The bright side of pandemic flu!
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Creationists, who don’t accept evolution, shouldn’t accept vaccines, especially when supply is limited. Mortality of creationists, therefore, might be really high if swine flu goes extra virulent…and the result will be a world that is proportionally less creationy. That would be a excellent thing.
Doc : Chicken pox could be ‘disaster’ for Lakers
Dr. Michael Cater is not only a pediatrician, he’s a huge Lakers fan going all the way back to Jerry West’s rookie season in 1960-61. So he might be a small melodramatic when it comes to the defending champs’ sudden chicken-pox problem.But he’s not kidding when he says…
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Are We Causing Cancer in Cats? Vaccine Associated Sarcoma News
As early as 1990 veterinarians started seeing more tumors in cats. There were suspicions that these tumors were vaccine associated sarcoma. In our vigilance to keep our cats free of disease are we really causing them to have cancer?
The Ludwig Institute and Pro-Pharmaceuticals Learn That DAVANAT® Enhances the Ability of Anti-Tumor T Lymphocytes …
NEWTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC:PRWP) today announced that the Brussels Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research demonstrated the ability of GM-CT-01 (DAVANAT®) to enhance the ability of tumor-specific T-lymphocytes to kill tumor cells. Dr. Pierre van der Bruggen’s team at the Ludwig Institute in Brussels, Belgium, leaders in cancer immunology research …
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News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
Antibiotics Disrupt Gut Ecology, Metabolism Humans carry several pounds of microbes in our gastro-intestinal tracts. Recent research suggests that this microbial ecosystem plays a variety of critical roles in our health. Now, working in a mouse model, researchers from Canada describe many of the interactions between the intestinal microbiota and host, and show that antibiotics profoundly disrupt …
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Colorado reports 1 death from hantavirus
DENVER (AP) – One person has died from hantavirus in Colorado this year and another has been sickened by it, prompting health officials to warn residents to take precautions before cleaning cabins and outbuildings this spring – one of the most common ways people are exposed to the disease.
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Study shows possibility of women living with AIDS to breastfeed with lower risk
In low-income countries, 1.4 million women are living with the Aids virus. If no prevention measures are taken, the risk for future mothers of transmitting HIV to their child in utero, during delivery or when breastfeeding is 35%.
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