Below are media headlines from medical news stories I have collected over the last few years. The media sources are CBC - Canada, Globe and Mail - Canada, National Post - Canada, Toronto Star - Canada, BBC - UK, The Guardian - UK, The Independent - UK, New York Times - US, Washington Post - US, CNN - US. These news stories have had a wide play in the mass media, and collectively call into question many assumptions commonly held about the state of medicine in our era. Things are changing, and here are some directions which are opening up.
To view headlines, you can either scroll down the page, or click on the news categories on the left margin. On individual headlines, clicking on "Full Text" opens a new window containing the complete article, including its source information.
This resource of well accepted news articles could help many people better understand the medical choices before them. Please feel free to pass this webpage along to others.
Pankaj Seth, ND - May/04
Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs
A film by >> Media Education Foundation
Watch Trailer on YouTube, below...
SEE ENTIRE FILM >> external link to freedocumentaries.org
Modern Medicine: Treatment Efficacy (19 entries)
• New BMJ guide for patients admits that best treatment is often no treatment at all:
The biggest myths of modern medicine were challenged in a new guide for patients launched yesterday that sets out the best treatment for 60 of the commonest medical conditions. Instead of claiming miracles, the guide admits that often the best treatment is no treatment. Devised by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), it is based on evidence from thousands of research studies and is being made available through the NHS Direct website, the advice service for patients >>> Full Text
• Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
A senior executive with Britain's biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them >>> Full Text
• Cancer death rate nearly unchanged over 30 years:
Canadians continue to die of cancer at about the same rate they did nearly 30 years ago, after decades of hearing that cancer can be beaten >>> Full Text
• Hormone replacement therapy hurts women more than it helps: study
>>> Full Text
• Breast cancer genetic risks overstated: analysis >>> Full Text
• Cancer 'delayed by good living'
A healthy lifestyle can delay the onset of breast cancer even among women at the highest genetic risk of the disease, research finds >>> Full Text
• Heart pills offer no benefit, study says
Arrhythmia medication: 'Decade and a half of disappointment' >>> Full Text
• Cheap heart drugs work best:
Doctors urged to resist drug firms' pressure and prescribe pennies-a-day diuretics
>>> Full Text
• Canadian women taking potentially dangerous birth control drug:
The pill is called Diane-35. More than 800,000 prescriptions were written for the drug last year and the majority of Canadian women are taking it for birth control. That's the problem. The drug was approved by Health Canada as a treatment for severe acne >>> Full Text
• Headache pills can cause more pain :
Some headaches may be caused by the same medicine used to stop them, say headache specialists. Dr. Fred Sheftell, an American expert on headaches, says some people may be suffering "rebound headaches." >>> Full Text
• Over-the-counter headache:
Regular use of pain medications counterproductive. Quick-fix drugs are not always the best choice >>> Full Text
• Health warning: screening can seriously damage patients
A new allegation that breast screening, one of the longest established procedures, is being over-promoted to women who are not being alerted to the harm that can result is published today in the British Medical Journal. They cite evidence showing 1,200 women would have to be screened for 14 years to save one life from breast cancer while during that time scores would suffer anxiety, surgery and mastectomies for suspicious lumps that turned out to be benign >>> Full Text
• Cholesterol pills carry risk, UBC group says
'Fine print' raised doubts: Finding applies only to preventive use
Drugs taken daily by millions of Canadians to lower their cholesterol at a cost of more than $1.3-billion a year may be doing as much harm as good for many users, according to a group of University of British Columbia drug specialists >>> Full Text
• Study says antibiotics raise kids' allergy risk
Finds prescription before six months doubles chance of asthma by age 7
>>> Full Text
• Antibiotics may raise asthma risk
Antibiotics may be partly to blame for increased rates of asthma, say scientists. A team from the University of Michigan believes the key could be the way the drugs interfere with the balance of microbes in the gut >>> Full Text
• Arthritis drug may lead to heart risks, study says
Questions raised about frequently used Vioxx. Doctors should keep an eye on blood pressure >>> Full Text
• GSK knew Seroxat wasn't 'effective' on children
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant Seroxat could not be proved to work on children in 1998, according to a leaked internal document. The secret document, relating to two clinical trials held in the 1990s, reveals that drug trials had shown little or no effect on helping depression in minors. The company was also advised to avoid publishing the full data because it would be "commercially unacceptable" and would "undermine the profile" of the drug >>> Full Text
• Glaxo faces drug fraud lawsuit
David Healy, the consultant psychiatrist who first brought the safety of the SS RIs under scrutiny, said yesterday that the suppression of data in children was matched by the suppression of data in adult trials. "The original data sent to the regulators for this drug showed an eight time greater rate of suicidal acts on paroxetine compared to placebo in adults." Yet the published data suggests there is no difference.
