barryr666/health

To sleep, perchance to dream. I think Romeo would have done better to be in REM rather than SWS.

Video No.2; what a fantastic and simple idea for providing micro finace directly to where it is needed. Hats off to Kiva for cutting out the middle man and enabling people to invest directly in people.

H1N1 put into perspective but still the makers of Tamiflu and other such flu "antidotes" are making a fortune.

Recent advances in medical technology.

Apparently, use with caution although a lot of people attest to the benefits of ginseng.

Useful links providing information on H1N1.

Very scary story about the tentacles of the multinational Monsanto organisation reaching out and affecting the lives of everyone on this planet. A tale of undue and overwhelming influence, political corruption, manipulation of scientific research and bully boy tactics to coerce and suppress damaging information. Monsanto products include genetically modified seeds, PCB's, bovine growth hormones, aspartame, Agent Orange defoliant and Roundup herbicide. You may ask how can something that is not biodegradable be classed as such? When it is a Monsanto product. Roundup herbicide was originally classed by Monsanto as such but independent trials In Europe showed that only 2% degraded after 28 days forcing Monsanto to remove the term biodegradable from the packaging. $700 million compensation paid as an out of court settlement to the township of Anniston in USA because of massive PCB pollution of land, waterways and the population over several years by the local Monsanto production facility despite the effects of PCB's being known to the company. GM modified organisms are classed by US FDA under "the principle of substantial equivalents", which effectively means they are substantially the same as normal crops and to all intents and purposes, therefore, no different. This means that packaging in US carries no sign to indicate GM contents, as GM crops are apparently "generally recognised as safe (GRAS)." GM crops have now "accidentally" contaminated the natural corn crops of Mexico and soy bean crops of Paraguay.

Short but informative video on the spread of diabetes. From year 2000 to 2030, the number of diabetics around the world will have doubled.