Category Archives: Health

New tick disease near Canberra…

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

  First case of babesiosis in Australia baffles scientists Tuesday, 29 May 2012 10:00 The disease is transmitted by Ixodes scapularis, the same tick that spreads Lyme disease.Image: Joshua Mayer RESEARCHERS at Murdoch University have helped confirm the first human … Continue reading →

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not always the answer…

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

THE DANGERS OF EXERCISE: ‘I Would Rather Have Everyone Exercise. But You Can’t Ignore the Data.’ Posted at 1:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds The same applies to diets.

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drugs hope for stroke victims…

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

FASTER, PLEASE: Pill Could Reverse Effects of a Stroke Long After It Hits. “For the 800,000 people in the United States who suffer a stroke each year, the window for drug therapy closes in the first few hours after the … Continue reading →

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Thank goodness for Broome…

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Cold, Wet and Miserable Posted on May 17, 2012 by Verity Jones We’re all cold, it’s wet, and I’m miserable! You probably don’t need to be told this, but May 2012 is ontrack to become the coldest for over three hundred … Continue reading →

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Where are the bodies?…oh, there aren’t any

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Studies indicate minimal health risks from radiation in the aftermath of Japan’s nuclear disaster Environmentalists say we must ‘refer to the science’ when the topic is ‘climate change’, but ignore the science when it’s about nuclear power or GM foods. … Continue reading →

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Climate kills…

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Warmist attention-seekers die Had they stuck to science they might still be alive Eco Everest tragedy: Attempt to raise climate change awareness ends in deaths Congratulations !!! Eco Everest Expedition Spring 2012 [April 20, 2012] Eco Everest Expedition is a … Continue reading →

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GMO…

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

TYLER COWEN: There is no serious evidence that GMOs are harmful. Posted at 4:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds Here is much more.  Why not require labels warning customers of all sorts of phantom harms?  “Warning: this product contains dihydrogen monoxide!” … Continue reading →

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Flannery’s broken bulb idea…

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Flannery’s latest eco-plan: pulling teeth Andrew Bolt May 27 2012 (5:48am) More of those green jobs that climate changers keep promising: CLIMATE change campaigner Tim Flannery says mercury tooth fillings should be removed from corpses before they are cremated. And … Continue reading →

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Warning…fascist eugenics are on the agenda

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Global Warming Author Elizabeth Moon urges governments to involuntarily ‘Barcode Everyone at Birth’ with ‘implanted chips’ so that ‘anonymity would be impossible’ Analysis: ‘Environmentalist Author Elizabeth Moon Plagiarizing Old Nazi Idea’ with human barcodinginfo@elizabethmoon.com Scientific American Agrees With Nazi Thought Clone … Continue reading →

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Ferry Services…

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

We’re now operating ferries for boat people Andrew Bolt May 17 2012 (8:52am) If we’re now picking up boat people 2700 km from Perth, why not just ferry them all the way from Karachi and stop the pretence – and … Continue reading →

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