World-first discovery harnesses mRNA in the search for an HIV cure - Doherty Institute
https://www.doherty.edu.au/articles/world-first-discovery-harnesses-mrna-in-search-for-hiv-cure/
Australian researchers have made a major breakthrough in HIV research by repurposing the same mRNA delivery system used in COVID-19 vaccines, not to prevent infection, but as a potential strategy to find a cure.
Hacking A Pill Camera | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/hacking-a-pill-camera/
[Aaron’s] first video involves a simple teardown of the camera. The small plastic pill is a marvel of miniaturization. Through the hemispherical transparent lens, we can see a tiny camera and LEDs to provide light in the depths of the human body. Slicing the camera open reveals the hardware inside, however, like the miniature battery, the microcontroller, and the radio hardware that transmits signals outside the body. Unsurprisingly, it’s difficult to get into, since it’s heavily sealed to ensure the human body doesn’t accidentally digest the electronics inside.
Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/sleep-apnea-pill-shows-striking-success-large-clinical-trial
Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission
Why I hate the index finger - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2997957/
To me, index fingers portray a hideous personality reflecting conceit and pantywaist attitudes. In essence, they are smart-ass digits we can often do without. If I had to lose a finger and had my choice, I would choose first my nondominant hand index ray and next the other index. I find index digits easy to hate and sometimes hard to love.
Growing up unvaccinated: A healthy lifestyle couldn’t prevent many childhood illnesses.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/01/growing_up_unvaccinated_a_healthy_lifestyle_couldn_t_prevent_many_childhood.html
So the anti-vaccine advocates’ fears of having the “natural immunity sterilized out of us” just doesn’t cut it for me. How could I, with my idyllic childhood and my amazing health food, get so freaking ill all the time?
Killing a Patient to Save His Life - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/health/a-chilling-medical-trial.html
Surgeons will drain their blood and replace it with freezing saltwater. Without heartbeat and brain activity, the patients will be clinically dead.
And then the surgeons will try to save their lives.
The snake whose bite can send you back through puberty
http://io9.com/5878200/the-snake-whose-bite-can-send-you-back-through-puberty
In a study published in The Lancet, about twenty-nine percent of patients who recovered from Russell's Viper venom had signs of hypopituitarism or Sheehan's Syndrome. Both conditions have unremarkable symptoms, like a constant feeling of cold and an unusual amount of fatigue. What distinguishes them is a sort of reverse-puberty in adults. They lose their sex drive. They lose fertility. They lose their body hair, especially pubic hair. Men lose facial hair and muscles. Women lose curves as the condition causes them to lose weight. Some doctors even report loss of mental faculties as the condition progresses.
Why Are There So Few Resurrected Corpses in the United States? - Heather Horn - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-are-there-so-few-resurrected-corpses-in-the-united-states/274681/
I suspect United States is in fact ahead of the African nations in bringing the dead back to life. It's hard to find a good estimate of how many bodies are resurrected in the U.S. each year, but let's go with this vastly oversimplified figure: 92,000. 92,000 is the number of people the American Heart Association estimates are saved in the U.S. each year after their hearts or their lungs have stopped moving, i.e. by CPR. Or let's go with a percentage: 45.3%. That's the success rate in the bottom-quarter of American hospitals in a 2012 study in restoring circulation to a body whose heart has completely flatlined. 14.5% of the bodies treated managed leave the hospital. And that's in the hospitals with the lowest performance. Wait till you see American rates for getting the lame to walk and the blind to see.
Why Are There So Few Resurrected Corpses in the United States? - Heather Horn - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-are-there-so-few-resurrected-corpses-in-the-united-states/274681
I suspect United States is in fact ahead of the African nations in bringing the dead back to life. It's hard to find a good estimate of how many bodies are resurrected in the U.S. each year, but let's go with this vastly oversimplified figure: 92,000. 92,000 is the number of people the American Heart Association estimates are saved in the U.S. each year after their hearts or their lungs have stopped moving, i.e. by CPR. Or let's go with a percentage: 45.3%. That's the success rate in the bottom-quarter of American hospitals in a 2012 study in restoring circulation to a body whose heart has completely flatlined. 14.5% of the bodies treated managed leave the hospital. And that's in the hospitals with the lowest performance. Wait till you see American rates for getting the lame to walk and the blind to see.
