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NHS hospitals robbed dead people organs
Several British hospitals have been exposed as involved in a body organs’ scandal in which NHS hospitals have kept hundreds of dead people’s body parts without relatives’ permission for up to 20 years. The stolen organs include brains and other vital parts of the dead bodies, an investigation by The Sun revealed.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London are now contacting relatives of the deceased from across Britain telling them that they can take back the organs that could repeat the gruesome 1990’s scandal in Bristol and Liverpool that led to second funerals.
The scandal is… Continue reading
British ‘Pig 26’ in drive to create disease-resistant GM animals
Scientists at the Roslin Institute, the birthplace of Dolly the cloned sheep, have announced a milestone in a project to produce animals resistant to infections – they created the first genetically modified pig using a new technique of “gene editing”.
The gene editing technique is at least 100 times more precise and efficient than existing GM technology, the researches said, and does not make use of heavily criticized antibiotic resistant genes.
Pig 26 was born last August and has been genetically engineered with “the smallest of DNA mutations“.
“Out of its 3 billion bases, we have… Continue reading
Superbug scenario: Antibiotic resistance will be ‘catastrophe’ on par with terrorism
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs will push medical science back to the 19th century, with people dying of minor infections says Britain’s top health official. Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, said action is urgently needed to fight antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and that new drugs must be developed to treat new mutating infections.
She warned that if nothing is done to reverse the situation Britain would face an apocalyptic scenario with “a health system not dissimilar from the 19th century.”
Two months ago Dame Davies warned British legislators that antibiotic resistance should be added to the UK’s… Continue reading
Cancer and premature birth fears linked to fizzy drink sweetener
Controversial: The authority’s view will be welcomed by manufacturers who use aspartame and similar sweeteners in fizzy drinks such as Diet Coke
A leading British expert has called for an investigation into serious health concerns over the artificial sweetener aspartame – after the EU food watchdog insisted it was safe.
The European Food Safety Authority has published a draft scientific opinion effectively rubbishing more than 20 studies which have identified potential problems with the sweetener, ranging from premature births to cancer.
The authority’s view will be welcomed by manufacturers who use aspartame and similar sweeteners in fizzy drinks such… Continue reading
Disturbing trend shows life expectancy for some U.S. women falling because of smoking, obesity, and lack of education, study says
- New study released by journal Health Affairs says that while life expectancy is climbing for educated women, it is falling for those without education
- Also said deaths are preventable and are caused by obesity, smoking, and changeable habits
A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can’t explain. The latest research found that women age 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years in nearly half of the nation’s counties – many of them rural and in the South and West. … Continue reading
HIV-positive baby cured with conventional drug therapy
A baby girl born with HIV became the first person to be “functionally cured” using conventional drugs, scientists have announced. This potentially means that the virus could be treated in infants in its early stages. A two and a half year old baby from Mississippi has been off medication for over a year and with only traces of the virus’ genetic material still found in the system.
“This is a proof of concept that HIV can be potentially curable in infants,” said Dr. Deborah Persaud, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who presented the findings at… Continue reading
Deaths, lies and the NHS: Shocking new healthcare scandals emerge in UK
A British health manager warned the boss of the NHS four years ago that his hospital was a threat to patients’ safety. A nationwide investigation into avoidable hospital deaths has found that such warnings from doctors were often silenced or ignored.
Gary Walker, the former chief of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, was silenced in 2010 under a £500,000 ‘super gag’ agreement; he is now risking legal action by the NHS by speaking out. Walker reportedly received the payment last year; his former employer now faces a major investigation over its unusually high death rates, in the midst of the Stafford… Continue reading
Binge drinkers should be reclassified as 'mild alcoholics', argue scientists
Binge drinkers should be reclassified ‘mild alcoholics,’ according to scientists.
The latest version of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual includes updated definitions, and has collapsed the medical distinction between problem drinking and alcoholism.
Scheduled for release on May 5, the changes featured in the new DSM-5 are designed to help doctors more accurately diagnose people whose drinking has gotten out of hand.
Raise one: A revision of the DSM says there’s almost no difference between binge drinking and mild alcoholism. But some researches say the updated definitions will not improve alcoholism diagnosis. Some 7,000 fraternal and identical twins were surveyed on … Continue reading Forget Viagra, a tablet made from ginseng could boost a man's love life
Research claims herbal remedy really does work
- Ginsend has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years
- Now study claims it can help men with impotence in just eight weeks
- Impotence affects one in 10 men in the UK at some point in their lives
Ginseng: New research from South Korea claims the herbal remedy, a traditional aphrodisiac, can indeed help men combat erectile dysfunction.It’s long been used by the Chinese as an aphrodisiac, but new research claims tablets made from ginseng really can perk up a man’s love life. A South Korean study found men… Continue reading Gamblers betting on whether hospital patients will live or die…
even relatives and doctors have a flutter
- Death gambling market worth more than £20million pounds in Taichun
- Doctors, nurses and other hospital staff also take part in the macabre trend
- Some pots are reported to have run to more than £1million
Ghoulish: A macabre new gambling trend is starting to gather pace in Taiwan where bets are being placed on the life expectancy of sick patients.A macabre new gambling trend is starting to gather pace in Taiwan where bets are being placed on the life expectancy of sick patients. Worth more than £20million ($30m) the death gambling… Continue reading
