France to pay nuclear test victims

The French govenment has announced payouts to people affected by their atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs.  The initial amount set aside for victims in Algeria and Polynesia is $13.5 million." France has...

Cancer Treatment Kills Tumors by 'Cooking'

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Doctors at Cleveland Clinic are offering a new treatment for the most deadly form of brain cancer.  Their new experimental treatment literally 'zaps' the tumor away.  This new laser...

Urine Test Hope for Prostate Cancer

Scientists have developed a new urine test that will help determine the aggressiveness of prostate cancer. Because not all prostate cancers grow as rapidly as others, this test will be extremely helpful in...

AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after...

Accident on Russian NUCLEAR sub suffocates 20

"MOSCOW (AP) -- The fire safety system on a brand-new Russian nuclear submarine accidentally turned on as the sub was being tested in the Sea of Japan, spewing a gas that suffocated 20 people and sent 21...

What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

" Paul Armentano  What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You Posted June 24, 2008 | 04:20 PM (EST) ...

Developments in Diagnosing and Treating Breast Cancer

Two considerable breakthroughs in the fight against breast cancer - a new diagnostic tool can detect tumours that mammograms may miss, and intense radiation treatment can be just as effective for early onset...

...As Crucial Test Remains Under Wraps [Nuclear Cold Fusion]

Wired DANGER ROOM reports on Navy testing regarding cold fusion; experiment results have not been released or published in a peer-reviewed journal, despite reports they were successful; are they being kept secret...

Even Seaweeds Get Sunburned

At this time of summer, it's important to remember to put on your sunscreen to protect your skin.However too much sun is also bad for our plant life, which is strange because plants depend on sunlight to absorb...

FDA: Irradiating spinach, lettuce OK to kill germs

I am no expert on this subject, but zapping spinach with radiation sounds like a pretty intense idea. I thought this would cause more harm to humans as we are ingesting products that have been radiated, but this...

JAPAN Yokosuka nuclear incident, plant worker radiated

Radiation exposures at nuke fuel plant rise to four The global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co admits worker inhaled uranium. 8 grams "jumped" out of a pellet machine producing Uranium dioxide. The Japanese trade ministry's...

Prognosis Dire, political columnist Robert Novak Retires

Prognosis Dire,  political columnist  Robert Novak RetiresThe Chicago Tribune is reporting that Robert Novak has stated that his condition is dire and he is permanently retiring from jounalism.  " ...

U.S. sub leaked radioactive water, possibly for months

"Water with trace amounts of radioactivity may have leaked for months from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine as it traveled around the Pacific to ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii, Navy officials told CNN on...

China's Shandong Sickness Source Revealed

By Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, though he insisted the situation...

Trinity Mother Frances and Texas Oncology-Tyler among the First in U.S. to Bo...

Patients of Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute and Texas Oncology-Tyler are among the first in the nation to have access to state-of-the-art radiation equipment that provides faster and more accurate...

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