>>> Full Text
• Placebo can spark physical change, study finds >>> Full Text
Modern Medicine: Incidence of 'Medical Errors' (9 entries)
• Canada needs to monitor, prevent medical errors: committee >>> Full Text
• "The number of reported reactions has quadrupled since 1997."
Health Canada uses the term “adverse drug reaction” (ADR) to describe the unexpected reactions, or extreme side effects, drugs can have. But for every bad drug you hear about, healthcare advocates say there are many more untold stories. We were curious about the big picture, so in cooperation with CBC Radio we set out to learn more about adverse drug reactions and landed on a goldmine of information. >>> CBC Web Feature >>> CBC In-Depth Report
• Medical errors affect 1 in 13: Hospital study first for Canada
Finds high rate of `adverse events' >>> Full Text
• Preventable medical errors contribute to up to 24,000 deaths a year
Preventable medical errors contribute to between 9,250 and 23,750 deaths in Canada a year, a landmark study of what the medical community calls "adverse events" suggests >>> Full Text
• Deadly hospital mistakes face study:
U.S. report in 1999 found mistakes are deadlier than AIDS >>> Full Text
• Medical Horror Shows:
survey estimated that medical mistakes kill between 44,000 and 100,000 people a year >>> Full Text
• Death by Medicine:
Available as a word file, this in depth article summarizes the results of more than 150 scientific papers published in prestigious medical journals. Filled with references to landmark studies on the incidence of "adverse events", 'iatrogenic deaths" and "medical errors", this paper highlights the problems inherent in our dominant medical approach, as well as suggesting some remedies for this current state of affairs.
>>> download word file (120 k)
• Of monkeys and men:
An ebullient Italian researcher and a button-down American believe a virus in polio vaccines of the 1950s and early 1960s may make millions susceptible to cancer caused by asbestos >>> Full Text
• Doctors have lost patients' trust:
Unless something is done to restore status of profession, health care will suffer, medical association warns >>> Full Text
The Drug Industry (11 entries)
• U.S. thwarts drug firms' tactics:
U.S. President George W. Bush moved Monday to bring generic drugs more quickly to the market by blocking pharmaceutical companies from filing multiple patent-protection lawsuits that can stall the cheaper products for years >>> Full Text
• Journal highlights concerns over drug industry influence >>> Full Text
• Sexual disorders exaggerated for women: critic
'The rush to prescribe': Public scrutiny urged of role drug firms play in creating demand >>> Full Text
• Asthma drug's advertising misleading:
Consumers need unbiased wording, medical group says >>> Full Text
• Health Canada doesn't control 'off-label' use: drug inquest >>> Full Text
• Unhappy anniversary:
Forty years ago, Valium was the new wonder pill. Now, with up to a million Britons addicted to tranquillisers, GPs and drug companies are under fire >>> Full Text
• Foregone conclusions:
The public is being regularly deceived by the drug trials funded by pharmaceutical companies, loaded to generate the results they need >>> Full Text
• Pharmaceutical companies accused of manipulating drug trials for profit
>>> Full Text
• Pfizer fined $430M in Neurontin case:
No. 1 drugmaker pleads guilty for pushing epilepsy drug for other, unapproved uses
>>> Full Text
• Italy police probe 4,400 doctors
Italian police are investigating 4,400 doctors over allegations of an illegal incentives scheme involving UK drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline, officials say >>> Full Text
• Health supplements: R.I.P.
