Health And Survival Blog

The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush.

The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country.

The news of the shift by Bush who has pursued a hawkish approach to Iran throughout his tenure comes at a critical time in US-Iranian relations. After weeks that have seen tensions rise with Israel conducting war games and Tehran carrying out long-range missile tests, a thaw appears to be under way.

The White House announced yesterday that William Burns, a senior state department official, is to be sent to Switzerland on Saturday to hear Tehran’s response to a European offer aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff….read more here.

Surgeon sued for giving anesthetized patient temporary tattoo

In a lawsuit filed yesterday, a Camden County woman accused her orthopedic surgeon of “rubbing a temporary tattoo of a red rose” on her belly while she was under anesthesia.

The patient discovered the tattoo below the panty line the next morning, when her husband was helping her get dressed to go home after the operation for a herniated disc, her attorney, Gregg A. Shivers, said in a phone interview yesterday.

“She was extremely emotionally upset by it,” said Shivers. The suit, filed on behalf of Elizabeth Mateo in Camden County Superior Court, seeks punitive and compensatory damages from Steven Kirshner, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with offices in Marlton and Lumberton, both in Burlington County.

Kirshner does not deny placing the tattoo - and has left washable marks on patients before to improve their spirits, his lawyer, Robert Agre of Haddonfield, said last night. He said none has complained.

“What’s offensive about this complaint is that it suggests something he did was intended to be prurient, and nothing could be further from the truth,” said Agre. “It was intended just to make the patient feel better.”

Nevertheless, said Art Caplan, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s Department of Medical Ethics, “you cannot do something like this even as a joke.”

“If it’s true,” said Caplan, whose knowledge of the case was limited to a reporter’s summary, “she’s got a case.”….read rest of story here.

OK, let me get this straight… Freddie and Fannie  make political donation to earn favors from the politicians.  Freddie and Fannie then  make bad loans, bad investments and overextend themselves. The  politicians save Fannie and Freddie  and the US taxpayers  pay for their mistakes and help bail them out. That Sucks! 

Perhaps Americans need to donate more money  to the politicians so if they have trouble paying their mortgage or are on the verge of bankrupty, the goverment can bail us out too! Now that’s democracy for sale! Our dollar has lost 50% of its value the last 5 years, forclosures are at an all time high, banks are having no mercy on our souls but they expect us to bail them out??

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Fannie, Freddie spent $200M to buy influence

Talk to your doctor to see if gardasil is right for you or your daughter….

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Gardasil was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) two years ago for girls aged nine-26 and protects against sexually transmitted diseases caused by four particularly dangerous strains of HPV (Human Papillomavirus) in women that are responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts.  Three shots are given over six-months.  Merck & Company—Gardasil’s maker—said 16 million doses have been administered since its approval.

Now, one Northern California family is wondering if Gardisal injections have nearly paralyzed a healthy 13-year-old girl.  Jenny’s story was recently highlighted on CBS News and focused on how Jenny was seemingly healthy 15 months prior to receiving her third shot of Gardasil.  Following the third Gardasil injection, Jenny began showing signs of having been stricken with a degenerative muscle disease. The family says Jenny is now almost completely paralyzed and believes “there may be a link” between the paralysis and the Gardasil injection and has opened a blog in the hopes of determining if Jenny’s paralysis and Gardasil are, indeed, linked and is urging other girls with similar “post-vaccination” responses to speak out at: http://www.jenjensfamily.blogspot.com/

Merck’s response?  “Based on the facts that we’ve received, the information does not suggest that this event was causally associated with vaccination.”  Also, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 11- and 12-year-old girls receive Gardasil as part of school vaccination efforts…..read more here.

Here is an movie trailer for a great move- Fast Food Nation. I recommend you watch this video after reading the post below.. Becoming a vegetarian is becoming more and more attactive..

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc_z623Wsro]

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E. coli linked to beef now reported in 5 states