Discovery of Pre-Human Fossil Cited as Breakthrough of the 2009

New delhi: Discovery of Pre Human Fossil is top 10 discovery breakthrough of the year 2009 says prestigious journal Science. They include developments in anthropology, astronomy, and biology. The breakthrough of...

New Experimental Osteoporosis Drug Without Apparent Side Effects

The experimental drug denosumab seems to treat osteoporosis equally well as existing drugs, but without the side effects. Side effects from the osteoporosis drugs Boniva, Fosamax and Reclast include cancer and even disintegration of bone in the jaw. Denosumab is currently...

Seniors refuse to keep "Health Care Comments Quiet" & AARP Walks!

"AARP WALKS OUT ON PROTESTING SENIOR CITIZENS...AND CITIZENS TAKE OVER. (Note also, AARP has failed to notify seniors about the pending $400 or more billion cut to Medicare spending and the associated cuts to...

Why Obama’s big economic gamble is failing?

  " A string of new polls seems to show that America’s belief in the wonder-working power of Obamanomics has begun to fade. A Pew poll found President Obama’s economic approval rating has fallen to 52...

Crowdfunded journalism - what will readers fund?

An interesting observation from David Cohn, who's been doing some very important work at Spot.Us. "David Cohn of Spot.Us says: “We have begun to see a pattern among the pitches that do and do not get funded… The...

10th graders give up electronics for an entire week

   In this age of all things digital, most people consider technology to be indispensable to their everyday lives. However, Shannon Meyer's 10th grade advisory class at the California Academy for Liberal...

Birth Control for Men - Will the Monthly Injection Catch On?

Researchers in China have now come up with a male birth control that's just as effective as the birth control pill.  Once a month, men can go to their doctor's office and get jabbed in the buttocks, and...

Economist: US collapse driven by fraud, Geithner covering it up

In an explosive interview on PBS’ Bill Moyers Journal, William K. Black, a professor of economics and law with the University of Missouri, alleged that American banks and credit agencies conspired to create a...

International Bubble Boy cure, based on Israeli research

"The film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble opened America's eyes to the rare genetic disorder -- severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) -- afflicting up to 100 babies every year in the US. David Vetter, whose story...

Doctors call for Weight Loss Industry Regulation

Governments should be regulating the diet industry, to help keep Canadians from falling prey to all the misleading claims of fad dieting, says this week's Canadian Medical Assiciation Journal.   "Although...

Skipping sleep 'hardens arteries'

People who scrimp on sleep are more likely to develop hardening of their arteries, a precursor to heart disease, research suggests." Calcified arteries were found in nearly a third of people who slept fewer than...

Medical Marijuana, Then and Now

Medical Marijuana, Then and Now The latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany includes a report on the oldest known marijuana stash, nearly two pounds found in the grave of a Gushi shaman who was buried 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert near Turpan....

Scientists Find Socio-Economic Difference in Brain Development

SCOTT FITZGERALD famously said in The Great Gatsby that "the rich are different from the rest of us" and now neurological scientists at the University of California (UCLA)  have found that children from...

The First Aid: Iceman May Have Dressed His Own Wounds

" The 5,000-year-old Tyrolean iceman may have used bog moss as a prehistoric wound dressing, according to a new analysis of his body’s remains. From Wired Science: Suffering from an arrow wound and a deep cut to the right hand, the iceman, known as Ötzi, may have...

Current restrictions on marijuana research are absurd

"The human brain naturally produces and processes compounds closely related to those found in Cannabis sativa, better known as marijuana [see "The Brain's Own Marijuana," by Roger A. Nicoll and Bradley E. Alger. These compounds are called endogenous cannabinoids or...

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