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Biggest Threat to PEPFAR? Its Success, says Lancet Commentary

dshesgreen wrote 2 days ago: Most global AIDS advocates would agree that PEPFAR is at a critical juncture, mainly because of fear … more →

Tags: Funding, PEPFAR, AIDS, retention, Adherence, Peter Navario, IAS

Health Care as Social Justice: Rahmbo's brother and rationing health care...

ginaswo wrote 1 week ago: Scales of 'Social Justice' are being applied to health wealth and prosperity.. Update, Emanu … more →

Tags: Economy, Healthcare, Obama Administration, Politics, ALAN WERTHEIMER, “Principles for allocation of scarce medical interven, Ezekiel Emmanuel MD, Govind Persad, Health Care

you decide2 comments

shmohawk wrote 2 weeks ago: This is a tale of two publications. Which to believe or trust? Which to keep or kill? It’s tim … more →

Tags: Aboriginal peoples, Canada, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous Rights, Journalism, racism, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Joe Quesnel, Jonathan Kay

Lancet Articles Fire Up Fresh Debate Over Global Health Programs1 comment

dshesgreen wrote 4 weeks ago: The long-simmering debate over the impact of disease-specific programs on health-system strengthenin … more →

Tags: health systems strengthening, HIV/AIDS, malaria, PEPFAR, TB, Who?

Aspirin Use in Primary Prevention - Meta Analysis

drnic wrote 1 month ago: Aspirin has long been seen as a wonder drug with a low incidence of side effects and some significan … more →

Tags: Healthcare Information, preventative healthcare, Aspirin, Heart Disease, Meta-analysis, Prevention

Health effects of climate change will affect billions | Lancet Report

corymorningstar wrote 2 months ago: Download the report: lancet-climate-change Lancet and University College London Institute for Glob … more →

Tags: climate change, Reports

Climate change and the cost to health

monkey one wrote 2 months ago: In a joint effort by UCL and The Lancet, is it announced in today’s issue that climate change … more →

Tags: Population growth, Media splash does not equal results

Lancet's Cryoagnosia: Health And Climate Change Report Between Citation Amnesia And Chinese Whispers1 comment

omnologos wrote 2 months ago: cryoagnosia: from cryo- (Cool, freezing) and agnosia (Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stim … more →

Tags: AGW, catastrophism, climate change, Data, global cooling, Global Warming, Science, health, Institute for Global Health Commission

Doctors warn of risks of climate change for the first time

dac101 wrote 2 months ago: This story was all over the national media today including, BBC, Sky News and the Telegraph. Quite a … more →

Tags: climate change, warming, Climate, change, telegraph, disater, CO2, Emissions, Truth

Let's Get Some Credible Critique of the Gates Foundation5 comments

Sharon Schneider wrote 2 months ago: Bill and Melinda Gates made the independent and widely-applauded decision to spend down their  found … more →

Tags: Gates Foundation, Global Health, Philanthropy

Email to Independent's Kim Sengupta re: IBC, Lancet, ORB

merryabla64 wrote 3 months ago: Email to Independent’s Kim Sengupta RE: IBC, Lancet, ORB Gabriele Zamparini  Dear Kim,Than … more →

Tags: Turkmens, Gabriele Zamparini, IBC, Kim Sengupta, orb

Iraq air raids hit mostly women and children

rogerhollander wrote 3 months ago: GETTY IMAGES A man seeks help for an injured child after a bomb blast in Baghdad. A new report h … more →

Tags: Iraq and Afghanistan, Women, War, Afghanistan War, roger hollander, Iraq War, Civilian Casualties, NATO, Iraq occupation

The Paper That Never Was8 comments

jdc325 wrote 3 months ago: Several sites cite a paper they claim was published in the Lancet in, variously, 1989, 1990, or 1991 … more →

Tags: bad science, referenciness, patrick holford, Cancer, Ulrich Abel, 1991, 1990, 1989, Chemotherapy

ART, Sooner Not Later

dshesgreen wrote 3 months ago: A new study suggests that HIV infected patients should start antiretroviral treatment earlier.   He … more →

Tags: HIV, antiretroviral drugs, Art

Wednesday Brain Dump: Things that Might Surprise You Edition

Jeremy G wrote 3 months ago: Things that surprised me this week: AstraZeneca’s CEO David Brennan, elected PhRMA’s ne … more →

Tags: Jeremy Grushcow, Wednesday Brain Dump, comparative effectiveness, PhRMA, Canada, Polycap, Ebola, National Microbiology Laboratory, Virus

The All-in-One Pill4 comments

Dr. Marc Siegel wrote 3 months ago: One size fits all — isn’t that what we all want? And at a time of exorbitant medical costs, is … more →

Tags: Dr. Siegel's Take, ACE INHIBITOR, American College of Cardiology, Asprin, beta blocker, Blood Pressure, Cardiology, Diuretic, heart attack

Condoms & Science -- Lancet Edition

Michelle wrote 3 months ago: The Vatican’s been having one of those years.  I’m sure we’ve all heard about the … more →

Tags: Birth Control & Family Planning, (Non-)Religionish Stuff, Abortion, Catholic, vatican, pope

The Pope Lied? NEVER. 8 comments

intelekshual wrote 3 months ago: Here’s a piece from Pharyngula on the continuing controversy over the Pope’s exceptional … more →

Tags: PZ Myers, Religion, Science, stupidity, Medicine, church, sex, Catholics, Catholicism

Worried and frustrated.4 comments

lilbabyrose wrote 3 months ago: I had a pretty scary low last night.  My sugar fell to 27 before I knew/had any symptoms of a low. I … more →

Tags: Blood+, BS, Control?, diabetes, Glucose, Hypoglycemia, insulin, Life, Low


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