AltWeeklies Wire
AIDS: An Epidemic Grown Quietnew
A lull in awareness heightens one man's determination to educate others.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
12-04-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Pregnant Questionsnew
Prenatal testing offers parents more information, but presents agonizing questions as well.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bonnie Schindler |
12-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
In Canada, Community AIDS Groups Fear Funding Cutsnew
Community groups in Quebec and Ontario are complaining that the federal government is withholding funds promised them by previous Liberal governments, and fear for their financial future.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
12-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
AIDS & Latinosnew
They are among the populations especially at risk for HIV/AIDS, but reaching the Latino community involves getting past cultural barriers.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
12-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Superbugging Outnew
MRSA has been around for years -- why are we panicking about it now?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Erica S. Brath |
12-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
When Plagues Won't Endnew
The South -- and North Carolina in particular -- is the literal and metaphoric epicenter of the 21st century HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Tags: Health & Science
Cutting Edgenew
Dr. Kapil Bhalla's checklist for MCG Cancer Center: attract world class research, save lives, make downtown boom.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
11-29-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deathsnew
In an unusual come-on directed toward elderly people in California, Idaho, and perhaps other U.S. states, seniors are offered $1,000 if they'll sign notarized contracts in which they commit to handing over detailed personal medical and financial information.
Tags: Health & Science
Love Isn't Enough to Heal Reactive Attachment Disordernew
Some traumatized orphans have brain damage that affection alone can't heal. So therapists are seeking new ways to simulate the nurturing they didn't get.
East Bay Express |
Susan Kuchinskas |
11-28-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Alt.Health: Calming Anal Volcanosnew
Everybody farts. Ain't no thing. It's fun -- as long as you’re by yourself, that is.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
11-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
California's Healthcare Reform is on a Gurneynew
Despite renewed budget problems, massive reform to cover uninsured Californians is on the table yet again with Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez's new plan.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
11-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Experts Can Predict Your Breast Cancer Risk -- If You Want to Knownew
Approximately 600,000 people in the U.S. are thought to have the gene mutation which often leads to breast cancer -- so far, only 30,000 of these have been tested.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
11-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Documenting Proof of Darwin's Natural Selectionnew
While Darwin explained how the "natural" world worked in theory, no one had been able to fully and methodically document and describe having actually seen it work that way in practice. Until Peter and Rosemary Grant came along, that is.
The Georgia Straight |
Terry Glavin |
11-19-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Amino Acids May Help Treat Drug Addictionnew
Jay Dodd was travelling through Thailand in 2002 when he took the wrong drugs and died. Five years later, Dodd's mother has nearly completed the journey that began with her son's untimely death.
The Georgia Straight |
Travis Lupick |
11-19-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Cooking Cancernew
Doctors at the Medical College of Georgia add new tools for fighting lung cancer, including those that attack the disease without invasive surgery.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
11-14-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science