IED explosion aftermath in Mosul, Iraq, 2008. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson. www.army.mil
French face transplant specialist awaits go-ahead to help wounded GIs
Contacted last year by American authorities for his knowledge and experience in facial transplants, professor Laurent Lantieri, MD, transmitted their appeals to French authorities. Since
Global wind power sees large increases in investment
China and the United States are currently heading a worldwide upsurge in the installation of wind power capacity to the surprise of some analysts. The ...
California is first state to legislate deep cuts in wait times to see HMO doctors
Waiting too long for a medical appointment? California will cut wait time to between 10 and 15 days. Unfortunately, it could take nearly a year ...Would health care reform help you?
Many obstacles and stumbling blocks remain in the way of health care reform. The House and Senate bills will have to be merged, and then ...-
Failing memory could indicate a higher risk for stroke
People who experience memory or other cognitive loss could have a higher risk of developing a stroke, according to a study published in today’s Neurology, -
Why is it so difficult to eradicate salmonella?
Lene Karine Vestby, MSc, a chemical engineer at Østfold University College, has studied why it is so difficult to eliminate salmonella once established in Norwegian
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Anti-obesity drug market to reach $3.1 billion by 2016
They were right about the growth in vaccine sales. Now industry analysts predict anti-obesity drugs will be the next big success story in the pharmaceutical
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Fashion makes a math statement
Austrian fashion designer Peren Linn wants girls to draw their own conclusions about math and she’s giving them an unlikely tool to help them do
France bans sibutramine for obesity in advance of expected Europe-wide ban
The sibutramine ban may be received as very bad news for obese French and European citizens who, due to stringent health safeguards, already have a
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Food shelves innovate to get wholesome food directly from farms
Food shelf demand is soaring across the country but food banks are suffering along with everyone else from the bad economy. At the same time,
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Study: Eating slower reduced obesity in children
The study’s objective was to determine whether or not the instrument modified eating behavior in overweight children. The study is published this month in the
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Online and telephone psychological consultations 24/7 begin in France
While it's common in the United States and Canada, telephone counseling of patients by psychologists has only recently become an option in France due to
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Haiti native and Minnesota pharmacist planning relief effort
Two days ago, Martin Elie received the worst kind of news that anyone could receive. His home country, where his parents and friends still live,
Scientists comment on the Haiti earthquake
The powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday destroyed Port-au-Prince, the capital city, and has left a death toll that may reach hundreds of
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Ophthalmology foundation offers free glaucoma screenings for uninsured
Every winter across the United States, heavy rains bring thoughts of flooding, backed up drainage systems and overflowing streets. When drains and city
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Guess WHO just got an H1N1 flu shot?
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan, that's who. Her spokeswoman confirmed that Chan was vaccinated on December 30, a day after she admitted at
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France, Germany, Spain and Britain seek to break contracts with H1N1 vaccine suppliers
Britain on Friday joined several other European nations with an oversupply of H1N1 vaccines in taking steps to end contracts with pharmaceutical suppliers. The United -
One-third of veterans diagnosed with PTSD receive minimally adequate services
About 33 percent of U.S. military veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) receive minimally adequate treatment, according to a study published in the January War is hell on the brain: Doctors map psychological disorders in Gaza and the West Bank
Trauma from war and violence has led to a high incidence of psychological disorders in Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The international
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Epic releases EMR app for iPhone
As is its custom, Epic Systems this month quietly released a long-awaited iPhone app for secure, mobile access to electronic medical records. Called Haiku, the
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Family practice physicians discuss the uproar over H1N1 vaccinations in France
Less than one month ago, French public opinion was overwhelmingly hostile to the idea of vaccination, with over 80 percent saying they would not, or
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Many opinions on the best way to prevent E. coli infection from beef
There are many opinions about what is the best way to protect consumers from E.coli infections that can leave them sick with diarrhea and abdominal
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Water management: How the French do it
Olivier Fontaine coordinates study data for the technical data unit of the Rhône-Mediterranean-Corsica branch of the ‘Agence de l’eau’ (Water Agency), the French body that
“It’s all so different to studying in France”
The following is an authorized translation of an article appearing in Le Figaro. The original version is available here. Internet members of Le Figaro recount
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Chirac working to halt counterfeit drug trade in Africa
Recent figures from the World Health Organization’s anti-counterfeit medicines program (OMS) confirm that the counterfeit drug market activity accounts for around 10 percent, or
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Greenpeace calls on supermarkets to stop deep sea fish sales
“Eating a tuna roll at a sushi restaurant should be considered no more environmentally benign than driving a Hummer or harpooning a manatee.” Those
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A bright future for environmentally friendly nature films?