Abortion saved my life - Abortion - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/2011/05/26/abortion_saved_my_life/
My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway. My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion. You shouldn’t need to know the details of why a woman aborts to trust her to make the best decision for herself. I don’t regret my abortion, but I would also never use my situation to suggest that the only time another woman should have the procedure is when her life is at stake. After my family found out I’d had an abortion, I got a phone call from a cousin who felt the need to tell me I was wrong to have interfered with God’s plan. And in that moment I understood exactly what kind of people judge a woman’s reproductive choices.
Abortion saved my life - Abortion - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/2011/05/26/abortion_saved_my_life
My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway. My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion. You shouldn’t need to know the details of why a woman aborts to trust her to make the best decision for herself. I don’t regret my abortion, but I would also never use my situation to suggest that the only time another woman should have the procedure is when her life is at stake. After my family found out I’d had an abortion, I got a phone call from a cousin who felt the need to tell me I was wrong to have interfered with God’s plan. And in that moment I understood exactly what kind of people judge a woman’s reproductive choices.
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/12/02/the-bomb-buried-in-obamacare-explodes-today-halleluja
This is the true ‘bomb’ contained in Obamacare and the one item that will have more impact on the future of how medical care is paid for in this country than anything we’ve seen in quite some time. Indeed, it is this aspect of the law that represents the true ‘death panel’ found in Obamacare—but not one that is going to lead to the death of American consumers. Rather, the medical loss ratio will, ultimately, lead to the death of large parts of the private, for-profit health insurance industry.
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If you believe that the end of private, for-profit health insurance is some type of nefarious step towards a socialist society, then you might want to attend church this Sunday to mourn the loss of health insurers being able to worm out of covering the bills of a cancer patient because she forgot to write down on her application that she had skin acne for three months when she was a teenager.
The world's smelliest frogs are a treasure trove of antibiotics
http://io9.com/5863925/the-worlds-smelliest-frogs-are-a-treasure-trove-of-antibiotics
Some of the most foul smelling creatures on Earth are known simply as odorous frogs. These amphibians have a normal odor like that of rotting fish, but it's worth braving their disgusting smell for the life-saving substances that coat their bodies. Because frogs live in warm, wet places — the ...
Banishing consciousness: the mystery of anaesthesia - health - 29 November 2011 - New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228402.300-banishing-consciousness-the-mystery-of-anaesthesia.html?full=true
The development of general anaesthesia has transformed surgery from a horrific ordeal into a gentle slumber. It is one of the commonest medical procedures in the world, yet we still don't know how the drugs work. Perhaps this isn't surprising: we still don't understand consciousness, so how can we comprehend its disappearance?
The Seven Lifestyle Changes That Can Add a Decade to Your Life [Health]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/AYs2iO-bc5Q/the-seven-lifestyle-changes-that-can-add-a-decade-to-your-life
A random bacterium could help defeat colon cancer [Medical Breakthroughs]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/vip/~3/njMSD8vyvqs/a-random-bacterium-could-help-defeat-colon-cancer
California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana (Anthony York/Los Angeles Times)
http://www.memeorandum.com/111016/p14#a111016p14
Sugar Within Human Bodies Could Power Future Artificial Organs: Scientific American
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=glucose-body-fuel-cell
"Now there is hope that future implants might be powered not by batteries but by the fuels in our bodies that are used for energy. Scientists have shown that fuel cells implanted in rats can successfully generate electricity from sugar in the rodent's bodies. The devices kept going for months at a time."
OutpatientSurgery.net News After Death in the GI Suite, Patient's Family Sues CRNA (May, 2010)
http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/news/2010/05/12
"The family of a man with sleep apnea who died during a routine colonoscopy is suing the nurse anesthetist who cared for the patient."
Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report -- Rogozov and Bermel 339: b4965 -- BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/dec15_1/b4965
"The Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov’s self operation, undertaken without any other medical professional around, was a testament to determination and the will to life"
Getting To The Root Of The Great Cilantro Divide : NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98695984
"This, it turns out, is the real problem. My whole life I've been unable to pick up on the scent that is so overwhelmingly good for cilantro lovers that it trumps any possible bad. I come to a disappointing realization: I am not an X-Man with superkeen sensory abilities. I am a sensory dud who's missing the true nature of cilantro."
