AltWeeklies Wire
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
Tourette's Syndrome is Not What You Thinknew
The truth is, as little as 10 percent of Tourette's cases include the compulsive swearing, an extreme vocal tic known as coprolalia.
Philadelphia City Paper |
R. Bradley Maule |
11-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Why a Medical Growth Industry Won't Bloom in Michigannew
Only four small, backward states have stem cell laws as restrictive as ours.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
11-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Parkinson's Controllednew
Learning to live with electrodes in your head.
The Georgia Straight |
Rex Moore |
11-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Tracking HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tapenew
The AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the Washington state Board of Health.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: AIDS, Health & Science
Inside the Mind of Kenneth Mareadynew
No medicine or therapy could cure his depression and addiction -- now his last resort is prison.
Tags: Health & Science
Health-Care Guinea Pigsnew
The nation's health-care future rests on the tattooed shoulders of Massachusetts's young adults.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Insure This!new
Massachusetts law requires every citizen to carry health insurance by year's end, but some people aren't buying.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Battle Against the Staph Superbugnew
John Weigelt, M.D., says that alcohol-based hand sanitizers help to kill community-acquired MRSA, as does washing with regular soap and water.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
11-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
