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At the 18th International AIDS Conference this week, a group of some of the world’s top AIDS experts condemned the war on drugs, calling it a 50 year old failure and recommending that it be abandoned; however, apparently this aspect of the conference was largely ignored. The meeting, which is the world’s largest public health [...]
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve has said that extending tax cuts which were established under George W. Bush would add to the economic stimulus necessary to get the U.S. economy back on track. Bernanke also stressed that this Bush-tax-extending was but one way to garner stimulus. “In the short term I would [...]
Although using cough medicine or some other medicine to put a cranky child to sleep is not generally considered as a form of child abuse, this dodgy parental tactic can put the child in danger and can even lead to death in some cases. According to Amitava Dasgupta, a Texas-based toxicologist, this type of misuse [...]
BP‘s capping of the formerly oil spewing well in the exploded and sunk Deepwater Horizon off the coast of Louisiana, has now been holding strong for three days, and tests conducted by BP have determined that there has been no additional damage to the well since the capping; early on it was feared that the [...]
The World Health Organization has recently criticized Amnesty International‘s report on North Korea’s health care system. According to Amnesty, North Korea is not able to provide adequate health care to its people; however, the WHO insists that the country’s health system is among the best in the developing world, and accuses Amnesty’s report of being [...]
A new study shows that a mixture of HIV drugs, also known as an HIV cocktail, has the potential to significantly slow the spread of the disease in addition to treating those who already have it. The specific treatment plan, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART, was introduced into the Canadian province of [...]
A new study has found that excess weight is related to memory loss in older women. The study, which was published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, says that the more an elderly woman weighs, the worse her memory will be. Basically, the test measured both older women’s memory and body mass index, [...]
Although pressure readings are gradually rising inside the newly capped well, there are still no signs of new leaks. However, officials have been worried that oil may be escaping from somewhere as the pressure readings do not seem to be as high as they should be for a fully plugged well. Thursday’s successful capping of [...]
After a number of complaints over the new iPhone‘s “death grip” which blocks the phone’s antenna, Apple has offered refunds for the phones within 30 days of purchase, as well as free cases. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has also claimed that Apple is not perfect. Jobs, sounding rather annoyed about the complaints, summed things up [...]
According to a recent study, cashew seed extract could play a significant role in the fight against diabetes. Study researchers looked at how different cashew products, such as cashew tree leaves, bark, seeds, and apples, affected rats’ cells’ response to insulin. In the end, the study found that cashew seed extract was the only cashew [...]