“Healthcare entrepreneurs working outside the traditional health insurance payment system are using telephone, e-mail, text messaging and innovative computer software to make medical care more accessible and convenient for patients, according to a new study by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). ‘Patients often find it difficult to take time off work to see […]
“Is menstrual blood the newest way to preserve disease-fighting stem cells? One company believes it is. Cryo-Cell International has been in the umbilical cord banking business since 1989. It recently formed a subsidiary called C’Elle for purpose of banking menstrual blood for the stem cell harvesting. In recent years, stem cells, especially embryonic stem cells, […]
“Hospitals in the United States should be held to the same sanitary standards that our restaurants are held, says Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York, and founder and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. The consequences of inadequate hygiene are far deadlier in hospitals than in restaurants, says McCaughey: * The […]
“Like a dog that can’t pass a tree without giving it a hind-legged salute, government can’t do anything without creating a bureaucracy. This will be the mother of all bureaucracies, spending not billions but trillions of taxbucks, administered by bureaucrats just like those FEMA functionaries, swindled for millions by people like the counterfeit Katrina victims, […]
“Attorney General Jerry Brown sued the U.S. government Wednesday, accusing environmental regulators of relaxing rules that require industry to report toxic pollution. Silicon Valley electronics manufacturers, East Bay oil refineries and San Mateo County plastic producers are among those involved in the nationwide controversy. The lawsuit, filed by California and 11 other states in federal […]
“Recycling of packaging in Britain could soon become much easier as the British Retail Consortium and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) have developed a standard series of logos to help consumers identify the likelihood that products will be recycled. Three different symbols would be used as part of the system: one for ‘widely […]
“Building a new economy, one that can sustain economic progress, involves phasing out old industries, restructuring existing ones, and creating new ones. This new economy will be powered by renewable sources of energy, will have a more diverse transport system—relying more on rail, buses, and bicycles, and less on cars—and will recycle everything. For example, […]
“Nasa has released details of its strategy for sending a human crew to Mars within the next few decades. The US space agency envisages despatching a ‘minimal’ crew on a 30-month round trip to the Red Planet in a 400,000kg (880,000lb) spacecraft. Details of the concept were outlined at a meeting in Houston, Texas. … […]
“The Japanese fleet has embarked on the largest whaling expedition targeting protected humpbacks since the 1960s. In a farewell ceremony, officials told a crowd that Japan should preserve ‘its whale-eating culture.’ This is in spite of strong international objections, even outrage. This demonstrates the weakness of moral sanctions when dealing with environmental problems that transcend […]
“The threat of global warming did not become clear until the present generation. Empirical evidence of warming was masked by weather fluctuations, and warming was kept small, temporarily, by the inertia of deep oceans. We cannot blame our ancestors for burning fossil fuels in an uncontrolled way. They worked hard to bring themselves and their […]
