Call for Papers
The University of Toronto’s Health History Group presents:
The Public’s Health: a symposium on public health histories.
March 6 – 7, 2015
We are pleased to announce a request for submissions on the topic “The Public’s Health.” This interdisciplinary conference will be of interest to anyone thinking about the history of public health from diverse, unique perspectives. The conference will take place on Friday March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the University of Toronto. Friday will be an academic day with a series of peer-reviewed sessions on the Public’s Health. Saturday will be a public day, with a se...
Source: The Autism Acceptance Project - April 7, 2014 Category: Autism Authors: TAAP Admin Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Cockroach in the Ear
I took a surprisingly enjoyable course in medical entomology as an undergrad at Ohio State University. Admittedly, decades later, the only things I remember from that course are that only four of the 4500 species of cockroaches are classified as pests: the German, Asian, American, and Oriental cockroaches.
The majority of cockroach species live in their natural habitats in woods, tropical forests, or deserts, but these four have taken up residence with humans and have become serious pests. They may have distinctly cosmopolitan names, but it is believed that they all started in Africa. Their mouths can chomp through card...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - April 2, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Cockroach in the Ear
I took a surprisingly enjoyable course in medical entomology as an undergrad at Ohio State University. Admittedly, decades later, the only things I remember from that course are that only four of the 4500 species of cockroaches are classified as pests: the German, Asian, American, and Oriental cockroaches.
The majority of cockroach species live in their natural habitats in woods, tropical forests, or deserts, but these four have taken up residence with humans and have become serious pests. They may have distinctly cosmopolitan names, but it is believed that they all started in Africa. Their mouths can chomp through ca...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - April 2, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The Link between Mental Illnesses and Poverty
Mental illnesses have become more common in the recent years. This increase in mental incidences has been examined by a number of scholars who have reached a number of interesting conclusions. There are major studies that have been done in both developed and developing countries and all of them have returned unusual verdicts. According to most scholars, there is an undeniable link between mental illnesses and poverty. According to these studies, one major way of tackling mental illnesses would be addressing the common problems afflicting the poor.
Social inequality
The gap between the poor and the rich worldwide is exte...
Source: Mental Nurse - February 11, 2014 Category: Nurses Authors: Author104 Tags: Mental health child aggression Mental Illnesses verdicts Source Type: blogs
Are you a knitter? Interested in microbes? Well this is for you: knit a microbe for a Glasgow school
This is the first time in my life I wish I knew how to knit; Calling all knitters: we need germs! - The Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra. Yup - there is an attempt to break a world record for the most hands washed in a single session - and the place doing this is calling for help in making knitted microbes. They have even posted patterns for making knitted microbes including ones for Penicillium, Common cold, Swine Flu, TB, Cholera, and more. From Pinterest.And what could be better than this? They have a Pinterest Board with pics of the ones they have received:See below Follow Glasgow CityOfScience'...
Source: The Tree of Life - February 10, 2014 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
With Help of Victims From 1849, Scientists Decode Early Strain of Cholera
Using bits of human intestine stored in a Philadelphia medical museum in 1849, scientists have decoded the genes of an early form of cholera, the deadly diarrheal disease that first swept the globe just a few decades earlier. The disease is still a lethal menace, as was shown in Haiti four years ago, when an […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - January 14, 2014 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Do You Believe More Vaccines or Better Nutrition Prevents Disease?
Conclusion
Tremendous government financial and medical resources are wasted on the development of more vaccinations to prevent diseases. No research has proven the effectiveness of vaccinations in preventing illness. Overwhelming evidence exists to show vaccines are dangerous to health and contribute to illness, injury and death.
To prevent disease, one should avoid vaccinations, mercury dental fillings and toxic food. Following a nutrient-dense diet of whole, organic foods and removing toxic metals from the body are the best avenues to try and prevent illness and enhance health.
References
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Source: vactruth.com - December 20, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Michelle Goldstein Top Stories Dr. Russell Blaylock National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nutrition truth about vaccines Weston Price Source Type: blogs
Study - Treat Alzheimer’s by Delivering Protein Across Blood-Brain Barrier
When we found the glowing protein in the brain and the retina we were quite thrilled. If the protein could cross the blood brain barrier we thought it was likely that it could cross in Alzheimer’s patients brains.+Alzheimer's Reading RoomThe body is structured to ensure that any invading organisms have a tough time reaching the brain, an organ obviously critical to survival. Known as the blood-brain barrier, cells that line the brain and spinal cord are tightly packed, making it difficult for anything besides very small molecules to cross from the bloodstream into the central nervous system.While beneficial, this blockad...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - December 7, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Your Children to be Used as Guinea Pigs for New GMO Vaccine
Conclusion
PaxVax claims to produce “socially responsible vaccines.” Is a vaccine containing genetically modified bacteria really socially responsible?
