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Mackay Medical College yesterday said that research had shown that hepatitis B vaccinations given to infants can wear off as they grow up and may not provide full, lifetime protection. In response to frequent questions from patients about whether hepatitis B vaccination of infants can guarantee lifetime immunity, …
Commonly prescribed antibiotics don’t help cure most coughs in adults, new research confirms. Patients with a cough or bronchitis are often prescribed antibiotics, and previous studies have had conflicting results about their effectiveness. For this study, researchers randomly assigned more than 2,000 adults complaining of a cough to take either …
The document published by EFSA on 28th November is one of the most unbalanced, despicable, arrogant and complacent pieces of pseudo-science that one is ever likely to see. Vitriol drips from every page. It is clear that the drafting team conspired from the outset to find fault with the Seralini …
Food consumers seldom hear about the drugs oestradiol-17, zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate and the names are certainly not on meat labels. But those synthetic growth hormones are central to U.S. meat production, especially beef, and the reason Europe has banned a lot of U.S. meat since 1989. …
As Hurricane Sandy barreled towards the Northeastern US, 60 million coastal and inland residents suddenly found themselves in the crosshairs of climate change. Large enough to hammer the eastern third of the country with record-breaking winds, rain and floods, the Halloween Hurricane packed an unprecedented punch—it was set to collide …
Soon after the Associated Press began publishing its expose of the New York Police Department’s widespread surveillance of [3]Muslims [3], the Federal Bureau of Investigation began to speak up. Officials like Michael Ward, the top FBI official in New Jersey, criticized the NYPD’s warrantless spying on innocent Muslims …
Their latest issue,“10 Surprising Dangers of Vitamins & Supplements,” is just more fear-mongering. Action Alert! [1] Consumer Reports (CR) claims to be a trustworthy, unbiased source of information. But where nutritional supplements are concerned, they either think that scare-mongering sells, or they have a deep bias, or both. The lead …
Right-wing critics like to denounce President Obama’s supposed penchant for “job-killing regulations [1].” Just last month, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus complained [2] on the conservative blog Red State that “instead of pursuing policies that would help job creators put Americans back to work, he’s burdened them with ObamaCare, …
The long-running General Electric slogan sums up what capitalist cheerleaders love to say about markets: “We bring good things to life.” But is it really true? In reality, some capitalists have figured out how to profit by actually bringing bad things to life. Today, market forces organize, select and direct …
In 2007, Morgan Stanley paid out $4.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by its clients alleging that Morgan Stanley took money from them for buying precious metals on their behalf, took money from them for “storage” of these precious metals accounts, but only pretended to purchase the bullion. Avery …
We need to eat less meat and recycle our waste to rebalance the global carbon cycle and reduce our risk of dangerous levels of climate change. New research from the University of Exeter, UK, shows that if today’s meat-eating habits continue, the predicted rise in the global population could spell …
Nanotechnology has developed tremendously in the past decade and was able to create many new materials with a vast range of potential applications. Some of those innovative materials are promising to reduce environmental pollution. For instance, carbon nanotubes and metal nano-particles are great candidate materials for cleaning polluted water and …
Eating a high-salt diet for several years may damage blood vessels — increasing your risk of developing high blood pressure, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. People with this type of blood vessel damage who eat a high-salt diet are more likely to develop hypertension, …
You would think the FDA would obey a judge’s ruling on qualified health claims. Think again. The FTC case described elsewhere in this issue was especially important because the FDA was hoping to use the FTC to evade some recent court rulings that it cannot willfully and unreasonably censor all …