(NaturalNews) Printed on Merck’s MMR II vaccine insert[PDF]: “The growth medium for rubella is Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) [a buffered salt solution containing vitamins and amino acids and supplemented with fetal bovine serum] containing recombinant human albumin and…
(NaturalNews) Living or working in a high-traffic environment does more than make people want to plug their ears or noses; aside from loud highway or airport sounds or the smells of fumes, another detrimental problem has been discovered. Sadly, the problem is a concern for school…
(NaturalNews) Propagandists for the mainstream media (MSM) will do anything and say anything to keep up the facade that the U.S. economy is completely healthy and moving apace rather swimmingly, especially if it means advertisers will continue to plunk down big bucks with them.As…
(NaturalNews) As we age, many of us will develop skin tags. Yes, they are more prevalent in people who are overweight or obese, in those who are pre-diabetic or diabetic, and in the elderly. But the truth is, nearly half of us will have one or more by middle age. Pregnancy, steroid…
(NaturalNews) The healthy food movement has increasingly gained momentum over the last few years, attracting followers from all over the world who spend a lot of time focusing on which foods to buy and which ones to avoid. Unfortunately, avoiding pesticides and other harmful chemicals…
US health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced plans Friday to collaborate with Google on surgical robotics. “The companies seek to develop new robotic tools and capabilities for surgeons and operating room professionals that integrate best-in-class medical device technology with leading-edge robotic systems, imaging and data analytics,” the statement said. Robotics has been used to improve accuracy in operating rooms for around 15 years, including in heart, eye and prostate
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s 6 million people were told to stay home for three days, except for religious services, beginning Friday as the West African nation attempted a final push to rid itself of Ebola.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi bruised some longtime liberal allies when she worked with Speaker John Boehner to craft a rare bipartisan accord on Medicare. But lawmakers say it will enhance her stature as a dealmaker, and may help her party avoid being sidelined by majority Republicans over the next two years.
By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain should cut its 86 million pound ($128 million) aid budget for Nepal unless the country acts to combat poor governance and “endemic” corruption, a parliamentary committee said on Friday. Britain is the largest bilateral donor to Nepal which is one of the world’s poorest nations with a quarter of its 28 million population living below the poverty line, according to the
The pilot who appears to have deliberately crashed a plane carrying 149 others into the French Alps received psychiatric treatment for a “serious depressive episode” six years ago, German tabloid Bild reported on Friday. Prosecutors in France, after listening to the cockpit voice recorders, offered no motive for why Andreas Lubitz, 27, would take the controls of the Airbus A320, lock the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately set
