MetaFilter posts tagged with medical and disease

Without using the words “man” or “good,” can you please define what it means to be a good man?

Non Prosequitur — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:36:10 -0800

War Dances: “I wanted to call my father and tell him that a white man thought my brain was beautiful”. Sherman Alexie doing his thing in The New Yorker, excerpted from his upcoming book (early review; interview 1, 2.)

When Dr Google just isn't enough

konolia — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:27:45 -0800

AskDrWiki

Diseases of the Skin

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:57:55 -0800

Diseases of the Skin by Gary M. White & Neil H. Cox. All you ever wanted to know about how bad your skin could be - full of images. Possibly NSFW, as some groin photos are included.

Images-skin disease diagnosis

hank — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:05:10 -0800

What's That? -- skin trouble and bioterrorism, diagnostic help Probably not safe for work viewing

Mutating Strands of HIV

Irontom — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:15:27 -0800

First Documented Case of HIV hybridization in a human being was presented at the International AIDS Society conference in Paris. In this case, genetic tests on a superinfected woman showed that the two strains she was infected with swapped genetic material, creating a new hybrid strain of HIV. The actual effects are not yet clear, but this could pose a serious problem for researchers trying to create a vaccine.

monkeypox

stbalbach — Sun, 08 Jun 2003 08:25:05 -0800

"We have an outbreak" (James Hughes, director of the CDC). At least 19 people in three Midwestern states have contracted a disease related to smallpox marking the first outbreak of the life-threatening illness in the United States. The disease is known as monkeypox.

Health care and intellectual property

mediareport — Sun, 01 Dec 2002 07:17:28 -0800

Intellectual property laws and the fight against disease Lots of news, data and commentary at the "Health Care and Intellectual Property" page from the Consumer Project on Technology. Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research is also worth a look.