Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with health www.salem-news.com 2010 There was a special emphasis at a recent motorcycle gathering in Salem, on helping a young boy who is very sick but has a shot at life, if enough support can be raised to offset the tremendous costs of healthcare. Money isn't the only thing four-year old Daniel needs, as his mom, Roxanne VanDyke, explains. http://salem-news.com/articles/may242012/help-daniel-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may242012/help-daniel-tk.php Thu, 24 May 2012 03:39:00 PDT When I first heard about Holton’s total arrogant antagonism to Medical Marijuana patients, I wasn't surprised. But when I read about all of his supporters and endorsements I nearly fell off my stool. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/oregon-pot-future-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/oregon-pot-future-pl.php Tue, 22 May 2012 23:29:00 PDT A solid majority of voters nationwide favor legalizing and regulating marijuana similar to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are currently regulated. Most also don’t believe it should be a crime for people to smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own homes. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/pot-survey.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/pot-survey.php Tue, 22 May 2012 19:34:00 PDT The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a document titled, “Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments”. This document is being described as part of the agency’s dioxin reassessment. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/dioxin-risks.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/dioxin-risks.php Tue, 22 May 2012 18:03:00 PDT According to Israeli military records, there are 2,700 deserters and 1,780 draft dodgers in Israel. In the last week alone, the IDF has arrested 474 of them as part of its largest-ever operation to apprehend them. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/idf-draft-hunt.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/idf-draft-hunt.php Tue, 22 May 2012 17:38:00 PDT It all started with Mike Partain, a.k.a. Number One. A barrel-chested father of four with a goatee and a predilection for aviator sunglasses. Partain was born at Camp Lejeune, the North Carolina base where his father, a first lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, was stationed in the late 1960s. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/male-breast-cander-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/male-breast-cander-cp.php Tue, 22 May 2012 17:13:00 PDT This poem celebrates the new book, A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals, which focuses on the contamination of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and other U.S. military bases. It's co-authored by Salem-News.com writers Bob O'Dowd and Tim King. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/el-toro-poem-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222012/el-toro-poem-le.php Tue, 22 May 2012 02:14:00 PDT High intensity endurance weight training provides the best of cardio and weight training in half the time for baseline fit adults. For years we have been told mixing cardio training with weight training is a must to ensure we are effectively working our cardiovascular system. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/intense-weight-training-wu.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/intense-weight-training-wu.php Mon, 21 May 2012 22:30:00 PDT My name is Jerry Ensminger, and I served my country faithfully for 24 years in the United States Marine Corps. During that time, I trained thousands of recruits to become honored Marines. http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/lejeune-petition-je.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may212012/lejeune-petition-je.php Mon, 21 May 2012 15:13:00 PDT Ethiopia has grown more authoritarian in nature since the controversial 2005 elections ended in bloodshed. Meles Zenawi is known for suppressing free speech, wrongful and arbitrary detention and arrest, and zero transparency. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/zenawi-obama-letter-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/zenawi-obama-letter-wg.php Sun, 20 May 2012 01:49:00 PDT The Bien Hoa military airport in the southern province of Dong Nai has the world’s highest Agent Orange/dioxin contamination level, a meeting heard Thursday. The office of the national steering committee tasked with handling the consequences of toxic chemical used by the US during the Vietnam War reported at the meeting that the airport has more than ten hectares of heavily polluted soil. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/bien-hoa-kc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/bien-hoa-kc.php Sun, 20 May 2012 00:55:00 PDT John Deegan, Mary Lawlor and Dave O’Brien are uncommon heroes who endured torture at the hands of the roman catholic church – and who are battling today to win justice. On May 4 in Dublin, they confronted Archbishop Dermot Martin and the Vatican with ten demands which must be enacted by September 15. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/vatican-justice-ka.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/vatican-justice-ka.php Sat, 19 May 2012 23:13:00 PDT The Rwandan tyrannical ruler, General Paul Kagame, is known for his excessive and brutal control of the media for his warfare. The former rebel leader will stop at nothing to grab ‘international recognition’ thanks to his complex and exorbitant public-relations and lobbyists network. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwandan-despot-ckkmk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwandan-despot-ckkmk.php Sat, 19 May 2012 07:20:00 PDT The Jewish philosopher Maimonides ascribes circumcision to a moral order that, under the guise of religion and/or tradition, pretends making supermen. That tyrannical order tries to dominate the child as the adult in the name of: "Hush, it’s for your own sake!" http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/sexual-mutilation-mhn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/sexual-mutilation-mhn.php Fri, 18 May 2012 21:42:00 PDT Scientific studies into the dangerous chemical TCE that pollutes U.S. military bases worldwide, drew the conclusion well over a decade ago, that it is a human carcinogen and it causes cancer. Researcher and veteran's advocate, Gary Bass, located a letter in the Federal Register that the feds hoped we would never find. