My dear husband let me know about this one:

German Doctor Cures an HIV Patient With a Bone Marrow Transplant

HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Until now, HIV has no cure and has led to the deaths of over 25 million people. However, a possible cure has appeared. Dr. Gero Hutter, a brilliant physician in ( Read more... )

Some of you know I have an interest in epidemiology, and there's no question that sanitation is a key factor in the spread of many communicable diseases. Thus, The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters by Rose George might be worth adding to my library/to-read list.

Others I'd like to check out:

• Angler: The ( Read more... )

Mike Huckabee is a former Baptist minister, so I think it is probably safe to assume that he celebrates Christmas, aka the birth of Christ. You know, the compassionate, hopeful, turn-the-other-cheek guy from the Bible -- the nice, non-wrathful fellow from the New Testament ( Read more... )

I hesitated and debated about making this a public post, but decided to do so after reading Terrance's thoughtsI'll simply state that I'll be lighting a candle tonight in memory of Charlie, Bobby, and so many others. I never defined you by your disease, but I light a small fire in acknowledgement of that which took you from us, and in recognition ( Read more... )

Some of you may not know it, but I tend to like stuffed animals only if they are unusual and bizarre. I have a plush Coquerel's Sifaka, a plush Aye-Aye, and so on.

I enjoy reading about epidemiology, both in fiction and in non-fiction. With this in mind, the following is a must:

GiantMicrobes.com

Although this article, The Cow Says "Oink", draws from the old well of food-supply dangers tapped by author Upton Sinclair and many others, it's still appalling that in these days of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in this time when we know so much about food-related allergies, that any restaurant would run the gauntlet of liability by serving ( Read more... )

( Neil the lemur )

I've been trying to cut down on the number of "filler" posts, like fluffy non-LJ polls, but a gal with epidemiology listed in her interests section has gotta include this one, you know? :)

You're infamous. You're usually deadly when left untreated. You're spread by a flea ( Read more... )

A friend of mine sent this e-mail to me:

This e-mail does not, repeat, does NOT contain anthrax. You may now take off
your mask and read this message without fear of contamination.
Pay no attention to the white powder being dropped from the unmarked
airplane. There is nothing to see here. Thank you for using Bank.

*chuckle*As I told him, ( Read more... )