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  • Vacunas: ¿un trato con la muerte?

    Abstract: Since the decade of the 1980’s, independent research from many parts of the world has been alerting about the potential toxicity of vaccines, in the short, intermediate and long terms. Among others, the main argument is that these are manufactured with derivates from mercury and alluminum – known depressors of the […]

  • The War on Cancer and the Cancer of War

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    Every single day, people die of  epidemics and diseases. Every single day, people kill each other over differences in beliefs and cultures. Every single day, souls leave our planet, heading towards their unknown fate, and leaving our own souls in pain. Working in the media, especially in the critical period […]

  • Borracho sí, fumador no

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    Abstract: Salvadoran society doesn’t have any problem with heavy drinking but is quite severe with tobacco consumption. Why is it that the country with most alcohol-related deaths worldwide celebrates alcohol consumption yet is quite intolerant with smokers? Regulations  and special taxes on both tobacco and liquor consumption are currently standing, […]

  • A glance at challenges in Uganda’s health sector

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    In 2012, Uganda suffered two major hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. First the dread Ebola hemorrhagic fever hit the remote district of Kibaale in the western part of the country. As the country was trying to recover from the Ebola outbreak, another deadly disease, Marburg fever broke out in Kabale in south […]

  • "The Health Trial". When you end up in a coffin, one thing is sure: patient’s condition has never been worse. Image from ‏@RanaMuhTaha on Twitter

    Bad Health Care: The Pandemics of Poverty

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    The content package of this post relates to the “Death Threat,” and addresses non-communicable diseases. The one I want to speak about is poverty. Because all the other NCDs  you can think of — like obesity, cancer, etc. — are just a consequence of pandemic poverty. Pandemic poverty is an […]