Today's big flu news comes out of Australia, where researchers say one dose of the H1N1 vaccine may be enough protection for kids. The U.S. …
Category: Diseases + conditions
Balance problems may continue for sober alcoholics
A new Stanford study shows that long-term stability problems are common among sober alcoholics. Lead researcher Edith Sullivan, PhD, is quoted in an article from …
Study shows men may be more resistant to mouth wrinkles
Sorry, ladies. When it comes to preventing laugh lines, crinkles in the upper lip, or a sagging jawline, we may be genetically handicapped, according to …
World's youngest heart transplant survivor profiled by People
Speaking of heart transplants, the current issue of People has a profile of former Stanford patient Lizzy Craze, the world's youngest heart transplant survivor. The …
Department of Energy lab develops new software for evaluating and responding to pandemics
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created software to help public health officials analyze disease outbreaks and model different response …
CBS suggests the gift of a Pap smear
CBS is recommending a rather unusual holiday gift for women this year: a Pap smear. The network began running PSAs encouraging men to "do something …
A cell phone is not a microwave oven or a nuclear reactor
There's been a lot of chatter about cell-phone use leading to brain cancer. But that conversation may be nearing its termination, unless Scandinavian skulls provide …
Few Germans get the swine-flu vaccine
Early last month, the media reported that fear of swine flu was running rampant in Germany. Well, apparently they're over it. Today Wall Street Journal's …
ReadWriteWeb assembles list of social Web authors discussing HIV/AIDS
I am admittedly very late to seeing this post, but ReadWriteWeb posted an excellent list of bloggers and Twitter users discussing HIV/AIDS. (The post was …
Trimming treatment for AIDS patients
I read the New York Times account of the president’s new AIDS plan, and all that came to mind were the images of people I …
Incidentalomas
A friend was diagnosed recently with prostate cancer. While his cancer was found to be relatively insignificant, he battled questions about treatment. Some physicians he …
How to best care for AIDS orphans in Africa
During my travels in Kenya, I met a toddler named Mary Maishon who at one time had been a starved bundle of rags. She had …
H1N1 flu and emotional epidemiology: What if they gave a vaccine and nobody came?
A few weeks ago I posted a link to one of several articles describing the spread of what was rumored to be a particularly virulent …
Slate takes on the battle against bacteria
In the midst of alarming stories and studies on the rise of drug-resistant bacteria, an article posted today on Slate discusses how developing strategies to …
Can you catch loneliness?
The New York Times' Well Blog has an interesting post about a 10-year study of 5,100 people showing that negative emotions can spread to others, …
H1N1 has peaked but will it return?
According to numbers just posted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new infections of the H1N1 virus continue to decrease across the …