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/dod-tce-confirmed-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/dod-tce-confirmed-tk.php Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:00 PDT I just heard from somewhere that somebody wants to change PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to Post Traumatic Stress Injury or PTSI. I don’t get it! We already have (Post) Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ptsd-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/ptsd-pot-pl.php Wed, 16 May 2012 20:26:00 PDT An old WW II hangar over 200,000 square feet in area at former MCAS El Toro will not be on any tourist list now and maybe for years to come. Hangar 296 is one of the primary sites of the TCE plume spreading into Orange County and reason for the base’s placement on the National Priority List (NPL), commonly referred to as the EPA Superfund. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/el-toro-hangar-296-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/el-toro-hangar-296-ro.php Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:00 PDT When it comes to environmental contamination in Orange County, California, we typically cover the south county eyesore that was once a Marine fighter base, the old MCAS El Toro. Now, thanks to an article by Pat Brennan, published yesterday by the Orange County Register, we get the dirty details on another plume, this one in north Orange County. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/north-county-plume-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/north-county-plume-tk.php Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:00 PDT Health conscious Oregonians are mounting a campaign to demand that GMO foods be labeled as such. The group behind this effort has a web site http://oregonrighttoknow.org. They have one month to gather enough signatures to place this issue on the state-side ballot in November. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/oregon-gmo-food.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/oregon-gmo-food.php Tue, 15 May 2012 13:34:00 PDT Most Southern Californians are familiar with El Toro, the now-closed Marine Corps air base just an hour south of LA. However many do not realize what a nightmare the air station became before the Marines vacated the place, and the last plane flew off into the hazy sunset in 1999. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/el-toro-dummies-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/el-toro-dummies-tk.php Tue, 15 May 2012 03:51:00 PDT Reading Groundviews during the recent past, one sees that most contributions in fact rose serious concerns over the core issue of governance as it is in Sri Lanka. Articles examine the regime’s ideology in finding adequate answers for socio economic ills, the system itself carries as endemic. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/left-option-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/left-option-kp.php Mon, 14 May 2012 22:06:00 PDT On May 12, 2012 activists blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action's peaceful vigil protested the U.S. government’s continued deployment and upgrading of the Trident nuclear weapons system. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/trident-protest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/trident-protest.php Mon, 14 May 2012 15:02:00 PDT Some called it a climax of a long story. It is a turning point. Some called it a full-stop. It is a comma. Many call it a tragedy. Of Epic proportions in the history of the Tamils. Tragedies are often best expressed in verse. I found the best description of what happened in Mullivaikaal in the verses of Pablo Neruda. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/remember-mullivaikal-krm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132012/remember-mullivaikal-krm.php Sun, 13 May 2012 17:54:00 PDT Representatives of the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank scouted out downtown Ciudad Juarez last week in anticipation of a possible loan package. The tour was promoted by the Chihuahua state and Ciudad Juarez municipal governments as part of a $50 million investment drive to revive the Mexican border city’s long decaying downtown core. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/juarez-redevelopment.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/juarez-redevelopment.php Sat, 12 May 2012 17:06:00 PDT A new article in US News & World Report explores the Oregon Gubernatorial race and Dwight Holton's hardline position over medical marijuana. Mr. Holton has stated that he supports the state's voter-endorsed program, but I think that might be a wee stretch of the truth from Dwight. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/dwight-holton-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/dwight-holton-tk.php Sat, 12 May 2012 01:59:00 PDT Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action will hold its annual Mother’s Day Weekend observance on Saturday, May 12th. This year’s theme, “Moms Against Bombs”, honors the origin of Mother’s Day by Julia Ward Howe. In 1870, after the Civil War, Howe called for mothers everywhere to unite against the continuing use of violence and war to solve differences. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/ground-zero-protest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/ground-zero-protest.php Fri, 11 May 2012 17:29:00 PDT Three days ago, a young orphan known as Sadiki Mutabazi doused and set himself self-ablaze in Rubavu district (Gisenyi) where he worked as a mobile vendor for a living. He was rushed to the emergency unit of a local hospital but later transferred to Kigali University hospital (CHUK) in a critical condition. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwanda-imolation.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwanda-imolation.php Fri, 11 May 2012 16:50:00 PDT Dr. Gaston Cornu-Labat won a successful battle against seemingly insurmountable odds; losing and eventually regaining his right to practice medicine His story offers hope to others singled out and punished by public officials bent on whistleblower retaliation. It is possible to find real vindication. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/doctor-labbat-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/doctor-labbat-tk.php Fri, 11 May 2012 01:22:00 PDT In a seminar yesterday, Vietnamese and US experts discussed the use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology in a US$43 million project to clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport. As part of the cooperative project between USAID and the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, the IPTD environmental pollution treatment system would be used to clean up the toxic substance. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/danang-airport-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/danang-airport-cp.php Thu, 10 May 2012 17:57:00 PDT An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its decision in our case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In its decision, the Ninth Circuit held that a federal statute closes the courthouse door to constitutional claims by veterans. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/vuft-newsletter.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/vuft-newsletter.php Thu, 10 May 2012 16:01:00 PDT