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Health/Medicine
  • Dr. Evan Lyon. PIH: Stand With Haiti. , PIH - STAND WITH HAITI

    01/17/2010 PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. We urgently need your support to help those affected by the recent earthquake. More About PIH In today’s earliest hours, Dr. Evan Lyon recounted his reactions to PIH staff in Boston. He spent his first twelve... » read this article
  • Brendan Borrell , Nature

    Scientists have once again found that people with higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in their urine are more likely to have heart disease than those with lower urinary BPA levels. Used to make some plastic drinks bottles and the inner coatings of food cans, BPA can mimic the effects... » read this article
  • Natalia Ruiz Díaz , Inter Press Service

    ASUNCIÓN, Jan 6 (IPS) - "Did you have to pay for anything?" is the obligatory question these days in the waiting room at the Mother and Child Hospital in Fernando de la Mora, on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, where people still have doubts that the public health services... » read this article
  • Mark Fiore , Mark Fiore Blog; NPR

    The death threats keep coming this fine morning.  I guess the Tea Party crew is determined to have “death panels” one way or another.  The dustup started because of this cartoon: “Learn to Speak Tea Bag” ran on my usual client sites, including NPR, which really set off the guys... » read this article
  • Irene Klotz , Discovery News

    Scientists have successfully tested a system that translates brain waves into speech, raising the prospect that people left mute by stroke, Lou Gehrig's disease and other afflictions will one day be able to communicate by synthetic voice. The system was tested on a 26-year-old man left paralyzed by a brain... » read this article
  • iamnolabrat.com , sejswhirlpool.files

    Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine) is one of the most traditional vegetables in India and probably its land of origin. "Bt Brinjal, the first ever such Genetically Modified (GM) food crop anywhere in the world with the toxin-producing Bt gene in it." (Countercurrents, Devinder Sharma: India's GM Scandal: Bt Brinjal Approval Rigged)... » read this article
  • Patrick Martin , WSWS

    22 December 2009 A study by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), Northwestern University and the Chicago Tribune, published in the newspaper Sunday, found that health care lobbyists have spent more than $396 million this year to influence senators and congressmen engaged in passing the health care restructuring legislation, and... » read this article
  • Michelle Roberts , BBC News

    Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care. Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot tumours far earlier, they will also yield new drug... » read this article
  • Environmental News Network , Press Release

    Today the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) launched a new website, www.nonGMOShoppingGuide.com, that takes the guesswork out of how to avoid genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-spliced food products. With polls indicating that 9 out of 10 Americans want GMOs labeled, the site's brand vs. brand comparison is expected to have... » read this article
  • shamus cooke , OpEdNews

    Wading through the endless debate over health care has exhausted the patience of most Americans — the zigzags, obscure language, and long-winded discussion is inherently repulsive. But now the dust is starting to settle, and the Congressional vision for health care in the U.S. is emerging. Instead of being “progressive,”... » read this article
  • Lindsey de Stefan, New Jersey. Axis of Logic. , Axis of Logic

    Editor's Note: Lindsey de Stefan's article on the status of health care services in the United States demonstrates that the states are not-so-united. At Axis of Logic, we have consistently avoided the internicine battles among the Democrat and Republican parties which we view to be simply two faces of the... » read this article
  • Tara McKelvey , The Boston Review

    When Roger Benimoff arrived at the psychiatric building of the Coatesville, Pennsylvania veterans’ hospital, he was greeted by a message carved into a nearby tree stump: “Welcome Home.” It was a reminder that things had not turned out as he had expected. In Faith Under Fire, a memoir about Benimoff’s... » read this article
  • Paul Richard Harris. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic exclusive

    A Canadian guy walks into his doctor’s office. He says “I’ve got a pain right here” and points to his hip. An American guy walks into his doctor’s office. He says “I’ve got a pain right here” and points to his hip pocket.   Heard that one? Of course you... » read this article
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World News
  • Khadr Case Raises Broad Questions on Child Detainees
    Canada's top judges expressed such concern in a Jan. 29 decision, arguing that Khadr has endured and continued to experience violations of his rights under the constitutional Canadian Charter of Rights after the U.S. military...
  • Seeking A Kinder, Gentler Image For Israel
    Israel submitted its formal response last month to a U.N.-commissioned probe that accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during last winter's war in the Gaza Strip. Israel defended its conduct and pledged to...
  • GREECE: New Migrant Law Tough But Respects Rights
    The newly elected Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) government's plans to move legislation, that will greatly affect migrants and refugees, have been both welcomed and criticised by rights organisations and activists. The interior ministry is ready...
  • Israel Admits Detention of International Activists Illegal
    A state prosecutor admitted before the Supreme Court today that the Immigration Police illegally detained the two international activists arrested yesterday in a pre-dawn raid on the International Solidarity Movement's  Ramallah offices. The two will...
  • Berlusconi, Israel, and The Big Brother
    After the three-day visit of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to Israel and a short visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a judgement is due. Berlusconi came with a large Italian ministry delegation (Foreign Minister...
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