If you take a look at current and upcoming film releases, you will notice that there are more and more eco-friendly films either already being
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Symptoms of stroke different for women
Women partake of the same controllable risks for developing a stroke, including tobacco use, obesity, inactivity and high blood pressure as men, yet few are aware
Dangerous air traffic control procedures over Paris airports
Illegal part-time working and deliberate understaffing in control towers are just two of the abusive practices routinely used by air traffic controllers in French airports,-
Air France launches independent expert assessment of planes after AF447 disaster
The mission will concentrate on flight security issues and comes in the wake of the flight AF447 disaster on June 1 which killed all 216
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Future aircraft ‘Black Boxes’ will stream data to earth in real time
The AF447 disaster and its inconclusive aftermath have once again highlighted how crucial the contents of the "black box" flight data recorder, or FDR, are
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Scientology in France saved from dissolution by law change
French authorities decided to act against what it sees as the abusive tactics used by organizations it deemed to be religious sects in the 1990s
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10 arguments why Americans should doubt this Congress’s desire to reform health care
1. Pelosi Fundraiser at UnitedHealth Lobbyist’s Home on Sept. 24 "The same day that Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid announced that they "would support any provision Europe moves to support worldwide ban on tuna fishing
With one of the most densely populated coastlines on Earth, the Mediterranean Sea and its resources have been exploited for well over a thousand years.
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Scott Roeder trial: Anti-abortion extremist couldn’t kill the law
Sometimes it feels like normal, law-abiding people have to work to exhaustion just to stay in place. Today was one of those days. A Kansas jury -
Flesh & Stone coverage of the H1N1 pandemic
By and large, U.S. media has shown a lack of curiosity about the economic and political aspects of the H1N1 drama. The view from out
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Inequalities: When the Summers of our discontent said XX<XY in math and science
Robert Kuttner is the latest in a series of people calling for the head of Larry Summers, director of the National Economic Council, for example
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H1N1 vaccines available at rock bottom prices in Europe
In a scenario that would have been unimaginable just two months ago, European countries are now scrambling to sell off hundreds of millions of H1N1
A common sense approach to evaluating alternative energy
by Peter Maier, PhD, PE Nobody denies that making fires was necessary for mankind to survive, but isn’t it time we start using our acquired knowledge-
Lead loaded candy recalled in California
What a way to start the new year. One of the lead stories in the Los Angeles Daily News for Jan. 1, 2010, is the
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EPA not using all technology available to implement the Clean Water Act
by Peter Maier, PhD, PEWhen Congress passed the Clean Water Act (CWA) in 1972 with its goal to eliminate all water pollution by 1985, and
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Health care reform impossible before campaign finance and lobbyist reform
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) knew that his amendment to the Senate leadership's health bill didn’t have a chance. Amendment 2837, introduced Wednesday, was to delete Health Care Reform DOA: Triumph of the Money Party
by Michael Collins Dr. Howard Dean, MD, just said pull the plug on the current health care reform effort. The cure is worse than the disease,
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The climate change and pollution debate is a dull and crippling bore
Which is the odd man out among pedophile priests, racism, World War ll, an oil-polluted seabird, AIDS and Michael Jackson’s death? The answer is that if
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The emails and the ‘Danish Leak’ may kill Copenhagen and that is good news
"The debate on climate change does not belong to the political left or right, it is not a playground for scientists and their ideas, and
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H1N1 France: From vaccine refusal to riot police in just 7 days
The extreme cynicism with which the French considered H1N1 vaccination just one week ago has been replaced by panic and exasperation at not being able
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HHS panel’s mammogram recommendations slammed
"The (task force) recommends against routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years." U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, Nov. 17, 2009 "My message to
The African population explosion. A taboo subject?
