Archive for May, 2006

Action over epilepsy drug ‘could rival thalidomide’

Around 140 families who claim that their children were damaged by an epilepsy drug taken in pregnancy have begun a court action that they say could be “as big as thalidomide”. They say that 37,500 British children have “foetal anti-convulsant syndrome”, a range of neural, behavioural and physical disorders, which they claim may have been [...]

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Do you really NEED that cell phone?

I thought I didn’t have to worry about EMFs, since I don’t seem to be bothered by them, but this article has me thinking again. Oy! Wi-Fi: The Largest Biological Experiment Ever Organs that have been shown to be especially susceptible to radio waves include the lungs, nervous system, heart, eyes, testes and thyroid gland. [...]

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British Healthier than Americans

From LiveScience.com By Bjorn Carey Middle-aged English people are healthier than Americans of similar age, a new study reveals. Despite the fact that the United States spends more on medical care per capita than the United Kingdom—$5,274 compared to $2,164—Americans ages 55 to 64 suffer from higher rates of many life-threatening diseases and conditions than [...]

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