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...
created by Annina Bergman | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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324 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
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... 753 views | 24 recommendations | 3 comments
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...
created by CynicalPatriot | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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255 views | 18 recommendations | 6 comments
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...
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...
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...
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...
created by TheCameraObscura | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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746 views | 42 recommendations | 20 comments
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....
World's Oldest Pot Stash - Did it Offer an Afterlife High?
Researchers have found a stash of marijuana in a Chinese tomb that is scientifically dated 2,700 years old."OTTAWA - Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote...
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...
created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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492 views | 29 recommendations | 6 comments
