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NYTimes notices Father Damien...and notes that in many countries, Hanson's disease still results in ostracism by the public. Father Damien is being canonized as a saint...he lived at the leper colony of Molokai and help… -
Science headlines
Duh. High Heels linked with ankle/foot pain. The problem? the article states: The researchers found that the types of shoes women wear, specifically high-heels, pumps and sandals, may cause future hind-foot (heel and an… -
Science new: The good, the bad, and the Ignoble
HIV vaccine: Not very good, but a start: In the final analysis, 74 of 8,198 placebo recipients became infected with HIV compared with 51 of 8,197 participants who received the vaccine regimen. They write that it is st… -
"Mutant" polio virus in Nigeria
originally posted at BNN: The headlines are not helpful. This one is from CBS News: “Mutant Polio Virus Spreads in Nigeria 124 Children Afflicted This Year By Paralyzing Disease, Believed To Be Caused By Same Vaccine … -
Obama is wrong about those tonsils
crossposted from BNN: To stress how he plans to save money under government guidelines for care, President Obama used as an example the idea that the new health care bill would prevent physicians from deciding to take o… -
Shingles pain"Back to using narcotics
cross posted from BNN Shingles is a painful but common condition. The lowly chicken pox virus sleeps quietly in one of your nerve roots for years, and then something wakes it up, and you have a viral infection the area … -
MMR/Autism study: When Medical Journals err
cross posted and edited from BNN The esteemed British medical journal, the Lancet, has gotten a black eye in the news lately for articles that were poorly screened and were biased for political/personal reasons. The fir… -
The Dybul firing scandal: PC trumps HIV
cross posted from BNN Only last week, David Brooks was praising President Obama, and actually cited the fact that he allowed Dr. Mark Dybul to stay as an example of Obama’s bilateral approach to government: Dybul is one… -
Zimbabwe: Disease, famine, and elephant meat
cross posted BNN Months ago, we had hope for our friends in Zimbabwe. But every week, reports coming out are worse. The talks between the government of President Mugabe and the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are … -
Ebola Rseton update: Pigs sick, humans infected but not sick
cross posted BNN: The Bad News: Those pigs near Manila infected with a mild variation of the Ebola virus (the Ebola Reston strain) have spread the virus to at least one human. The good news: He didn’t get sick. Authori…
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