Didn’t we just see a news article about how animal testing on monkeys is essential? Now I’m looking at an article that says senior scientists are saying most animal tests are flawed and worthless when trying to determine the effect a new drug will have on a human body. After learning about…
Monthly Archives: December 2006
No More Red!
There is a new birth control pill call Lybrel, which is supposed to be low dose, yet has proved effective in eliminating periods. As a woman who is about to enter Menopause, why didn’t they have this when I was in my twenties? No periods, yeah! However I’m sure this doesn’t come…
Say What?
A professor in Britain wants to have obese help line numbers sewn into the clothes made for fat people. I’m not sure what to say about this, it’s so absurd. Why not just put a tag in them saying if this garmet fits you, you will be dead in two years? I…
Great, Something Else To Worry About
One of our senators has just undergone surgery to save his life. Sen. Tim Johnson had what they call arteriovenous malformation (AVM). They are now warning that about 300,000 of us could have this congenital defect. The good news is they could operate and save most people. The bad news is you don’t…
New Aids Policy
South African Aids policy makers want to push circumcision after studies confirm that more circumcisions lead to lower numbers of Aids cases. They want to make it a national policy in South Africa. I wonder how that would go over in the U.S.?
Another Viewpoint
The blood substitute that the navy wants to test on the civilian population is made from cows blood. The first news story on this I picked up made it sound like they wanted to do this on people without their knowledge or consent. This new story puts a different slant on it. …
In The Navy
The Navy wants to start testing a substitute blood, because they say it’s badly needed on battlefields in places like Iraq. That’s great, except they want to test it on the civilian population. OK, I guess that would be alright, except that they plan to do this without prior permission from the…
Cervical Cancer
Women are strongly urged to get the vaccine against HVP virus which is the cause of some cervical cancers. They say that the clinical trials have proved that this is a medical breakthrough in the prevention against the second most common cancer in women. Doctors and researchers are saying that every woman…
Green Onions Get Bad Rap
Back to Taco Bell. The latest on the E-coli outbreak is that they are now suspecting the lettuce and not the green onions. I’m getting my information from news reports, and once again it leaves me to wonder what to believe, since the story changes every couple days. Taco Bell is standing…
Poor Monkeys
I love animals. I for one believe they have feelings and have souls. Yes I eat meat, but very often feel bad for doing so. I’m after all not a fanatic. There are however a lot of people who have no or very little empathy for them. That being said, the UK…