Why markets can’t cure healthcare - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/why-markets-cant-cure-healthcare
"This problem is made worse by the fact that actually paying for your health care is a loss from an insurers’ point of view — they actually refer to it as “medical costs.” This means both that insurers try to deny as many claims as possible, and that they try to avoid covering people who are actually likely to need care. Both of these strategies use a lot of resources, which is why private insurance has much higher administrative costs than single-payer systems. And since there’s a widespread sense that our fellow citizens should get the care we need — not everyone agrees, but most do — this means that private insurance basically spends a lot of money on socially destructive activities."
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: George F. Will Admits Public Option Will Cut Costs
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/george-f-will-admits-public-option-will.html
Want Real Stimulus? Try Universal Health Care - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/dec2008/pi2008125_772719.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_top+story
"Health-care reform would put one of the most productive sectors in the U.S. to work to shore up the nation's economy, says BW contributing editor Chris Farrell"
zmayhem: Customer service is fun!
http://zmayhem.livejournal.com/7832.html
"Anyhow, I want to see him today, before the socialism."
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Banjo used in brain surgery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm
Video: What LASIK Really Feels Like
http://gizmodo.com/5051492/video-what-lasik-really-feels-like
Still somewhat freaked out by the whole concept of Lasik surgery, yet intrigued by the opportunity for enhancement. "Once my corneas were cut open and I experienced that initial pain, I was definitely frightened, and escaped to a corner of my mind where I would not think too much about all the things they were doing to my eyes and what my life would be like if I happened to be the "less than 1%" of patients with vision-reducing complications.None of this bothers me much, save the fact that newer, better, safer technology will come around sooner or later, and my eyes may end up as out-of-date as back-to-school iPods. And I do not know if my eyes will be forward-compatible, having already been sliced. Still, for now I remain top-of-the-line, and I would gladly endure 10 times the (mostly imaginary) pain of LASIK to gain the quality of eyesight found in elite Major League Baseball pitchers."
Scientists may have cured cancer last week - more on DCA
http://www.healthsalon.org/94/scientists-m...ek-more-on-dca
Human Nature : Contraceptive Fudge: Addendum
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/archive/2008/08/29/contraceptive-fudge-addendum.aspx
"As a pharmacist, you have every right to refuse to fill contraceptive prescriptions. But your customers have every right to boycott your store, and your employer has every right to fire you. If you don't like your employer's policy, open your own pharmacy."
BBC NEWS | Health | Broccoli may undo diabetes damage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7541639.stm
"Our study suggests that compounds such as sulforaphane from broccoli may help counter processes linked to the development of vascular disease in diabetes"
Lab-grown tendons gradually fade to bone - tech - 11 August 2008 - New Scientist Tech
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn14512-labgrown-tendons-gradually-fade-to-bone.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
"In the body, gradients like this strengthen the ends of tendons that attach to bones. Currently, lab-grown tendons put into the body often fail at the attachment end because they lack this property, says García. ... His new technique should lead to more lifelike artificially-grown tendons, and better treatments for injuries like ruptured Achilles tendons."
Seed: Suspending Life
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/04/suspending_life.php?p=y&page=all
"Some lucky evolutionary accident ensured the mammals' safety through a deep sleep, and that accident may still be dormant within us. That which allowed our ancestors to survive millions of years ago might also be a means of our survival now."
Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/health/research/12musc.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
"One of the great unanswered questions in physiology is why muscles get tired. The experience is universal, common to creatures that have muscles, but the answer has been elusive until now."
Why I am an abortion doctor
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=283931&p=1
"I can take a woman, in the biggest trouble she has ever experienced in her life, and by performing a five-minute operation, in comfort and dignity, I can give her back her life"
Docs Change the Way They Think About Death | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com
http://www.newsweek.com/id/35045/page/1
"The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks—and death itself."
Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes In Human Study
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109091102.htm
"An extraordinary new scientific study, which for the first time documents marked improvement in Alzheimer’s disease within minutes of administration of a therapeutic molecule, has just been published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation."
Researchers Knock Out HIV
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071020103343.htm
"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."
BBC NEWS | Health | Woman sees own heart on display
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977399.stm
"A woman has seen her own heart on display at a medical exhibition."
His Heart Whirs Anew - washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/11/AR2007081101390_pf.html
"If you find yourself embodied in a different way, your perceptions and awareness of the world would be changed."
MichaelMoore.com : An Open Letter to CNN from Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=216
"Well, the week is over -- and still no apology, no retraction, no correction of your glaring mistakes."
MichaelMoore.com : SiCKO : 'SiCKO' News : 'SiCKO' Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=10017
"There is not a single fact that is "fudged" in the film. No one has proven a single fact in the film wrong. We expect CNN to correct their mistakes on the air and to apologize to their viewers."
ABC News: Gay Groups Decry Bush Top Doc Nominee
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3251663&page=1
"There has been a growing criticism the administration favoring ideology over competence, and this nomination smacks of that."
warrenellis.com » Blog Archive » It’s BIOTECH VAGINA Day
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=4424
"Five years from now? Biotech vagina case-mods on Boing Boing. I’m telling you."
Yes, coffee really is good for you - More Health News - MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18419044/from/RS.4
"Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits — and risks — of the beverage at a scientific meeting."
Docs Change the Way They Think About Death - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18368186/site/newsweek
"once the cells have been without oxygen for more than five minutes, they die when their oxygen supply is resumed."
Reversing cancer cells to normal cells
http://physorg.com/news97070876.html
"A Northwestern University scientist describes new research that used an innovative experimental approach to provide unique insights into how scientists can change human metastatic melanoma cells back to normal-like skin cells -- by exposing the tumor cel
If the patient says spider bite, think MRSA, says Assembly speaker -- FP Report
http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20041100/10.html
"Spiders are getting a bad rap. Get a culture because what you are seeing is probably community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)"
The prospect of all-female conception - Independent Online Edition Science & Technology
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2444462.ece
"Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells from a woman's bone marrow tissue after showing that it possible to produce rudimentary sperm cells from male bone-marrow tissue."
Blood types A, B converted to type O | Science & Health | Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKCOL26905720070402
"In a report released Sunday, researchers describe the use of newly discovered enzymes to convert blood types A, B, and AB into O, the universal donor type."
Marijuana, the wonder drug - International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/01/opinion/edgrinspoon.php
"A new study in the journal Neurology is being hailed as unassailable proof that marijuana is a valuable medicine."
Neural 'extension cord' developed for brain implants - tech - 19 January 2007 - New Scientist Tech
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn10997-neural-extension-cord-developed-for-brain-implants.html
"A "data cable" made from stretched nerve cells could someday help connect computers to the human nervous system. The modified cells should form better connections with human tissue than the metal electrodes currently used for purposes such as remotely co
Mirage Swift Mask Parts
http://www.cpapplus.com/CPAP_Mask_Parts/Mirage_Swift/Mirage_Swift_Parts.html
I need me a new nasal barrel sleeve.
Slashing your smoking may not help your health - health - 28 November 2006 - New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?feedId=online-news_rss20&id=dn10672
"Smokers who believe they can avoid fatal disease by slashing the number of cigarettes they smoke each day are sorely mistaken, according to a new study which suggests the only safe way to escape the risk is to quit."
Damn Interesting - Outer Space Exposure
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=741
"Though an unprotected human would not long survive in the clutches of outer space, it is remarkable that survival times can be measured in minutes rather than seconds, and that one could endure such an inhospitable environment for almost two minutes with
Ray Kurzweil: Computers Will Extend Human Lifespan - VARBusiness
http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=195800050&cid=VARBusinessNews
"In just 15 years, we'll begin to see the merger of human and computer intelligence that ultimately will enable people to live forever. At least that's the prediction of author and futurist Ray Kurzweil."
How to Give a Cat an Injection - WikiHow
http://www.wikihow.com/Give-a-Cat-an-Injection
"Ever had to give a cat an injection at home, for feline diabetes, maybe? Here's how to do it painlessly... both for you and the cat!"
NOMASK.COM
http://www.nomask.com
Looks like an interesting CPAP interface. "No annoying cpap mask straps or cpap headgear for sleep apnea cpap patients. End the nightly torture of CPAP with our exclusive 'no mask' headgear."
British scientists grow human liver in a laboratory | the Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?ct=5&icc=NEWS&icl=TabModule&ico=Homepage&in_article_id=413551&in_page_id=1770
"British scientists have grown the world's first artificial liver from stem cells in a breakthrough that will one day provide entire organs for transplant."
