Posted by: diychica on: November 12, 2009
A Harvard Medical School research team estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and had reduced access to care.
That’s more than 14 times the number of deaths suffered by U.S. troops in Afghanistan the same year.
Source:http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/11/veterans-die-lack-health-insurance
Posted by: diychica on: November 7, 2009
Cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol.
And horse-riding is riskier than taking ecstasy.
Source:http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/visualising-the-guardian-datablog/
Posted by: diychica on: October 13, 2009
In his African homeland, the cost of soap is out of reach for many, often with tragic consequences.
In 2004, the World Health Organization found roughly 15 percent of deaths among Ugandan children under age 5 resulted from diarrheal diseases, many of which could be prevented through hand sanitation.
Source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091012/ap_on_re_us/us_operation_soap
Posted by: diychica on: August 8, 2009
Artwork “To die will be an awfully big adventure” created by H¶gni Valur H¶gnason is final project from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts.
It descovers theme of deaths in our life. As you could notice it consist of three pieces.
Source:http://www.beautifullife.info/art-works/to-die-will-be-an-awfully-big-adventure/
Posted by: diychica on: July 3, 2009
Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs featuring hundreds of credible pros and cons including scientific marijuana
Source:http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=145
Posted by: diychica on: May 9, 2009
In the United States, the total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, as swine flu is officially called, nearly doubled to 1,639 from the day before, with reports coming from 43 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
From:http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/08/swine.flu/
