Federal government launches marketing campaign for psychiatric industryUnder the guise of combating the stigma of mental illness, the U.S. government will soon begin a massive campaign of psychiatric indoctrination, designed to increase the acceptance of psychiatric chemical imbalance theories and labeling, and to pave the way for national psychiatric screening, driving more Americans into seeking psychiatric drug treatment.
Regional meetings in support of the National Anti-Stigma Campaign (NASC), a nationwide television, radio and print public servi... (more)
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Britain sabotages EU law to control toxic chemicalsMinisters are sabotaging laws to control toxic chemicals despite fears that they are causing a "silent epidemic" of brain disorders in British children, a leaked document shows.
The document reveals how, after pressure from the Bush administration, the Government has successfully led opposition to a Europe-wide measure that would make companies use safe chemicals when they work just as well as poisonous ones. It sets out a British proposal to emasculate the law that was accepted l... (more)
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Some sick babies must be allowed to die, says Church· Bishop admits right to life for newborns is not absolute
· Nuffield inquiry to publish guidelines on premature births
Church of England leaders want doctors to be given the right to withhold treatment from seriously disabled newborn babies in exceptional circumstances. The move is expected to spark massive controversy.
The church leaders' call for some children to be allowed to die - overriding the presumption that life sh... (more)
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Missouri Citizens Duped into Permitting Human CloningKANSAS CITY, November 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A deceptive campaign funded with tens of millions of dollars by a company which stands to profit from the measure has succeeded in having Amendment 2 passed. The measure permits embryonic stem cell research and human cloning to be conducted in the state.
Efforts by pro-life activists in Missouri to disabuse the public of the false information proved narrowly unsuccessful as the Amendment passed 51-49%. The approval makes Missour... (more)
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Human-animal mixing going too far, report saysAn artist's concept of what a human-dog hybrid might look like. The strange creatures are part of a sculpture by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini entitled "The Young Family," produced to spark reflection on the perils of creating human-animal mixtures.
Scientists are going too far in creating mixed human-animal organisms, a Scottish organization is warning.
The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, a professional group based in Edinburgh, has published a r... (more)
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Push to let doctors kill babies with disabilitiesSENIOR doctors are urging health professionals to consider permitting the euthanasia of seriously disabled newborn babies.
The proposal, by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology, follows the increase in the number of such children surviving because of medical advances.
The college is arguing for "active euthanasia" to be considered for the overall good of parents, sparing them the emotional burden and financial hardship of bringing up the sickest babies... (more)
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Plan to create human-cow embryosUK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs.
Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for a three-year licence.
The hybrid human-bovine embryos would be used for stem cell research and would not be allowed to develop for more than a few days.
But critics say it is unethical and potentially dangerous.
Libe... (more)
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Anthrax Vaccine Testing Called OffFederal drug regulators halted plans by a California biotechnology firm to begin human testing of an anthrax vaccine this month, throwing the fate of the troubled program into doubt.
VaxGen Inc. officials said yesterday that it was unclear how long it would take to address Food and Drug Administration concerns about the vaccine's reliability. The delay prompted the Department of Health and Human Services to warn the company that it might terminate work potenti... (more)
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Supercow and pigs that glow at night - an average day on the GM farmAppliance of science: the Belgian Blue is bred to produce gallons of milk
Channel 4 is to unveil a shocking menagerie of genetically modified animals in a new show revealing the frightening leaps technology has taken.
Among the bizarre engineered creatures from around the world is a giant cow, three times the size of ordinary cattle, reared without fat to produce gallons of milk.
But the so-called Belgian Blue - pictured here - is perhaps the l... (more)
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California officials announce plan to inject infants with mercury-laced vaccinesCalifornia health officials announced today that children younger than 3 will be temporarily allowed to receive flu shots containing a mercury-laced preservative called thimerosal, after physicians statewide said mercury-free vaccines were running short.
Earlier this year, California passed a state law banning vaccines containing thimerosal from being injected in pregnant women and children under 3 years old, but reports of flu shot shortages have temporarily overruled the law.... (more)
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UK army tested 'stay awake' pillsA controversial drug which can keep people awake for days has been tested by the UK military, MPs have been told.
Modafinil pills - known on the drugs scene as "zombies" - are used to treat the rare sleeping disorder narcolepsy.
The Ministry of Defence reportedly stockpiled bought thousands of pills ahead of the Iraq war but they have never been given to combat personnel.
Defence contractor Qinetiq told the commons' science committee the drug had rece... (more)
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Puberty Hitting Girls as Young as 4 Years OldMost parents would agree that their kids always seem to grow up too quickly, but now, puberty is hitting young girls earlier than ever.
Nearly half of African-American girls start showing signs of puberty by 8 years old, and some American girls are developing as young as 5, even 4 years old, experts say.
Skyla Jones is an energetic 5-year-old from Georgia who loves to play.
Last year, her mother, Melissa Jones, noticed Skyla was tired all the time... (more) Related: Preschool Puberty, and a Search for the Causes |
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New male contraceptive Pill with no side effectsMen could soon be able to use a 'male Pill' that has no side effects, scientists have revealed.
The chemical implant acts as a contraceptive but does not change the balance of a man's sex hormones.
Scientists have discovered a substance that can temporarily block the development of sperm without altering testosterone levels and without causing unwanted side effects.
