Google Censors, Shadowbans, and Blacklists Alternative Health News

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 10:50

theepochtimes.com - What if I told you that social media platforms are manipulating you, steering you toward health information that they think is right, rather than letting you evaluate content for…

Category: Technology

Sale of heartburn drug suspended over cancer fears

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 10:49

bbc.co.uk - US retailer CVS has become the latest to suspend the sale of a heartburn drug being investigated for links to cancer. It follows concern in several countries over the presence of…

Category: Science

‘Out here, it’s just me’: In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 10:35

washingtonpost.com - Until another doctor’s recent arrival, Ed Garner was for years the only full-time staff physician at Culberson Hospital in Van Horn, Tex. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington…

Category: Leisure

Sweden: People Treated For Gunshot Wounds Up 20 Per Cent in 2018

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 09:53

breitbart.com - The statistics from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare patient register show that in 2018 a total of 148 people were treated with gunshot injuries, 26 more than the…

Category: World

Government pledges £13bn for 40 new hospitals

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 08:10

bbc.co.uk - The government has pledged £13bn for 40 new hospitals across England in the next decade. The plans will begin with a £2.7bn cash injection for six hospitals over the next five years. A…

Category: Environment

166 reasons – closures – not to trust a word Boris Johnson says about the NHS

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 07:58

skwawkbox.org - As the Tories’ conference starts today, Boris Johnson is making wild promises about new hospitals and Tory investment in the NHS – as part of his shamelessly dishonest pre-election…

Category: Environment

Boris Johnson's '40 new hospitals' is actually just six and they're not all new

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 07:55

mirror.co.uk - Boris Johnson’s promise of 40 ‘new hospitals’ plan will actually only deliver six unless the Tories win the next two elections. And it includes renovations of existing hospitals. The…

Category: Environment

The US sent bomb-sniffing dogs to Jordan. Now they're dying from poor treatment

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 07:47

cnn.com - This has led to persistent health problems in Jordan, the largest recipient in the program with 61 active bomb-sniffer dogs. Other countries with fewer dogs include Thailand, Morocco,…

Category: World

No-deal Brexit could lead to 'disintegration' of NHS, union warns

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 07:32

metro.co.uk - Leaving the EU without a deal could have a devastating effect on the NHS, a union warned. The British Medical Association said winter pressures had already led to ‘unprecedented scenes…

Category: Health

AI Can Read A Cardiac MRI In 4 Seconds: Do We Still Need Human Input?

Sun, 09/29/2019 - 06:12

forbes.com - An MRI scan read in 4 seconds? Are we hearing this right? Digital keyboard, virtual screen and living heart MRI on black background. Heart attack research ... [+] technology in the near…

Category: Science