Newest Posts in healthcare Atom Feed from Searchles Thu Jul 24 18:42:16 -0400 2008 en-us Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market | DrugReporter | AlterNet 747btrfly FTP: "The US government's longstanding denial of medical marijuana research and use is an irrational and morally bankrupt public policy. On this point, few Americans disagree. As for the question of "why" federal officials maintain this inflexible and inhumane policy, well that's another story" Synthetic Pot as a Military Weapon? Meet the Man Who Ran the Secret Program | DrugReporter | AlterNet 747btrfly "Dr. James Ketchum tested a potent form of synthetic marijuana on soldiers to develop a secret weapon in the '60s. Now he's telling the tale." Major Discovery: Pathologists Have Found the Weakness of HIV g8rrrry Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions. The weak spot is hidden in the HIV envelope protein gp120, which is essential for HIV attachment to host cells. Woman Overjoyed By Giant Uterine Parasite | The Onion - America's Finest News Source 747btrfly FTP: "Immediately following a physician's examination for her menstrual cessation, 37-year-old events planner Janice Crowley told reporters Tuesday that she is "ecstatic" with her diagnosis of a rapidly growing intrauterine parasite." ~~~~~~Absolutely bizarre, you have to read this! BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Elderly suicides surge in Japan 747btrfly A sad commentary on life, closer to the truth - death, in Japan. If you read closely, you can see how this could happen here - especially about the loss of pensions. The lunatic fringe: Is moonlight the miracle cure? surbhi_papers eep in the Arizona desert, a bizarre machine is offering new hope to sufferers from conditions ranging from eczema to cancer. How does it work? By the light of the silvery moon Video - New York Post Online Edition - New York Post 747btrfly My favorite actor when I was young, he still has It now! A true example of true acting. I pray for him. BTW, he took marriage seriously. He also took the environment very seriously. McCain In 2005: I "Totally" Support Bush On The "Transcendent Issues" (VIDEO) - Politics on The Huffington Post 747btrfly FTP: "But McCain's case is complicated by his own words from just three years ago. In a June 2005 appearance on Meet The Press, the Senator told moderator Tim Russert that, far from being at odds with the White House, he had "been totally in agreement and support of President Bush" on "the transcendent issues." Can Pot Extend Ted Kennedy's Life? Too Bad It's Illegal | DrugReporter | AlterNet 747btrfly From the Page: "Scientific studies indicate that marijuana can halt the spread of numerous cancer cells, including the type that Kennedy suffers from." The HIV Morning-After Pill 747btrfly From the Page: " Introducing the best FDA-approved, commercially available lifesaver you've never heard of........But for reasons that are more political than scientific, there is no federal funding for the treatment. Political Radar: Senate Passes Veto-Proof Farm Bill 747btrfly "The vote was 81-15 at on the so-called Farm Bill, which, depending on your perspective is either an oversized $289 billion ham hock of irresponsible pork barrel spending for rich farmers and race horse owners or a much-needed lifeline to the agriculture industry, family farmers, billions for school lunch programs, food banks, poor families on food stamps, and a vehicle for the interesting new measure to require a country of origin label on your food." ~~~~~ Completely depends on which side of the fence you're on. Larry Craig Taps His Way Into Webb GI Bill Debate - Politics on The Huffington Post 747btrfly "Critics, such as Patrick Campbell, legislative director for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, argued that Graham's bill was "simply an attempt to derail Sen. Webb and Sen. Warner's fast-moving Post-9/11 GI Bill." And indeed, on Monday, Sen. Barack Obama admonished McCain for not signing on to Webb's measure. "He is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill because he thinks it's too generous," Obama claimed, "I couldn't disagree more."~~~~Is it too "generous" for our soldiers to come home, if they get home, dismembered, suffering from PTS, or injured to the point where they cannot function on their own? Web Creator Rejects Net Tracking | Free Press 747btrfly From the page: "Sir Tim said he did not want his ISP to track which websites he visited. "I want to know if I look up a whole lot of books about some form of cancer that that's not going to get to my insurance company and I'm going to find my insurance premium is going to go up by 5% because they've figured I'm looking at those books," he said." Unexplained Mysteries - The woman who can remember everything surbhi_papers A woman who has baffled doctors with her ability to remember every detail of every day has broken her anonymity to speak of her condition. Can we really transplant a human soul? vinitjain The progress of medical science in the past 30 years has been so rapid that yesterday's miracles are tomorrow's commonplace procedures. So it has proved with heart transplants, which have become almost routine in hospitals around the world. Yet every once in a while a story emerges which should cause us all to sit up and take note that there is nothing "routine" or "commonplace" about such complex operations. World's smallest girl surbhi_papers At just 1ft 11 in tall, she is dwarfed by her neighbour's baby, but Jyoti Amge is 15 years old.The teenager, who is the world's smallest girl according to the Indian Book of Records, has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. Now fully grown, she weighs just 11 lb. Buy Aging Baby Boomers Health Products getnutri Baby Boomer Store on Getnutri.com is a source of all baby boomers to seniors for hundreds of useful products, food supplements and items to meet their comfort and life style needs. Unexplained Mysteries of Unit 731 vinitjain In the midst of continuous denial by important members of the Japanese government individually or collectively that Japan was an aggressor in World War II, the planned exhibition of the Smithsonian Institute to commemorate the end of WWII in Asia has turned into an unusually fervid debate, with which an interest in discussing and writing on Japan's wartime atrocities has been aroused. Most prominent among numerous writings on the subject is "Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity" penned by Nicholas D. Kristof and published inNew York Times on March 17, 1995. The article has given us a detailed account of the most shocking, heinous, cruel crime the civilized world has ever known: Japanese Unit 731 used human beings for vivisection in order to develop biological weapons. Equally unbelievable is that the United States has covered up the crime in exchange for the data on human experiments, an act utterly ignoring international laws and human justice. What a great irony to the lofty ideal of democracy and the so-called "American civilization" of the 20th century! Resveratrol Supplements getnutri Resveratrol Supplements as good for the heart as red wine, new research suggests