AltWeeklies Wire
New Ways to Get Health Education to the Massesnew
From radio soap operas to support group for mothers with HIV, UAB professors are finding solutions.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
04-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Doctor My Eyesnew
Matt Singer thinks his silicone "flexiglass" prosthetic is the logical evolutionary step in artificial eyes.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
03-30-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Rare Food Allergies Stymie Doctors and Challenge Familiesnew
As additive-laden foods saturate the market, many experts predict more and more people will develop food allergies.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mark C. Anderson |
03-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Physician-Assisted-Death Bill Brings Out Advocates and Foesnew
State legislature heads for a showdown on a bill that would permit terminally ill Vermonters to end their lives with the help of their doctors.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
03-26-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
AIDS: The Forgotten Killernew
A deadly disease gets new life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
03-22-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Universal Healthcare in Illinois?new
A pound of cure: Gov. Rod Blagojevich's prescription for universal healthcare coverage offers hope to desperate Illinoisans, but some worry about the side effects.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
03-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Shot or Not? The Battle Over the HPV Vaccinenew
It sounds like a wonder drug, and no one argues with the vaccine's potential -- but not everyone is sure about the speedy move by Florida lawmakers to force parents to vaccinate or file a waiver by the time their daughters turn 12.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
03-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Gardasil Still Eludes Menew
For the last four months I've been trying to get vaccinated with Gardasil, which got the FDA's stamp of approval early last summer and is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing four strains of HPV, two of which cause 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. So far, no luck.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
03-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Food Flunkiesnew
Europe's flirting with charging public officials for failing to protect folks from rising obesity. Should we?
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Keeping Quiet About HPVnew
Will vaccine get fair debate in Wisconsin?
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
03-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Free Trade (in Doctors)new
If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors.
Tags: Health & Science
Bad Medicinenew
An N.C. doctor is indicted for drug trafficking three years after a mother and son committed suicide with drugs from an online pill mill.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
03-08-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
White's Anatomynew
A respected neurosurgeon reflects on life, love and monkey head transplants.
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
03-07-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Power of Half a Brainnew
To live relatively normal lives, these children must give up something most of us can't imagine.
Tags: Health & Science
Mandatory HPV Vaccine for Schoolgirls? Not Nownew
Vaccinating sixth-grade girls appears unlikely to be voted on by Vermont lawmakers before they adjourn this spring.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-02-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
