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Why daily doses of nature in the city matter for people and the planet

theconversation.com

by Anne Cleary

November 29, 2018

The environmental movement is shifting away from focusing solely on raising awareness about environmental issues. Many environmental agencies and organisations now also aim to connect people with nature.

What is less clear is how to enhance an individual's nature connection - that is feeling that they are a part of nature. Over half of all people globally, and nine out of ten people in Australia, live in urban environments. This reduces their opportunities to experience and connect with nature.

Amazon Takes on Unstructured EHR Data with Machine Learning, NLP

healthitanalytics.com

by Jennifer Bresnick

November 28, 2018

A new machine learning and natural language processing service from Amazon will comb through unstructured EHR data to identify actionable insights and support better decision-making.

"Comprehend Medical helps health care providers, insurers, researchers, and clinical trial investigators as well as health care IT, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies to improve clinical decision support, streamline revenue cycle and clinical trials management, and better address data privacy and protected health information (PHI) requirements." The HIPAA-eligible service will be covered under Amazon Web Services' (AWS) business associate agreement, ensuring the privacy and security of patient data that is run through the system.

5G Is Coming, And With It Potentially Calamitous Health Risks

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by Meredith Lager

November 26, 2018

You want fast wireless service. Enhanced wireless data speeds are premium services that stand to make Wireless companies billions (and already do). The newest technological enhancement to improved wireless data speeds is 5G.

The installation of 5G cell towers is not only going to improve speed, but it is also likely to have a detrimental effect on our public health. Wireless companies have already installed up to 300,000 new 5G antennas. That's right, 5G is coming whether we like it or not and health risks are going to tag along with these faster data experiences.

RFK Jr. wins case against U.S. government for vaccine safety violations

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by Vicki Batts

November 11, 2018

Del Bigtree, founder of Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), teamed up with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the U.S. government by filing suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for vaccine safety violations - and they won.

As sources explain, a clause in the The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NVICA) compels DHHS to take responsibility for improving vaccine safety and efficacy, and charges the agency with constant monitoring and improving of adverse event reporting. The Mandate for Safer Childhood Vaccines clause also tasks DHHS with providing a report on improvements made in these areas to Congress every two years.

Geoengineering: Blocking sunlight to cool Earth won't reduce crop damage from global warming

phys.org

by University of California - Berkeley

September 23, 2018

Injecting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet and counter the warming effects of climate change would do nothing to offset the crop damage from rising global temperatures.

By analyzing the past effects of Earth-cooling volcanic eruptions, and the response of crops to changes in sunlight, the team concluded that any improvements in yield from cooler temperatures would be negated by lower productivity due to reduced sunlight. The findings have important implications for our understanding of solar geoengineering, one proposed method for helping humanity manage the impacts of global warming.

5G Radiation Dangers - 11 Reasons To Be Concerned

electricsense.com

by Lloyd Burrell

June 3, 2018

5G offers mind-blowing data capabilities, practically unrestricted call volumes and near infinite data broadcast. It does this by 5G using largely untapped bandwidth of the millimeter wave (MMW), which is between 30GHz and 300GHz, as well as some lower an

The biggest concern is how these new wavelengths will affect the skin. The human body has between two million to four million sweat ducts. Dr. Ben-Ishai of Hebrew University, Israel explains that our sweat ducts act like "an array of helical antennas when exposed to these wavelengths," meaning that we become more conductive. A recent New York study which experimented with 60GHz waves stated that "the analyses of penetration depth show that more than 90% of the transmitted power is absorbed in the epidermis and dermis layer."

Learn This Serious Side Effect of Ibuprofen

tiphero.com

May 3, 2018

Folks who take pain relievers like ibuprofen need to be aware of this latest study on how they can damage your health. You'll want to talk to your doctor!

We take them to shut down headaches, back pain, toothaches, and all sorts of other ailments, but a new study published in The BMJ may have you reconsidering how long you should take them. Their research shows that taking drugs like ibuprofen and other NSAIDS can increase a person's risk of heart attack by up to 50%.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says it is "unlawful" for a mother and daughter to sit in trees on their land outside Roanoke, trying to block a natural gas pipeline from being built on land their family has held for seven generations.

washingtonpost.com

by Gregory S. Schneider

April 25, 2018

Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that it's "unlawful" for a mother and daughter to sit in trees and block a natural gas pipeline across their property outside Roanoke, and that he's particularly worried about the older woman's health.

But Northam (D) stopped short of saying he would order state police to do anything to resolve the standoff. Theresa "Red" Terry, 61, and daughter Theresa Minor Terry, 30, have been on wooden platforms in trees on Bent Mountain since April 2, preventing workers for the Mountain Valley Pipeline from clearing trees on a path through their land.

World's Largest Animal Study on Cell Tower Radiation Confirms Cancer Link

digitaljournal.com

April 3, 2018

Scientists call on the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer to re-evaluate the carcinogenicity of cell phone radiation after the Ramazzini Institute and US government studies report finding the same unusual cancers

Researchers with the renowned Ramazzini Institute (RI) in Italy announce that a large-scale lifetime study of lab animals exposed to environmental levels of cell tower radiation developed cancer. A $25 million study of much higher levels of cell phone radiofrequency (RF) radiation, from the US National Toxicology Program (NTP), has also reported finding the same unusual cancer called Schwannoma of the heart in male rats treated at the highest dose. In addition, the RI study of cell tower radiation also found increases in malignant brain (glial) tumors in female rats and precancerous conditions including Schwann cells hyperplasia in both male and female rats.

New Studies Link Cell Phone Radiation with Cancer

scientificamerican.com

by Charles Schmidt

April 3, 2018

Researchers call for greater caution, but skeptics say the evidence from rat studies is not convincing

Does cell phone radiation cause cancer? New studies show a correlation in lab rats, but the evidence may not resolve ongoing debates over causality or whether any effects arise in people. The ionizing radiation given off by sources such as x-ray machines and the sun boosts cancer risk by shredding molecules in the body. But the non-ionizing radio-frequency (RF) radiation that cell phones and other wireless devices emit has just one known biological effect: an ability to heat tissue by exciting its molecules.

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