Archive for the 'Health and Science' Category
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Jan 19 2009 | Filed under: Health and Science, Terrorism
Looks like the terrorist organization al Qaeda is being ravaged by black death. Now they have been the recipients of black death in the form of M16s but this black death is something different all together. Forty terrorists in the group have died as a result of the plague. The plague is transmitted by the [...]
Debbie Hamilton at Right Truth on Nov 13 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Health Care, Health and Science, Liberalism Watch, Media Watch
New York Times Blog Discussion: How old is too old for lifesaving surgery?
Jane Gross writes in the NYT, “How old is too old for lifesaving surgery?” She quotes Dr. Daniel Callahan and provides “a provocative conversation about his long-standing — and controversial — support for rationing health care for the elderly.”
He views rationing as [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Aug 08 2008 | Filed under: Alternate Lifestyles, Health and Science
Robert Knight wrote a long article commenting on a Washington Post article stating that homophobia is the main cause of a huge increase in AIDS among the world’s homosexual population. Here’s the WaPo take on the subject:
Twenty-five years after AIDS was branded the “gay plague,” the virus is again exacting a disproportionate toll on men [...]
MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Jul 31 2008 | Filed under: Feature Article, Health and Science
Michael Savage Interviews Dr. Peter Breggin
Audio here, and you can find other interviews and comments on this page.
This is like the “other side” of the 4-A debate, because some of the people running around with the strongest opinions about Autism, Aspergers, AD(H)D and allergies don’t even understand there is a debate going on. They don’t [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jul 02 2008 | Filed under: Election 2008, Feature Article, Health Care, Health and Science, Liberalism Watch, Media Watch, Politicians at Work
From the Careful What You Wish For Files: NHS dentistry shake-up fails as one million fewer get treatment
I heard on Dennis Prager today a call from a British man who pointed out that, in the 10 years of Tony Blair’s socialism, every major institution in Britain declined. And the more the government meddled, the [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Jun 30 2008 | Filed under: Health and Science
We all know the story of penicillin’s discovery: it arose from a lab accident when Alexander Fleming noticed that an accidental mold was killing bacteria. That coincidental discovery changed the modern world. It looks as if we can be seeing another pencillin moment, with an accidental fungus leading the way in the [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Apr 22 2008 | Filed under: Health and Science
Many years ago, I was talking to a friend of mine who was a medical student on his neurology rotation. He related what was, to me, an amazing story. The patient he saw that day was a fairly young man who had suffered a major stroke, resulting in an almost complete loss of [...]
Bookworm at Bookworm Room on Mar 11 2008 | Filed under: Culture Watch, Feminism, Health and Science
One of the things the feminists insist upon is absolute equality, whether that means depriving men of the opportunity to participate in college sports simply because there aren’t enough women to create parity, something that’s now being done in the sciences as well; or allowing women to engage in sexual activity as if they were [...]
Jodi at Webloggin on Feb 29 2008 | Filed under: Health and Science, WMD, special report
Update: The man who was staying in the room where the Ricin was found is hospitalized and in a coma. Police claim that they don’t believe that this incident is terrorist related. However, I’m a bit confused; the man who reported the Ricin is unidentified and wasn’t a guest of the motel. [...]
RightGirl at Girl on the Right on Feb 25 2008 | Filed under: Health and Science, Multi-culturalism
Toronto, with its growing immigrant population, will likely see an increase of deadly, contagious tuberculosis, experts say. The current system simply couldn’t handle an outbreak, but the province has yet to make the changes required to protect citizens
Something to think about the nest time you are on a crowded subway, running under Chinatown or Little [...]