They hope human trials of a new contraceptive for men based on their discovery could b... (more)
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Hospital admits to burning aborted babies in waste incineratorOne of the country's leading hospitals is throwing aborted babies into the same incinerator used for rubbish to save only £18.50 each time, it has emerged.
Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, said it was no longer able to afford the dignified disposal at a local crematorium of foetuses from unwanted pregnancies.
Instead, they are being burnt in the hospital's main incinerator - which is normally used for rubbish and clinical waste.
The revelat... (more)
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Testosterone Tumbling in American MalesThe testosterone-fueled American male may be losing his punch.
Over the past two decades, levels of the sex hormone in U.S. men have been falling steadily, a new study finds.
For example, average total testosterone levels in men aged 65 to 69 fell from 503 nanograms/decileter (ng/dL) in 1988 to 423 ng/dL in 2003.
The reasons for this trend are unclear, said researchers at the New England Research Institutes in Waterdown, Mass. They noted that neith... (more) Who controls the food controls the people.
"It is in the biological sciences that the most exciting possibilities suggest themselves... I will only speculate on a few among these possibilities which might have great effects on human life.
"I have already referred to the possibility of quite new sources of food and I need not enlarge on that further.
". . . hormones, those internal chemical secretions which so largely regulate the operations of the human body. The artificial use of hormones has already been shown to have profound effects on the behaviour of animals. . . might have similar effects on man. . .
". . . might be a drug, which... removed the urgency of sexual desire, and so reproduced in humanity the status of workers in a beehive.
"To produce effects of these kinds there must be a master and the master must be above and not subject to the procedure he is enforcing on his subjects."
- Excerpt From "The Next Million Years", (1952) by Charles Galton Darwin, grandson of evolutionist Charles R. Darwin
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> Preschool Puberty, and a Search for the Causes
> Food wrap linked to prostate cancer: Lines tin cans
"Bisphenol A is widely used in the food industry to make polycarbonate drinks bottles and the resins used to line tin cans, even though it is known to leach into food and has long been suspected of disrupting human sex hormones." |
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Schaefer: Kids are too medicatedAre America's children over-medicated with "psychotropic" drugs?
That's the view of state Sen. Nancy Schaefer, R-Turnerville, who has made it an issue in her re-election campaign.
Schaefer is running to keep her seat in the 50th District, which covers all or part of six mountain counties in Georgia's northeast corner. She has been criticized by some people, including her opponent, Democrat Carol Jackson, for attending an event that has ties to the Church of Scientol... (more)
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Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toyTesco has been forced to remove a pole-dancing kit from the toys and games section of its website after it was accused of "destroying children's innocence".
The Tesco Direct site advertises the kit with the words, "Unleash the sex kitten inside...simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go!
"Soon you'll be flaunting it to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars".
The £49.97 kit compri... (more)
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Some Experts Think Experimenting With Living, Disabled Patients Is OkayIn the new novel "Hunters of Dune," biotechnologists of the future create "ghoulas" -- clones made from the dead -- in breeding contraptions known as "axlotl tanks." About 100 pages into the novel, the reader is shocked to learn that axlotl tanks are really unconscious women whose bodies have been expropriated to serve the greater good as so many gestating vats.
Happily, "Hunters of Dune" is science fiction. In the real world, we have a ... (more)
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Why brains link Bugs to beautyCartoons are not just about mindless fun on a Saturday morning – they help our brains to comprehend beauty.
After studying 4,300 cartoons, researchers discovered that attractive characters such as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny were more likely to be intelligent, employed, happy, loving, active, flirtatious and just plain nice.
On the other hand, unattractive characters such as Wile E Coyote were often associated with physical aggression, acts of violence, unhapp... (more)
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Psychiatry's latest disease mongering scheme: Compulsive shopping called a disease requiring "treatment"If you've ever bought items that you really didn't need, or bought huge quantities of items based on large discounts or other factors, some may brand you a "shopaholic." Now, some psychiatrists are pushing to label excessive shopping a mental imbalance that needs to be treated with prescription drugs.
There may be more than 10 million people in the United States psychologists classify as "shopaholics," according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Psychiatry... (more)
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Human master race is on waySOCIAL division might split humans into two sub-species 100,000 years from now - just as British author HG Wells predicted more than a century ago.
The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative.
They would be a far cry from the "underclass" humans who will have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.
The forecast was made by British evolution expert Dr Oliver Curry, w... (more)
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A Rush to Medicate Young MindsI have been treating, educating and caring for children for more than 30 years, half of that time as a child psychiatrist, and the changes I have seen in the practice of child psychiatry are shocking. Psychiatrists are now misdiagnosing and overmedicating children for ordinary defiance and misbehavior. The temper tantrums of belligerent children are increasingly being characterized as psychiatric illnesses.
Using such diagnoses as bipolar disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity... (more)
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Scientists to create human-rabbit hybrid: "The 'chimeric' embryos... would be 99.9 per cent human and 0.1 per cent rabbit"Scientists are planning to create a "frankenrabbit" by fusing together human cells with a rabbit egg.
It is hoped the "chimeric" embryos, which would be 99.9 per cent human and 0.1 per cent rabbit, could lead to breakthroughs in stem cell research which could one day cure diseases such as Alzheimer's or spinal cord injury.
The embryos will allow scientists to perfect stem cell creation techniques without using human eggs.
"If we learn how to do this w... (more)
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