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Promises, promises.... “Possible cure for ‘HIV’”

One of the worst aspects of the media coverage of “science” is the explicit aim of bringing the latest and most exciting “news” from the realms of science. To disseminate what has just been announced … more →

HIV/AIDS Skepticism

Idea #136 for July 4th, 2009: An Overlooked Demographic or Including Seniors in Clinical Trials

health365 wrote 1 day ago: People aged 65 and older account for 63% of the cancer patients in this country. Given this statisti … more →

Tags: Medicine, drugs, Cancer, elderly, Age Discrimination, Seniors, Oncology

Resveratrol Phase 1 Study, Other Clinical Trials and Biotivia — 6 comments

stayingyoung wrote 1 week ago: Biomarker study is the latest focus of the pharmaceutical and biotech worlds. So much might be lear … more →

Tags: 1, aging, Alzheimer's, Anti-aging, Appetite, Biomarkers, botivia, botox, Cancer

Vaginal Ring Prevents HIV & Pregnancy?!

beautifullymellc wrote 1 week ago: Dr. Brij Saxena, the Harold and Percy Uris Professor of Reproductive Biology and professor of Endocr … more →

Tags: Women's Sexuality Education, Education outreach, Sexuality, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Prevention, vagina, birth control, sexully transmitted disease

Clinical trials benefit patients — 2 comments

JBBC wrote 1 week ago: Many Irish breast cancer patients are benefiting from being able to join clinical trials that were n … more →

Tags: Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, Research, Prof John Crown, Cancer Research, Radiation, Irish Times, Endocrine therapy, Breast Cancer Research, cancer cells

New England Journal of Medicine 2009 (Vol 360 No 26)

mevlux wrote 1 week ago: New England Journal of Medicine 2009 (Vol 360 No 26) Contents Page Fade Fave: Treating Childhood Acu … more →

Tags: journals, Children, Cancer, leukaemia

Promises, promises.... “Possible cure for ‘HIV’” — 8 comments

Henry Bauer wrote 1 week ago: One of the worst aspects of the media coverage of “science” is the explicit aim of bringing the late … more →

Tags: antiretroviral drugs, Experts, uncritical media, Amy Minsky, Breakthrough: The Quest to Isolate the Gene for Heredit, breast cancer gene, CCR5Δ32 gene, Elisa Segrave, extravagant promises about HIV cures

First promising TB drug in decades, say researchers

nipersasnagarlibrary wrote 1 week ago: The first new tuberculosis drug in 40 years has successfully treated multidrug-resistant tuberculosi … more →

Tags: News, tuberculosis

More porn — 1 comment

Henry Bauer wrote 2 weeks ago: “U.S. porn industry HIV cases prompt investigation” by Dan Whitcomb; LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) … more →

Tags: Experts, HIV absurdities, HIV risk groups, HIV skepticism, HIV tests, hiv transmission, HIV/AIDS numbers, Legal aspects, prejudice

CTRI is online now

ikplibrary wrote 2 weeks ago: The Clinical Trial Registry- India has become online now. The Drugs Controller General of India, ha … more →

Tags: Reference, India

2009 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights: Ovarian Cancer & Select General Issues

Paul Cacciatore wrote 2 weeks ago: The 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting was held in Orlando, Florida f … more →

Tags: Clinical Trial Results, Conferences, Meeting Highlights, 2009 ASCO Annual Mtg., Avastin, AZD2281, Belotecan, bevacizumab, BIBF-1120

Clinical Trials in India: Research Ethics in the News

cntbioet wrote 2 weeks ago: The Times of India reports that the Drugs Controller of India has stipulated that all clinical trial … more →

Tags: Rend, India

Porn Industry even freer of “HIV” than earlier admitted — 2 comments

Henry Bauer wrote 2 weeks ago: “Health Officials Backtrack on Number of HIV Cases in Porn Industry” 17 June 2009, Assoicated Press … more →

Tags: HIV absurdities, HIV risk groups, HIV skepticism, HIV tests, hiv transmission, HIV/AIDS numbers, sexual transmission, uncritical media, Adult Industry Medical Foundation

Data and writing-- unpublished or unpublishable?

webbofscience wrote 2 weeks ago: Scientists, writers and even science writers share a common plight: there’s always a subset of … more →

Tags: Science, writing, Archives, Data, Dead ends, digital age, failed results, publish, unpublished

New FDA Commissioner wants to "enforce the Act."

Carl's Blog on FDA Stuff wrote 2 weeks ago: Update 3: The government columnist for Applied Clinical Trials, Jill Wechsler, writes about the incr … more →

Tags: 1, adverse event, Bioresearch Monitoring, Drug safety, FDA, FDA Commissioner, FDA Enforcement Issues, fda warning letters, GCP