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Still a Difference in Gender Accomplishment - Suprised? Why?
I read a new story almost every week about some study which shows men are still dominating some area of human accomplishment–whether it be the workplace, sports attention, education, etc.
A story I read yesterday is another along these lines. Why are people so surprised men are more accomplished (on average) than women? Or why [...]
Extract from Grape Seed Shown to Kill Cancer Cells
American and Chinese researchers have discovered the extract from grape seeds kills leukemia cancer cells (by way of suicide) and hope to one day to use this natural substance to treat cancer.
Dr Xianglin Shi, one of the leading researchers, says “These results could have implications for the incorporation of agents such as grape seed [...]
Flu Bug Resistant to Treatment Now in United States
The CDC sent a notice to doctors on Friday warning about a new flu bug which has shown to be resistant to the flu drug Tamiflu. An upside to this news is the fact the Tamiflu-resistant strain is no more harmful than any other strain.
The amount of strains which are resistant to treatment has soared, [...]
Religious Belief Getting in the Way of Patient Care?
On its way out, the Bush administration has decided to make news in the medical world. They have passed a new ruling–effective in 30 days–which says more hospitals, healthcare providers and insurers can deny medical treatment based on religious or moral beliefs.
Previously, there were rules which allowed health care providers to deny abortions and sterilization [...]
A Functional Malaria Vaccine Possible in Near Future
Malaria - a mosquito born disease - is responsible for approximately one million deaths per year. Most of the one million are African children or infants. The current candidate for a vaccine (RTS,S) has done well in trials. The phase I and phase II trials have already been completed, showing promising results.
In the first two [...]