by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 6, 2014
Roast beef, flowers, perfume, fresh mown grass…we mostly take our sense of smell for granted. Some people have a condition called anosmia, they have no sense of smell. This affects their sense of taste, and sufferers report that it has a major negative effect on...
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 4, 2014
Ebola is in most peoples minds at the moment, more so since the United states and Germany took the decision to fly Ebola patients from West Africa to hospitals in Atlanta and Hamburg. Ebola Zaire is one of five strains of Ebola that are currently known, only one,...
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 3, 2014
Brantly and Writebol. Image: Reuters At least one, but possibly two U.S. citizens with Ebola is due to fly from West Africa to Atlanta during the next few days. Barbara Reynolds spokeswoman for the CDC in Atlanta said that she is not aware of any Ebola patient...
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 1, 2014
Patrick Sawyer, a married father of three was making his way back to the United States after attending his sisters funeral in Liberia. He was due to attend a conference in Lagos, Nigeria before flying home to Minnesota. His trip required three flights, he made two of...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jul 29, 2014
Particles of the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) virus have been found in the air of a barn that had housed an infected camel. The particles contained genetic fragments of the virus on all three days that the air was sampled. The owner of the barn, a 43 year...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jul 24, 2014
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is on the increase in the Continental United States. Endemic in the poor areas of Central and South America it is thought to have originally entered the country via immigration. It’s carried by reduviid bugs that carry...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jul 23, 2014
The dried sap from the immature seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is a potent narcotic. Although once popular as a painkiller most opium is now refined into heroin and sold illicitly for high prices in almost every city on the planet. All of this...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jun 27, 2014
I read the story in the Daily Mail of Martin Winters, a so called doomsday prepper who was thought not only to be preparing for the end of days,but for a standoff with the United States government. That he was only holding five legally owned firearms, and enough...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jun 17, 2014
Our Garden is not huge, a good size by British standards but small by U.S. standards from what I can gather. If you do have a good sized plot, regardless of where you are, read on, you may never need to buy firewood again. We’ve been looking into hedging, fast...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jun 10, 2014
In a crisis situation there’s a good chance the grid is going to be down. The refrigerator and air conditioning will not be working and excessive heat can be dangerous for the elderly, the very young and for many with chronic medical conditions. 12 Ways to Keep...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jun 6, 2014
Numerous studies have shown that people who work night shifts over an extended period of time die sooner than their day-shift counterparts. What is even more apparent from studies is that night workers have a much higher incidence of illness, especially heart disease...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jun 5, 2014
It’s often said that we are only nine meals from anarchy. The theory behind the saying is simple. Most people have no more than a three day supply of food in their homes, and that equates to nine meals before they start to go hungry. Some believe that...
