health
Trucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show
December 23, 2009Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.
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Bed bugs suck!
December 14, 2009The biggest threat to human health presented by bed bugs is the toxic effect of the poisons sprayed by their panicked victims.
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Ft Drum killings: Another legacy of post traumatic stress?
December 11, 2009Early Tuesday morning, December 1st, Jefferson County sheriffs' deputies discovered the bodies of two Ft Drum soldiers, Spec. Waide T James, 20, of Cocoa, FL and Spec. Diego Valbuena, 23, of Port St Lucie, FL.
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World AIDS Day: ‘Be faithful, be tested, be unionized’
December 1, 2009In South Africa, a highly successful AIDS program is led by a union.
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New mammogram guidelines: What’s a woman to do?
November 24, 2009New guidelines have turned life upside down for women used to having a mammogram and breast examination every year starting at age 40, and doing monthly self-examinations.
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