Millions of Britons take herbal vitamin and mineral supplements, either as a preventative measure or to treat specific ailments. But we may not be able to for much longer (due to upcoming laws) >>> Full Text
Drugs and Chemicals: Environmental and Health Impact (12 entries)
• Tests find drug taint in water:
Canadian rivers and streams are contaminated with a range of pharmaceutical drugs that present unknown dangers to people and wildlife, a study currently being considered by the federal government has found >>> Full Text
• Evidence of antibiotic in South Saskatchewan river >>> Full Text
• Drug traces found in cities' water:
Trace amounts of prescription drugs have been detected in the drinking water of four Canadian communities, including Montreal and Hamilton, the first time pharmaceutical products have been discovered in North America's municipal water supplies
>>> Full Text
• Ontario doctors link pesticides to major diseases:
Ontario's family doctors are strongly urging Canadians to limit their exposure to pesticides after reviewing their “consistent” link with serious illnesses >>> Full Text
• High levels of chemicals in beef, pork: Montreal report >>> Full Text
• High seafood intake could reduce fertility: study >>> Full Text
• Common cleaning chemical linked to male infertility: study >>> Full Text
• Common herbicide frog gender bender >>> Full Text
• Food additives linked to hyperactivity: study >>> Full Text
• Sooty air pollution can cause genetic damage that can be passed along to offspring, Canadian researchers reported in a study on mice >>> Full Text
• Fumes from popcorn flavouring blamed for lung disease >>> Full Text
• The ugly side of the beauty business:
Scientists say ingredients in beauty products may be causing cancer >>> Full Text
Incidence of Illness (8 entries)
• Use of antidepressants skyrockets: Young, old taking more >>> Full Text
• Psychiatric drugs rise sharply for youth:
Prescription rates more than doubled in a decade >>> Full Text
• Young at high risk of mental illness:
A new report shows that young Canadians are entering hospital because of mental illness at an alarming rate >>> Full Text
• Depression rampant in teens, study finds >>> Full Text
• Prozac Nation, UK:
Hundreds of thousands of people are being prescribed powerful anti-depressants that they may not need because doctors are using the pills as a "quick fix" solution to mild anxiety problems, according to a report published today >>> Full Text
• GSK knew Seroxat wasn't 'effective' on children
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant Seroxat could not be proved to work on children in 1998, according to a leaked internal document. The secret document, relating to two clinical trials held in the 1990s, reveals that drug trials had shown little or no effect on helping depression in minors. The company was also advised to avoid publishing the full data because it would be "commercially unacceptable" and would "undermine the profile" of the drug >>> Full Text
• Fish oil a balm for depression:
At Sheffield University, 70 depressed patients were given omega-3. None of them had success with drugs such as Prozac. After 12 weeks, almost 70 per cent of patients showed a marked improvement >>> Full Text
• Survey: Arthritis grips 25 percent of Americans
Approximately one-quarter of American adults have been diagnosed with arthritis and another 17 percent may be suffering from the crippling disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said >>> Full Text
Illness Risk Factors (11 entries)
• Workaholism shortcut to an early grave, study shows >>> Full Text
• Odd hours bring ill health, study suggests >>> Full Text
• Worried about dying? It could kill you >>> Full Text
• Marital angst can be harder on heart than marathon: study >>> Full Text
• Negative thoughts 'make you ill' >>> Full Text
• Health linked to self-esteem:
People with low self-esteem are more likely to get ill, it has been claimed
>>> Full Text
• Stress Found to Weaken Resistance to Illness >>> Full Text
• Canadians need more time: stress study
Many Canadians are stressed out about doing too many things at once, according to a new study from Statistics Canada >>> Full Text
• Job stress compounds risks for heart disease >>> Full Text
• Poor choice or no choice?:
Even more evidence links low income with disease >>> Full Text
• Hydro lines increase cancer risk: U.S. study >>> Full Text
Diet, Lifestyle and Health (6 entries)
• Anti-social conduct may be linked to diet, says study >>> Full Text
• Today's fruits, vegetables lack yesterday's nutrition >>> Full Text
• Microwaved broccoli loses nutrients: researchers
Broccoli "nuked" in the microwave loses up to 97 per cent of some health-promoting chemicals, say Portuguese researchers >>> Full Text
• Experts from the US say that preparing food using high temperatures increases the levels of potentially toxic chemicals >>> Full Text
• Food pyramid's bricks in wrong spots: study >>> Full Text
• Sexual peak releases hormone that regenerates brain: research
Great sex holds the ingredients to heal the brain damage caused by strokes or degenerative diseases like Huntington's, a new Canadian study suggests
>>> Full Text
Fair Use Notice
This section of the website contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material available in my efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this section of the website is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml.
