British researchers warn of the potential danger of ‘fish pedicures’
A fish pedicure Photo credit: yamada kazuyuki via Wikimedia Commons Although the infection risks associated with ichthyotherapy, or “fish pedicures”, is mostly recognized to be quite low, researchers from the More...
CMU freshman dies from bacterial meningitis
Photo credit: Cjh1452000 via Wikimedia Commons For second time this week a college freshman from a U.S. university has died from meningococcal meningitis. It was reported Wednesday that Central Michigan University More...
Justin Bieber gets banned after insulting the country of Indonesia
OFFBEAT NEWS: A comment made by the Canadian teen heartthrob last week has drawn some fury from fans in Indonesia. According to a report in the Jakarta Post, the North Sumatra teen-pop radio station, KISS 105 FM More...
Now kids are drinking hand santizer
OFFBEATS NEWS: The things kids will do to catch a buzz are limitless. Whether it is doing “whip-its” at the grocery store, drinking cough syrup, “eyeballing” or using “vodka tampons”, if there is a will, More...
Asian nations looking at US beef import bans in wake of mad cow case
Photo/USDA The California case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow disease in the United States has some countries evaluating the safety of US beef imports even after the chief vet at the USDA More...
Egypt reports fifth bird flu fatality of 2012
Health officials in Egypt report the death of a woman from human infection with H5N1 avian influenza; this is the fifth fatality from the lethal virus reported this year in the North African nation. The Egyptian More...
New Mexico DOH advises parents not to give baby chicks and ducklings as Easter gifts
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) and the New Mexico Livestock Board advised parents to avoid giving baby chicks and ducklings as Easter gifts to young children. For good measure, they also advised against More...
Azhar Ahmed, Free Speech and Facebook
Many people outside of England have no idea about the controversy stirred up there over a 19-year-old’s posting on his Facebook wall on March 8. On March 6, six British soldiers died tragically when their armored More...
China to stop taking organs from prisoners
Joowwww via wikimedia commons Organ donations from condemned prisoners will be abolished within five years says Chinese Vice Health Minister Huang Jiefu Thursday. Huang says China is creating a national organ donation More...
New giant wasp, Megalara garuda, uncovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Credit: Dr. Lynn Kimsey, Dr. Michael Ohl With enormous mandibles, shaped like a sickle and nearly as long as it’s forelegs and a enormous pitch black appearance, the Megalara garuda looks menacing and mythical.. Researchers More...
