Deadly superbug Clostridium difficile beaten using poo transplants from healthy people
You can give it, take it or cop it. It can hit the fan and sometimes life forces you to eat a sandwich made from it, but it's also proving to be a cure for a deadly superbug ( Read more... )

New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations'
Doctors have treated only three leukemia patients, but the sensational results from a single shot could be one of the most significant advances in cancer research in decades. And it almost never happened.

In the research published Wednesday, doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say the ( Read more... )

Clue to pain of sunburn discovered by UK researchers
Source - BBC News
6 July 2011 Last updated at 13:02 ETA chemical in the body that triggers pain from sunburn has been pinpointed by UK experts in a discovery that could lead to new painkillers ( Read more... )

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University of Michigan School of Public Health researcher Rachel Snow and Eve Mokotoff, an adjunct lecturer at SPH, and HIV patient Michael Jonas look back at the last 30 years and focus on the future priorities going forward.
HIV/AIDS: Progress and concerns three decades later
June 10, 2011

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-When Michael Jonas learned he was HIV ( Read more... )

Vaccine is found to clear the body of HIV virusThursday, 12 May 2011 ( Read more... )

Gut-Bacteria Mapping Finds Three Global Varieties
By Brandon Keim


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Defending Isagenix: A Case Study in Flawed Thinking
Published by Harriet Hall

The Internet is a wonderful new medium for communicating ideas and information in a rapid and interactive way. Many articles are followed by a “comments” section. Like so many things in this imperfect world, comments are a mixed blessing. They can enhance the article by ( Read more... )

If you experience feverish, burning-eyed orgasms, don’t rejoice-you should probably consider visiting your doctor.

Scientists believe such flu-like symptoms arise when men are allergic to their own semen. It’s called post orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS). Although the term has been around since 2002, researchers led by Marcel Waldinger, a ( Read more... )

Autism and MMR Vaccine Study an 'Elaborate Fraud,' Charges BMJby Deborah Brauser ( Read more... )

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Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem cells which happened to be ( Read more... )