To view headlines, you can either scroll down the page, or click on the news categories on the left margin. On individual headlines, clicking on "Full Text" opens a new window containing the complete article, including its source information.
This resource of well accepted news articles could help many people better understand the medical choices before them. Please feel free to pass this webpage along to others.
Pankaj Seth, ND - May/04
Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs
A film by >> Media Education Foundation
Watch Trailer on YouTube, below...
SEE ENTIRE FILM >> external link to freedocumentaries.org
Modern Medicine: Treatment Efficacy (19 entries)
• New BMJ guide for patients admits that best treatment is often no treatment at all:
The biggest myths of modern medicine were challenged in a new guide for patients launched yesterday that sets out the best treatment for 60 of the commonest medical conditions. Instead of claiming miracles, the guide admits that often the best treatment is no treatment. Devised by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), it is based on evidence from thousands of research studies and is being made available through the NHS Direct website, the advice service for patients >>> Full Text
• Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
A senior executive with Britain's biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them >>> Full Text
• Cancer death rate nearly unchanged over 30 years:
Canadians continue to die of cancer at about the same rate they did nearly 30 years ago, after decades of hearing that cancer can be beaten >>> Full Text
• Hormone replacement therapy hurts women more than it helps: study
>>> Full Text
• Breast cancer genetic risks overstated: analysis >>> Full Text
• Cancer 'delayed by good living'
A healthy lifestyle can delay the onset of breast cancer even among women at the highest genetic risk of the disease, research finds >>> Full Text
• Heart pills offer no benefit, study says
Arrhythmia medication: 'Decade and a half of disappointment' >>> Full Text
• Cheap heart drugs work best:
Doctors urged to resist drug firms' pressure and prescribe pennies-a-day diuretics
>>> Full Text
• Canadian women taking potentially dangerous birth control drug:
The pill is called Diane-35. More than 800,000 prescriptions were written for the drug last year and the majority of Canadian women are taking it for birth control. That's the problem. The drug was approved by Health Canada as a treatment for severe acne >>> Full Text
• Headache pills can cause more pain :
Some headaches may be caused by the same medicine used to stop them, say headache specialists. Dr. Fred Sheftell, an American expert on headaches, says some people may be suffering "rebound headaches." >>> Full Text
• Over-the-counter headache:
Regular use of pain medications counterproductive. Quick-fix drugs are not always the best choice >>> Full Text
• Health warning: screening can seriously damage patients
A new allegation that breast screening, one of the longest established procedures, is being over-promoted to women who are not being alerted to the harm that can result is published today in the British Medical Journal. They cite evidence showing 1,200 women would have to be screened for 14 years to save one life from breast cancer while during that time scores would suffer anxiety, surgery and mastectomies for suspicious lumps that turned out to be benign >>> Full Text
• Cholesterol pills carry risk, UBC group says
'Fine print' raised doubts: Finding applies only to preventive use
Drugs taken daily by millions of Canadians to lower their cholesterol at a cost of more than $1.3-billion a year may be doing as much harm as good for many users, according to a group of University of British Columbia drug specialists >>> Full Text
• Study says antibiotics raise kids' allergy risk
Finds prescription before six months doubles chance of asthma by age 7
>>> Full Text
• Antibiotics may raise asthma risk
Antibiotics may be partly to blame for increased rates of asthma, say scientists. A team from the University of Michigan believes the key could be the way the drugs interfere with the balance of microbes in the gut >>> Full Text
• Arthritis drug may lead to heart risks, study says
Questions raised about frequently used Vioxx. Doctors should keep an eye on blood pressure >>> Full Text
• GSK knew Seroxat wasn't 'effective' on children
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant Seroxat could not be proved to work on children in 1998, according to a leaked internal document. The secret document, relating to two clinical trials held in the 1990s, reveals that drug trials had shown little or no effect on helping depression in minors. The company was also advised to avoid publishing the full data because it would be "commercially unacceptable" and would "undermine the profile" of the drug >>> Full Text
• Glaxo faces drug fraud lawsuit
David Healy, the consultant psychiatrist who first brought the safety of the SS RIs under scrutiny, said yesterday that the suppression of data in children was matched by the suppression of data in adult trials. "The original data sent to the regulators for this drug showed an eight time greater rate of suicidal acts on paroxetine compared to placebo in adults." Yet the published data suggests there is no difference.
