COVID-19 Powerful Disinfectants, Simple and Studied WHO Formulations “We showed that both WHO-recommended formulations sufficiently inactivate the virus after 30 seconds,” as Stephanie Pfänder sums up the results. Plus, this does not merely apply to the WHO solutions; rather, their… Read More ›
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Confidence in government linked to willingness to vaccinate
Public Release: 2-Feb-2015 Study looked at 2009 swine flu vaccine use in United States COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study suggests that confidence in government may play a key role in the public’s willingness to get at least some vaccines…. Read More ›
Misuse of pesticides may be causing large scale kidney failure among farmers worldwide
RAJANGANAYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — It’s midmorning and hundreds of people are squeezed under a banyan tree’s shady canopy to have blood drawn by just three nurses, working assembly-line fast. Others wait outside this dusty rural health center to get… Read More ›
Up to 100 children die from tainted measles vaccine – Syrian ambassador to UN ” the immunisation of children continues “
18 September 2014 UNITED NATIONS. KAZINFORM Some 100 children have died in the Syrian opposition-controlled areas of the north-western Idlib province where the UN measles vaccination campaign was held, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari said on Wednesday. Earlier… Read More ›
Dozens of children die in Syria after tainted vaccines
Despite rumors of sabotage, health experts believe that it was a bad batch of vaccines. By Aileen Graef | Sept. 17, 2014 at 9:48 AM ALEPPO, Syria, Sept. 17 (UPI) — At least 36 children are dead after receiving tainted… Read More ›
15 Syrian Children Die of UN Measles Vaccines
Thursday, 18 September 2014 The UN has halted a measles vaccination campaign in northern Syria after at least 15 children died after receiving shots, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in a joint statement. “UNICEF… Read More ›
Live virus used in polio vaccine can evolve and infect, warns TAU researcher
” Can act like wild poliovirus and continue the threat of contagion ” November 7, 2011 _ Requested Re-Post from our HRR Site Health professionals and researchers across the globe believe they are on the verge of eradicating polio, a… Read More ›
WHO and the pandemic flu “conspiracies” – The BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism report that was covered up
Conflicts of Interest – A joint investigation by the BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered evidence that raises troubling questions about how WHO managed conflicts of interest among the scientists who advised its pandemic planning – The… Read More ›
WHO apologises for claiming half of Greek HIV infections are self-inflicted
WHO blames ‘gross editing error’ for report claiming half of new cases are acquired deliberately by people trying to claim benefits Associated Press theguardian.com, Tuesday 26 November 2013 09.53 EST A drug user gives a blood sample for a HIV… Read More ›
Report: Half of new HIV cases in Greece from 2009-2011 self-inflicted to get benefits
Posted By Caroline May On 1:30 PM 11/25/2013 In | A case study contained within a lengthy World Health Organization report reviewing the health inequities among European countries says Greeks may be contracting HIV intentionally in order to go on… Read More ›
AIDS guidelines for children may not improve death rates but may improve treatment access ( Yes, you read that right )
Contact: Fiona Godwin medicinepress@plos.org Public Library of Science Recent changes to World Health Organization guidelines for starting anti-AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy—ART) in young children are unlikely to improve death rates but may increase the numbers of children receiving ART by… Read More ›
Depression: ‘Now the Second biggest cause of disability’ in world
By Helen Briggs BBC News Depression is common across the world Depression is the second most common cause of disability worldwide after back pain, according to a review of research. The disease must be treated as a global public… Read More ›
WSU researchers link DDT and obesity / Effects seen across generations
Contact: Michael Skinner skinner@wsu.edu 509-335-1524 Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University researchers say ancestral exposures to environmental compounds like the insecticide DDT may be a factor in high rates of obesity. The finding comes as DDT is getting a… Read More ›
Mentally ill tied to trees and left to die in Somalia
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mon, 7 Oct 2013 01:28 PM Author: Emma BathaMore news from our correspondents Men walk on a beach in front of a building destroyed during a war in Mogadishu June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic … Read More ›
Study adds lung damage to harmful effects of arsenic / lung damage comparable to decades of smoking
Contact: John Easton john.easton@uchospitals.edu 773-795-5225 University of Chicago Medical Center A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in… Read More ›
The Hidden Threat That Could Prevent Polio’s Global Eradication – Vaccinated Children that Become “chronic excreters”
Polio could soon be wiped out—but only if scientists can track down the last carriers By Helen Branswell Image: GETTY IMAGES Global eradication of polio has been the ultimate game of Whack-a-Mole for the past decade; when it… Read More ›
Scientists to make mutant forms of new bird flu to assess risk
