India Holds Bill Gates Accountable For His Vaccine Crimes
Conclusion It is difficult to believe that, despite the mounting evidence outlining the many crimes against humanity that have been committed by the Gates Foundation, GAVI, UNICEF and PATH, Bill Gates is portrayed as a hero among many. However, according to the definition of hero in the Oxford Dictionary, the word hero means: “A person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” [12] The dictionary I used said nothing about vaccinating innocent, vulnerable children with untested and unsafe vaccinations, causing them to suffer agonizing, untimely deaths. &nbs...
Source: vactruth.com - October 5, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Gardasil Death Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) MenAfriVac Source Type: blogs

Howzzat again?
A couple of days ago I heard Neko Case on National Pubic Radio recalling that as a child, she heard the Rascals Hit "Groovin'" as "That would be ecstasy, You and me and Leslie, Groovin .. . " She thought that was great that they could hang out with Leslie. Actually I heard it the same way, but I thought, "Who the f. is Leslie?" Is it a menage a trois? Do they have a kid? A dog? Actually it's not "and Leslie," it's "endlessly," but the singer (that would be Eddie Brigati) for some reason put the accent on the wrong sillobble. It's weird because endlessly scans just fine with ecstasy. If you look for the song lyrics using yo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 26, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Blocking Mosquitoes and Ticks
Five bug repellents scored high marks for preventing bites, but three common choices didn’t make the grade in 2014 testing by Consumer Reports. As a parent and pediatrician, I want a mosquito and tick repellent that is safe, effective, and easy to use. It also helps if it doesn’t smell like bug spray. Why Is Blocking Mosquitoes and Ticks Important? Insect and arachnid bites aren’t just annoying; they are also the cause of hundreds of West Nile virus infections, about 1500 cases of malaria, and about 35,000 cases of Lyme disease diagnosed in the US each year – not to mention the million people who die from malaria...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - September 19, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Diseases & Conditions Insect Bites & Stings Insects & Animals Liver Outdoor Fun Safety Toxins Source Type: blogs

Health Affairs Event Reminder: Advancing Global Health Policy
TweetPlease join us on Monday, September 8, when Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will host a briefing to discuss our September 2014 thematic issue, “Advancing Global Health Policy.” In an expansion of last year’s theme, “The ‘Triple Aim’ Goes Global,” we explore how developing and industrialized countries around the world are confronting challenges and learning from each other on three aims: cost, quality, and population health. A highlight of the event will be a discussion of international health policy—led by Weil—featuring former CMS and FDA administrator ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - September 5, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: All Categories Global Health Source Type: blogs

The Unintended Consequences of Environmental Policy: For the Birds
Marian L. Tupy So, here is a story to make your blood boil. According to National Review, “the federal government acted with a bias, giving renewable-energy companies a pass on unlawful bird deaths while rigorously prosecuting traditional energy companies for the same infractions.” The NR article follows a string of recent stories complaining about tens of thousands of birds cut up to pieces or fried in the sky by windmills and solar plants. Speaking of birds… Five decades ago, Rachel Carson, of Silent Spring infamy, helped to ban a pesticide called DDT. Back then, DDT was widely used not only in agriculture, but ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 27, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs

Update: How Ebola Kills
<p>Eman’s emails arrive hours ahead of the news here. He wrote on Sunday, August 17:</p> <p><em>“An Ebola quarantine site was attacked and looted. News is that most of the patients have escaped. This is going to put more fear into the population. All this because people are denying the virus.  More people might get exposed.  I’m so weak I can’t wake up this morning. Its 6:00 pm and I am still in bed listening to the news.  All this happened in a very populated area called West Point. Got pain all over my body. Keep me in your meditations.”</em></p> <p>Emm...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 27, 2014 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Hayley Dittus-Doria Tags: Genetics Health Care global health syndicated Source Type: blogs

Partnership And Progress On The Path To Achieving Millennium Development Goal 6
TweetEditor’s note: For more on global health, stay tuned for the upcoming September issue of Health Affairs. In 2000, nearly 200 world leaders came together and agreed on a set of objectives intended to tackle some of the most pressing development challenges of our time, such as poverty, AIDS, and child mortality. With a target date of December 31, 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provided a clear path for progress and a platform for immediate action. Last week, on August 18, we reached a milestone on that path – as of that date, 500 days remained to achieve these eight goals. So where do we stand, a...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 25, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Deb Derrick and Peter Yeo Tags: AIDS All Categories Global Health Policy Public Health Source Type: blogs