>>> Full Text
• Placebo can spark physical change, study finds >>> Full Text
Modern Medicine: Incidence of 'Medical Errors' (9 entries)
• Canada needs to monitor, prevent medical errors: committee >>> Full Text
• "The number of reported reactions has quadrupled since 1997."
Health Canada uses the term “adverse drug reaction” (ADR) to describe the unexpected reactions, or extreme side effects, drugs can have. But for every bad drug you hear about, healthcare advocates say there are many more untold stories. We were curious about the big picture, so in cooperation with CBC Radio we set out to learn more about adverse drug reactions and landed on a goldmine of information. >>> CBC Web Feature >>> CBC In-Depth Report
• Medical errors affect 1 in 13: Hospital study first for Canada
Finds high rate of `adverse events' >>> Full Text
• Preventable medical errors contribute to up to 24,000 deaths a year
Preventable medical errors contribute to between 9,250 and 23,750 deaths in Canada a year, a landmark study of what the medical community calls "adverse events" suggests >>> Full Text
• Deadly hospital mistakes face study:
U.S. report in 1999 found mistakes are deadlier than AIDS >>> Full Text
• Medical Horror Shows:
survey estimated that medical mistakes kill between 44,000 and 100,000 people a year >>> Full Text
• Death by Medicine:
Available as a word file, this in depth article summarizes the results of more than 150 scientific papers published in prestigious medical journals. Filled with references to landmark studies on the incidence of "adverse events", 'iatrogenic deaths" and "medical errors", this paper highlights the problems inherent in our dominant medical approach, as well as suggesting some remedies for this current state of affairs.
>>> download word file (120 k)
• Of monkeys and men:
An ebullient Italian researcher and a button-down American believe a virus in polio vaccines of the 1950s and early 1960s may make millions susceptible to cancer caused by asbestos >>> Full Text
• Doctors have lost patients' trust:
Unless something is done to restore status of profession, health care will suffer, medical association warns >>> Full Text
The Drug Industry (11 entries)
• U.S. thwarts drug firms' tactics:
U.S. President George W. Bush moved Monday to bring generic drugs more quickly to the market by blocking pharmaceutical companies from filing multiple patent-protection lawsuits that can stall the cheaper products for years >>> Full Text
• Journal highlights concerns over drug industry influence >>> Full Text
• Sexual disorders exaggerated for women: critic
'The rush to prescribe': Public scrutiny urged of role drug firms play in creating demand >>> Full Text
• Asthma drug's advertising misleading:
Consumers need unbiased wording, medical group says >>> Full Text
• Health Canada doesn't control 'off-label' use: drug inquest >>> Full Text
• Unhappy anniversary:
Forty years ago, Valium was the new wonder pill. Now, with up to a million Britons addicted to tranquillisers, GPs and drug companies are under fire >>> Full Text
• Foregone conclusions:
The public is being regularly deceived by the drug trials funded by pharmaceutical companies, loaded to generate the results they need >>> Full Text
• Pharmaceutical companies accused of manipulating drug trials for profit
>>> Full Text
• Pfizer fined $430M in Neurontin case:
No. 1 drugmaker pleads guilty for pushing epilepsy drug for other, unapproved uses
>>> Full Text
• Italy police probe 4,400 doctors
Italian police are investigating 4,400 doctors over allegations of an illegal incentives scheme involving UK drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline, officials say >>> Full Text
• Health supplements: R.I.P.