ABC News: Michael J. Fox Fires Back at Critics
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/story?id=2613377&page=1
"Actor Michael J. Fox jokes that he may be short in stature, but he's still enough of a "big boy" to withstand criticism over his backing of embryonic stem cell research"
Charlie's Diary: Playing the Genocide Card
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2006/10/genocide.html
"The Lancet isn't just any medical journal ... It is not noted for publishing random speculation, agitprop, and crank letters — it's the top journal of record in its field."
Den of the Biting Beaver: Morality clauses, EC, and broken condoms
http://bitingbeaver.blogspot.com/2006/09/morality-clauses-ec-and-broken-condoms.html
"I live in rural Ohio and I have been denied EC. "
Science Fiction - What pro-lifers are missing in the stem-cell debate. By Michael Kinsley
http://www.slate.com/id/2145168/fr/rss
"The vast majority of people who oppose stem-cell research either haven't thought it through, or have thought it through and don't care."
Scientists sideline Bush opposition to stem cell research | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/07/harvard_stem_cel_projects
"While we understand and respect the sincerely held beliefs of those who oppose this research, we are equally sincere in our belief that the life-and-death medical needs of countless suffering children and adults justifies moving forward with this researc
If steroids are cheating, why isn't LASIK? By William Saletan
http://slate.com/id/2116858
"If the andro that helped McGwire hit 70 home runs in 1998 was an unnatural, game-altering enhancement, what about his high-powered contact lenses?"
What Happens When There Is No Plan B?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201405.html?sub=AR
"The conservative politics of the Bush administration forced me to have an abortion I didn't want."
ABC News: Botox Nation: How One Drug Fixes So Many Problems
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cosmetic/story?CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&id=2003833&page=1
"Botox comes from the botulinum toxin produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria."
Toward Immortality: The Social Burden of Longer Lives - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060522/sc_space/towardimmortalitythesocialburdenoflongerlives
"Notions about marriage, family and work will change in fundamental ways, they say, as will attitudes toward the young and the old."
My Eyeball Just Fell Out of Its Socket - What should I do? By Daniel Engber
http://www.slate.com/id/2137959/fr/rss
"Get it put back in, and soon."
LOST Magazine - Gray Area: Thinking With a Damaged Brain
http://lostmag.com/issue3/grayarea.php
"My entire brain, the organ by which my very consciousness is controlled, was reorganized one day ten years ago."
Mind Hacks: Thinking with a damaged brain
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/03/thinking_with_a_dama.html
"It's rare to find such a carefully considered and well-informed account of brain damage from someone who has suffered the consequences."
The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Big Brain Thinking - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/BioTech-Devices/wtr_16325,306,p1.html
"Stanford neuroscientist Bill Newsome wants to implant an electrode in his brain to better understand human consciousness."
Mind Hacks: Erasing the need for sleep
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/02/erasing_the_need_for.html
"Although perhaps we can be a bit suspicious of the claim that they have "few, if any, ill effects", as the history of new drugs shows that major effects are often not discovered until several years after the marketing claims them to be virtually side-eff
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103000747.html?nav=rss_health
Really getting tired of these religious whackos getting a say in public health issues.
Science News Article | Reuters.com
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?storyid=2005-08-16T050539Z_01_DIT618322_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-AUSTRALIA-CROCODILE-DC.XML&summit=&type=scienceNews
"The crocodile has an immune system which attaches to bacteria and tears it apart and it explodes. It's like putting a gun to the head of the bacteria and pulling the trigger"
The Australian: It's a miracle: mice regrow hearts [August 29, 2005]
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16417002%5E30417,00.html
"SCIENTISTS have created "miracle mice" that can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals."
Java Joy: Study Touts Coffee's Benefits - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050828/ap_on_he_me/fit_health_coffee
"Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday."
Long-term aspirin use reduces risk for colorectal cancer | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/8758
"A new report from the Nurse's Health Study finds that regular, long-term aspirin use can significantly reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, as suggested by several earlier studies."
BBC NEWS | Health | US people getting fatter, fast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4183086.stm
"Americans are getting fatter at a rate never seen before, a report shows."
New Scientist News - Baby comes with brain repair kit for mum
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18725134.300
"Stray stem cells from a growing fetus can colonise the brains of mothers during pregnancy, at least in mice."
New Scientist Breaking News - Mosquitoes are drawn to people with malaria
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?feedId=online-news_rss20&id=dn7816
"Mosquitoes are more attracted to people already infected with malaria. And this appears to be because the malarial parasite orchestrates its own onward transmission from within the human body, a new study suggests."
