ERIN STRIKES AGAIN

“I don’t have all the answers but I am driven to ask the important questions.”
So said Erin Brockovich, who has spoken to many women over the years about their right to seek the truth about potentially dangerous medicines and medical devices.
One such pharmaceutical is Yaz, also known under the brand name Yasmin, a top-selling oral contraceptive marketed by Bayer HealthCare. Ocella, marketed by Barr Laboratories, Inc. is the generic version of Yaz or Yasmin.
Yaz has come under fire by some researchers and health advocates who say that the drug puts women at higher risk for blood clots, strokes and other health problems than some other birth control pills, according to an article in the New York Times on September 26, 2009.

'boy king' Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun may well have died of malaria after the disease ravaged a body crippled by a rare bone disorder, experts say.
The findings could lay to rest conspiracy theories of murder.
The scientists spent the last two years scrutinising the mummified remains of the 19-year old pharaoh to extract his blood and DNA.
This revealed traces of the malaria parasite in his blood, the Journal of the American Medical Association says.
Dr Bob Connolly, a senior lecturer in physical anthropology at Liverpool University, has examined Tutankhamun himself.
He said the researchers had been incredibly lucky to be able to extract the DNA for study.
"His is not a beautifully preserved mummy. It's a charred wreck. Hawass and his team have been incredibly clever and lucky to do this."
He said it was possible that the king died from malaria, but he personally doubted it.
"Just because he had the parasite in his blood does not necessarily mean he suffered from malaria or died from it. It may not have caused him any trouble."
"I still think he died from a fall from his chariot. His chest cavity was also caved in and he had broken ribs."