The Worst Drug Fraud in History? Do You Still Trust Them with Your Life?
Health Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has preliminarily agreed to a $3 billion settlement over the sales and marketing practices of several of its drugs, including the diabetes drug Avandia.
Whooping Cough Outbreak Spreads On Long Island
Health Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
From CBSNewYork.com LINDENHURST, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – An alarming rise in a potentially fatal bacterial infection known as whooping cough has prompted a warning from the Suffolk County Health Department. It’s a tell-tale sign winter is coming — children and their colds. But what’s going around this year is a potentially fatal bacterial cough known as [...]
Health Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
It sounds like something out of a bizarre science fiction comic book, but scientists have weaponized the H5N1 bird flu virus, and are actually considering releasing the research.
Get Ready to Gobble Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Health Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Thanksgiving is just days away, a time to feast with family. And to avoid food-borne bacterial infections.
TSA Claims X-ray Scanners are Safe as Europe Bans Scanners for ‘Health, Safety’
Health Monday, November 21st, 2011
The European Union has decided to ban all X-ray scanners from EU airports in order to protect the health and safety of EU citizens, yet the TSA still claims that the scanners are completely safe. The ban comes after the recent media outburst regarding the 1998 report that linked the X-ray scanners to cancer. The report found that the machines could be causing 100 cases of cancer per year conservatively.
Antibiotic-resistant infections spread through Europe
Health Friday, November 18th, 2011
The world is being driven towards the “unthinkable scenario of untreatable infections”, experts are warning, because of the growth of superbugs resistant to all antibiotics and the dwindling interest in developing new drugs to combat them.
CDC admits not a single person has died from consuming raw milk products in 11 years
Health Thursday, November 17th, 2011
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) refuses to acknowledge that, based on all available statistics, raw milk produced on clean, small-scale farms is actually far safer than pasteurized milk from factory farms. But the agency did admit earlier this year, after being pressed and warned of a potential Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request if it failed to comply, that not a single person has died from raw milk consumption in over a decade.
Health Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
The 99%’ers have ringworm.
Health Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Is it just a coincidence that the people that President Obama nominates to fill high-level governmental posts tend to favor government-directed health care rationing?
Health Monday, November 14th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape as voters are deciding if Obama deserves another term.