![Detroit Woman Describes “Face Blindness” [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mona_Lisa.jpg)
A Detroit woman has described life with a disability known as “face blindness”. People with face blindness can physically see a person’s face, but store no recollection of it for later use. Instead of remembering a person later on when she encounters them, Fishman will pass them by as though she has never met [...]
![Warning Signs of Heart Attack [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Anatomy_Heart_English_Tiesworks.jpg)
The Hollywood image of a heart attack is dramatic. A stricken expression on a person’s face, fallowed by a grimace, a groan and a load fall to the floor do on occasion happen, but it is far more common for mundane symptoms that are often dismissed as indigestion or a pulled muscle. The following [...]
The Netherlands has attracted all too much attention for its leading role in promoting “mercy killings” and other forms of assisted suicide. Despite this, a point of light can be found in the tiny village of Hogewey in Dutch town of Weesp. Hogeweay opened in December 2009 and was built with a total of €1.5 [...]
![Synthetic Pot Eyed By NYC Lawmakers [Videos]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/spice-synthetic-marijuana.jpg)
Many people, seeking to circumvent laws banning marijuana, have been using “synthetic marijuana” . The drug, often known as K2 or Spice,achieves an effect on the brain similar to marijuana’s active ingredient, THC. The unregulated substance is sold at bodegas all over New York, and has caused many people to end up in hospital emergency [...]
![A Look at Pink Slime Beef [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Pink-slime-x-large.jpg)
It is euphemistically known as “lean, finely textured beef”, but the reality behind it is not so pretty. In an attempt to extract every bit of usable material from deceased bovines, scraps of beef that are surrounded by fat and trimmings are extracted and treated with ammonia to remove bacteria such as E. coli and [...]
![Antibiotics Losing Battle With Superbugs [Video]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Penicillin-ad.jpg)
Penicillin and other antibiotic have changed the deleloped world’s attitude towards contagious diseases. Unfortunately, bacterial species are learning as fast as scientists and pharmaceutical companies. The world is now facing new epidemics of “superbugs” which are impervious to antibiotics. Sometimes, new antibiotic can be created, and other times the medical wisdom used to fight infection [...]
![Clues to Asthma From Tristan Da Cunha [Video Links]](http://globetribune.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/500px-Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg_.png)
Tristan da Cunha is considered to be the most remote inhabited place on earth. It is midway between the southern tip of South America and the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. It has a population of less than 300 people, all of whom are related to each other. Two Italian sailors in [...]
Like many diabetics, I am very sensitive to white flour. I discovered very early on that white flour brings up myblood sugar levels and that whole grains are far better for maintaining good blood sugar levels. There have been times when I was puzzled to note that my blod sugar was fairly high, even [...]
William Ludwig, a Philadelphia cancer patient and a 65 year old retired corrections officer, has been given a new lease on life, after chemotherapy had ceased to be effective in fighting the leukemia that was threatening his life. The New York Times describes the experimental genetic therapy at the University of Pennsylvania , in [...]
Gonorrhea has long been a treatable venereal disease, with standard antibiotics sufficing to kil the bacterial infection. Now, a drug resistant strain has been discovered, sparking fears that the world could get a feel for what life was like before antibiotics.
