AltWeeklies Wire
Little Horrors: How Yale Made Friends With Tiny Flesh-Eatersnew
The dermestid beetle, sometimes called the carpet beetle or the leather-eating beetle, is dark brown and about the size of a pumpkin seed. It eats dead flesh and picks the bones clean. That’s why the Peabody keeps colonies of them.
New Haven Advocate |
Jenny Blair |
04-06-2010 |
Science
Tags: Osteology
New Mammograms Guidelines Have Women Confusednew
The new guidelines say women in their 40s shouldn’t be routinely screened for breast cancer — unless they have reason to believe they’re at higher risk. Why the change from 2002, when a federal task force called for these women to get routine mammograms every one to two years?
New Haven Advocate |
Jenny Blair |
01-12-2010 |
Science
Can 'Concierge Medicine' Solve the Health Care Crisis?new
In return for an annual retainer, concierge medicine gives you extra time and 24-hour phone access to your doctor, without an insurance company butting in. Proponents say it is a way to cut out insurance companies and reduce workload. But is it worth it?
New Haven Advocate |
Mischa Benoit-Lavelle |
09-29-2009 |
Science
Connecticut's Needle Exchange Programs Face the Chopping Blocknew
New Haven launched one of the first needle-exchange programs in the country in 1990, and it became a national model for curbing the spread of AIDS through intravenous drug use. Gov. Jodi Rell's plan to eliminate the entirety of the $455,000 the state spends yearly on needle exchange is pennywise and pound foolish, advocates say, ensuring a spike in infections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
06-16-2009 |
Science
Does Ct.'s Insurance Plan for Middle-Class Families Threaten the Health of its Poorest Citizens?new
Dozens of independent health care advocates say the Charter Oak Health Plan -- a new health care plan aimed at healthy middle-class adults -- is threatening to destabilize the state Medicaid program that serves some of the poorest, most at-risk populations.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
07-29-2008 |
Science
The Doctor is Out for Poor Familiesnew
Republicans say expanding health care for poor kids is a step toward "socialized medicine" -- so what?
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
10-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: SCHIP, Health & Science
Medical Bill of Goodsnew
Gov. Rell's faux universal health care plan is no deal for Connecticut's working poor.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
01-16-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Parasite Playlandnew
We cruise on down to Atlanta for a week-long confab at the Centers for Disease Control.
New Haven Advocate |
Carole Bass |
07-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Rad Medicinenew
Gubernatorial candidate John DeStefano unveils a universal health care plan for Connecticut.
New Haven Advocate |
Ryan Kearney |
04-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: 2006elect
Fear Not: Vaccinations Don't Give Children Autismnew
A prominent neurologist presents both sides of the case that mercury-based vaccines have caused a surge in autism -- and points out the dangers of believing in this myth.
New Haven Advocate |
Steven Novella, M.D. |
08-23-2005 |
Science
