The European Union wants to start putting pressure on Libya to release the five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor who are sentenced to death for starting the HIV pandemic that killed over 500 children eight years ago. The EU is saying it wasn’t a fair trial and those people are innocent and were…
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Korea News
Korea just discovered that about 27% of teens who are sexually active, have also had abortions. Kinda makes you wonder if they know where babies come from, doesn’t it?
Here’s Some News
The UK say there is a lot of physical and sexual abuse in care homes, namely for the learning disabled they say. The real shame about this bit of news is that they are just talking about it now. This kind of thing has been going on since there were such places. Makes…
Living Longer
You can live longer if you win the Nobel Prize. Yippie!!! Now it doesn’t count if you are just nominated, you will get no extra points for that. You actually have to win. Then you get about two more years. I wonder how much you get for third place bowling trophy?
Spanish Flu
Doctors are studying Spanish Flu. That is the flu that in 1918 killed over 50 million people. Their hope is that it will give some insight into why the Avian Flu is so deadly, killing about 63% of the people it infects. They gave some of this flu to monkeys and noticed that…
Cancer Decline
More good news! Experts say that cancer is declining for the second year in a row! They say that it’s due to people quitting smoking. They are seeing this trend now mostly in women, and no doubt are patting themselves on the backs saying the quitting is due to laws prohibiting smoking in…
Cola Bad For Hips
Studies have found that women who drink three or more colas a day even if they were diet, had lower bone density in the hips. It was slightly less if the colas were decaf. Lower bone density in the hips leads to more fractures with falls later in life.
Young Girls At Risk
Girls as young as 13 can already have metabolic syndrome. A study was done and the young girls that showed these risk factors had a couple of things different from the girls who didn’t. Obviously they were obese, but the things were, that their parents tended to be obese also and had…
Metabolic Syndrome
This is a set of risk factors that older adults above 60 can have that could develope into diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. You may have it if you have Waist measurements more than 40 inches in men, 35 inches in women Triglycerides of 150 mg/dL or higher HDL “good” cholesterol level less than 40mg/dL…
Give Thanks
For what it’s worth I began thinking about all the animals that are being used as test subjects. I am not a fanatic but I am an animal lover. I really do hope that these test animals are spared as much suffering as possible, and are being treated with the respect that I…