Word of Mouth blog

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer primarily caused by asbestos exposure. There is a higher incidence of mesothelioma among U.S. Navy personnel, shipyard workers, etc. due to asbestos exposure on Navy ships.  In addition, family members and others closely associated to those exposed to asbestos may also be at risk (for example the wife [...]

The mad scientists and ivory-tower-bound brainiacs have outdone themselves. The birth-control pill that abolishes menstruation for good is now an FDA-approved reality. Celebrations and huzzahs! No more monthly mess! No more inconvenience for biology’s sake!
Myself, I have no need of such a pill for a couple of reasons, but if I were in a [...]

How does the math work? Did it ever work actually for these estimates?
- Phil
India Lowers HIV Estimate; Part of Wider Trend
Morning Edition, July 6, 2007 · India has released new estimates of HIV infections in the country that equal about half of the 5 million figure produced by UNAIDS.
The new estimate is based on a [...]

Another Bush boy like Blair: PM Harper can’t wait until those same grotesque profits are made available in Canada.
- Care
Michael Moore Attacks the Grotesque Profit Motive of the US Health Care System
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Moore explains how the the obscene profits made by the CEOs of “non-profit” hospitals started with Richard Nixon in this [...]

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this one…
- Phee
May 23rd, 2007
Friends,
Well, as you may have read by now, our premiere of “Sicko” at the Cannes Film Festival has been an overwhelming success. The 2,000 people inside the Lumiere Theater were alternately in tears and laughing during the two-hour film — and when it was over, [...]

Some food (genetically engineered) for thought here… do click and send a message to Kraft if you are concerned. Better yet, don’t eat processed boxed prepackaged crap (I mean Kraft) food.
http://www.krafty.org/flash/

Well, gol-lee. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m reassured. I guess we have nothing to worry about. Except, of course, for this telltale phrase: “when the cloned animals reached six to 18 months of age, it was almost impossible to distinguish them from animals that had been traditionally bred”.
‘Almost’? What does that [...]

I suppose I can be thankful that I don’t have it this bad, though it’s pretty hard for me to get through a day without checking my email at least oh, seven or eight times. I can leave my computer and go away for a day or two without getting TOO antsy. Longer than a [...]

Hershey products pulled off Canadian shelves
I don’t consume this form of candy, even though I used to sell it to earn a living…Well! Hear this, it is now potentially worst than I thought due to a salmonella bacteria contamination found in the manufacturing plant.Here is a list taken from CBC’s web page: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2006/11/13/hershey-recall.html  All of [...]

This may be one of the most chilling stories I’ve ever read. Brrr. I chose to move to Hornby as an alternative to being hospitalized for depression (after having been hospitalized two years prior, and being treated with antidepressants for a year), way back twenty years or so ago. In my experience (which is considerable), [...]