https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/08/23/does-talcum-powder-cause-ovarian-cancer-experts-are-divided/?utm_term=.402f82871e6f By Laurie McGinley August 25 at 5:10 PM (Washington Post) Does talcum powder cause ovarian cancer? A Los Angeles jury thinks so. This week it ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to 63-year-old Eva Echeverria. She blamed her terminal illness on Johnson's Baby Powder, which she … [Read more...]

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/b12-energy/537654/ JAMES HAMBLIN, AUG 25, 2017 Energy. If you’re not taking vitamin B12, forget about having energy. As The Dr. Oz Show has recommended, “End your energy crisis with Vitamin B12.” The nice thing about sublingual pills is “you don’t need a doctor, you don’t need a prescription.” And don’t get me started on metabolism. If you want to “supercharge your metabolism and … [Read more...]

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1707107   Alternative Science and Human Reproduction R. Alta Charo, J.D. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:309-311July 27, 2017DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1707107 Interview with Prof. R. Alta Charo on recent Trump administration appointees and the implications of alternative science for women’s health. (10:44) Human reproduction has become the victim of alternative science, rife with … [Read more...]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/02/deadly-gene-mutations-removed-from-human-embryos-in-landmark-study   Deadly gene mutations removed from human embryos in landmark study Groundbreaking project corrects faulty DNA linked to fatal heart condition and raises hopes for parents who risk passing on genetic diseases  A human egg seen through a microscope. In the study, … [Read more...]

(Published in the Oklahoman electronic version, February 1, 2017  https://www.oklahoman.com/login?referer=/article/5536385?nok_redirect=yes) “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt…” Leviticus 19:34   The plight of the passenger ship the MS St. Louis in 1939 was portrayed in the movie “Voyage of the Damned.” The ship departed Hamburg, carrying 937 … [Read more...]