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Inca Brain Surgeons Did Great 600 years ago
2008-05-15 08:32:00 Scott Norris for National Geographic News May 12, 2008 Inca Surgeons Highly Skilled Inca surgeons in ancient Peru commonly and successfully removed small portions of patients’ skulls to treat head injuries, according to a new study. The surgical procedure?known as trepanation?was most often performed on adult men, likely to treat injuries suffered during combat, researchers say. A similar procedure is performed ... More About: Great , Years , Brain , History of Medicine
Is Oil Really A Fossil Fuel?
2008-05-15 08:01:00 Is oil really running out or do we have unlimited supplies? Is oil a fossil fuel? How many animals and plant matter would it take to make this much oil? This is an interesting article. I am not sure what to make of it myself. I am interested in reader feedback. Is this is really ... More About: Society , Fuel
Basics of Parkour
2008-05-14 20:23:00 If anyone is interested in learning Parkour - here is a good video to help get you started. More About: Fitness
Exercise Reduces Breat Cancer Risk
2008-05-14 19:52:00 This is another great reason to start exercising. Breast cancer will affect 1 in 9 women according to statistics. In addition to reducing breast cancer risk, one’s heart will be healthier and the complications of being overweight, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea will be reduced. There is also evidence that Vitamin ... More About: Society , Women , Fitness , Cancer , Diseases
Parkour Video- Are you up for it?
2008-05-14 00:03:00 Parkour is an amazing sport which challenges one to focus their strength on achieving personal goals. This is a great video of the obstacles on faces as they learn parkour.. More About: Society , Alternative , Parkour , Survival
Cook Dinner With The Sun? Solar Oven-
2008-05-13 19:05:00 It seems like the latest generation has forgotten about the benefits of the sun. Most are afraid of going outside due to skin cancer, and as a result, we have an epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency and the myriad of health problems associated with it. Cook ing one’s food with the sun is also a skill most have ... More About: Society , Dinner , Solar
Benefits of portable air conditioners-
2008-05-13 18:41:00 Portable air conditioners (mobile air conditioners) have become increasingly popular over the last 10 years. While most people spend their time in only 1 or 2 rooms of a home, the costs associated with cooling the entire house can be prohibitive. Portable air conditioners come in different energy capacities. A 7500 BTU portable air conditioner can comfortably ... More About: Portable
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
2008-05-13 07:39:00 Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine -Autism Link By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON ? The United States Court of Federal Claims began another hearing on Monday to decide whether a vaccine additive led thousands of children to become autistic. The hearing is the second in a series of three in which the court is considering whether the government should ... More About: Society , Health , Children
China has 7.8 earthquake- Thousands dead
2008-05-13 07:28:00 Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake by Peter Harmsen China was reeling Tuesday from its worst earthquake in three decades which left tens of thousands of people dead, missing or trapped under crushed houses, schools and factories. Rescuers were struggling to reach towns and villages devastated by Monday’s huge 7.8 magnitude quake in southwestern Sichuan ... More About: Society , Earthquake , Dead
Marijuana May Increase Heart Attack Risk-
2008-05-13 07:13:00 Marijuana may up heart attack, stroke risk: study By Will Dunham Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday. Dr. Jean Lud Cadet of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, said ... More About: Society , Drugs , Diseases , Alternative , Heart
The Smart Thing About Breastfeeding
2008-05-07 04:45:00 The smart thing about breastfeeding What happened A study released this week provided fresh evidence that breast-feeding can make children smarter. The research by scientists in Canada and Belarus showed that babies whose mothers breast-fed them longer?and never used formula?scored about 5 percent higher on IQ tests several years later and did better ... More About: Society , Breastfeeding , Smart , Survival , Thing
McCain?s Health Care Plan
2008-05-01 05:23:00 McCain’s Health -Care Proposal By Catherine Arnst Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), the likely Republican Presidential nominee, stayed true to GOP principles Apr. 29 when he unveiled a health-care reform proposal that leans heavily on competition rather than government intervention. He also wants to see the states take a far greater role in fostering that competition and in forming ... More About: Society , Health Care , Survival
Medicare ?drifting towards disaster?: U.S. official
2008-04-30 06:01:00 Medicare “drifting towards disaster”: U.S. official Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday. He said the next administration will have to act to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 ... More About: Society , Disaster , Drifting , Medicare , Official
Run Your Car On Water- FOX NEWS
2008-04-24 08:09:00 This inventor, shown on Fox News , may be onto someting huge! Can we really run our cars on water ? If so, why haven’t we heard more about this? Running cars with water could be the cure our dependence on foreign oil and it appears that this can be done quite inexpensively. ... More About: Society , Global Warming , Fox News , Water
5% of World Has 25% of all Prisoners
2008-04-24 07:43:00 The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes ? from ... More About: World , Prisoners
Tooth fairy giving hundreds of dollars for teeth now-
2008-04-24 03:28:00 Bull market in gold means big bucks for old dental work By STEVENSON JACOBS, Associated Press Writer Wed Dazzled by the bull market in gold, people are digging through drawers for old dental caps, fillings and bridgework they saved years ago and selling them at prices that would make the tooth fairy blush. Instead of hanging on to ... More About: Society , Diseases , Teeth , Giving , Dollars
Coffee and Tylenol Toxic?
2008-04-22 17:24:00 (NaturalNews) Combining caffeine with the active ingredient in Tylenol (acetaminophen) may be extremely dangerous for the liver, according to new research conducted at the University of Washington and reported in the journal Chemical Research in Toxic ology. Researchers performed the study on E. coli bacteria that had been genetically modified to produce a human liver enzyme that ... More About: Coffee , Survival
Widespread Ghostwriting of Drug Trials Means ?Scientific? Credibility of Ph
2008-04-22 17:19:00 (NaturalNews) The discovery that drug companies have been ghostwriting scientific studies using in-house writers, then paying (bribing) doctors and high-level academics to pretend they were the author of the article is making shockwaves across conventional medicine. This latest revelation of scientific fraud exposes a massive, widespread system of fraud involving not only the drug companies, ... More About: Diseases , Drug , Trials
$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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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