Air conditioning in cars cuts down microbes: study (AFP) AFP – Air conditioning in cars cuts out more than 80 percent of germs, fungal spores and particles from outside air, providing a boon for people with respiratory problems or allergies, German scientists say.
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Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study (AFP) AFP – A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to supplement antiretrovirals.
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Elderly may have greater swine flu immunity: US (AFP) AFP – Older people may have some kind of immunity to swine flu, US health officials said Thursday, as the number of confirmed and suspected cases of H1N1 virus rose again around the country.
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Mexico City ends swine flu alert, no cases in week (AP) AP – Mexico City lowered its swine flu alert level from yellow to green on Thursday, and the mayor said ‘we can relax’ now that there have been no new infections for a week.
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What a Surprise — Deadpool Getting A Spin-Off!It’s a real non-surprise that mere days after the premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, confirmed sequels and spin-offs have begun hitting the trades. (Of course, they had been basically a go-ahead since filming on Wolverine began, but that goes without saying.) Yesterday, Fox and Hugh Jackman confirmed...
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Analyst rabble-rousing: ‘Chatter’ suggests Apple eyeing EA takeover Let’s take this one super slow, okay? There is analyst talk that Apple — that iPhone company — may be considering a takeover of Electronic Arts. Investor Guy Adami notes there is ‘chatter’ about the move, according to The Street. Meanwhile, TechNewsWorld reports Parks Associates VP...
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Predicting and tracking pandemics: HealthMap.org tracking H1N1 flu hot spots in real time At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalape�o-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak of its kind in decades.
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Recession Leads to Health-Care Crisis in North Carolina GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s right there on the wall, hectoring David Talbot as he races from one exam room to another.
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Popular diabetes treatment could trigger pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users, UCLA researchers have found.
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Swine Flu Worst Case Scenario: Computer Simulations (w/Video, Podcast) (PhysOrg.com) — Large-scale computer simulations run by Northwestern University researchers show worst-case scenario projections of approximately 1,700 cases of swine flu for the entire United States four weeks from now.
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