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UCSF Is First Hospital in California with a Musician in Residencenew

Gabe Turow, 25, started as a volunteer last year, and has been working for the past month at what he dubs the "coolest job in the world." The position was made possible by a grant from the nonprofit Rock Against Cancer, which is covering Turow's salary at the hospital plus that of seven similar performers around the country.

SF Weekly | Tamara Palmer | 04-10-2008 | Science

Tags: hospital, musicians, Health & Science

Public Health Advocates Want Gay Hookup Websites to Promote Safe Sexnew

For public health advocates, the internet is the new tobacco. Just as the "right to smoke" as an important civil liberty has been largely discredited, the "right" of sex website owners to profit unfettered from the spread of diseases such as syphilis and AIDS should also go by the wayside.

SF Weekly | Matt Smith | 04-10-2008 | Science

Tags: GLBT, Internet, Sex, public health, websites, Health & Science

An Internet Campaign Against Camel Cigs Goes Nationalnew

Jenny Decker has been infiltrating parties and concerts sponsored by R.J. Reynolds around Portland, gathering free trinkets and promotional products in hopes of exposing how R.J. Reynolds does guerrilla marketing to entice young women to smoke. Her humble MySpace page has now turned into a nationally recognized campaign that anti-tobacco experts say is accomplishing that goal.

Willamette Week | Shefali Kulkarni | 04-09-2008 | Science

Tags: smoking, advertising, marketing, camel, cigarettes, guerilla marketing, Health & Science

Biolab Folliesnew

When work began on Boston University's laboratory for Level 4 deadly-disease research, the project seemed unstoppable, but a string of legal, diplomatic, and political setbacks have changed all that. What went wrong?

Boston Phoenix | Adam Reilly | 04-03-2008 | Science

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One Doc Reveals Big Pharma's 'Dirty Little Secret'new

In January, Erick Turner published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that revealed antidepressants are not as effective as we've been led to believe. For years, he implied, pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Forest Laboratories have vastly exaggerated the performance of their drugs.

Willamette Week | Philip Dawdy | 04-02-2008 | Science

Tags: antidepressants, big pharma, Pfizer, prescription drugs, SSRIs, zoloft, Health & Science

Ultrasound Helps Reveal Anomalies in Dense Breastsnew

For the lady with the densest breasts, technology can help make mammograms effective.

Santa Barbara Independent | Isabelle T. Walker | 03-31-2008 | Science

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The New Art of Health Carenew

How art is being used to help solve problems in modern hospital design.

Charleston City Paper | John Stoehr | 03-26-2008 | Science

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Abortion-Cancer Link Disputednew

University of Arkansas oncologists says evidence is to the contrary.

Arkansas Times | Leslie Newell Peacock | 03-13-2008 | Science

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Michigan Gives Big Pharma Immunity from Prosecutionnew

Its the only state where you have no right to sue big pharmaceutical companies, no matter what their products do to you.

Metro Times | Jack Lessenberry | 03-11-2008 | Science

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Gambling Addiction Affects More than Just Your Walletnew

For most people, gambling can be a fun source of recreation, but for between 6 and 9 million Americans, it is an addiction over which they have no control.

Boulder Weekly | Dana Logan | 03-10-2008 | Science

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Depression Peaks Worldwide for the Middle-Agednew

British and U.S. researchers have found that happiness for people in countries ranging from Albania to Zimbabwe follows a U-shaped curve, where life begins cheerful before turning tough during middle age and then returning to the joys of youth in the golden years.

The Memphis Flyer | Michael Kahn | 03-07-2008 | Science

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