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The Top Ten Chinese Medical Technological Reports of the Year 2,000 were announced. The activity was sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau. They are the following: 1. Chinese scientists successfully finished their part of work mapping one per cent of [...]
Much debate occurs today about whether a country’s chosen health system impedes or encourages discovery and invention in the medical field. The fact is… innovation occurs wherever fertile and creative minds are trying to address real human need. Here is a list of a few significant discoveries/inventions: 1. Adrenaline (epinephrine): Isolated and used …
Small talk is part of everyday life, but it’s the substantial, meaningful conversations that may make you happy. That’s one possibility suggested in a new study examining how conversation connects to happiness. Researchers, led by Matthias Mehl at the University of Arizona, looked at the different types of conversation that happy and unhappy people participate [...]
The American Cancer Society recommends that men weigh the risks of treatment before agreeing to prostate screening. Most men 50 and older should seriously consider the potential risks of treatment before deciding whether to be screened for prostate cancer, the American Cancer Society said Wednesday in revised guidelines.”What we are trying …
MEDINA, Ohio — A local woman, frustrated by the rising costs of health care, wrote a letter to the president. Much to her surprise, President Obama didn’t just read her letter. He also read it out loud at a health care reform meeting at the White House. Thursday, President Obama was …
The term “foodborne illness” is relatively new. It was coined over the past few decades. Yet humans have been infected by cryptic-sounding pathogens like Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Cyclospora cayetanensis for millennia.”The first description that we have of symptoms associated E. coli 0157 infection goes all …
Dr. William Schreiber, a primary care physician, said cuts in Medicare payments to doctors will force them to consider boycotting Medicare patients. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — When you think of low-paying jobs, doctor doesn’t usually come to mind. But with a 21% cut in Medicare payments slated to take effect later this month, physicians who [...]
A mission to Mercury Name BepiColombo is named after Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo (1920-1984), a scientist who studied Mercury’s orbital motion in detail as well as orbits and interplanetary travel in general. Description Consisting of two orbiting spacecraft, BepiColombo will provide the most complete exploration yet of Mercury, the innermost planet of our Solar System. The [...]
orgone accumulator “Warning – misuse of the Orgone Accumulator may lead to symptoms of orgone overdose. Leave the vicinity of the accumulator and call the ‘Doctor’ immediately!” That would be the controversial Doctor Wilhelm Reich, father of orgone energy (also known as chi or life-energy) and the science of orgonomy. Wilhelm Reich developed a metal-lined [...]
Earplugs circa 1948 Getty Images/Photographer Bernard Hoffman The inventors below made landmark improvements to earplugs, however, it is impossible to determine who invented the very first ear plug. Many ancient peoples created homemade ear plugs from clay, or cotton and wax to reduce noise or protect the ears from the environment i.e. water. Moldable Pure [...]