Health Affairs Briefing: Advancing Global Health Policy
TweetPlease join us on Monday, September 8, when Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will host a briefing to discuss our September 2014 thematic issue, “Advancing Global Health Policy.”  In an expansion of last year’s theme, “The ‘Triple Aim’ Goes Global,” we explore how developing and industrialized countries around the world are confronting challenges and learning from each other on three aims: cost, quality, and population health. A highlight of the event will be a discussion of international health policy—led by Weil—featuring former CMS and FDA administrator ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 22, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: All Categories End-of-Life Care Global Health Health Care Delivery Hospitals Innovation Pharma Policy Source Type: blogs

No #AAAS and ASM you do not deserve good PR for freeing up a few papers on Ebola
Saw a PR from AAAS about how they were freeing up all of ~ 20 papers on Ebola In light of what has become the largest Ebola outbreak on record, Science and Science Translational Medicine have compiled over a decade's worth of their published news and research. Researchers and the general public can now view this special collection for free.OK. More access is good. But alas, they did not even free up all papers in #AAAS journals with Ebola in the Title or Abstract.And then I started thinking. What about HIV? TB? Malaria? And as I started Tweeting about this, I saw that ASM also was hopping on the "free Ebola" bandwago...
Source: The Tree of Life - August 20, 2014 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

MKSAP: 19-year-old man with a sore throat
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 19-year-old man is evaluated for a sore throat, daily fever, frontal headache, myalgia, and arthralgia of 5 days’ duration. He also has severe discomfort in the lower spine and a rash on his trunk and extremities. He returned from a 7-day trip to the Caribbean 8 days ago. The remainder of the history is noncontributory. On physical examination, temperature is 38.3 °C (100.9 °F), blood pressure is 104/72 mm Hg, pulse rate is 102/min, and respiration rate is 16/min. His posterior pharynx is notably injec...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 17, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Infectious disease Source Type: blogs

Top stories in health and medicine, August 6, 2014
From MedPage Today: Advocacy Groups Take Obesity Naysayers to Task. Two obesity advocacy groups took to the pages of the Archives of Internal Medicine this week to castigate a report that questioned the legitimacy of obesity as a disease and cast an unfavorable light on new weight-loss drugs. Shoulder Pain: PT Works Well and Costs Less Than Shots. Patients with shoulder pain receiving corticosteroid injections (CSI) versus manual physical therapy (MPT) had the same amount of symptom improvement, but the corticosteroid group used more healthcare resources. OSA Exam Best for ‘Unexplained Daytime Sleepiness’. Sl...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 6, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: News Infectious disease orthopedics Pulmonology Source Type: blogs

Gene Drive Treatment To Control Invasive Species?
The idea: Use CRISPR genetic editing technology to genetically alter invasive species to make them less problematic for us humans. For example, alter invasive Southeast Asian Tiger mosquitoes so their populations will collapse in a region or make them less able to carry assorted diseases that infect and kill humans. A cross-disciplinary team is calling for public discussion about a potential new way to solve longstanding global ecological problems by using an emerging technology called "gene drives." The advance could potentially lead to powerful new ways of combating malaria and other insect-borne diseases, controlling in...
Source: FuturePundit - August 2, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs

Taking a News Holiday: Your Mental Health May Depend On It
You may have noticed that the current news is not exactly giving you reasons to feel good. Quite the opposite, in fact. Basically, the news is to depression what pollen is to asthma and living next to a swamp is to malaria. If you are over-exposed, you are going to suffer.   So right now might be a good time to take a news holiday.    First, let’s take a look at how our brains process information ...   Going back to... (Source: John McManamy's SharePosts)
Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - July 31, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs

I suppose I should say something about the Ebola outbreak
There's been considerable alarm in the blogosphere about the outbreak of Ebola virus in west Africa. Naturally, the occasion for people in the U.S. to take notice is that two U.S. citizens have become infected. It was no big deal that about 660 Africans have died from the disease. Yes, that's a bummer and horrific for the people affected. However . . .We need to get a grip. The chances that this will become a global pandemic, or even a major cause of death in Africa, are infinitesimal. Why do I say that? Although I have heard the elocutionists on National Pubic Radio call Ebola "highly contagious," actually it isn't. Trans...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 28, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs