Bits of health

Bush praises faith-based groups for helping needy (AP)

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:34 +0000

AP - President Bush said Saturday that religious charities, partly financed with federal money, have helped reduce homelessness, found jobs for former inmates and helped combat malaria and HIV/AIDS overseas. [...] [...]

Link: Yahoo! News: AIDS/HIV

Tags: President, Bush, said, Saturday, that, religious, charities,, partly, financed, with, federal, money,, have, helped, reduce, homelessness,, found, jobs, former, inmates, helped, combat, malaria, HIV/AIDS, overseas., [...]

People with HIV living longer, study shows (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:34 +0000

Reuters - People with HIV in the developed world
are no more likely to die in the first five years following
infection than men and women in the general population, British
researchers said on Tuesday. [...] [...]

Link: Yahoo! News: AIDS/HIV

Tags: Reuters, People, with, developed, world,
are, more, likely, first, five, years, following,
infection, than, women, general, population,, British,
researchers, said, Tuesday., [...]

Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically (HealthDay)

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:34 +0000

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates for HIV-infected
people lucky enough to get their hands on antiretroviral medications have
decreased dramatically since the introduction of these drugs in 1996, new
British research shows. [...]

Link: Yahoo! News: AIDS/HIV

Tags: HealthDay, TUESDAY,, July, (HealthDay, News), Death, rates, HIV-infected
people, lucky, enough, their, hands, antiretroviral, medications, have
decreased, dramatically, since, introduction, these, drugs, 1996,, new
British, research, shows.

3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams (AP)

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:26 +0000

AP - Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids\' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D. [...] [...]

Link: Yahoo! News: Health News

Tags: Remember, peeking, through, View-Master?, Scientists, using, same, concept, behind, classic, kids', mammograms, 3-D., [...]

Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug (AP)

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:26 +0000

AP - In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project. [...]

Link: Yahoo! News: Health News

Tags: 2002,, Johns, Hopkins, University, laboratory,, business, consultant, named, Dede, Osborn, took, psychedelic, drug, part, research, project.

Salmonella probe adds foods served with tomatoes (AP)

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:26 +0000

AP - Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation\'s record salmonella outbreak — even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect. [...] [...]

Link: Yahoo! News: Health News

Tags: Adding, tomato, confusion,, government, about, start, testing, numerous, other, types, fresh, produce, hunt, source, nation's, record, salmonella, outbreak, even, insists, tomatoes, remain, leading, suspect., [...]

Prime Numbers â€» by Les Murray

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:25 +0000

Normally I live in the country,
work, garden, parry thrusts from the Herald,
but two days a week I fly in
to a cubicle in the Stacked City,
an every-coloured brick university
that is built on top of itself
like a brain\'s lobes and evolutionary la [...]

Link: Medlogs RSS feed

Tags:

Normally, live, country,
work,, garden,, parry, thrusts, from, Herald,
but, days, week, in
to, cubicle, Stacked, City,
an, every-coloured, brick, university
that, built, itself
like, brain's, lobes, evolutionary, layers
on, last, rock, before, Botany, Bay.

The, inner, streets, this, oppidum
are, paved, with, grey, carpet,, inmates,
lie, them, cool, negotiations
or, write, pads., Footsteps, with, vocal
animate, stairs, little, squares;
odd, walls, built, over
catch, frecklings, leaves;
a, coffee, shop, form, round, stairwell...

Back, [...]

Miss Connecticut «Absolutely Loves Physical Therapy»

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:25 +0000

Some positive thoughts are in order today in honor of everyone losing some greenbacks as the new Medicare rules take effect.
First up, we must all extend our congratulations to the newly crowned Miss Connecticut, Ashley Glenn, a Doctor of Physical [...]

Link: Medlogs RSS feed

Tags:

Some, positive, thoughts, order, today, honor, everyone, losing, some, greenbacks, Medicare, rules, take, effect.
First, must, extend, congratulations, newly, crowned, Miss, Connecticut,, Ashley, Glenn,, Doctor, Physical, Therapy, student, awesome, alma, mater,, Quinnipiac, University!! ,

You, follow, this, link, view, interview, with, Ashley, where, talks, about, platform,, which, includes, therapeutic, exercise, dance. , will, watch, Ashley,, automatically, dear, hearts,, competes, upcoming, Miss, America, pageant.&n, [...]

Miss Connecticut «Absolutely Loves Physical Therapy»

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:25 +0000

Link: Medlogs RSS feed

Tags:

HIV Death Gap Closing

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:23 +0000

Death from AIDS is the exception, not the rule, with early detection of HIV and state-of-the-art medical care, a JAMA study shows. [...]

Link: WebMD Health

Tags: Death, from, AIDS, exception,, rule,, with, early, detection, state-of-the-art, medical, care,, JAMA, study, shows.