Tag Archive | "medicine"
How Cannabis Could Save Your Life
Researchers believe that the powerful antibiotic effects of cannabanoids can be enlisted in the increasingly difficult fight against MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other 'superbugs' that have evolved resistances to most modern antibiotics. MRSA is perhaps the best known of these superbugs, with estimates of up to 1.2 million hospital patients becoming infected.
Continue reading...Spiritual Effect Of Shrooms May Be Long-lasting and Positive
Monday, July 7, 2008
Image by Flickr User Retinafunk As any great reporter can tell you, research is paramount to any successful article. When conducting research, a writer will delve into the material, becoming as much an expert on the topic as a deadline will allow. However, once in a [...]
Continue reading...When Dogs Replace Dialysis Machines [pics]
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Among the most interesting of the Royal College of Art’s ‘Summer Show’ projects was Revital Cohen’s surprising new take on the ‘man-machine’ aesthetic that is every sci-fi enthusiast’s wet dream: man and animal. But why on earth would you want to use dogs for medical devices?
Continue reading...How Do Nature and Rainforests Help Medical Research Anyway?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The UN has announced that medical research is on the verge of being seriously impaired by a lack of biodiversity. image via flickr user carreon I’m positive that I wasn’t the only grade schooler that was told that one of the reasons timber companies in Costa Rica were evil [...]
Continue reading...Tiny Magnets Cure Cancer
Friday, April 18, 2008
Genetic therapy took a giant leap forward recently, determining that they no longer had to use viruses to replace faulty genes; instead, they’re using tiny magnets, and guiding them around the body with an external electromagnet. Will cure cancer, and make you a poet. Image from Box [...]
Continue reading...Dementia Reorganizes Brain For Art?
Monday, April 14, 2008
Dementia is often tragic, but in a few cases, it seems, it can provide the brain with a fantastic swan song, completely reorganizing it into an artistic machine. Anne Adams’ painting of a migraine while suffering from synesthesia. From Nowpublic.com Frontotemporal dementia, paired with a phenomenon called synesthesia, is [...]
Continue reading...Chinese Auction Sites Feature Thousands of Illegal Animal Parts
Sunday, March 2, 2008
In an effort to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade China has begun targeting online shops and auction sites, where parts of threatened and endangered animals are openly sold. Most illegal animal parts are used in traditional medicines. Image by Chris The illegal wildlife trade is common in [...]
Continue reading...Irish Man Uses Son’s Tooth To Repair Blind Eye
Friday, February 29, 2008
Bob McNichol, blind since a 2005 explosion in an aluminum recycling center, believed he would be blind the rest of his life after Irish doctors told him they were out of options. Image by Sugar Pond It was then, however, that he heard about the procedure being [...]
Continue reading...Google Might or Might Not Keep Your Medical Secrets
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Oh, the fun the UK-based readers miss out on by not having privatized healthcare. Google, who we all know and love and may have serious privacy concerns about, is getting into the business of storing, distributing, and making searchable (to you and your medical professionals) your [...]
Continue reading...Environmentalism in 1778
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Our journey through environmental history has so far taken us from medieval England to ancient India, the Roman Empire, and the Japanese Edo period. A painting of the 1778 Bishnoi massacre Today we’re going to India in 1778 to cover a forest, a desert, and a tribe of environmentalists [...]
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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