Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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Seasoned Cooking July 2005 Michael Fick	Dem Bones Unless we patients, our doctors, and the whole medical profession change our acts, our aging population, lazier lifestyles, and junk food diets will lead to half of Americans over the age of 50 having osteoporosis or being at high risk for it.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Sibyl Shalo	Chief of Staph Nabi, a small pharmaceutical company, has found a way to make money by making vaccines. Nabi now aims to become the first company to market a vaccine to attack the deadly staph bacterium.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Brian Livingston	Attack of the Health Portals Patients and others interested parties can instantly get credible medical information from new health portals.
Science News June 25, 2005 Ben Harder	Stepping Off the Scale People who are obese walk with surprising economies of scale. Both the stress they place on their knees and the energy they expend per kilogram are less than proportional to how much excess weight they carry, according to recent studies.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Zoltan, Taylor & Achar	Health Issues for Surfers Millions of surfers worldwide are prone to a unique constellation of acute and chronic conditions. Family physicians in coastal areas should be prepared to treat patients with surfing injuries and to counsel surfers about the risks of sun exposure.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Hall & Zalman	Evaluation and Management of Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Children Many physicians have received a frantic call from an anxious parent stating that his or her child stopped breathing, became limp, or turned blue, but then quickly recovered. Approximately 50% of these children are diagnosed with an underlying condition that explains the apparent life-threatening event.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005	Safe Surfing A patient guide to first-aid, preventive care, and other issues arising from the sport.
National Defense July 2005 Robert H. Williams	Silver Lining For Athletes Found Rather than using an array of creams and powders to combat athlete's foot, a new product relies on silver fibers that are woven into a visco-elastic gel insert.
BusinessWeek June 27, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	Stem Cells To Go ViaCell's goal is to mass-produce stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
AskMen.com Dustin Driver	Freeloading Tapeworms The anatomy of a tapeworm, symptoms of infection and ways to purge the pest from your system.
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