AltWeeklies Wire
Batman Had Robin, Han Had Chewie ...new
With the Blackberry-like Sidekick, you feel as if you’re “always on,” particularly if you use AOL instant messaging and like to get e-mail instantly.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
07-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Broken Recordsnew
Ethel Lowther thought her medical records would be easy to find -- until she had to go looking for them.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
07-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Blaming 'Down Low' For HIV Spread on The Way Out?new
A study just released by CDC and Emory researchers suggests that "down low" men may be being unfairly scapegoated for the spread of HIV to black women.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rebecca Ford |
07-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Fatal Flu: We're Not Readynew
A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you're a health or government worker, no one's planning to save you.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
07-27-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Distort Reformnew
A Washington state ballot initiative would cap monetary awards for malpractice lawsuits. Another would crack down on serially inept doctors. Only one might solve an actual problem.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
07-27-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Expensive Medicinenew
While bankruptcies skyrocket, a study shows medical bills are largely to blame.
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
07-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The World's Sickest Keyboardnew
A keyboard that change symbols and letters depending on what language you're using? The Weekly Dig reviews the latest technology at your fingertips.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
07-20-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Cancer Progressed Despite Alternative Therapynew
A 72-year-old cancer patient who turned to a radical organic diet as alternative treatment finds disappointing results.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
07-14-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Psyched Outnew
Veterans Affairs nurses say a new requirement that they be able to physically subdue unruly mental patients is just an excuse to get them out of their jobs.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
07-11-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Comet Crashernew
In an interview, Deep Impact scientist Jay Melosh talks history -- 4 1/2 billion years of it.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
07-07-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Geeked Gear: Workin' Itnew
Cool tech gear will make you look hip on your bicycle -- as if those spandex shorts didn't already.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
06-29-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Touring Monsanto's Secret GMO Farmnew
Monsanto is one of the world's most powerful producers of Genetically Modified foods. At a tour of one of its Hawaii seed farms, friendly company officials and scientists offer rhetoric that doesn't come close to matching reality.
Death by Natural Causesnew
A tragedy raises important questions about increasingly popular naturopathic health care.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
06-08-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Texas Pro-Lifers Hope State Won't Back Stem Cell Researchnew
By many accounts, Dr. Yong J. Geng's stem cell treatment is one of the biggest medical breakthroughs of the decade. But his cutting-edge research might be shut down and shipped out of Texas.
Dallas Observer |
Josh Harkinson |
06-02-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Blue Line Bulks Upnew
You'd have to have been blind and deaf over the past year to miss what is clearly an epidemic of anabolic steroid use among a certain elite segment of this country's population. That group, of course, is cops.
Tags: Health & Science
