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Scientific Study
May 31, 2006
Despite complaints about long waits for services, Canadians are healthier than their U.S. neighbors and receive more consistent medical care, according to a report released on Tuesday.
A telephone survey of more than 8,000 people showed that even though Americans spend nearly twice as much per capita for health care, they have more trouble getting care and have more unmet health needs than Canadians do.
The survey was done by Harvard Medical School researchers who include members of Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for a national health program Read more
A telephone survey of more than 8,000 people showed that even though Americans spend nearly twice as much per capita for health care, they have more trouble getting care and have more unmet health needs than Canadians do.
The survey was done by Harvard Medical School researchers who include members of Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for a national health program Read more
News
May 28, 2006
A Hong Kong laboratory, which is recognized by WHO, has confirmed four cases of bird flu infection among humans in Indonesia. These include a 10-year-old girl from Bandung, an 18-year-old male shuttlecock maker from Surabaya, East Java, a 39-year-old person from Jakarta, and a 43-year-old person from Jakarta.
Authorities say the source of infection for the girl is most likely sick birds and infected feathers for the shuttlecock maker. It is thought the source for the other two was also infected birds, but confirmation for this still being awaited.
The 10-year-old girl Read more
Authorities say the source of infection for the girl is most likely sick birds and infected feathers for the shuttlecock maker. It is thought the source for the other two was also infected birds, but confirmation for this still being awaited.
The 10-year-old girl Read more
News
May 24, 2006
A Pastor has come forward to blow the whistle on a nationwide FEMA program which is training Pastors and other religious representatives to become secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to "obey the government" in preparation for a declaration of martial law, property and firearm seizures, and forced relocation.
In March of this year the Pastor, who we shall refer to as Pastor Revere, was invited to attend a meeting of his local FEMA chapter which circulated around preparedness for a potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a nationally Read more
News
May 28, 2006
The 20th century saw the emergence of several new influenza A virus subtypes that caused three pandemics, all of which spread around the world within a year of being detected. Here's a quick review of the three pandemics:
1. In 1918-19 the "Spanish flu" [A (H1N1)] caused the highest number of known influenza deaths. However, the actual influenza virus subtype was not detected in the 1918-19 pandemic. More than 500,000 people died in the United States alone, and up to an estimated of 50 million people may have lost their lives worldwide. Many died within the first few days after Read more
1. In 1918-19 the "Spanish flu" [A (H1N1)] caused the highest number of known influenza deaths. However, the actual influenza virus subtype was not detected in the 1918-19 pandemic. More than 500,000 people died in the United States alone, and up to an estimated of 50 million people may have lost their lives worldwide. Many died within the first few days after Read more
News
May 28, 2014
"In Corvallis, a very progressive community, there is virtually no doctor who will recommend cannabis for cancer pain or for severe nausea or AIDS."
-Nurse Ed Glick
Ed Glick was fired April 18 from his job as an acute-care nurse at Samaritan Regional Mental Health Center in Corvallis. He had been employed there for 12 years. The pretext was his refusal to take a drug test. The real reason, Glick thinks, was the pressure he'd been putting on the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to accept patients with psychiatric diagnoses.
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act
News
May 25, 2006
AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (73) - INDONESIA
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A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org In this update: [1] Indonesia - new suspected avian influenza death in West Java [2], [3] & [4] Indonesia - North Sumatra cluster
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[1] West Java
Date: Thu 25 May 2006
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com Read more
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A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org In this update: [1] Indonesia - new suspected avian influenza death in West Java [2], [3] & [4] Indonesia - North Sumatra cluster
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[1] West Java
Date: Thu 25 May 2006
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com Read more
News
May 26, 2006
The World Health Organization said Thursday that the first person infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza in a cluster of flu cases in Indonesia may have come into contact with sick or dead chickens before passing on the virus.
The woman grew vegetables and sold them in a local market where she could have encountered infected chickens, Steven Bjorge, a WHO epidemiologist, told the Associated Press. In addition, officials are investigating possible transmission from chicken feces the woman used as garden fertilizer.
None of the other seven family members who Read more
The woman grew vegetables and sold them in a local market where she could have encountered infected chickens, Steven Bjorge, a WHO epidemiologist, told the Associated Press. In addition, officials are investigating possible transmission from chicken feces the woman used as garden fertilizer.
None of the other seven family members who Read more
News
May 25, 2006
Mike: Hello everyone, this is Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. I'm here with Ben Kage, and we're going to have a discussion and Q&A session about the Honest Food Guide. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it is available for free downloading at HonestFoodGuide.org. You can download it, and take a look at and learn quite a bit about nutrition and food recommendations from various sources. So thanks for joining me today, Ben. Ben: Thanks for joining me too.
Mike: This is the first time you've seen the guide yourself, and I understand that you have some questions?
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Mike: This is the first time you've seen the guide yourself, and I understand that you have some questions?
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Scientific Study
Reuters
Women who fail to get enough shut-eye each night risk gaining weight, a Cleveland-based researcher reported at a medical conference in San Diego today.
In a long-term study of middle-aged women, those who slept 5 hours or less each night were 32 percent more likely to gain a significant amount of weight (adding 33 pounds or more) and 15 percent more likely to become obese during 16 years of follow-up than women who slept 7 hours each night.
This level of weight gain -- 15 kg, or 33 pounds -- is "very clinically significant in terms of risk of diabetes and heart disease Read more
In a long-term study of middle-aged women, those who slept 5 hours or less each night were 32 percent more likely to gain a significant amount of weight (adding 33 pounds or more) and 15 percent more likely to become obese during 16 years of follow-up than women who slept 7 hours each night.
This level of weight gain -- 15 kg, or 33 pounds -- is "very clinically significant in terms of risk of diabetes and heart disease Read more
News
May 24, 2006
From: Commercial Alert www.commercialalert.org
Take Action: visit the StopDrugAds website (www.StopDrugAds.org) to send a message to their Members of Congress in support of the Public Health Protection Act
Thirty-nine medical, health and seniors' organizations are urging Congress to stop the advertising of prescription drugs to consumers, Commercial Alert and the National Women's Health Network announced today.
"Prescription drug ads are dishonest and dangerous," said Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert Read more
Take Action: visit the StopDrugAds website (www.StopDrugAds.org) to send a message to their Members of Congress in support of the Public Health Protection Act
Thirty-nine medical, health and seniors' organizations are urging Congress to stop the advertising of prescription drugs to consumers, Commercial Alert and the National Women's Health Network announced today.
"Prescription drug ads are dishonest and dangerous," said Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert Read more
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