Medicine

Will mercury be removed from vaccines?

Phased out of childhood immunizations in the US, thimerosal has become a subject of heated debate around the globe

Rebecca Kessler, FairWarning Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 20
Technology FairWarning, Science, Medicine

Top doctors: Gitmo is “a medical ethics free zone”

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, U.S. doctors urge colleagues to refuse to force feed detainees

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 1:32 PM UTC
News gitmo, Guantanamo Bay

Nelson Mandela in “serious but stable” condition at hospital

The former South African president is currently being treated for a lung infection

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press Saturday, Jun 8, 2013 1:35 PM UTC
News Nelson Mandela, From the Wires

With “superbugs” on the rise, new antibiotics in demand

Some medical experts and government agencies are pushing for a fast-track process to approve new antiobiotics

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jun 3, 2013 12:54 PM UTC
Business antibiotics, superbugs, superbug

Report: Diversity in elite professions stagnating

A new report reveals the percentage of African-American professionals in certain fields has not grown in 20 years

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, May 28, 2013 1:35 PM UTC
Business race in america, Race, diversity

“The Book of Woe”: Psychiatry’s last stand

An account of the making of the new DSM questions whether psychiatry is -- or should be -- a science

Laura Miller Sunday, May 5, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 48
Entertainment What to Read, Editor's Picks

North America’s forgotten plague

Smallpox killed more than 20,000 Canadians in 1862. Why isn't there a memorial commemorating the epidemic?

John Douglas Belshaw, The Walrus Saturday, May 4, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Social The Walrus, Canada, Disease

6 ways Big Pharma manipulates consumers

While many top-market pills have gone off patent, the pharmaceutical industry still knows how to turn a profit

Martha Rosenberg, Alternet Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Technology AlterNet, Pharmaceuticals

Mind games

Inside the controversial new fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Kwame McKenzie Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:16 PM UTC
News DSM, The Walrus, Psychiatry

I’m at a quarter-life crisis!

At 25, my plan isn't working out right

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 17
Life Since You Asked

Boston nurses tell of bloody marathon aftermath

"We had to fight back our own fears, hold their hands as we were wrapping their legs."

Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 8:59 PM UTC
4 From the Wires, aol_on

Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps

New technologies are assisting those with aging parents

Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
4 From the Wires, Alzheimer's

FDA has history of hiding scientific misconduct

New research reveals the agency let drugs approved on faulty research sit on the market. It's not the first time

Rob Garver and Charles Seife, ProPublica Friday, Apr 19, 2013 5:40 PM UTC
Social ProPublica

Study: Social networks play significant role in parents’ decision to vaccinate

Vaccination "naysayers" wielded the strongest influence over other parents, a finding that has the CDC concerned

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Apr 15, 2013 4:04 PM UTC 13
Life vaccine, Vaccination, parents, kids

South Africa debuts single dose AIDS treatment drug

The combination anti-retroviral drug will cost just $10 a month, potentially revolutionizing access and treatment

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 12:41 PM UTC
Life HIV/AIDS, South Africa

Passing gas: A modern scientific history

Our most embarrassing bodily function has scientists — and big business — obsessed

Mary Roach Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 27
Life Books, Science, Medicine

Alzheimer’s blood test breakthrough could mean early detection

Researchers have developed a simple blood test to detect the disease before symptoms appear

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Mar 11, 2013 12:42 PM UTC
Technology Alzheimer's Disease

Baby born with HIV functionally cured

Doctors see the case as potential proof for eradicating the virus in infants

Natasha Lennard Monday, Mar 4, 2013 1:40 PM UTC
Life Medicine, HIV, antiretroviral

Clergy are not doctors — and the U.S. has its own Savita Halappanavars

That might seem obvious, but in many Catholic hospitals, "ethics committees" make the rules -- and endanger women

Irin Carmon Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 64
News Pregnancy, Abortion

FDA allows generic version of scarce cancer drug

Regulators say approval of the first generic version of cancer drug Doxil will help resolve a lingering shortage

Associated Press Monday, Feb 4, 2013 11:19 PM UTC
Life Cancer, Drugs, Medicine, FDA

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