And you thought the 70s were wild.
A new study finds that Americans are more accepting than ever before of same-sex canoodling. And not only do they think it’s okay — they’re trying it for themselves.
Nearly half — 49 percent — said “sexual relations between two adults of the same sex” was “not wrong at all” in 2014, a team of researchers from Florida Atlantic University, San Diego State University and Widener University found. Continue reading…
A plastic egg a 5-year-old boy in Limavady, Northern Ireland, thought was a toy turned out to contain an illegal drug.
The Belfast Telegraph reported that the boy was playing with his 8-year-old brother when he saw the yellow plastic shell of a Kinder Surprise egg, a popular toy across the world that consists of a plastic egg covered in chocolate. Inside the egg is usually a small toy.
The egg has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration for containing nonedible components that could be hazardous to health. Continue reading…
Pension plans for scientists working at Cancer Research UK are among those to have invested in British American Tobacco to the tune of £211 million (US$308 million).The fund, which caters for university lecturers and staff, is worth just shy of £50 billion. Its biggest investment is in the equally-controversial Royal Dutch Shell company, with £344 million going to the latter, reported The Guardian.
News that Cancer Research UK money has essentially been used to both fight the effects of smoking and fund the tobacco industry comes as a shock to many. Continue reading…
Suicide attempts in the military aren’t necessarily combat-driven. At the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army soldiers most likely to try to kill themselves were never deployed, new research shows.
Moreover, risk was greatest just two months into service, according to the study of more than 163,000 soldiers. Continue reading…
Unemployment and reduced public-sector health spending following the 2008 global economic crisis were associated with increased cancer mortality, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study estimates that the recent economic crisis was associated with over 260000 additional cancer deaths in countries within the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) by 2010, of which 160000 were in the European Union.
The study is the first global analysis to look at the effect of unemployment and changes in public-sector healthcare spending on cancer deaths, and suggests universal health care coverage may protect patients from the health consequences of rising unemployment and reduced public-sector healthcare spending. Continue reading…
When Jennifer Stella’s two children were babies, she made sure they got all the usual vaccines. But when one started having seizures and the other developed eczema after they’d gotten immunizations, the Vermont woman decided her kids would no longer get shots required to attend school.
Stella, a co-founder of the Vermont Coalition for Vaccine Choice, is among a growing number of parents who are opting out of childhood vaccinations because they’re worried about their safety. Public health experts say the movement is leading to outbreaks of nearly eradicated dangerous diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, among clusters of unvaccinated kids. Continue reading…
The ongoing conflict about vaccination and its health risk has been an ongoing controversy when it comes to infant and toddler healthcare. The said health risks range from autism to death.
On October 2015, at the age of one, Michael Whitesell received his MMR, hepatitis A, varicella and flu vaccines. Like any regular vaccination aftereffect, Michael had a high fever three days after their trip to the hospital. According to Vactruth, he was given Tylenol to soothe his fever, but he was found dead the following morning. Continue reading…
VIDEO: All government regulators are LIARS!
They lie to the public while protecting the profits of their corporate masters.
The FDA LIES about prescription drug safety to enrich the drug companies and keep dangerous, deadly drugs on the market for as long as possible.
See the histories of “Vioxx” and “Rezulin”. Continue reading…
A NAKED man who jumped into the big cat enclosure at a Chilean zoo in a desperate ‘suicide bid’ survived – but only after the lions attacking him were shot dead.
Santiago authorities confirmed the two beasts were killed as they mauled the 20-year-old who had broken into their compound early on Saturday. Continue reading…
Earlier this week, the National Academy of Sciences — a science group founded by the U.S. Congress— issued its latest report on genetically engineered crops.
The report concludes that GMOs, genetically modified organisms, are safe to eat.
But even before it came out, the report and the NAS were criticized by Food & Water Watch, a consumer rights group. It accused some members of the committee that prepared the report of receiving research funding from biotech companies, or having other ties to the industry. Continue reading…