Is it socially responsible for governments, healthcare providers, and pharmacy technicians to not tell you they are injecting you with a genetically modified vaccine?
If you object to the use of GMOs, or if you are trying to avoid the use of GMOs in your household, you will certainly want to avoid genetically modified vaccines. If you would like to learn more about the vaccine ingredients injected into your child, download our free Vaccine Ingredient Summary now...
Source: vactruth.com - December 6, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Missy Fluegge Tags: Missy Fluegge Top Stories FluBlok genetically modified (GM) vaccines Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) live cholera vaccine Mercury PaxVax truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
A Historical Review Of The Toilet And Its Contribution To International Sanitation Efforts
November 19 is International Toilet Day. That may sound funny, but it is a serious event. It is a day to contemplate what we have and others don’t. As we sit in privacy on our comfortable flush toilets today, it is hard to imagine that a scant two hundred years ago sewage disposal meant emptying chamber pots into the nearest convenient place, which was often the street.
If you were out for a walk in Britain in the 18th century and heard the cry “gardy-loo,” you had better scamper across the street because the contents of a chamber pot were set to be hurled your way from a window. The expression derives from the Fren...
Source: Better Health - November 19, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: admin Tags: Health Policy Health Tips Humor Chamber Pots Cholera Flush Toilets History Infectious Disease International Toilet Day Sanitation Source Type: blogs
NIH and Other Public Private Partnerships to Research Treatments for Multiple Diseases
Over the past few weeks, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made a number of important announcements regarding collaborations with industry as well as the funding of several new research initiatives. Below is a summary of these stories.
NIH Partners With Eli Lilly and Others on Rare Diseases
FierceBiotechResearch reported that NIH selected four (4) new preclinical drug development studies to uncover new therapies for rare diseases. The projects will be funded through the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) program under NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NCATS, whic...
Source: Policy and Medicine - October 4, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Startup Aims to Ship IV Bags to Remote Disaster Sites Dry, Fill via Forward Osmosis (VIDEO)
More than 5 million people who suffer from cholera each year do not have easy access to IV bags. This results in more than 120,000 deaths due to cholera-related dehydration each year. Yet IV bags cost only two dollars a bag – it’s the weight of filled IV bags (about 38 oz. (1 kg) per bag) that drives up the cost of shipping. During disaster relief efforts, such as after the Haiti earthquake, relief workers must physically carry these bags to remote areas by foot, bicycles or motorcycles. This limits the amount of filled saline bags that can reach victims during disasters.
In order to solve the problem of ...
Source: Medgadget - August 26, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gaurav Krishnamurthy Tags: Critical Care Emergency Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Vaccines Can Cause Infertility
Conclusion
What I have discovered, I am sure that many would agree, is absolutely horrific. It appears that many of the recommended vaccinations are known by the governments and pharmaceutical industries to cause infertility. Many of these vaccines are mandatory. We need to ask ourselves why our governments are deliberately force-vaccinating us with vaccines known to cause infertility.
Another question we need to ask is why are so many studies being funded to study the subject area surrounding vaccines and infertility.
Many leading professionals believe that these vaccines are being offered as part of a global depopulation...
Source: vactruth.com - July 20, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories infertility Premature Ovarian Failure Sterilization Tetanus Vaccines Vaccine Safety Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 100: Getting Old
This week, FFFF is getting old – with its hundredth edition. The jokes are starting to sag, the factual reliability gave way long ago, but there is still a glimmer in its ancient roving eye. And this week the funtabulously frivolous focus is on… old things.
Question 1.
What is the world’s oldest surviving medical text?
Reveal the funtabulous answer!
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Even in 1900BC, legal disclaimers were amazingly convoluted.
The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus.
The Kahun Papyri were discovered near El-Lahun, Egypt in 1889 B...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 5, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Jo Deverill Tags: Arcanum Veritas Education Featured Frivolous Friday Five Health Medical Humor FFFF old Source Type: blogs
