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health 3 | maternal diet during pregnancy probably major variable for lifespan
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02.02.2004 | |
And some other delights of the adult’s dummy. related material
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21.01.2004 related material estimates of tobacco deaths revised up by 20% and still the governments wimp out from facing the tobacco touts |
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suppressing dangerous drug over-reaction in the immune system
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23.10.2003 |
stroke linked to air pollution
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15.10.2003 related material |
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09.10.2003 | |
healthy gums appear to reduce premature births
Oh, by the way, for those who prefer taking pills to doing the right thing:
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06.09.2003 | |
editorial It is also well known that most life-span improvement has been due to improvements in public health, for instance clean water, not medicine. the web address for this article is |
03.09.2003 | |
too much input, too little output, and getting fat on the cheap
But the French get short rations for their money. the web address for this article is |
01.09.2003 | |
progress in lung cancer detection claimed
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23.08.2003 |
smoking is a major factor in tuberculosis deaths
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16.08.2003 | |
“tens of millions are now thought to be at serious risk from arsenic poisoning”
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09.08.2003 | |
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19.07.2003 | |
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12.07.2003 | |
This makes useful background reading. related material the web address for this article is |
06.07.2003 related material |
is the multiple pill a useful public health offset to an evil lifestyle?
Of course, you could eat more wisely and well. And even do some exercise! the web address for this article is |
29.06.2003 | |
Comments from Steyn on Canadian mishandling
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19.06.2003 related material |
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manufactured dis-eases, manufactured responses Drugs and surgery for every discontent. the web address for this article is |
18.06.2003 | |
smoking, adolescents and films
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17.06.2003 | |
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end to human foolishness—botox
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11.06.2003 related material |
further implication of pollution in asthma
Note that with ‘symptoms’ three times greater than without pollution, it is very probable that the problems would not much have been noticed in the absence of the pollution. [ab]
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09.06.2003 related material clearing the air: asthma and indoor air exposures
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nicotine by inhaler—how will the puritans go for this?
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31.05.2003 related material drugs, smoking and addiction (section on withdrawal)
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27.05.2003 related material |
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headings for proposed WHO tobacco treaty
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22.05.2003 | |
new type asthma drug, but could be expensive
The scale of the problem :
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17.05.2003 |
sledge
hammer and scalpel:
The contrast between the enormous resources now available to track and attack disease, and the irresponsible actions at the lower levels in local surgeries, suggests a need for much greater public education. While the researchers run to keep up, many ‘doctors’ prescribe complex and powerful weapons against potentially dangerous diseases, as if they were handing out sweets to children. Thus, the ‘doctors’ undermining the work in the laboratories. Doubtless, the drug companies make a fortune from the sales. However, stopping the French hypochondriacal love affair with drugs may require a sledgehammer! related material the web address for this article is |
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zoonosis—transfer of viruses from animals to humans
It is probable that HIV (AIDS) also jumped the species barrier under similar conditions. If you are interested, you may want to scan this. Yet another example, which has not been so devastating (at least for humans), has been ‘mad cow disease’, also known as BSE. related material the web address for this article is |
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modified virus attacks brain cancer in mice
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11.05.2003 | |
sars watch 3—what it takes to stop the likes of sars
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sars watch 2—fatality rate revised sharply upwards especially for older targets.
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08.05.2003 related material |
sars watch 1—sars: masks strongly block infection
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the global village develops, and the bugs adapt,
Considerable work is progressing in detection technology to sniff out extreme small traces of molecules in the air, and in finding definitive fast tests for diseases. related material the web address for this article is |
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fat and cancer strong links found in large-scale study
Here is a fun fat ratio calculator. Excess risks of dying from cancer for those in the highest weight categories. (Non-smokers only included, because smoking affects cancer and obesity risks so strongly that any resultant figures would be too heavily skewed to be meaningful.)
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25.04.2003 |
placebo indications with cocaine
N.B. from the coding yak: I had to have this explained to me— related material the web address for this article is |
11.04.2003 related material study
suggests a placebo procedure is as effective as arthoroscopy (an operation) |
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important new summary of the world cancer situation from WHO Here is an excellent summary press release. Here is the World Cancer Report order form ($25) While this short review comments
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04.04.2003 | |
flu jabs also lower stroke and heart attacks
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04.04.2003 | |
does public smoking effect heart rate attacks?
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02.04.2003 related material |
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