http://economicrisis.com/obamacare-unaffordable-coverage/6608 Obamacare: Unaffordable Coverage Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) co-founders Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein examined evidence on “skimpy health insurance among low-income, insured...
http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2013/02/study-boosts-link-between-flu-vaccine.html A study in England has strengthened evidence from Scandinavia that a vaccine used to prevent pandemic flu boosted the risk of sleep disorder among teens and children, doctors said on...
One of the key questions for those studying pregnancy is how is the fetus (derived from both the mother and father) tolerated by the maternal immune system? If the fetus is considered a transplant, the paradoxical nature of pregnancy can be best understood. Namely,...
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For those specialised within the veterinary field, the limitations of working with animal species are all too clear. Human research has adopted the role of the ‘benchmark’ by which veterinary research is compared, despite the importance of the latter in its own right....
In episode 57 of MicrobeWorld Video, filmed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Vancouver, BC Canada on February 18, 2012, Dr. Stan Maloy talks with Ron Atlas Ph.D., Chair of ASM's...
I know little about women and much less about the subset of black women. Some of my best and longest lasting clients in the defense business were women. One was a black woman. She was the subject of racial and sex...
Halt on H5N1 Research Worldwide Why would the government fear the publication of bird flu research papers? For a very good reason, the papers contain the data that bioterrorists could use to weaponize the virus. A...
There's a stimulating discussion of science at: http://noetic.org/noetic/issue-nine-april/biomedical-research/ and http://www.amazon.com/Science-God-Nature-Reality-Biomedical/dp/1599425459/ which are both by Sarah Knox. First i need to say i like the way she thinks; she's...
For all the following people in my circle of friends and family who have died from cancer since 2000, I hope they find a cure: MomDadAunt BettyAunt DeanFranOdieLindaBillCarlaRonJanice Those who have survived, so far: Courtney, my two yr old cousin, has leukemia, now four and...
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" Watching human organs take shape in a lab dish is no longer the realm of science fiction: as scientists get better at applying engineering techniques to living cells and tissues, lab-grown organs are increasingly becoming a reality. And this week, researchers at Wake...
Tallinn, Estonia: While progress is being made in the development of new vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), sufficient clinical trial capacity remains a major challenge, researchers reaffirmed at the Second Global Forum on TB Vaccines in Tallinn, Estonia (21-24...
The present diagnosis and treatment regimen for tuberculosis is almost 40 years old. According to the WHO, with the currently available diagnostic tools, we are able to diagnose just 61% of TB cases globally. This means that 40% of the cases go undetected and...
Privatize embryonic stem cell research It is all about public funding. If embryonic stem cell research leads to life-saving medical solutions as predicted, then large medical research and production companies...
The current tools are not enough to control tuberculosis epidemic. The 2009 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report says that the incidence of TB per capita continues to go down since 2004 however the decline is just one per cent per year which implies that...