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'Manorexia' Isn't Just a Hollywood Illnessnew
Meet Jeremy, a 36-year-old man who weighs 88 pounds.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
10-31-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A New Generation Copes With Breast Cancernew
Among women ages 15 to 54, breast cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and it's estimated that one in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in her life. If those were your chances of winning the lottery, your heart would be racing with excitement.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
10-31-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Death at West Oaks Hospitalnew
Two men went into a walled-in courtyard at a mental hospital -- one came out alive.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
10-30-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Quest for the Ultimate Cure for Addictionnew
Ibogaine has been lauded as a miracle cure for addiction to cocaine, crack, heroin, and more.
The Georgia Straight |
Alex Roslin |
10-29-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Signs of Life for Health-Care Reformnew
Business has finally signed on to help solve California's health care problem -- will it be radical enough for Silicon Valley?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Paul Wagner |
10-25-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
October Is Breast-Cancer Awareness Monthnew
And it strikes blacks earlier.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackie Jones |
10-22-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
What You Should Know About Breast Cancernew
Dr. Johnetta Blakely talks about the deadly disease.
The Memphis Flyer |
Karen Milam |
10-22-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Fighting for Air: Drowning and the Heimlich Maneuvernew
Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims -- so why does professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
10-16-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Paul Farmer, the Good Doctornew
Twenty years ago, the medical anthropologist and physician founded Partners In Health, a nonprofit international health organization that has become a worldwide leader in raising the standards of healthcare for patients in need from Africa to South America.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Thomas Tighe |
10-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Releasing the Diseasenew
Is overcrowded Cook County Jail responsible for the rise of a potentially deadly infection on the outside?
Chicago Reader |
Kelly Virella |
10-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Battle Against the Bio-Labnew
The battle against the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility will test the strength of Granville County residents' activism.
Tags: Health & Science
Asperger's Advocacy Groups Just Can't Get Alongnew
Two different Massachusetts groups that want to raise awareness about Asperger's syndrome, a disorder characterized by chronic social awkwardness, are backing two different bills, promoted by two different legislators, that would do almost exactly the same thing.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
10-11-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & 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
Dr. Sherman Silber, the Egg Mannew
From the "mad scientist" who brought you the reversible vasectomy comes the controversial practice of ovarian tissue freezing.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Oregon Has a Trio of Investigations into Big Pharmanew
But legislators say the Justice Department blocked a better solution.
Willamette Week |
Miriam Widman |
10-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
