PATIENTS prescribed statins are being used as unwitting “guinea pigs” because the side effects have not been properly investigated say experts. Daily Express :: Health Feed
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Don’t Blame Pigs for Swine Flu—Species Hopping Is How Viruses Evolve
The discovery that viruses move between species unexpectedly often is rewriting ideas about their evolutionary history—and may have troubling implications for the threat from emerging diseases. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b97697c9f0c6453874fd60/master/pass/VirusJumpsQuanta-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
‘Human guinea pigs’: ISIS conducted ‘Nazi-style’ chemical experiments, docs found in Mosul show
Islamic State tested poisonous chemicals on prisoners in a bid to produce easily-obtainable chemical weapons for local use and potential terrorist attacks in the West, records recovered from Mosul by Iraqi soldiers and obtained by The Times show. Arabic-language notes detailing experiments with thallium sulfate and “a nicotine-based compound” were reportedly discovered hidden inside the […]
‘Human guinea pigs’ of British nuclear testing in Australia win healthcare victory
Indigenous Australians who were exposed to extreme levels of radiation by British nuclear tests will finally have their healthcare costs covered by their government. From 1952 to 1963, Britain tested atomic weapons at Maralinga and Emu Fields in South Australia and around Western Australia’s Monte Bello Islands, with Australia’s permission. The combined force of the […]
The Big Bad Wolf And Three Little Pigs Face off In A Battle Of Business In The Wolf’s Bite
Fans of The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales will no doubt rejoice at this lighthearted take on classic fairy tales. In this one-on-one visual novel game, players can enjoy The Wolf’s Bite with a friend and try to thwart each other’s success in the restaurant business. In The Wolf’s Bite, the Wolf is […]
Dear Bahamas Tourists: Please Don’t Feed the Swimming Pigs
Dear Bahamas Tourists: Please Don’t Feed the Swimming Pigs Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]
Tourists Kill Bahamas' Swimming Pigs Because We Can't Have Anything Nice
GIF GIF: When Pigs Swim Some days, humans just generally suck. And then there are days when you realize why this planet is trying so hard to just wipe us out. Advertisement Today is one of the days that we recognize humanity’s total worthlessness because seven of the swimming pigs who live in the Bahamas […]
These Genetically Engineered Super Pigs Could Protect Your Bacon From Viral Disease
These piglets could be protected from an infection that costs the swine industry billions each year. Image: Laura Dow, The Roslin Institute For pig farmers, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is a disaster. Once dubbed the “mystery swine disease,” it emerged in the late 1980’s on farms in Europe and the US and spread rapidly, […]
Radioactive pigs are wandering Central Europe, 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Thirty years after a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, radiation is still turning up in some unexpected places: for instance, in the wild boars tramping through the mountains of the Czech Republic — almost a thousand miles away. These radioactive boars aren’t turning into teenage mutant ninja pigs, but they […]
Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs
Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs inside animals to transplant into people. CBC | Health News
