AltWeeklies Wire
Magic Bullet or Menacenew
A spray that's supposed to prevent HIV transmission sounds too good to be true.
Chicago Reader |
Tori Marlan |
11-27-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Are You Choking?new
The Red Cross has determined that there's no evidence the Heimlich maneuver works better than back blows.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
11-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Stoned by Jurynew
Regardless of law, Canadian jurors aren't likely to jail medical weed users.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
11-20-2006 |
Science
Raising Joshuanew
Parents bet on an improbable cure for one of childhood's most mysterious plagues.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
11-16-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The AIDS Evangelistsnew
World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians by focusing on widows and orphans.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-16-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
You Are What You Eatnew
Opponents of genetically modified foods express concern.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
11-15-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Swan Songnew
Vermont's hospice choruses deliver deathbed serenades.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
11-09-2006 |
Science
In the Bagnew
An abortion gone bad opens up an unseemly world of low-end medicine.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Greene |
10-31-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The High Cost of Deathnew
Life is expensive, and so is dying.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jacqueline Tatlyan |
10-30-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Defending the Uninsurednew
The practice of "body attachment" -- arresting patients for failure to pay their medical bills -- is a tough tactic that drew the attention of J. Patrick Rooney, the former chairman and CEO of the Golden Rule Insurance Company.
Tags: Health & Science
Medical Testnew
New Mexico lawmakers request an independent audit of prison health care.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
10-25-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Sturm und Dronenew
From a basement on a hill comes strange, new music: the Cleophone.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Tough Pill to Swallownew
A drug-data publisher owned by media giant Hearst has inflated the cost of medicine.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
10-18-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Vaccination Relationnew
Does the HPV vaccine fight cancer, invite unsafe sex or both?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jenna Portnoy |
10-17-2006 |
Science
Tags: Merck
Hitting Homenew
When you've been HIV-positive for over 20 years, there's a balance between knowing what will likely kill you and still having to actually live.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lezlie Lowe |
10-13-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
