Chronological health Weblog/Links

Drug Company Research vs. Ads January 14, 2008 :: The study, entitled The Cost Of Pushing Pills is the product of two Canadian researchers, Marc-Andre Gagnon and Joel Lexchin. Their analysis of data from two market research ...

GSM radiation affects sleep January 02, 2008 :: New Swedish research indicates that GSM radiation (that is, your cell phone) increases the length of time to reach deep sleep and shortens the time you spend there. During actual...

MEC silently removes polycarbonate bottles December 07, 2007 :: Ryan sends me this Globe and Mail article noting that MEC [Ranting at MEC] has silently pulled all their polycarbonate Nalgene bottles (the coloured or clear ones, NOT the filmy white LDPE...

Lotsa Meat equals lotsa cancer July 13, 2007 :: Study links breast cancer to "Western" (high meat, high sugar) diet. The study compared post-menopausal women living in Shanghai who ate a "meat-sweet" diet high in meat, dairy,...

Buttery flavoured lung disease May 08, 2007 :: The flavouring agent most used to cause a buttery sensation in microwave popcorn (yuck!) causes a weird, rare lung condition which basically plugs your lungs. Mostly, this affects the people...

THC as lung-cancer treatment? April 19, 2007 :: Some evicence suggests that THC, the (psycho-) active ingredient in cannabis may be a useful treatment for lung cancer. THC acts on pair of receptors, CB1 and CB2. The receptors are...

Cell-Phones causing bee deaths? April 16, 2007 :: The mysterious recent collapsing of most bee-colonies in the US may be caused by cell-phones, a new study suggests. ``[some scientists] are putting forward the theory that radiation ...

Mercury-in-fish global health problem March 08, 2007 :: Pregnant women (or women planning to get pregnant at any point) should avoid fish, most especially larger predators (tuna, etcetera) and carefully monitor intake of other fish like perch...

ADD drugs to finally get warnings February 22, 2007 :: The drugs used to treat ADD (aka ADHD) (1%-2% of north american kids are prescribed one) are (finally!) going to get warnings about cardiac and psychiatric risks in the US; Canada isued ...

Disrupting cancer cells' energy January 18, 2007 :: A healthy cell relies on its mitochondria (descendants of bacteria that took up residence in the single-celled ancestors of animals and plants about 2 billion years ago) to oxidise...