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The Bottomless Pit That is Big Pharma
Via: neetu2
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Health, Science & Technology
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14 Comments
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10 years ago
It's about time. Time to recognize the damage our big pharma is doing to us, the people of the United States of America. We are fighting for healthcare, for affordable healthcare, yet our biggest...
Which Drugs Actually Kill Americans - Hint, it's not pot.
Via: evilgenius
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Health, Science & Technology
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2 Comments
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10 years ago
Drug Week : Popular Science In 2010, there were 80,000 drug and alcohol overdose deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's WONDER database ....
The new Xbox: Six things Microsoft needs to do
Via: larry-hampton
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Health, Science & Technology
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1 Comments
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10 years ago
Microsoft's next Xbox will be unveiled next month, and the next generation of gaming's on the horizon. Here's what we sincerely hope to see. Microsoft has made it official: the next Xbox will...
I canceled my AT&T cellfone plan. WHY?
Via: maya-ingalls
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Health, Science & Technology
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18 Comments
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10 years ago
OK, I have an AT&T story to tell. For starters, I have been with AT&T for more than 10 years. So I decided a week ago that I would switch over to their PayGo plan and have everything for...
Harvard University's robotic insect takes its first controlled flight (video)
Via: chloe
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Health, Science & Technology
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11 Comments
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10 years ago
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/03/harvard-universitys-robotic-insect-takes-its-first-controlled-f/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget There's hardly a...
Mystery Cause of Irish Potato Famine Finally Solved - Mother Nature Network - May 22, 2013
Via: jsbach
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Health, Science & Technology
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2 Comments
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10 years ago
Mother Nature Network Mystery cause of Irish potato famine finally solved. After 168 years, the pathogen that created the blight has been identified and it may never be seen...
A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
Via: buzz-of-the-orient
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Health, Science & Technology
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3 Comments
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10 years ago
A watch that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths GE is banking on Oxitone wrist monitor to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance before its too late. By Karin...
The world's biggest engines - fascinating information
Via: buzz-of-the-orient
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Health, Science & Technology
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6 Comments
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10 years ago
My brother just emailed this to me. It is an article about the engines that are used for super-tanker ships and others. I had never seen anything like these before, and it was something I had...
Hamburger-making machine churns out custom burgers at industrial speeds
Via: hal-a-lujah
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Health, Science & Technology
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1 Comments
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10 years ago
That's correct - a machine is being developed to put fast food workers out of a job. According to Momentum Machines, making burgers costs US$9 billion a year in wages in the United States...
Primary Care Doctor Shortage Set To Get Worse, USA
Via: chloe
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Health, Science & Technology
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21 Comments
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10 years ago
" The serious shortage of primary care doctors in America will get much worse unless the country reforms its graduate medical education system, researchers from the George Washington University...
Is the average housecat a physics genius ?
Via: petey-coober
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Health, Science & Technology
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24 Comments
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10 years ago
All I can say correctly is that it took someone with a detailed knowledge of physics to explain how cats do what they do . The good things about his explanation is : 1] He's correct 2] He...
How to prevent mosquitoes from invading your yard
Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner
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Health, Science & Technology
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1 Comments
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10 years ago
But they can also transmit serious diseases including West Nile virus and malaria, and can expose dogs to heartworm. A September 2012 report by the World Health Organization and Environmental...
Smart Meter Antenna Damage Reported in Santa Cruz County- In Light of Government Inaction, Some Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Via: wheel
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Health, Science & Technology
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4 Comments
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10 years ago
As part of the heavily censored internal e-mails released by PG&E to the Bay Area media late last year after their Smart Meter Program Director William Devereaux was caught snooping on...
A Brief Message to my Friends-- 7/26 UPDATE
Via: dowser
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Health, Science & Technology
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88 Comments
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10 years ago
All of us have hard times, and I'm certainly not immune! My mother has been seriously ill, and, as her only child, I've been trying to take care of her long distance. My mother had a seizure,...
Israel leads the world in blindness prevention
Via: buzz-of-the-orient
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 Comments
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10 years ago
Israel leads the world in blindness prevention Advances in prevention and treatment and making them accessible are credited with dropping rates of preventable blindness by more than half....
A 360TB disc that holds data for more than 1 million years?
Via: z
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 Comments
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10 years ago
I n the future, we might be able to save our history to a glass storage medium that could potentially outlive humankind . The new type of memory also touts mind-blowing specifications, such...
Prostate Cancer needs a new look and possibly a new treatment in many cases. Not Surgery and Chemotherapy ?????
Via: retired-military-ex-republican
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Health, Science & Technology
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4 Comments
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10 years ago
A recent study done in three Different countries finds that Prostate Cancer is way more prevelant than previously believed. When 400 Males in the united States were Given Autopsies for deaths from...
This is an amazing view of life and health, and its relation to stress.
Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner
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Health, Science & Technology
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4 Comments
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10 years ago
Conventional western medicine (AKA "mostly ineffective if not often outright dangerous medicine") does not approve of some of the concepts mentioned in this video. Because, for one thing, if this...
the Love Hormone has two sides to it
Via: petey-coober
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Health, Science & Technology
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13 Comments
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10 years ago
Love Hormone Gives You Fear & Anxiety - Discovery News 11 hours ago, DNews Oxytocin (aka the Love Hormone) is supposed to make you feel all warm and cuddly. But according to new research, it's...