Water and Other Toxins

http://puffthemutantdragon.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/from-salami-to-soda-pop-what-does-toxic-really-mean/

She was found dead that afternoon; poisoned by water.

Health Supplement Efficacy Visualised

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/snake-oil-supplements/

Strong evidence includes:

• folic acid for certain birth defects
• green tea for cholestrol
• probiotics for digestive health
• vitamin D for general health
• fish oil for blood pressure and secondary heart disease
• st john's wort for depression

Slight or none:

• dandeline
• flaxseed oil
• ginkgo bilboa
• vitamin A
• etc, etc, etc

Don't answer that phone!

http://ashartus.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/cell-phones-and-cancer-revisited/

"Ashartus" reviews two recent meta-analyses of mobile phone cancer risk.  One study found increased risk in the highest dosage group - extreme phoners - but lowered risk elsewhere.  This lowered risk is likely an artifact (we would think.)  The second study found no increased risk.  The data sets had various problems like self selection, self estimation and classification problems.  Some of the best data showed no risk and the epidemiology of the increased risk isn't quite as expected.

Overall, I stand by my original conclusion that there is no reason to panic unless brain cancer incidence rates start to increase, but at the same time if you’re an extremely heavy user of cell phones it probably wouldn’t hurt to take at least minimal precautions. Also of note, the IARC evaluation mentions that the electromagnetic field exposure from newer 3G phones (or from Bluetooth headsets) is about 100 times lower than for traditional cell phones, which means that even if the amount of cell phone usage continues to increase, exposure will likely decrease.

Teratoma associated encephalitis

Health Report 2011-06-06:

A mysterious and often life threatening disease affects the lives of mostly young women. These patients often end up in psychiatric hospitals misdiagnosed or in intensive care units with bizarre behaviour and metabolic meltdown. It's been discovered that these patients had a benign tumour in the ovary called teratoma. A teratoma can contain teeth, hair and most significantly for the women suffering from this condition, brain tissue. The body sees this tumour like a foreign type of tissue and mounts an attack, an immune response against these brain cells that are in the tumour. However, the immunological system is also attacks the brain of the patients.