming into the U.S. as early as 2010. Such a claim may seem incredible to most of us who have never lived in such an environment and have enjoyed the benefits of ... More About: Society , Bread
Dying 47-Year-Old Professor Gives Exuberant ?Last Lecture?
2008-04-22 06:24:00 Randy starts talking about 8:30 into the video. This is an amazing video. Dr. Pausch discusses how to live life to its fullest. He is currently dying of pancreatic cancer. You can see his personal website here: http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ne ws/index.html More About: Diseases , Dying , Survival , Year
Oldest Person Turns 115 Years Old
2008-04-20 19:38:00 Is it her genes? Oldest known person turns 115 on Sunday By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press Writer Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that accounts for Edna Parker’s long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world’s oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds. Scientists who study ... More About: Diseases , Years , Wellness , Person , Survival
Oregon cop battles 12-foot python to save pet store owner
2008-04-20 06:09:00 Oregon cop battles 12-foot python to save pet store owner A pet store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils of a 12-foot Burmese python doing its best to turn her into a meal. Teresa Rossiter had reached into a cage Thursday to show the huge snake to a customer ... More About: Python , Store , Oregon , Owner , Save
Vioxx Study Used Ghostwriters paid by Merck?
2008-04-20 04:49:00 So you thought all those Vioxx studies in medical journals were independent, hands-off affairs? Not necesssarily. An examination of medical journal articles about Vioxx and court documents from Vioxx lawsuits found that Merck employees or ghostwriters were frequently involved in various articles, but the primary authors were often academics who actually had little to do ... More About: Life , Drugs , Study , Paid
JAMA questions Vioxx publishing practices
2008-04-19 23:15:00 This seriously challenges the relationship between physicians and drug companies. This again reinforces the need for physicians to rely more on generic medications in place of name brand medicines not only to keep healthcare costs down but for also for patient safety. JAMA lambastes Vioxx publishing practices Ben Comer April 17 2008 The Journal of the American Medical Association ... More About: Society , Drugs , Questions , Diseases , Publishing
Republican Congress OKs DNA Samples of All Americans Arrested.
2008-04-17 05:58:00 Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest By EILEEN SULLIVAN, The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency ? a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. Using authority granted by Congress , the government also ... More About: Society , Arrested , Republican , Samples
Cod Liver Oil Can Cut PainKiller Use In Patients
2008-04-15 16:40:00 If you are not taking cod liver oil this is a great reason to begin. Even if you don’t have rheumatoid, anyone with chronic pain or even occasional joint pain can benefit. Cod Liver Oil, of Fish Oil, also has numerous heart and brain benefits- A daily dose of cod liver oil can cut painkiller ... More About: Women , Drugs , Diseases , Alternative , Patients
Google Type Brain Implant Chips to Improve Memory
2008-04-15 06:12:00 Professor Calls For “Google Type ” Brain Chip Implants Touts exact mirror of DARPA control project in New York ... More About: Diseases , Memory , Improve
Gov?t seeks help with vaccine questions
2008-04-14 05:42:00 Gov’t seeks help with vaccine questions By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer The government began an unprecedented effort Friday to give vaccine critics a say in shaping how the nation researches safety questions surrounding immunizations. The meeting, the first of more to be set, came amid new controversy about vaccines and autism ? and a fledgling theory that ... More About: Health , Children , Questions , Vaccine , Diseases
Why Donating Clothes Matters-
2008-04-12 08:59:00 I recently spent a week in Haiti (Part of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean) providing medical missionary assistance with the Haiti Endowment Fund. I was part of a team of 26 person team who traveled to Hinche, a 30 minute flight from Port Au Prince. In one village where we provided medical care, I took a photo ... More About: Society , Clothes , Matters
9/11 Victim Remains Found in NYC Under Road
2008-04-08 08:38:00 By MARCUS FRANKLIN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) ? The city has identified the remains of four more victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, including one man whose DNA was found beneath a service road that was initially paved over, officials said Monday. Ronald Keith Milstein’s remains were found beneath the road that was built to carry ... More About: Society , Road , Survival , Victim
4 get cancer from teen?s donated organs
2008-04-08 07:39:00 4 get cancer from teen’s donated organs By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Writer Alex Koehne had a love for life, and always wanted to help people. So when his parents were told that their 15-year-old son was dying of bacterial meningitis, the couple didn’t hesitate in donating his organs to desperately ill transplant recipients. “I immediately said, `Let’s ... More About: Cancer , Organs
Husbands create 7 hours of extra housework a week:
2008-04-08 07:33:00 Husbands create 7 hours of extra housework a week: study For married women who can’t figure out why they always have so much housework researchers may have the answer — husbands. A new study from the University of Michigan shows that having a husband creates an extra seven hours of extra housework a week for women. But ... More About: Home , Husbands , Week , Extra , Create
Man has gastric surgery to become cop
2008-04-08 07:27:00 Man has gastric surgery to become cop To fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, Tom Dolan gave up a lot. More than 200 pounds, in fact. Dolan, 35, underwent gastric bypass surgery to get his weight under control. That, along with a healthier diet and exercise, helped transform him from a discontented civilian to ... More About: Surgery
Did Aztecs Know More Math Than You?
