Wednesday, March 22, 2006


HCV - Ask the Doctor: Hepatitis C sufferers may get unwarranted stigma


Ask the Doctor: Hepatitis C sufferers may get unwarranted stigma
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Several months ago, I published a column on hepatitis, written by Dr. Alfred McNair, who is a board-certified gastroenterologist on the Coast. I've never received as many responses to an article as I received to that one. Some were congratulatory and

Texas music fest bulges at the seams
Stuff - AUSTIN: The Texas state capital has survived another South by Southwest Music Conference & Festival, which now appears to be the biggest platform for live music in the country. Final attendance figures had not been tallied by closing day Sunday, but

Cuba to Issue 5-in-1 Vaccine for Kids
La Vanguardia - Cuban science has concluded in central Villa Clara Province the first stage of clinical tests on an injectable vaccine for children to protect them from five diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B, whooping cough, and haemophilic influenza. The

Medical Discoveries
WHEC TV 10 - Spring is less than a week away and NEWS 10NBC has an innovative way to help you get in shape. It's a fitness class that appeals mostly to women, it is a combination of two popular exercise classes and ballet. It's called ballecore, and it was develo

40 Hospital Patients May Have Received Questionable Tissue
Champlain Channel - Dozens of people may have received questionable bone or tissue that might have been stolen from dead bodies instead of a handful of patients as originally thought, the Food and Drug Administration said. Hospital chain Fletcher Allen said it has