AltWeeklies Wire
An Internet Campaign Against Camel Cigs Goes Nationalnew
Jenny Decker has been infiltrating parties and concerts sponsored by R.J. Reynolds around Portland, gathering free trinkets and promotional products in hopes of exposing how R.J. Reynolds does guerrilla marketing to entice young women to smoke. Her humble MySpace page has now turned into a nationally recognized campaign that anti-tobacco experts say is accomplishing that goal.
Willamette Week |
Shefali Kulkarni |
04-09-2008 |
Science
Biolab Folliesnew
When work began on Boston University's laboratory for Level 4 deadly-disease research, the project seemed unstoppable, but a string of legal, diplomatic, and political setbacks have changed all that. What went wrong?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
04-03-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
One Doc Reveals Big Pharma's 'Dirty Little Secret'new
In January, Erick Turner published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that revealed antidepressants are not as effective as we've been led to believe. For years, he implied, pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Forest Laboratories have vastly exaggerated the performance of their drugs.
Willamette Week |
Philip Dawdy |
04-02-2008 |
Science
Ultrasound Helps Reveal Anomalies in Dense Breastsnew
For the lady with the densest breasts, technology can help make mammograms effective.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Isabelle T. Walker |
03-31-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The New Art of Health Carenew
How art is being used to help solve problems in modern hospital design.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
03-26-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Taking Carenew
Financial, emotional and physical pressures associated with caring for people take their toll in an increasingly needy society.
Pasadena Weekly |
Chip Jacobs |
03-17-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Rally CAPnew
Pennsylvania governor, advocates looking for support to get healthcare plan into the hands of the uninsured.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
03-17-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Abortion-Cancer Link Disputednew
University of Arkansas oncologists says evidence is to the contrary.
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
03-13-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Michigan Gives Big Pharma Immunity from Prosecutionnew
Its the only state where you have no right to sue big pharmaceutical companies, no matter what their products do to you.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
03-11-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Gambling Addiction Affects More than Just Your Walletnew
For most people, gambling can be a fun source of recreation, but for between 6 and 9 million Americans, it is an addiction over which they have no control.
Boulder Weekly |
Dana Logan |
03-10-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Code Red for Fort Worth's Public Hospitalnew
Patients, doctors, and activists say John Peter Smith hospital is failing in its primary job: caring for poor patients.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey and Betty Brink |
03-07-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Homes Face Possible Smoking Ban in Canadanew
The Greater Vancouver Housing Corporation is moving cautiously to designate nonsmoking rental accommodations in its properties in the absence of a law against smoking in multi-unit residential buildings.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
03-07-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Depression Peaks Worldwide for the Middle-Agednew
British and U.S. researchers have found that happiness for people in countries ranging from Albania to Zimbabwe follows a U-shaped curve, where life begins cheerful before turning tough during middle age and then returning to the joys of youth in the golden years.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Kahn |
03-07-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
New Adventures in Sciencenew
Genetic testing for a particular condition is at best predictive -- but there are weighty privacy issues.
Tags: Health & Science
Nuclear CSI: New Deterrence for a New Eranew
David Smith of Lawrence Livermore Lab is helping to develop means of tracing the location of stray nuclear materials.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
03-05-2008 |
Science
