Tag: medicine

What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

By Colin Gonsalves * After having read the 72nd report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on alleged irregularities in the conduct of studies using HPV vaccines by PATH in India, it was startling to see Bill Gates bobbing his head up and down and smiling ingratiatingly on prime time television while the Prime Minister lectured him in… Read More What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

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‘We are all unwell’: a scholar’s radical approach to health

NB: Observation by a psychoanalyst: The writer seems to know little about psychotherapy: what the latter does is validate the feelings of trauma, and provide empathy and support. How the person copes is best left to themselves and to whatever strategies, personal and collective they can creatively access or create. We all live through adolescence… Read More ‘We are all unwell’: a scholar’s radical approach to health

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Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill-health worldwide, finds study

Neurological conditions ranging from migraine to stroke, Parkinson’s disease and dementia, are now the leading cause of ill-health worldwide, causing 11.1 million deaths in 2021, research has revealed. The number of people living with or dying from disorders of the nervous system has risen dramatically over the past three decades, with 43% of the world’s… Read More Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill-health worldwide, finds study

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More than 10 children losing legs in Gaza every day as dire health crisis grows

NB: Approximately 90 thousand Palestinians killed, wounded or missing, including nearly ten thousand children. Wounded children with no relatives; children being amputated without anaesthesia. Vast neighbourhoods levelled to the ground. Is this enough for Netanyahu and Biden? Has any part of human cruelty toward subject populations changed for twenty five centuries since thousands of slaves… Read More More than 10 children losing legs in Gaza every day as dire health crisis grows

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Over 100 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza as attack continues despite ceasefire deal

More than 100 Palestinians in Gaza – including 50 from one family – were reported killed on Wednesday as Israeli forces continued to attack across the strip from land, sea and air hours after agreement was reached for a ceasefire to begin on Thursday. Wafa, a Palestinian news agency, said 81 people had been killed since midnight… Read More Over 100 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza as attack continues despite ceasefire deal

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Unit 731 Museum Harbin, China: the Japanese Army site for ‘medical experimentation’ on prisoners of war

First posted May 04, 2020 Unit 731 Museum: UNIT 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development wing of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. Commanded by General Shiro Ishii, an officer in the Kwantung Army, the exact number… Read More Unit 731 Museum Harbin, China: the Japanese Army site for ‘medical experimentation’ on prisoners of war

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IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ

Julian Borger in Washington Prior to their capture of Dar al-Shifa hospital, the Israel Defense Forces went to great lengths to depict the medical complex as a headquarters for Hamas, from where its attacks on Israel were planned. The evidence produced so far falls well short of that. IDF videos have shown only modest collections… Read More IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ

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What will the children who survive the onslaught of Gaza think of those who let it happen?

At least 3,250 children have been injured, with 1,240 needing specialised medical care, as of last week. Many have extensive burns and shrapnel wounds or have lost limbs. Yet hospitals and clinics that have been damaged or destroyed or are short of medical supplies – due to Israel’s siege – are unable to treat them… Read More What will the children who survive the onslaught of Gaza think of those who let it happen?

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