FDA ties pneumonia deaths to infant vaccine - Infectious diseases - MSNBC.com
GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s rotavirus vaccine is associated with increased pneumonia-related deaths and other adverse reactions, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents posted on Friday.
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Rotavirus vax associated with increased pneumonia-related deaths
March 6, 2008
Cornell University Claims Whites Are Genetically Weaker Than Blacks
February 24, 2008
A great example of the expression, “It doesn’t pass the smell-test.”
Cornell University Claims Whites Are Genetically Weaker Than Blacks (Does this mean we don’t have to live around them any more?)
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Vax recalled but no worries!
December 13, 2007
Merck recalls 1 million doses of childhood vaccine — baltimoresun.com
More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as 2 months were being recalled today because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat.
Infants are judgemental
November 22, 2007
The Raw Story | Babies may make social judgments
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Researchers shocked–shocked I tell you–that daters prefer their own race
November 8, 2007
Another clear gender divide, this one less expected, emerged in our findings on racial preferences, reported in a forthcoming article in the Review of Economic Studies. Women of all the races we studied revealed a strong preference for men of their own race: White women were more likely to choose white men; black women preferred […]
Interesting display on historical dress
November 7, 2007
Standard Bearer (German), Roman General
The History of Costume
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Researchers show homosexuality is a genetic defect
October 26, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune - Worms offer clues to human sexuality
Biologists at the University of Utah have engineered worms that are attracted to worms of the same sex, bolstering evidence that sexual orientation may be hard-wired in the brain. The researchers isolated the nerve cells responsible for sexual attraction in nematode worms, then […]
Can we start curing *unpreventable* diseases now?
October 23, 2007
Researchers Knock Out HIV
With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralise the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents HIV from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune system to the same levels as the rest of the population.
I see a huge wealth […]
Pharm cash taints U.S. medical schools
October 23, 2007
Drug Industry Cash Flows to U.S. Med Schools: Study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) Oct 17 - Drug companies and medical device makers cultivate extensive financial relationships with U.S. medical schools, creating worrisome potential conflicts of interest for these institutions, researchers said on Tuesday. Sixty-seven percent of medical school and teaching hospital departments and 60 percent […]
Fun with brains
October 17, 2007
This is an ingenious device that can tell you if you’re “right-brained” or “left-brained.”
If the dancer is spinning clockwise, congrats, you’re more creative and holistic.
If she’s spinning counter-clockwise, I’m sorry, but you have cancer. :[ No srsly, you’re left-brained, and you’re more detail oriented.
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The Right Brain vs Left Brain | The Daily Telegraph
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Africans make Africas
October 10, 2007
The seeds are a marvel, producing bountiful, aromatic rice crops resistant to drought, pests and disease. But a decade after their introduction, they have spread to only a tiny fraction of the land here in West Africa where they could help millions of farming families escape poverty.
At a time when philanthropists like Bill Gates have […]
Why ever would the humans have left Africa?
October 9, 2007
Newfound ancient African megadroughts may have driven the evolution of humans and fishes
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When judged by racist western standards,
October 9, 2007
BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria is ‘mired in corruption’
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Monkeys prefer blondes
October 6, 2007
Oddly Enough | Africa - Reuters.com
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Another reason to dump the high fructose corn syrup
September 27, 2007
Discovery supports theory of Alzheimer’s disease as form of diabetes
Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimer’s memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes.
In the brain, insulin […]
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