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Sunday, July 10, 2005

Because PMS Was Taken

Not only is it a horrible (but funny) joke, Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephelopathy, or BSE) is a growing concern in America. After the scare of the Canadian cow this past year, most people breathed a collective sigh of relief and went about eating thier Whoppers and Big Macs, not to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 6, 2005

Overall, Several Cancer Studies Report Unpromising Results

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have found that a low-dose aspirin regimen has no significant effect on cancers in women. However, a separate study showed that men who took aspirin over a five year period slightly reduced their risk of prostate cancer. In other... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 3, 2005

AIDS Set To Ravage Asia, Experts Predict

At a Pan-Asian AIDS conference on Friday in Kobe, Japan, Elaine Lies of Reuters reports that world health officials and AIDS activists called for better education methods and less expensive treatments for HIV/AIDS infected people. Citing data that shows that one in every four new HIV positive... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 1, 2005

Gas Theft -- A Sign Of The Times

Incidents of gas rustling, siphoning, and gas-and-dash drive-offs at the service station pumps are increasing alongside the rise in gasoline prices, experts say. A man in Alabama was arrested after his specially-designed truck exploded while he pumped gas into it from a storage facility. Fifty-five... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

A Harmless Virus A Cancer Killer?

Research at the Pennsylvania State School of Medicine indicates that a commonly found harmless virus, which naturally occurs in 80% of the human population, could be the answer to treating and eliminating many forms of cancer in the future. Adeno-associated virus type 2, or AAV-2, is a small virus... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 20, 2005

If You Thought Gas Prices Were Going Lower, Think Again

The price of a barrel of crude oil topped off at $59.52 today, a record high. Experts blame the hike on an expected winter oil crunch (prices tend to go up during the winter season) and an increase in demand on OPEC, whose only member nation with a reserve is Saudi Arabia. So, knowing Americans like... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Headline Of The Day: No HIV-Positive Babies Born In Florida This Year

According to the Florida Department of Health, the number of babies born with the HIV virus remains at zero, the longest length of time this has occurred since they started tracking the disease. Experts and officials maintain that the reasons for this is twofold: getting pregnant women with AIDS or... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Olive Oil Diet A Breast Cancer Preventive?

Epidemiologists for years have noticed the low occurrence of breast cancer in Mediterranean women whose diet is enriched with olive oil, therefore connecting the two. In the June, 2005, issue of Discover magazine, an article highlighted Javier Menendez of the Nortwestern University School of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 11, 2005

But I Want My Prescription Filled On The 15th Every Month, Sir

A sociologist at the University of California at San Diego has concluded that the number of deaths that can be attributed to prescription foul-ups increases an average of 25% the first week of every month. The increase in fatalities, it is believed, is due to the fact that pharmacists are busiest... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Protecting Chimpanzees And Curing AIDS

Geneticist Paul Sharp of Britain's University of Nottingham told a AIDS conference audience that the cure for AIDS may come from his closest related species, the chimpanzee, but may never be actualized because the animals are nearing extinction. It seems that brother chimpanzee has been infected... Sign in to see full entry.

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