The African continent along with its dependent islands covers over 20 percent of the world’s land area, and now that its population has reached 1
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Thai diet a good step toward balanced health
Many people are aware of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet but how many have considered the healthy aspects of the Thai diet? The authentic Thai
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Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu honored for modeling compassion
“Given the political and social climate in the United States and around the world, a little more compassion and forgiveness could go a long way
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Boundryless Energy
Boundryless Energy Warren Grossman Look at the “white space” surrounding an image. See background, not picture. When others have pain or despair, See beyond symptoms. See
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Beyond the Campfire
By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we
May 3 is the international day for laughter
Laughter is good for you. The old saying, “Laughter is the best medicine,” has now been backed up by scientific and unscientific research. So many people
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Nuns see upsurge in free health clinic visits
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet have operated St. Mary’s Health Clinics with a network of nine neighborhood clinics throughout the "twin cities" of
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Public embraces holistic healing, conventional medicine follows
Ruth Ann Plourde suddenly interrupted the workshop as her class was trying to recreate the graceful but agonizingly slow T’ai Chi forms she’d taught moments
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A relationship journey to wholeness
Image: CC DerrikT "Relationships are work because they relate to creating a third entity and they are not about personal benefits." -- Bernie Siegel MD Pam
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Heal your body by giving voice to your soul: An interview with John Fox
John Fox is a certified poetry therapist, an adjunct associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and author of two
PBS to air 'Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine' this summer
A growing body of medical studies, including one recently published in The Oncologist journal, demonstrate that writing helps patients change their thoughts about their illness
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Divine Will
Our snow white cat, Will, drops his leather mouse at my feet, begging me to throw it so he can do the chase, and return
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Energy healer David Nelson explains Qigong to a novice
Back in 1984, Minnesota medical device and technology companies, health plans and insurance companies, hospitals and consultants of all kinds, formed a trade association, named it
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Monitoring neurological effects of H1N1 vaccine and other neurology news
AAN collaborating with CDC on H1N1 vaccine safety monitoring The American Academy of Neurology and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking neurologists to report
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Researcher says brain replica feasible in 10 years and other neurology news
Professor and neuroscientist Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland believes scientists could have a brain model that replicates the functions of the
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Neuro Scans
Women, pregnancy and epilepsy About 500,000 U.S. women of childbearing age have epilepsy and many of them take medications to control seizures. An analysis of several
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Neuro Scans
Stem cell ban lifted but researchers must remain vigilant to protect scientific integrity Earlier this month, President Obama through executive order lifted the ban on federal Neurology Scans
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) urges Senate to include $10 billion for NIH in economic recovery plan Support increased federal funding for scientific research? The SfN says
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Neurology Scans - a new Flesh & Stone feature
The field of neurology intersects with so many aspects of research, culture, business and politics that it seems important to pass along some of the interesting finds that might not
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Climate humor: Ask and ye shall receive
Yesterday Michael Cosgrove lamented the lack of dark humor and satire surrounding the climate talks at Copenhagen. He suggested it might break the tedious and
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Illuminating Health Care for All
“Jeff's right that when it comes to our health care grid, America resembles a developing country,” commented George Trone, PhD, managing editor at The Yale
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...And to Forgive….Divine
Slid from the street into the subway on a black rainy morning to join the other black-clad human statues placed respectfully apart. Two minutes later
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Poem: Pre-existing Conditions -- Jeff McCallum
Pre-existing Conditions Cultures where the aged and dying, The toothless and slow wander off, Trek as purposefully as their unstable gait allows Toward the wilderness, the elephant burial ground To
Jesse Springer returns as Science Idol
Jesse Springer, graphic designer and part-time editorial cartoonist in Eugene, OR, took the honors in this year's Science Idol contest. Springer won with
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Time to choose the 2009 Science Idol
The Union of Concerned Scientists has opened voting for its fourth annual Science Idol cartoon contest. This year UCS invited celebrity cartoonists to submit editorial
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H1N1 (swine flu): 'Menace or media hype?'
Now that the country has mostly moved beyond H1N1 stage 4 or 5 alerts from the WHO, nonstop breaking news flashes, knee jerk outbursts from politicians (er, scratch
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Mime uses humor to put cancer in its place
When the brother traveled to Italy to bolster his sister after she was hospitalized with a stroke, it seemed inconceivable that they’d soon both be
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Embrace the Wheel - poems by Roy M. Nuzzo, MD
Embrace the Wheel On the grit of mortality It is heavy. Lightened by goodness You float. Empty hands let it roll. Break for innocence. Renewed as a child. Embrace the wheel, but make it sing
Where do Minnesota robins go in the winter?
I was surprised to look out my window this morning and see a flock of six or seven robins on my step. Why? Well, first,
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