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Cancer Side Effect of Laparoscopy Surgery
Laparoscopy Cancer Side Effects
Laparoscopy is a medical procedure that removes unwanted tissue through a long, thin, flexible tube called a laparoscope with a fiber-optic camera at its end. Laparascopy is often touted as a faster, safer, less invasive al...
Happier Than a Pig in SH*T?
Picture it: A lake the size of four football fields filled with pig feces and urine. That’s the scene outside of thousands of factory farms across the United States. As shown in this spy drone video, the world’s largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods factory,...
Your Brand New Volkswagen May Catch Fire
Nearly 38,000 Volkswagens are being recalled because they are at risk of catching on fire. The problem stems from a fault in the fuel rail. If gas were to leak through a defective sealing cap into the engine, all it would take is one spark to ignite a fire.
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Overprescription of Antibiotics Drives Major Public Health Concern
A survey conducted by researchers from George Washington, Cornell and Johns Hopkins universities uncovered disturbing findings about patients’ understanding, or lack of, the potential dangers of antibiotic use. The survey revealed a common misconception among ...
Risks and Side Effects of Uterine Fibroids Treatment
Uterine Fibroid Treatment Side Effects
The serious uterine fibroid treatment side effects of hysterectomies and myomectomies slowly led physicians to develop “safer,” less invasive, non-surgical alternatives. However, patients have discovered the hard way...
You Are What You Eat: The Good and Bad of Chicken Farming
The next time you sit down to a chicken dinner, or even a bag of nuggets, you might give a thought to the chicken. Did it spend its life in an animal paradise like Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm? Lots of fresh air, good food, sunlight, room to roam? Watch the vi...
The Keystone XL Pipeline Debate Rages On Despite Profitless Projections
The politically charged debate surrounding the expansion of Canada’s Keystone XL Pipeline into the Midwestern United States continues. Although many assert the project still has merit, a prominent argument based on the falling price of oil insists that it no...
The Nuclear Reactor That Will Change the World
Indian engineers have designed a new type of nuclear reactor that will be safer, smaller, cleaner, cheaper and last longer than its disgraced predecessors.The reactor being planned at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai will be the first operation...
Credit Report Killer: 1 in 5 Americans Has Unpaid Medical Debt
Medical Debt – A Pain in the BLANKAccording to a new government report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1 in 5 Americans has unpaid medical debts, and much of it, apparently, could be avoided. The report also states that about half of individ...