Health & Wellness
A quarter of a century since the virus that causes AIDS was identified, a vaccine against the deadly disease remains frustratingly out of reach despite a well-funded global effort to find a cure.
From Charles Darwin's nervous dyspepsia to Horace Walpole's gout, we reveal them:
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Generally, a child must be vaccinated in order to attend school.
But more and more people are sighting religious, medical, or philosophical beliefs in order to get their children out of being vaccinated.
But more and more people are sighting religious, medical, or philosophical beliefs in order to get their children out of being vaccinated.
Vaccines will play a growing role in global public health, but controversies may impede their progress. That was the conclusion of four international experts at a symposium sponsored by University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the fifth in a series on the future of health care.
Comment: In a world dominated by psychopaths at the tiers of Medical and 'ethical' science, the only benefit to the increased use of vaccines go to the corporate monsters who patent and lobby them.
The brain centers triggered by a betrayal of trust have been identified by researchers, who found they could suppress such triggering and maintain trust by administering the brain chemical oxytocin. The researchers said their findings not only offer basic insights into the neural machinery underlying trust; the results may also help in understanding the neural basis of social disorders such as phobias and autism.
Thomas Baumgartner and colleagues published their findings in the May 22, 2008, issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press.
In their experiments, the researchers asked volunteer subjects to play two types of games - a trust game and a risk game. In the trust game, subjects were asked to contribute money, with the understanding that a human trustee would invest the money and decide whether to return the profits, or betray the subjects' trust and keep all the money. In the risk game, the subjects were told that a computer would randomly decide whether their money would be repaid or not.
Thomas Baumgartner and colleagues published their findings in the May 22, 2008, issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press.
In their experiments, the researchers asked volunteer subjects to play two types of games - a trust game and a risk game. In the trust game, subjects were asked to contribute money, with the understanding that a human trustee would invest the money and decide whether to return the profits, or betray the subjects' trust and keep all the money. In the risk game, the subjects were told that a computer would randomly decide whether their money would be repaid or not.
A fifth-grade boy who paid attention when the Heimlich maneuver was performed on his sister used the procedure to save a choking classmate.
On Monday, 10-year-old Ryan Tyler noticed a classmate, identified only as Brandon, choking on a hamburger in the cafeteria of Maplewood Elementary School in Puyallup, Wash., and sprang into action, KING5.com reported.
On Monday, 10-year-old Ryan Tyler noticed a classmate, identified only as Brandon, choking on a hamburger in the cafeteria of Maplewood Elementary School in Puyallup, Wash., and sprang into action, KING5.com reported.
A survey reveals that a majority of married moms are not sexually satisfied in their marriages. Many are making up for it on the side.
Cattle too sick or injured to walk will be banned from entering U.S. slaughterhouses, the Agriculture Department said on Tuesday, a change that comes months after the largest meat recall in American history.
USDA said a total ban on so-called "downer" cattle from the U.S. food supply will help prevent the mistreatment of animals and ensure meat safety. The rule will be expedited and should be in place in a "matter of months."
Currently, most downer cattle are banned from slaughter, but USDA rules allow some animals to go through if they have passed inspection earlier. Packers are required to alert USDA veterinarians in those cases so the cattle can be reinspected before they are slaughtered for food.
USDA said a total ban on so-called "downer" cattle from the U.S. food supply will help prevent the mistreatment of animals and ensure meat safety. The rule will be expedited and should be in place in a "matter of months."
Currently, most downer cattle are banned from slaughter, but USDA rules allow some animals to go through if they have passed inspection earlier. Packers are required to alert USDA veterinarians in those cases so the cattle can be reinspected before they are slaughtered for food.
CAR washes have emerged as a new legionnaire's disease threat after seven people were admitted to hospital in the world's first reported outbreak at a car wash.
GlaxoSmithKline said this morning that a vaccine that could help prevent an outbreak of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus had been approved by the European Commission.
Comment: The AIDS virus: Made in the USA?