Source: Reuters – Wed, 7 Aug 2013 05:00 PM Author: Reuters * Controversial research sparked previous security fears * Flu experts say it is critical to prepare for threat * New H7N9 bird flu strain has killed 43 people… Read More ›
In search of fair babies, Indians chase Caucasian donors for IVF
Shobita Dhar, TNN Jul 21, 2013, 04.06AM IST (Dr Manish Banker, director…) Mayuri Singhal, 36, married into a fair-skinned family. She herself is what is often described in matrimonial columns as ‘wheatish’. When she couldn’t conceive, she walked into… Read More ›
American Samoa’s battle against obesity as 95 per cent of the nation are declared overweight
WHO figures reveal extent of the obesity crisis in the small Pacific island One airline charging passengers tickets based on their weight to save costs Island-wide health push to encourage healthier eating and more activity By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 11:58… Read More ›
Vitamin D deficiency may help spread of hepatitis B throughout liver
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley Researchers from Germany have found that low levels of vitamin D are associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. Findings published online in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for… Read More ›
Study finds vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB
Contact: Kim Newman sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine May 21, 2013 — (Bronx, NY) — In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis… Read More ›
US company selling lead paint in Africa 5,000 times the allowable limit and is refusing to remove it !!!t
Contact: Melody Harris melody.harris@taylorandfrancis.com Taylor & Francis US company identified as manufacture of lead paint in Africa SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 19, 2013) – House paint containing dangerous concentrations of lead is being sold in Cameroon by an American company… Read More ›
More HIV ‘cured’: first a baby, now 14 adults
21:00 14 March 2013 by Andy Coghlan For similar stories, visit the HIV and AIDS Topic Guide A drug-free life beckons for some people with HIV (Image: Bruce Forster/Getty) Two weeks after the revelation that a baby has been… Read More ›
Herbal defluoridation of drinking water
Contact: Albert Ang press@inderscience.com Inderscience Publishers Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and easily remove “fluoride” from drinking water. The technology described in the March issue of the… Read More ›
Commonly used painkiller ‘should be banned over heart risk’
A painkiller used by at least a million people in Britain a year should be banned because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost half, say British academics. Daily doses of painkillers can increase the risk… Read More ›
CIA Vaccine Hoax Condemned By Public Health Deans
William McGuinness william.mcguinness@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 01/10/2013 5:41 pm EST | Updated: 01/10/2013 6:32 pm EST University public health schools’ deans say health workers should be off limits. Public health school deans from prominent colleges and universities across the country have signed a… Read More ›
146th Health Research Report 11 JAN 2013
In this issue: 1. Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes : Medications being intentionally added 2. Cholesterol medicine affects energy production in muscles 3. Sublingual immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for peanut allergy 4. Hold the diet soda? Sweetened drinks linked to… Read More ›
Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes : Medications being intentionally added
Contact: Angela Collom acollom@acponline.org 215-351-2653 American College of Physicians Observation Article: Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes Doctors should consider the intentional addition of medicine to food as a potential cause of foodborne disease outbreaks. The World Health Organization… Read More ›
WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents : German physician
Jiji BERLIN — A German doctor and member of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicians’ group has criticized a World Health Organization report on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe for underestimating its impact on human health. In a research paper, Alex Rosen… Read More ›
Brain and nervous system damaged by low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides
Contact: Dave Weston d.weston@ucl.ac.uk 44-020-310-83844 University College London Scientists have found that low-level exposure to organophosphates (OPs) produces lasting decrements in neurological and cognitive function. Memory and information processing speed are affected to a greater degree than other cognitive functions… Read More ›
Scientists warn of sperm count crisis : “serious public health warning”
Biggest-ever study confirms drastic decline in male reproductive health Jeremy Laurance Wednesday, 5 December 2012 The reproductive health of the average male is in sharp decline, the world’s largest study of the quality and concentration of sperm has found. Between… Read More ›
A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled with an existing vaccine
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Laura Gallagher l.gallagher@imperial.ac.uk 44-020-759-48432 Imperial College London Polio research gives new insight into tackling vaccine-derived poliovirus A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled… Read More ›
Peaches, plums induce deliciously promising death of breast cancer cells
