2nd Tamiflu Resistent Swine Flu Patient Found in Japan

Health official in Japan say that a they have found a second case of a swine flu patient being resistant to Tamiflu, the most effective antiviral drug used to fight the disease. "The patient - a woman in Osaka prefecture - was recovering after having been given Ralenza,...

Swine Flu: First Case Of Tamiflu-Resistant H1N1 In Denmark

First H1N1 swine flu patient was found to be resistant to Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) treatment in Denmark. Tamiflu is an anti-viral drug of choice against influenza infections that reduces the severity of symptoms and...

OPINION... Stem Cell Research NOW

I was a Funeral Director and embalmer in California in the 1980's when a meeting was held by the firm I worked for.  Employees from five firms were represented.  We were told about a new contagious...

Breast cancer vaccine hope raised

As the UK launches it nationwide free vaccination programme against HPV the virus associated with cervical cancer we get news of a possible vaccine against breast cancer. Early days yet but if the results in mice...

Styrofoam Homes: Typhoon-Resistant and Smurflike

A quick article about styrofoam home kits, currently on sale in Japan. These are touted as the home of the future, but several have made Smurf comments. Fair enough, but they look more Logan's Run on the...

UPDATE 1-G8 energy ministers look inward on oil, spare OPEC

I don't have time to write about this properly, having to go to work and all. Hell, I cannot even afford (time-wise) to post more than one clip from the story before my shower.Suffice it to say this story is worth a look.And only one side note here. Talked with one local...

Large parts of US water supply contaminated

"The United States is facing a growing threat to its water supply from bacterial contaminition, especially as antibiotic resistant strains become increasingly common"

METHOD AIMS TO 'OUTFOX' HIV VIRUS

"A way to outfox the HIV Aids virus has been discovered that may avoid the problems of drug resistance which limit current treatments. Scientists working in the laboratory were able to block HIV infection by inactivating a key human protein.Most drugs used against HIV...

Prison Cigarettes: $1,000.00 a Pack

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's anti smoking ban may be the Prison reform needed to rehabilitate criminals who smoke. Die hard Convicts with a die hard cigarette habit may think twice next...

IRAN & A Weapon Of Mass Destruction :: MAXINE

"It’s true and can be mentioned in the same breath. The fields in IRAN are producing a weapon of mass destruction and it is not what you think. This weapon of mass destruction is aimed directly at IRAN itself...

Bacteria resistant to antibiotics

" Staphylococcus aureus According to an article in Governing.com by Zach Patton Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a strain of staph bacteria that, in only a few decades, has become resistant to the antibiotics that once were counted on to destroy...

Armoured gang car seized in Vancouver

This makes three in about a month.  Scary stuff."West Vancouver Police have yanked a bullet-proofed gang-mobile off the road. WVPD Const. Jeff Palmer says police conducting a traffic stop Dec. 28, 2007,...

Big Giveaway, Real Prize: RuffBook Water Resistant Laptop!

"Here's an offer to win a free LapTop without filling out endless surveys. All you have to do is blog about it. Like this example provided: Big Giveaway, Real Prize: RuffBook Water Resistant Laptop! ~ The...

First China-made 1.5 megawatt wind-power generator hits market

" BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua)-- China's first 1.5 megawatt (1, 500 kW) wind-power generator with completely independent intellectual property rights has rolled off the assembly line in the southern Guangdong province. The price was at least 20 percent lower than similar...

Troops Will Have To Do With 1,000 Less Armored Vehicles

In more news on a fading Pax Americana occupation, now it seems American troops will have to make do with much less.  Does Bush really want to continue with his suggestion that those of us who are...

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