Monthly Archives: June 2008

Battens Disease, A Parents Nightmare

     In case you haven’t been following the news you may have missed the story of little Hailey and her mom Miranda’s unfortunate encounter with Air Canada and Air China. Hailey, who is five, has Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses or Battens disease. She has lost some brain function, has seizures ( at least 50 a day,…

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Four Epoch-making Discoveries by Nandlal Kanjibhai Pancholi

I have made four epoch making discoveries in the core area of medical science by inventing medicines that actually cure Psoriasis,Paralysis,R.A.Fctor in Blood (Rheumatoid Arthritis in Blood) and Uric Acid in Blood without any side effects.Harmless medicines are given directly to humans and the above diseases have been cured.I want my above inventions to be…

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False Positives In HIV Tests

     Hundreds of New Yorkers found themselves scared out of their minds when they were given HIV tests that found them positive for the virus. In turns out that they were given the “quick response” test which is saliva testing. The New York Health Department started noticing that there was a great increase in those…

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Pro Life Pharmacies

I was not too happy months ago when I read that certain pharmacists were refusing to fill doctors prescriptions for the morning after pill. They may have moral or religious objections to it, but their job is to fill prescriptions per doctors orders. Their job is not to pick and choose for the customer. I…

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Mercury Vapors From Dental Fillings

I came across this video and thought it was important enough to post here. It shows the mercury vapors that come from mercury fillings in teeth. The video certainly gives us something else to worry about.

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Parents Suing Over Son’s Peanut Alergy

Parents of a young boy are suing American Airlines because when they reserved their tickets they explained to the airline that their son was deathly allergic to peanuts and they needed to be reassured that no peanuts would be served on the flight. During the flight, however the mother got into an argument with a…

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Antibacterial Wipes, Friend Or Foe?

     The Welsh have done a study concerning three different brands of antibacterial wipes. What they found is that while these wipes do kill bacteria and remove bacteria from the surface wiped, some remaining bacteria still live now transferred to the wipe. Many people will use the wipe on one surface, pick up live bacteria…

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C-Sections May Raise Insurance Rates

     A healthy woman applied for family health insurance and was rejected because she had two c-sections. The insurance company says that woman who have had this surgery will most likely have it again and they do not want to cover it. Different states have different policies on this matter, as do the insurance companies….

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New Jersey Elders Getting The Shaft?

New Jersey Assisted Living Facilities are under investigation after it was found that several residents of these homes have been “kicked to the curb” after their saving ran out. Seniors and their families are being told that once the seniors savings run out to pay for their stay, that medicaid will kick in and take…

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Massachusetts Health Insurance Law

     Massachusetts has reported that it has fined 100,000 of it’s people for “being able to afford” health insurance but not having it. They say they have raised over 9.7 million in fines which they are using to pay for this law which was estimated to cost over 900 million dollars. Under this law you…

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