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TB patient questions CDC’s actions

ATLANTA The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient who sparked an international public health incident in May said Friday he was tricked into a federal quarantine.
Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta attorney, he would have gladly gone into isolation if health officials had asked him to. Instead, he said they asked him to swing by a New […]

Widening of health care in U.S. states hits roadblocks

SACRAMENTO: A year that began with great ambition for major expansions of health insurance here and in other state capitals is ending with considerable uncertainty, as a second wave of change runs headlong into a darkening economy and political divisions over how to apportion the cost.
Though the governors of three big states Д California, […]

FDA approves strong psych drug for kids

WASHINGTON (AP) The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a widely used adult psychiatric drug for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
The action permits use of Risperdal for schizophrenia in youths aged 13 to 17 and for bipolar disorder for those aged 10 to 17, FDA said. […]

Rethinking the reach of AIDS

Ignore the fuss over the news last week: that the United Nations AIDS-fighting agency had admitted to overestimating the global epidemic by 6 million people. That was a sampling error.
Look instead at the fact that glares out from the Orwellian but necessary revision of the figures for earlier years. There it is, starkly: AIDS […]

Saturated fat: maybe it’s not as bad as you are led to believe?

The (over-stated?) evils of saturated fats is a topic «blog.nutritiondata.com». In a great article «www.dlife.com», biochemist Richard Feinman sorts through the confusing and contradictory evidence against saturated fat, and suggests that, if the goal is to prevent heart disease, restricting carbohydrates and managing blood sugar issues may be far more important than restricting saturated fats. […]