Millions of Britons take herbal vitamin and mineral supplements, either as a preventative measure or to treat specific ailments. But we may not be able to for much longer (due to upcoming laws) >>> Full Text
Drugs and Chemicals: Environmental and Health Impact (12 entries)
• Tests find drug taint in water:
Canadian rivers and streams are contaminated with a range of pharmaceutical drugs that present unknown dangers to people and wildlife, a study currently being considered by the federal government has found >>> Full Text
• Evidence of antibiotic in South Saskatchewan river >>> Full Text
• Drug traces found in cities' water:
Trace amounts of prescription drugs have been detected in the drinking water of four Canadian communities, including Montreal and Hamilton, the first time pharmaceutical products have been discovered in North America's municipal water supplies
>>> Full Text
• Ontario doctors link pesticides to major diseases:
Ontario's family doctors are strongly urging Canadians to limit their exposure to pesticides after reviewing their “consistent” link with serious illnesses >>> Full Text
• High levels of chemicals in beef, pork: Montreal report >>> Full Text
• High seafood intake could reduce fertility: study >>> Full Text
• Common cleaning chemical linked to male infertility: study >>> Full Text
• Common herbicide frog gender bender >>> Full Text
• Food additives linked to hyperactivity: study >>> Full Text
• Sooty air pollution can cause genetic damage that can be passed along to offspring, Canadian researchers reported in a study on mice >>> Full Text
• Fumes from popcorn flavouring blamed for lung disease >>> Full Text
• The ugly side of the beauty business:
Scientists say ingredients in beauty products may be causing cancer >>> Full Text
Incidence of Illness (8 entries)
• Use of antidepressants skyrockets: Young, old taking more >>> Full Text
• Psychiatric drugs rise sharply for youth:
Prescription rates more than doubled in a decade >>> Full Text
• Young at high risk of mental illness:
A new report shows that young Canadians are entering hospital because of mental illness at an alarming rate >>> Full Text
• Depression rampant in teens, study finds >>> Full Text
• Prozac Nation, UK:
Hundreds of thousands of people are being prescribed powerful anti-depressants that they may not need because doctors are using the pills as a "quick fix" solution to mild anxiety problems, according to a report published today >>> Full Text
• GSK knew Seroxat wasn't 'effective' on children
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant Seroxat could not be proved to work on children in 1998, according to a leaked internal document. The secret document, relating to two clinical trials held in the 1990s, reveals that drug trials had shown little or no effect on helping depression in minors. The company was also advised to avoid publishing the full data because it would be "commercially unacceptable" and would "undermine the profile" of the drug >>> Full Text
• Fish oil a balm for depression:
At Sheffield University, 70 depressed patients were given omega-3. None of them had success with drugs such as Prozac. After 12 weeks, almost 70 per cent of patients showed a marked improvement >>> Full Text
• Survey: Arthritis grips 25 percent of Americans
Approximately one-quarter of American adults have been diagnosed with arthritis and another 17 percent may be suffering from the crippling disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said >>> Full Text
Illness Risk Factors (11 entries)
• Workaholism shortcut to an early grave, study shows >>> Full Text
• Odd hours bring ill health, study suggests >>> Full Text
• Worried about dying? It could kill you >>> Full Text
• Marital angst can be harder on heart than marathon: study >>> Full Text
• Negative thoughts 'make you ill' >>> Full Text
• Health linked to self-esteem:
People with low self-esteem are more likely to get ill, it has been claimed
>>> Full Text
• Stress Found to Weaken Resistance to Illness >>> Full Text
• Canadians need more time: stress study
Many Canadians are stressed out about doing too many things at once, according to a new study from Statistics Canada >>> Full Text
• Job stress compounds risks for heart disease >>> Full Text
• Poor choice or no choice?:
Even more evidence links low income with disease >>> Full Text
• Hydro lines increase cancer risk: U.S. study >>> Full Text
Diet, Lifestyle and Health (6 entries)
• Anti-social conduct may be linked to diet, says study >>> Full Text
• Today's fruits, vegetables lack yesterday's nutrition >>> Full Text
• Microwaved broccoli loses nutrients: researchers
Broccoli "nuked" in the microwave loses up to 97 per cent of some health-promoting chemicals, say Portuguese researchers >>> Full Text
• Experts from the US say that preparing food using high temperatures increases the levels of potentially toxic chemicals >>> Full Text
• Food pyramid's bricks in wrong spots: study >>> Full Text
• Sexual peak releases hormone that regenerates brain: research
Great sex holds the ingredients to heal the brain damage caused by strokes or degenerative diseases like Huntington's, a new Canadian study suggests
>>> Full Text
Fair Use Notice
This section of the website contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material available in my efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this section of the website is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml.
