BBC apologizes for promotion of misleading HIV denial film, "Guinea Pig Kids"
HIV denialists caught lying again. Shocking.Posted on October 25, 2007 3:10 PM • 49 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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The discovery of highly virulent XDR-TB
A small research study in South Africa led to the discovery of one of the most deadly pathogens around today.Posted on July 27, 2007 3:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Antivirals as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is one of those nebulous diseases that's really more of a diagnosis of exclusion than anything else. As the name suggests, it's characterized by overwhelming fatigue--often so much so that patients can barely get out of...Posted on January 16, 2007 2:05 PM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
STDs and circumcision update
If the last circumcision post caused a lot of heat, this news is likely to cause even more of an uproar worldwide. From NBC News comes word that the NIH will be announcing shortly that they're stopping two trials looking...Posted on December 13, 2006 11:00 AM • 93 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The failure of alternative medicine
I previously blogged an editorial by NBC medical correspondent Robert Bazell, where he told scientists to "quit whining" about intelligent design and instead work on teaching "values." While I agreed with him there on the science (he made it clear...Posted on October 25, 2006 10:00 AM • 205 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Scaling up"
One catchphrase that permeated the conference this past week was "scaling up." I just want to wrap up my posting here with a brief discussion of what that is, and what that means as far as HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment....Posted on August 19, 2006 3:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mommy knows best...in this case, at least
If you're a parent, I'm sure you've had all kinds of people give you advice in myriad different areas. Many of them may be in-laws or friends or relatives with children themselves; or they might be strangers in the street...Posted on July 11, 2006 11:15 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Magnets "zap" headaches
...according to a new Nature News story. Migraine sufferers might soon be able to block an imminent attack using a device that targets the brain with a powerful magnetic field. The technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), triggers activity in...Posted on June 26, 2006 8:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The potential of papilloma virus vaccines
I discussed the so-called "cervical cancer vaccine," a multivalent vaccine protective against several strains of the human papilloma virus previously here. In the new issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, there's a perspective on the vaccine, and...Posted on March 18, 2006 12:00 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sometimes simple is best
You just never know where the next insight is going to come from. An observation that surfers with cystic fibrosis (a genetic disease that results in mucus build-up in the lungs leading to an increased susceptibility to infection) reported...Posted on January 20, 2006 2:31 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cervical cancer vaccine and politics as ususal
As mentioned in the comments to this post, there is a brewing controversy over upcoming guidelines outlining who should receive the "cervical cancer vaccine," a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV). Briefly, the HPV vaccine is a highly...Posted on October 31, 2005 9:42 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