2008-04-04 03:39:00 Aztecs devised sophisticated arithmetic system By Will DunhamThu Using written symbols such as hearts, arrows and hands, the ancient Aztecs maintained an arithmetic system that was far more complex than previously understood, scientists said on Thursday. The Aztecs, an empire in central Mexico toppled by Spanish invaders in 1519, has long been recognized for its sophistication in ... More About: Math
Pregnant Man To Have Child-
2008-04-03 19:55:00 It’s My Right to Have Kid, Pregnant Man Tells Oprah Transgender Man Says He Kept Uterus Intending to Become Pregnant By RUSSELL GOLDMAN April 3, 2008 ? Thomas Beatie, a former woman who is now a pregnant man, defended his decision today to have a baby, saying he has a “right to have a biological child.” Despite removing his breasts, ... More About: Society , Women , Child , History of Medicine
Relaxation Helps Lower Blood Pressure
2008-04-03 07:20:00 Relaxation skills help some skip hypertension meds Learning stress management techniques could help people with a type of high blood pressure common among the elderly to eliminate their need for antihypertensive drugs, a new study shows. Individuals with the condition, known as isolated systolic hypertension, who participated in relaxation training had a better chance of being ... More About: Women , Drugs , Diseases , Alternative , Blood
1-2-3 Shock! Home Defibrillators Save Lives.
2008-04-03 07:15:00 Home defibrillators save lives in study By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR and at a much lower cost. That’s the bottom line from the first test of using these heart-shocking devices in the home. The devices worked. ... More About: Shock , Diseases , Home , Lives , Save
LA Clinic Treats Mayan Indians
2008-04-03 07:12:00 Clinica Romero reaches a community that has generally been reluctant to seek Western treatment. By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer The Maya women sit patiently in the lobby of Clinica Oscar Romero, playing with their children and speaking in their native dialects of Kanjobal and Quiche. Idalia Xuncax knows all of the women. She is their ... More About: Indians , Drugs , Mayan , Treats
Cigarette Company Pays for Study?
2008-03-26 23:48:00 Next thing you will see is Drug companies paying for studies of their drugs….. err, nevermind. Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study By GARDINER HARRIS In October 2006, Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College jolted the cancer world with a study saying that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented through widespread use ... More About: Society , Pays , Survival
Cheerleader?s death highlights rare risk
2008-03-26 20:51:00 Cheerleader?s death highlights rare risk- High school senior dies after undergoing cosmetic breast surgery By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributor updated 7:19 a.m. PT, Wed., March. 26, 2008 Stephanie Kuleba?s friends called her ?Sunshine? because that was the perfect nickname for the outgoing and bubbly girl who was everybody?s friend, the cheerleader with the near-perfect grade-point average who was too nice ... More About: Society , Death , Highlights , Risk , Rare
Food Prices Soaring Worldwide
2008-03-25 23:50:00 Food prices soaring worldwide By KATHERINE CORCORAN, Associated Press Staff Writer 1 hour, 39 minutes ago MEXICO CITY - If you’re seeing your grocery bill go up, you’re not alone. ADVERTISEMENT From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers worldwide face rising food prices in what analysts call a perfect storm of ... More About: Society , Global Warming , Food , Worldwide , Soaring
Will Your Cable Box Have A Camera To Watch You?
2008-03-21 08:24:00 Comcast Camera s to Start Watch ing You? If you have some tinfoil handy, now might be a good time to fashion a hat. At the Digital Living Room conference today, Gerard Kunkel, Comcast?s senior VP of user experience, told me the cable company is experimenting with different camera technologies built into devices so it can know who?s in ... More About: Home , Cable
Sunshine Prevents Cancer?
2008-03-17 05:41:00 All these years, doctors have been telling their patients to avoid the sun to prevent cancer… now, perhaps the opposite is true! Get more sun and you may be able to prevent breast, colon and prostate cancer, to name a few… A Ray Of Sunshine In The Fight Against Cancer : Vitamin D May Help ScienceDaily (2008-02-16) — ... More About: Society , Women , Diseases , Alternative
Soy Compound May Stop Prostate Cancer
2008-03-17 05:38:00 Soy Compound May Halt Spread Of Prostate Cancer ScienceDaily (2008-03-17) — A compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice, according to a new study in Cancer Research. Researchers say that the amount of the chemical, an antioxidant known as genistein, used in the experiments was no higher than ... More About: Diseases , Prostate Cancer , Stop
Pacemakers a Security Risk?
2008-03-17 05:36:00 Implantable Medical Devices May Expose Patients To Security , Privacy Risk s ScienceDaily (2008-03-17) — Implantable cardiac defibrillators that are equipped with wireless technology are vulnerable to having private medical information extracted — and even having the devices reprogrammed — without the patients’ knowledge. Not only does this pose a potential security risk, it could also endanger patients’ ...
Bread Prices Triple!
2008-03-16 06:47:00 Wheat and Bread Prices Triple in last year… Remember, this is what cows and livestock eat, so prices should rise for hamburgers too. In addition, Gold hit $1000 /oz and the dollar is at an all time low vs. the Euro. What does this mean? You dollar is worth less so you will need to ... More About: Society , Survival
Breast Cancer Worse In Overweight People Than Skinny People
2008-03-16 06:41:00 Overweight women have worse breast cancer: study Fri Mar 14, 11:41 AM ET Breast cancer patients who are overweight have more aggressive disease and are likely to die sooner, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. A dangerous type of breast cancer, known as inflammatory breast cancer, was seen in 45 percent of obese patients, compared with 30 percent ... More About: Women , People , Cancer , Diseases , Breast Cancer
Winter 2007-2008 Coolest Since 2001
More articles from this author:2008-03-14 05:29:00 NOAA: Coolest Winter Since 2001 for U.S., Globe March 13, 2008 The average temperature across both the contiguous U.S. and the globe during climatological winter (December 2007-February 2008) was the coolest since 2001, according to scientists at NOAA?s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. In terms of winter precipitation, Pacific storms, bringing heavy precipitation to large ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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