Category: Health
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A Minor Change to Help Children
by Jason Stotts An interesting TED talk that argues we could improve the overall health of infants by doing no more than waiting to cut the umbilical cord for 90 seconds.
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PSA: Cleanliness
by Jason Stotts I really feel like I shouldn’t have to write this post, but I fear that all too many people don’t understand basic hygiene well enough that it’s warranted. One of my readers pointed out that in a Savage Love podcast sometime back (Episode 188 at the 5:30 mark) a man had a question about his…
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New HIV Vaccine
by Jason Stotts A new study on HIV from Spain is getting some interesting results. Although it is a very early trial, researchers have developped a vaccine that can help some to develop at least a partial immunity to HIV. Spanish researchers found that 22 of 24 healthy people (92 per cent) developed an immune…
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Dan Savage on STI’s
by Jason Stotts I’m a big fan of Dan Savage’s podcast “Savage Love.” While there are some things I find distasteful, he is a staunch democrat and very socialist leaning, on sexual issues we largely agree. Even though we have differences, I think there is great value in his podcast and I recommend that people…
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Curing Cancer with HIV
by Jason Stotts Science is doing amazing things recently (take that religion!). They recently found a cure for HIV through stem-cell implants (1,2) and are looking into applying this breakthrough to more people to hopefully cure HIV once and for all. Now, they’re starting to use a neutered form of the HIV virus to infect…
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HIV Cure?
by Jason Stotts The Huffington Post is reporting that a man who underwent stem cell treatment for leukemia has had his HIV cured as a result: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin Patient,”…