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First invented in 1914 by a Mereck pharmaceutical researcher, MDMA or Ecstasy started out as a mere chemical catalyst. It sat on the shelf for decades till, in the 1970s, Dow Chemical employee rediscovered the drug and its powerful euphoric effects on the human mind. The early 1980s saw its therapeutic use by psychiatrists. But by 1985, the drug was outlawed in the United States.
This is just great. A recent study came out that found that even when you take the bisphenols (BPAs) out of plastics, you still get the same results from using them: aggressive, physiologically effeminized boys and preternaturally pubescent girls who have a high risk of developing breast cancer later in life. This is particularly sad news, as getting BPAs out of plastics was a hard-fought battle and apparently one that was destined to lose.
I found this a tad disconcerting, if you will. Back in August, the New Yorker ran a lengthy profile on the Koch brothers, heads of the largest private company in the U.S., Koch Industries. The article focused mainly on David, the less reclusive of the two (the other, older brother, Charles, remains out of the limelight by not doing things like bestowing $100 million to the New York Sate Theater, as David did), and the company the two lead, which rakes in around an estimated $100 billion in annual revenues.
Here is a tear-jerker video that shows how bad malignant skin cancer can be, and what you can do to address the problem: The obvious question you will have after watching the video is, “how do I do a self-exam?” here is a nice guide to the process: See also: A Guide To Checking For [...]
White sugar isn’t good for the human body. Everyone knows that, especially if your mother yelled, “stop eating that junk!” every time you put a piece of candy in your mouth as a kid. But how bad for you is it? Is it bad enough to be considered a toxin? Two credible news outlets explore [...]
Astrobiology is just a bunch of scientists trying to figure out what aliens look like, right? Wrong. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I discuss how this exciting, multidisciplinary field of science asks essential questions not just about the cosmos, but about the history of life on Earth. Of course it’s also about pondering the sorts of extremophile life that might exist in the strangest corners of our galaxy.
How Proton Therapy Works – great for brain tumors and prostate cancer
by Marshall Brain | January 21, 2011
There are several traditional ways to treat cancer: Surgery – cut out the cancer Chemotherapy – poison the cancer cells Radiation – kill the cancer cells with radiation (see Cyberknife, but also done with radioactive seeds and other techniques) X-ray therapy And so on… Proton therapy is a new way to treat cancer, and it [...]
Public Service Announcement – Exercise is even more valuable than we thought
by Marshall Brain | November 19, 2010
You always hear that it is good to exercise. But why? And how good is it? A new study shows that exercise is incredibly valuable to human beings: Regular Exercise Reduces Large Number of Health Risks Including Dementia and Some Cancers, Study Finds People who take regular exercise could reduce their risk of developing around [...]
This is one of those videos that you watch with your mouth hanging open… Rotationplasty is fairly common. Here is a girl named Ashley who had the procedure done after bone cancer: Stretching the ankle after rotationplasty: If you would like to follow Brainstuff on Twitter or Facebook, here are the links: – Follow Brainstuff [...]
From a technical standpoint, it is a breathtaking facility. It is called HIT, for Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center, and at its heart is a synchrotron accelerator used to treat cancerous tumors, as seen in this video tour…
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