AltWeeklies Wire
Is There Any Cure for New Mexico's Health Care Woes?new
Despite years of talk about fixing this problem, the state's uninsured predicament remains in a crisis situation -- it ranks 49th in the nation for people living without coverage, and 46th for children.
Santa Fe Reporter |
David Alire Garcia |
08-23-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Does the Kid Have ADD or Psychic Powers?new
Psychologists say 16-year-old Brian Scibetta has ADD -- New Age spiritualists say he's an Indigo Child with psychic powers.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-22-2007 |
Science
Umbilical Cord Blood: A Cure for All That Ails You?new
Despite its healing powers, those who pay thousands to bank it for the future may be the least likely to benefit.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
08-22-2007 |
Science
Tags: leukemia, Anthony Portantino, Bertram Lubin, blood banking, CBR Systems, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, CHORI, Cord blood, Cord Blood Registry, National Marrow Donor Program, neuroblastomabone marrow transplant, stem cells, StemCyte, thalassemia, umbilical cord blood, ViaCord, Health & Science
Med Alert in Memphisnew
The ailing Regional Medical Center suffers from a list of symptoms: uninsured patients, rising health costs, and aging equipment. Is there a cure?
The Memphis Flyer |
Cherie Heiberg |
08-21-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
How Money & Politics Contaminated Plasma Programnew
A widow is fighting to open records on how tainted blood plasma from Arkansas prisoners entered the U.K. and led to the death of her husband.
Arkansas Times |
Mara Leveritt |
08-17-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Sicko Nationnew
The American health care system is badly broken, but it is not unredeemable. We, the people, have a say in it -- we just need to start speaking up.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Banging the Drum for Bio-defensenew
San Antonio boosters cheer Homeland Security boodle potential, downplay risk.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
08-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Sicko Juniornew
Kidney cancer killed Julie Pierce's husband -- now she fears it will claim her 15-year-old son.
Tags: Health & Science
Sicko's Curenew
Health-care experts say Michael Moore's movie makes a good argument for national health care.
Tags: Health & Science
A Proposal for the Queen of Brentwoodnew
L.A. Sniper: Come home, Yvonne, to a penthouse suite at King-Harbor Hospital.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
08-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Sex, Sand, Sea and Surgery: Third World Travelnew
"Medical Tourism in Developing Countries" author points to the rise of Americans traveling abroad for cheaper surgery.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Ted Hesson |
07-31-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Bacteria Love Garbage Strikes Toonew
While flies and cockroaches are the pests that will be most obvious when Vancouver's garbage starts to pile up because of the civic strike, it's the growth of microscopic bacteria like salmonella and shigella that should be of concern to authorities.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
07-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Biotech or Biohazard?new
A proposed federal lab in Butner, N.C., would study the world's deadliest diseases.
Tags: Health & Science
Where's the 'Decent Health Care' We Voted For?new
Throughout the nation, the scandalous health care situation results in much pain, suffering and unnecessary loss of life, but seems to be accepted as another unfortunate aspect of 21st-century life.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Robert Sigmond |
07-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
MIT Neuroscientists Pinpoint Brain Mechanics of Deja Vunew
It stems not from some strange subconscious flash-forward but rather from a complicated breakdown in the area of the hippocampus that allows you to differentiate among places and events that seem the same but aren't.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
07-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