The Riddle of the Appendix - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/science/09case.html?ei=5090&emc=rss&en=3040a92e0f5a9848&ex=1281240000&partner=rssuserland
"I was grateful that we have not only inherited a danger-prone appendix, but a brain that can invent surgery."
Study: Socialized Canadian surgery half the U.S. cost with same results - Wikinews
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Study:_Socialized_Canadian_surgery_half_the_U.S._cost_with_same_results
"Americans pay twice as much for heart-bypass surgery as the socialized Canadian system, with no difference in outcome, according to today's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine in a study funded by American drug company, Pfizer Inc.. "
Cranberry juice inactivates intestinal viruses | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/cranberry_juice_inactivates_intestinal_viruses
"Cranberry juice, long considered a home remedy for urinary tract infections, may also be effective against a number of gastrointestinal viruses"
Wired News: A Step Closer to Stem-Cell Heaven
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67627,00.html
"I don't need a lecture from the majority leader on moral and ethical leadership." Ooh, ouch.
Buying Time Through 'Hibernation on Demand' | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7636
"During a hibernation-like state, cellular activity slows to a near standstill, which reduces dramatically an organism's need for oxygen."
New Scientist Breaking News - Contact lenses react to blood-sugar levels
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?feedId=online-news_rss20&id=dn7182
"Contact lenses that change their appearance according to the wearer's blood-sugar level could one day help people with diabetes keep track of their levels non-invasively, new research suggests."
The Rude Pundit - Briefly Noted: "Unanimous" Senate Vote on Schiavo Bill
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2005/03/briefly-noted-unanimous-senate-vote-on.html
"Only three members were on the floor and the bill's prime sponsor, Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, served as presiding officer." Disgusting as all hell.
Mark A. R. Kleiman: Schiavo, Hudson, and Nikolouzos
http://www.markarkleiman.com/archives/_/2005/03/schiavo_hudson_and_nikolouzos.php
"What I can't figure out is how someone could be genuinely outraged about the Schiavo case but not about the Hudson and Nikolouzos cases."
In first, scientists regenerate optic nerve | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7070
"This is the closest science has come to regenerating so many nerve fibers over a long distance to reach their targets and to repair a nerve previously considered irreparably damaged."
Green tea extract has potential as anti-cancer agent | Science Blog
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7007
Maybe I should start drinking green tea like Mr. Kurzweil.
New Scientist Breaking News - St John's wort may be effective anti-depressant
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7000
"People suffering from severe depression could find St John's wort as effective a treatment as prescribed drugs but with fewer side effects, a new study suggests."
It's All About Coffee - Drinking coffee cuts liver cancer risk!
http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2005/01/drinking-coffee-cuts-liver-cancer-risk.html
"Drinking a hot cuppa everyday can help you keep liver cancer at bay, a new research has revealed."
Yahoo! News - Eat 'Supermeals' to Protect Heart: Experts
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/health_supermeals_dc
"focus more on eating a healthy diet as a good means to reduce their heart disease."
The Globe and Mail: Rutgers researchers may have stopped HIV
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041212.waids1212/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth
'“We're onto something very, very special,” Dr. Arnold said.'
news@nature.com - Living cells get nanosurgery
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041213/full/041213-2.html
"Tiny needle can operate on a single cell without leaving damage."
Monster Farming - The creepy solution to the stem-cell debate. By William Saletan
http://slate.msn.com/id/2110670/fr/rss
Yahoo! News - Fat Americans overwhelm imaging machines
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?cid=856&e=2&ncid=856&tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041201/od_uk_nm/oukoe_health_obesity
"The biggest problems were with abdominal ultrasound followed by chest X-ray and abdominal computed tomography, the report said." Oh for fuck's sake, put down the damn ThickBurger!
Article: Brain prosthesis passes live tissue test | New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996574
Only a matter of time now before brain chunks can be replaced by chips. (Heh, yeah, I know, it'll be a lot harder than that, if at all possible.)
NBC10.com - HealthWatch - The Skinny On 'Miracle' Wrinkle Cream
http://www.nbc10.com/health/1808693/detail.html
WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!? (ahem, and their foreskins)
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: What Would Radical Longevity Mean?
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/001378.html
What happens once you catch the leading edge of longevity advances?
