A new study this month in The Lancet examined the health impact of domestic violence (of women by men). This was a very large WHO-funded study looking at multiple physical and mental health problems in abused vs. non-abused women. This is necessarily an observational study, but appears to be well done, and included a large […]

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A viral infection with serious public health consequences occurred in Canada on January with little publicity:
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A viral infection with serious public health consequences occurred in Canada on January with little publicity:
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There are 41 new articles published this week in PLoS ONE. A always, make comments and ratings while browsing and reading the articles. Here are just a few picks - titles I found interesting - but you should go and check all the others as well:
Nutrition or Detoxification: Why Bats Visit Mineral Licks of the […]

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“Ladies and Gentlemen your attention please, the Dongwon, Mitsubishi, Moon Marine, Azzopardi and Ricardo Fuentes stalls are now closed.” That was one message being relayed over the public address sound system at the Brussels Seafood Expo today, as Greenpeace closed down the stands of five tuna suppliers - including the world’s largest, Mitsibushi.     Full Story… […]

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Just a little blurb in my local paper this morning that is making a big splash in the stock market: international pharma giant GSK is purchasing Cambridge, MA-based Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc. for an estimated US$720 million.
Glaxo plans to bolster its pipeline with Sirtris’s experimental biotechnology treatments targeting aging-related diseases.
In early trading, Sirtris shares gained 81.6 […]

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Michael DeBakey, now 99 years old and perhaps the most famous heart surgeon in history, is in the process of being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal as I write this. CNN has coverage.
The medal is the highest honor bestowed upon civilians.
DeBakey, whose career was largely spent at the Baylor University College of Medicine, helped develop […]

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With the news that in addition to John McCain both Clinton and Obama have now pandered to anti-vaccine denialism I think it’s time to reiterate there isn’t a political party in this country that has a truly sound grasp on sound science. And in this instance it is clear that both sides are more than […]

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LaTasha Jenkins, who won a silver medal in the 200 meters at the 2001 World Indoor Track and Field Championships and a bronze in the same event at that year’s World Outdoors, has spoiled the perfect record of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in charging athletes with doping offenses — on a technicality.
Jenkins, 30, tested […]

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