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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Vain Cain Wasn't Abel

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By Emily Stephens Let me introduce you, before the story starts-- A Gigi is a girly-girl, the kind that never farts. They love clothes, mal...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Mothers' Little Helpers?

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By Randy Hendrickson A New York Times article ( “Experts Question Placebo Pill for Children” --May 27, 2008) raises the question of whether...
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The Ethics Behind Drug Ads

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By: Jenny Walters Everyday, as we watch television, whether it is the home and garden or sports channel, we cannot help but be confronted wi...

Patients in search of VIP treatment

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By: Jenny Walters Most people have experienced “assembly line patient care.” The kind of patient care where you wait in an overcrowded offic...
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine: Do we need it?

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By: Jenny Walters As you watch television, you cannot go a day or even a couple hours without seeing the commercial for Gardasil , “the firs...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Is One-A-Day One Too Many?

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By Leane Scoz " Train, say your prayers, and eat your vitamins ."--Hulk Hogan If vitamins are good enough for the Hulkster, they s...

Saving Your Self: Backing Up Your Mind Files

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As many of you know, the idea behind the Singularity is that someday we will be able upload our consciousness to machines; although we are a...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Old-Fashioned Science or Necessary Evil?

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The international debate over animal testing got a shot in the arm last week when renowned primatologist Jane Goodall urged the European Uni...
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Sunday, June 01, 2008

Darwin v. God

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" W e now have it within our power to eradicate from the face of the earth that age-old scourge of mankind: malaria." The year was...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Got $100k? Enter to Win a Canine Clone

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Do I hear $100,000? $150,000? $200,000? For the right price, a California biotech startup will clone dogs for five lucky bidders in the wor...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Microbe Beat: A Huge Fan of Life at the Cellular Level

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As Stephen Colbert admonishes the Martian microbes to remember 'who their friends are', I wonder how he would react if he knew that ...

Opening the black box ...

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As reported in a news blurb that nearly escaped my attention because the major newspapers and websites either failed to report it or buried ...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Warning: Tortured Bodies May Lie Ahead

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As part of a settlement between the NY Attorney General's Office and the promoters of “Bodies: The Exhibition,” the following warning ...
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Ethics of Branded vs. Generic Drugs

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On May 15, 2008, an article in the Wall Street Journal reported that a United States appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling striking down...

A Walk to Beautiful...

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In a follow-up to Sean's previous post on obstetric fistulas , PBS' NOVA has put together an award-winning video about three Ethio...

It would cost so little to do so much ...

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... I'm currently in Mombasa for a meeting on building the capacity of local researchers and local research institutions, so that they a...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

HRT: More Unpredictable than Hormones Themselves

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Hot flashes. Insomnia. Mood swings. Decreased sex drive. Women between the ages of 45 and 55 describe it as pure hell. Menopause is a natura...
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Why I Hate Meth Heads

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I don’t hate meth heads because they endanger entire neighborhoods with their toxic fumes. I don’t hate meth heads because they destroy the ...
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The Pistorius Effect

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[Cross-posted from my Care to Elaborate blog ] A lot of discussion has been going around regarding Pistorius . Should he or shouldn't he...
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This Sh** is Bananas

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Over at the Daily Galaxy a very disturbing post about the likely fate of the fruit that changed the world, unless advancements in biotech c...
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