Garden Bio-hazard: Man Killed By Compost

A man in Briatian has died after inhaling lethal spores which grew on rotting compost in his garden. "The 47-year-old Briton fell ill less than 24 hours after being engulfed by "clouds of dust" while working with rotting tree and plant mulch.At first medics thought the...

Researchers Study Possible Bacterial Link to SIDS

"LONDON —  A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria. They found potentially dangerous...

China reports human-to-human bird flu transmission

"Chinese doctors have reported that human-to-human transmission likely occurred in a small family cluster of H5N1 avian flu cases in China late last year.A 52-year-old man from Jiangsu province fell ill with the virus after helping care for his son, 24. The younger man died...

Patient bleeds dark green blood

"A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports. The man emulated Star Trek's Mr Spock - the Enterprise's science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood. In this case, the...

Cannabis 'raises psychosis risk'

"Cannabis users are 40% more likely than non-users to suffer a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, say UK experts. Writing in the Lancet, a team led by Dr Stanley Zammit from Bristol and Cardiff Universities said young people needed to be made aware of the dangers. In an...

Doctor who opposes MMR vaccine is charged with misconduct

"Dr Andrew Wakefield and two colleagues face professional misconduct charges over their controversial research into the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine."Surprise, surprise!  The General Medical Council persecuting a heretic!  It just doesn't due to oppose the...

Illegal drugs ratings criticised

"LONDON (Reuters) - Leading medical experts on Friday said Britain's classification of dangerous drugs was arbitrary and should include alcohol and tobacco, in the second report in a month criticising UK drugs policy. (Advertisement) But the government said it had no...

A Prosthetic Arm That Acts Like a Real One

"Patients use nerves left intact after amputations to control prosthetic limbs. A new technique that capitalizes on remaining nerves allows amputees to intuitively control their prosthetic limb, providing them with a much better level of control than traditional...

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Silencing Critics of Privatizing Medicare

The pc thought police on the right are at it again, over at the Canadian Medical Association. I have waited to see why they decided to fire their world famous editors at the CMA Journal before commenting on this controversy. And now the Lancet has revealed it. The editors...