Pilger: The War on Wikileaks

Pilger at his informative best; there is much in the detail. ~ The War on WikiLeaks By John Pilger January 15, 2011 "ICH" --- The ...

Yorkie

So, farewell then Susannah York. On the day she passed away I was by remarkable coincidence showing Second Eldest Boy Tom Jones , Tony Richa...

BEVACIZUMAB INCREASES HEART FAILURE RISK

Less than a month after the US Food and Drug Administration announced it was revoking bevacizumab's indication for metastatic breast can...

COLONOSCOPY SCREENING IS EFFECTIVE

A new community-based study from Germany confirms that colonoscopy is an effective tool for preventing colorectal cancer (CRC), according to...

ESTROGEN ACCELERATES PROGRESSION OF HEAD-NECK CANCER

Estrogen might increase the movement of precancerous cells in the oral cavity, thereby promoting the progression of head and neck cancer, ac...

January

Post-holiday blues: Don’t let the flu get you down

Today's guest blog entry is by Carol J. Baker, MD, a professor of pediatrics, molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of M...

Tony Blair to appear before Iraq war inquiry

American bloggers were always hot for this story from the early days. Blogged under the general term, Downing Street Memo, they placed great...

McNuggets Is That What Makes Them Taste So Good?

I'm just like yer man, I'm grateful I've never had a chicken McNugget, but why spoil a good header. What's in Fast Food? Wh...

Does Dietary Saturated Fat Increase Blood Cholesterol? An Informal Review of Observational Studies

The diet-heart hypothesis states three things: Dietary saturated fat increases blood cholesterol Elevated blood cholesterol increases the ri...

Combat cervical cancer through regular screening

Early detection continues to be the best way to combat breast and cervical cancer. The Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program (MBCHP) i...

Assange Threatens Release of Dirty Digger's Dirt

Assange vows to drop 'insurance' files on Rupert Murdoch News Corp and Bank of America too WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he ...

Tom DeLays Going to Jail and Other Tales From The Gulag

Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years in Prison A judge in Austin, Texas on Monday sentenced former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay ...

"..after the slaying of Tiller the Killer" Re-up

Update September 12, 2011 Anti-Choice Zealots Go After Clinic Owner's Children This is a re-up for a much expanded previous post. It rel...

What do you know about radon?

January is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a radioactive gas that is formed from naturally occurring elements in rocks and soil. It ...

Dr. Fat

A blog reader recently made me a Wordle from Whole Health Source. A Wordle is a graphical representation of a text, where the size of each ...

Legard Gone, Joy To The World

Can he take the FIA with him? I might even consider buying a television. Might. And as long as Coulthard doesn't turn it into a Red Bull...

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month

Birth defects affect approximately one in 33 newborns and are a leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. Congenital heart d...

Sixties Players

Funny how the wheel of life turns. Or the CD on the record player of life. Putting the finishing touchs to my cigarette book (blogs passim )...