Posted in Medicine, Random on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s an interesting question/answer session with a doctor. A person suggests a homemade cold medicine and the response given is that doctors discourage the use of alcohol in medicines for children. What do they think most store bought medicines contain?
Q. I think you do your readers a disservice by failing to mention a very old [...]
Posted in Medicine, Random on June 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From National Geographic June 2008 issue:
As bacteria grow increasingly resistant to antibiotics, doctors around the world are rediscovering an old ally: honey. A popular medicine before the era of modern wonder drugs, honey fights bacteria i n wounds in several ways, including the steady production of hydrogen peroxide, an antiseptic. For several years hospitals in [...]
Posted in Humor, Medicine, News, Science, TV, tagged Add new tag on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love sleep and I want to lose weight. It’s like a dream come true.
An extra hour between the sheets at night might be the key to shedding excess weight and fighting obesity, according to recent research.
Two key hormones produced at night which help regulate appetite were at play, she said.
Grehlin makes people hungry, slows [...]
Posted in Animals, Food, LOL Cats, Medicine, News, Politics on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you’re expecting the government from protecting you from mad cow disease, then I have news for you:
Federal officials are trying to track down the 143 million pounds of beef recalled Sunday, but they say that most of it has probably been eaten.
Keith Williams, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman, said investigators have found no [...]
Posted in Bush Administration, Iraq, Medicine, Politics, Suicide, War on February 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Every day, five U.S. soldiers try to kill themselves. Before the Iraq war began, that figure was less than one suicide attempt a day.
The dramatic increase is revealed in new U.S. Army figures, which show 2,100 soldiers tried to commit suicide in 2007.
“Suicide attempts are rising and have risen over the last five [...]
Posted in Food, Medicine, News on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
A reminder: if you are waiting for the government to protect you, in this case from mad cow disease, keep waiting.
Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand on their own; drivers using forklifts to roll the “downer” cows on the [...]
Posted in Circumcision, Justice, Medicine, Religion, Science on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m going to start out by apologizing for my lack of understanding on any faith that thinks cutting off a portion of the male genitalia makes you closer to God. No, I don’t get it and I don’t think I ever will.
And the so-called “health” benefits from circumcision are nothing but a desperately scientific justification [...]
Posted in Medicine, Money, News, Science on January 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m constantly reminded how I can’t count on the government to, well, do anything. In this case, provide a safe work place and safe food. Since 2000, some pop corn factory workers have required lung transplants because they developed cancers from diacetyl an artificial butter flavoring.
Only after a diligent doctor revealed that a consumer [...]
Posted in Iraq, Medicine, Random, Science on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a fascinating article on a therapy that uses mirrors to treat Phantom Limb Pain. Phantom limb pain is experienced by people who have lost a limb and is described as excruciating pain in the location where the limb used to be.
He tried several painkillers, including methadone, but the pain didn’t let up. Then [...]
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