Science Blog - Researchers discover why mutant gene causes colon cancer
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/modules.php?file=article&name=News&sid=4005
Lost an uncle to colon cancer, and worried about it myself. Hopefully this leads to a treatment
Science Blog - Detoxing Alzheimer's brains keeps cognitive deficits at bay
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/modules.php?file=article&name=News&sid=3766
"Now researchers have shown in a preliminary study that reducing the levels of isoprostanes, which specifically reflect oxidative damage in the brain, by draining cerebral spinal fluid can stave off future reductions in cognitive abilities. "
Blogcritics.org: If life begins at conception, then death begins at birth
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/16/105128.php
"Let's be pessimistic! Optimism is unfair!"
BBC NEWS | Health | 'Cannabis' brain tumour drug hope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3561686.stm
"An ingredient in marijuana may be useful for treating brain cancers, say Spanish researchers from Madrid."
Red Wine Compound May Extend Life
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/science_aging_dc
"The compound that makes red wine a healthful drink may also hold the secret to a longer life, scientists reported on Wednesday."
Surgery without a cut to the skin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3874437.stm
"A new technique might allow surgeons to operate on internal organs without making any cuts in the skin, say US researchers."
FDA Approves Antidepression Brain Implant
http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2004/6/16/113857/001
"The implant involves connecting a wire to the left vagus nerve in the side of the neck; a battery is implanted high in the left chest or under the armpit, and the amount of current can be regulated externally"
Power implant aims to run on body heat
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995091
'The "biothermal battery" under development by Biophan Technologies of West Henrietta, will generate electricity using arrays of thousands of thermoelectric generators built into an implantable chip.'
Yahoo! News - Maligned Detroit Attracts Newcomers Again
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/detroit_devotees
Cool. Anyone want to trade me for a place in San Francisco, New York, Boston, or Toronto? Got a great "gritty" view, here in Detroit.
An eye on the tongue
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-06/uom-aeo060204.php
"The Tongue Display Unit (TDU) can activate areas that are normally reserved for visual information and are unused when someone suffers from congenital blindness. "
Life goes on without 'vital' DNA
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995063
"It is not often that the audience at a scientific meeting gasps in amazement during a talk"
TIME.com: The False Controversy of Stem Cells -- May. 31, 2004
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040531-641157,00.html
"Is destroying that microscopic dot the exact moral equivalent of driving a knife through the heart of an innocent 6-year-old girl?"
Chromosomes reveal surprise human-chimp differences
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995044
"Humans and their closest relatives, chimpanzees, may be more different than geneticists have realised."
Researchers zero in on a cause of aging
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/05/27/researchers_zero_in_on_a_cause_of_aging
"Experiments point to defects in cells."
Doctors' ties harbour disease-causing germs
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995029
"Doctors may be harbouring disease-causing bugs in their ties that could potentially be transmitted to patients, a new study has found."
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Association With Cardiovascular Risk
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/471889?rss=
I have sleep apnea, but I've gotten treatment. If you snore, you should too.
Biothermal battery offers long-life power source for implanted medical devices
http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=/news/news_single.html?id=3340
"A patented implantable power system could provide as much as a 30-year power source to “trickle charge� batteries for implantable devices by converting thermal energy produced naturally by the human body into electrical energy"
Lost a Tooth? Grow a New One
http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2004-05-04-4
"Company's stem cell technique could end the need for painful prosthetics"
Nanoprobe to be developed for a 'Fantastic Voyage' in the human body, finding and treating deadly tumors
http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=995
"If successful, the probe would be used for the early diagnosis of cancers and pre-cancers of the gastrointestinal system." My uncle died from colon cancer. It runs in the family. This tech would be a good thing.
Yahoo! News - Study Blames Corn Syrup for Rise of Diabetes in US
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?cid=571&e=16&tmpl=story&u=/nm/health_syrup_dc
Wow. I kinda knew this. That corn syrup stuff is EVIL.
One Step Closer To Reading The Book Of Life
http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2004/4/20/7614/10913
"Each of the "words" discovered by Gojobori and his group represents a single gene and matching protein in the human body."
Memory bottleneck limits intelligence
http://www.nature.com/nsu/040412/040412-3.html
Single spot in brain determines size of visual scratch pad
Diet of worms protects against bowel cancer
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-04/ns-dow040704.php
"Weinstock's theory is that our immune systems have evolved to cope with the presence of such parasites, and can become overactive without them."