Airport Full Body Scanners: Quite Safe – Experts claim that there is just about as big a chance of a full body scanner at an airport resulting in death as a terrorist bomber killing hundreds of people in an airport. Although there has been a lot of concern raised by both politicians and individuals who [...]
600,000 Passive Smoking Related Deaths Worldwide – One of the first comprehensive international studies in passive smoking has uncovered some interesting and somewhat disturbing results. According to the data that was gathered, a total of 600,000 deaths result from passive smoking every single year. A third of the people who are killed by it internationally [...]
Four Loko Dec. 13 Nationwide Ban – By December fourth the alcoholic caffeinated drink called “Four Loko” that has attracted so much popularity as well as controversy will be officially taken off the shelves nationwide by mid December on the 13th. Thanks to a number of people across the country that have been rallying against [...]
Synthetic Marijuana: US Chemicals Ban – A ban on the use of five different chemicals which are used in synthetic marijuana has been officially started by the U.S government. The ban is the result of a sweeping popularity with teens and young adults who are buying up the chemicals online in large numbers. When it [...]
New Tylenol Products 2010 Recall For Johnson & Johnson – It seems that Johnson & Johnson doesn’t have a product on the market that isn’t subject to mass recalls. The company has recently announced that they are recalling nearly 9.3 million bottles of three different types of Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom liquids in order to change [...]
Johnson & Johnson New Children Benadryl 2010 Recalls – The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has not had an easy time of it. The company announced two major drug recalls last year, and has now announced another recall of drugs that were made at the same plant. Johnson & Johnson is recalling roughly four million [...]
Four Loko Ban In Massachusetts – The fifth state to ban the caffeinated drink with a significant amount of alcohol in it, Four Loko, is now Massachusetts. They are part of a growing trend of states that demand that the drink is not shipped to liquor stores or anywhere else in the country because of [...]
BirthorNot.com: Website Poll On Whether Woman Should Abort – Pete and Alisha Arnold are turning to the internet to help them making a literal decision of life and death concerning their current pregnancy. Pete and Alisha Arnold have offered users the chance to vote online whether or not they should keep their unborn child. A [...]
Kristina Ross:Woman Giving Breast Exams In Idaho Bars, Posed As A Doctor – In a recent story that goes beyond the very definition of strange, a woman in Idaho was arrested for impersonating a doctor so she could conduct breast exams. Perhaps the most shocking and bizarre aspect of the story came after she was [...]
Propoxyphene (Darvocet, Darvon) Removed From Market – Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have announced on Friday November 19th,2010 that they are banning the drugs Darvon and Darvocet because they fear that the pills may cause serious/fatal health risks to some patients. These drugs, which also go by the name of propoxyphene, have already been pulled off the [...]
Anacetrapib: Merck New Cholesterol-Lowering Drug – There has been a recent study which strongly suggests that a Merck experimental drug can significantly improve cholesterol levels, something which few other drugs have been able to accomplish with any measure of success. The drug raises “good” cholesterol levels and prevents heart disease, one of the leading global [...]
