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AIDS Professionals Urge Expansion of HIV Care to Vulnerable Communitiesnew
The goal of a new HIV prevention program in British Columbia is to drastically increase access to effective treatments among vulnerable communities.
The Georgia Straight |
Jessica Werb |
05-18-2009 |
Science
A Wide Border Network Helps Separate Swine-Flu Facts From Fictionnew
Whether this bout of swine flu goes hog-wild or fizzles into history, it has allowed officials to test an emerging communications network that reaches from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention down to little Nogales, Ariz.—and then leaps the border into Mexico.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Vanderpool |
05-07-2009 |
Science
Tags: swine flu, communication
Has Smoking Cessation Gotten Easier?new
Government regulations, high taxes, cultural trends and improved cessation programs may provide the incentives cigarette smokers need to quit.
Embryologists Reflect on Science, Faith and Their Life-Giving Worknew
A multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, embryologists and other professional staff work together to treat male and female patients at the Southern Illinois University Fertility and In Vitro Fertilization Center.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
05-01-2009 |
Science
Nine Tennessee Innovations Are Sowing Seeds for the Futurenew
Today, Middle Tennessee has a surprising number of unheralded innovators—forward-thinkers who are tweaking, leading and finessing the competition in their respective fields. With little fanfare, they have made the area home to several firsts on many fronts: health care, energy conservation, medicine, education, technology, science.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
05-01-2009 |
Science
UCSB Gets Grant to Manipulate Electron Spinnew
Diamonds may be a key to revolutionizing the field of communications, according to researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCSB, who just won a $6.1 million government grant to pursue diamond-based quantum information processing.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Benjamin Gottlieb |
04-20-2009 |
Science
Bacterial Meningitis Is a Deadly But Preventable Illnessnew
Meningitis continues to kill young adults in the United States, although there is a vaccine effective against most types. One mother's loss led to legislation requiring the immunization for adolescents and college freshmen.
A San Diego Man Casts a Growing Problem in a Whole New Lightnew
Ken Weisler, one of 30 million men in the U.S. who have experienced erectile dysfunction, started Save a Stiffy to raise money for researching non-pharmaceutical cures.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
04-01-2009 |
Science
How a Major Dig Went Off Before the Border Fence Destroyed Everythingnew
During the past year, archaeologists have been digging like mad to preserve one of the last remaining ancient Indian village sites in coastal Southern California.
San Diego CityBeat |
Gayle Early |
03-18-2009 |
Science
Who's Making Our Medicine?new
To treat everything from allergies to heart problems, half of Americans take a prescription medicine every day. It’s perfectly safe, though, because the Food and Drug Administration regulates the ingredients, right?
The Texas Observer |
Jim Hightower |
03-12-2009 |
Science
Public Utilities for Health Care: A New Model for Reformnew
A Boise State professor has come up with a new model for state-based health care reform: make insurance companies into public utilities, like power and gas. Will anyone listen?
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
03-05-2009 |
Science
Stay Hungry, Live Longer: The Science Behind the Calorie Restriction Dietnew
A Southern Methodist University biologist thinks the secret to the fountain of youth may be found by putting fruit flies on a diet.
Dallas Observer |
Elaine Liner |
02-23-2009 |
Science
Is There a Cancer Cluster at UC San Diego?new
An elevator in literature building is cited as a potential cause; faculty wants more action from administration.
San Diego CityBeat |
Amanda Ripley |
02-20-2009 |
Science
University of Minnesota Expert Says Peanut Butter Recall Has Gone Nuttynew
The director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy says that the peanut butter recall has gone too far and affected many Americans who weren't at risk in the first place.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Emily Kaiser |
02-11-2009 |
Science
At the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office, Sandra Boyd IDs the Deadnew
Hundreds of bodies need names. The contessa of the dead finds them.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
02-02-2009 |
Science
Tags: coroners, Sandra Boyd
