Health:
Did you click this? It turns out that this is about "extremely drug resistant TB." James Nachtwey draws our attention to "a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that's touching off a global medical crisis." Here's the web site....
Posted on October 4, 2008 11:55 AM • 0 Comments •
How do athletes in Olympic level endurance competition do it?...
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Posted on September 2, 2008 11:46 AM • 3 Comments •
US Government Scientist Bruce Ivins apparently killed himself this week on learning that he was about to be indited on charges related to the 2001 Anthrax murders of five people. This incident, politically and economically exploited during Bush's term, is best viewed as a criminal act, not an act of terrorism.
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Posted on August 1, 2008 1:19 PM • 29 Comments •
After months of probable false leads and demonstration of embarrassing ineptitude, the Bush FDA may have finally come to a helpful conclusion regarding the origin of a salmonella outbreak that has harmed more citizens within the borders of the United States than, say, the large...
Posted on July 30, 2008 8:59 PM • 3 Comments •
The birth of the world's first "test tube baby" has been announced in Manchester. Louise Brown was born shortly before midnight in Oldham and District General Hospital. Weighing 5lb 12oz (2.61 kg) the baby was delivered by caesarean section because her mother, Lesley Brown, was...
Posted on July 25, 2008 10:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Ronald Herberman is the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Despite the fact that no published study indicates a clear link between cell phone use and cancer, Herberman has warned his staff at the cancer institute a memo warning them of possible risks...
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Posted on July 24, 2008 9:53 AM • 12 Comments •
You say tomato, I say tomalley . Tomalley. Mmmmmm... That is the green yeck inside the body of a lobster that seems to be neither muscle or organ. But you can eat it and it tastes good. But don't eat it for now if your...
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Posted on July 19, 2008 7:08 PM • 1 Comments •
This article in PLoS Medicine investigates the difference between modern multi-drug treatment with individuals monitoring of patients in a developed country (Switzerland) with similar treatments using a different, non-individualized "public health" approach in South Africa, to see if there is any difference between the two...
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Posted on July 10, 2008 7:49 AM • 3 Comments •
Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the Q&A, he makes one crucial caveat....
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Posted on July 1, 2008 10:29 PM • 5 Comments •
I am not entirely sure that the FDA has actually identified a tomato with Salmonella on it. The tomato hypothesis was based on recall data, which is notoriously iffy. Not totally useless, but iffy. The FDA, gutted by years of uncaring neglect by evil Republicans,...
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Posted on June 30, 2008 10:49 PM • 3 Comments •
