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Patients treat serious illness as laughing matter
Vendredi 28 Novembre 2008 - 02:33 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) NEW YORK -- The off-color jokes flew around the room. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified. Some recited from memory, others read from notebooks they brought along. |
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Safety and Effectiveness of Using CyberKnife on Prostate Cancer Patients Debated
Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008 - 22:00 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) When Georgetown University Hospital bought a new high-tech system in 2001 to treat patients with radiation, doctors at first used the computerized, robotic device only for brain and spinal tumors that would be difficult if not impossible to fight any other way. |
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Uninsured Discover They Had Coverage
Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008 - 22:00 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Howard County's groundbreaking program that offers low-cost health care to uninsured residents has succeeded in securing care for nearly 1,000 people. The catch? The vast majority already qualified for existing programs and won't be part of the Healthy Howard initiative. |
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Costs of Food Waste Pile Up
Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008 - 22:00 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Experts in the food industry are thinking a lot about trash these days. |
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"Le couple voiture-hypermarché va disparaître"
Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008 - 09:37 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - Le monde Sciences François Bellanger étudie, avec son "think tank" Transit City, les bouleversements urbains liés au commerce et aux transports. |
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"Défendre l’indépendance de la recherche"
Jeudi 27 Novembre 2008 - 09:25 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Faiblesse du budget, suppression d'emplois, réforme des universités, craintes d'un démantèlement des établissements publics de recherche... Ce jeudi est une nouvelle journée de mobilisation nationale pour la recherche et l'enseignement supérieur. Pour Isabelle This Saint-Jean, enseignant-chercheur à l’université Paris-13 et vice-présidente de Sauvons la Recherche (SLR), les réformes du système de la recherche française voulues par l’actuel gouvernement mettent en danger l’indépendance des chercheurs. Explications. |
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Wash Car after Chickens Cross Road
Mercredi 26 Novembre 2008 - 22:05 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]We all know to wash our hands after handling raw poultry. But next time you’ve just cruised down the interstate behind a truck full of chickens or Thanksgiving turkeys, you might want to wash your car. Because a study led by a team of Johns Hopkins scientists finds that tailgating such feathered cargo can significantly increase your exposure to poultry-borne bacteria. The report appeared in the very first issue of "The Journal of Infection and Public Health," which will publish research on the epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious disease. [More] |
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School Soda Ban Has Limited Effect
Mercredi 26 Novembre 2008 - 22:00 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) THURSDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that cutting sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks from school cafeteria menus will have little effect on teens' overall consumption of the beverages. |
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Women Smokers Lose 14.5 Years Off Life Span
Mercredi 26 Novembre 2008 - 22:00 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) THURSDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- During Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, female smokers should take advantage of available resources, pick a quit day, and start taking steps toward kicking the habit, urges The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). |
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Caught by a Change in Health Care
Mercredi 26 Novembre 2008 - 22:00 - 1 mois, 1 semaine depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) The pink walls, the row of stuffed animals along a shelf and the big Winnie the Pooh doll make Shelby Rogers's room look like it could belong to any 11-year-old girl. |
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