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Kathleen Phillips ka-phillips@tamu.edu 979-845-2872 Texas A&M AgriLife Communications AUDIO: Breast cancer cells — even the most aggressive type — died after treatments with peach and plum extracts in lab tests at… Read More ›
WHO and the pandemic flu “conspiracies” – FULL report from the BMJ and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism 2010
2010 report posted for filing Conflicts of Interest WHO and the pandemic flu “conspiracies” Deborah Cohen, features editor, BMJ, Philip Carter, journalist, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, London dcohen@bmj.com Key scientists advising the World Health Organization on planning for an… Read More ›
Common antidepressant drugs linked to lactation difficulties in moms
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Aaron Lohr alohr@endo-society.org 240-482-1380 The Endocrine Society According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), women taking commonly used forms of antidepressant drugs… Read More ›
Activating the ‘mind’s eye’ — sounds, instead of eyesight can be alternative vision ( can actually “see” and describe objects and even identify letters and words )
Contact: Jerry Barach jerryb@savion.huji.ac.il 972-258-82904 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2012 — Common wisdom has it that if the visual cortex in the brain is deprived of visual information in early infanthood, it may never develop properly… Read More ›
Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth: ( nisin )
Contact: Laura Bailey baileylm@umich.edu 734-647-1848 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR—Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found. What makes this particularly good news is that the Food… Read More ›
Drinking coffee slows progression of liver disease in chronic hepatitis C sufferers
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Dawn Peters medicalnews@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley-Blackwell Patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease who drink three or more cups of coffee per day have a 53% lower risk of liver disease progression than… Read More ›
CDC Wants Safety Threat Information on Goose Flu
WASHINGTON (CN) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention request information and comments to questions on a highly contagious “goose” variant of avian influenza H5N1 viruses. The viruses contain a hemagglutinin from the Goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage. The CDC, among other… Read More ›
Bird flu virus remains infectious up to 600 days in municipal landfills H5N1
2009 study posted for filing Environmental Science & Technology Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat — the “bird flu” virus —… Read More ›
Plant-Based Diets Can Remedy Chronic Diseases
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity—for which poor diets are contributing factors. Yet… Read More ›
Ebola antibody treatment, produced in plants, protects monkeys from lethal disease: Even 48 hours after exposure
Contact: Caree Vander Linden caree.vanderlinden@us.army.mil US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases A new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies. In… Read More ›
Questions of ethics and quality cloud globalization of clinical trials: Same drug in different populations could produce markedly different results
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Michelle Gailiun michelle.gailiun@duke.edu 919-724-5343 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – Top-tier U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies are moving their clinical trials overseas at warp speed, raising questions about ethics, quality control, and even the scientific… Read More ›
World Health Organisation says has found new SARS-like virus
6:13pm EDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A new virus belonging to the same family as the SARS virus that killed 800 people in 2002 has been identified in Britain in a man who had recently been in Saudi… Read More ›
The pandemic potential of H9N2 avian influenza viruses
Re-Post for Filing 2008 Contact: Beth Cavanaugh bcavana@umd.edu Public Library of Science Since their introduction into land-based birds in 1988, H9N2 avian influenza A viruses have caused multiple human infections and become endemic in domestic poultry in Eurasia. This particular… Read More ›
Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys
Contact: Paula Niedenthal niedenthal@wisc.edu 608-890-4379 University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON — Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during infancy. Three experiments by a team of researchers led… Read More ›
Scores at risk as new breed of mosquito foils malaria prevention methods: There is NO KNOWN DNA match
Published: 16 September, 2012, 21:14 Annual deaths could jump by the hundreds of thousands because of a new species of mosquito, which bites people in the early evening rather than at night, making bed nets useless in the battle against… Read More ›
Newborn vitamin A reduces infant mortality by 15%
Contact: Tim Parsons tmparson@jhsph.edu 410-955-7619 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world can reduce their risk of death by 15 percent, according… Read More ›
Gestational exposure to urban air pollution linked to vitamin D deficiency in newborns
Contact: Aaron Lohr alohr@endo-society.org 240-482-1380 The Endocrine Society New study highlights potential importance of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women Chevy Chase, MD—Gestational exposure to ambient urban air pollution, especially during late pregnancy, may contribute to lower vitamin D levels… Read More ›
