MetaFilter posts tagged with medical and research

Suicide by intracerebellar ballpoint pen and other fascinating tales from PubMed

madamjujujive — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:15:57 -0800

A Good Poop is an entertaining blog by an occupational and environmental health student who enjoys finding oddities in medical and scientific research from PubMed. (via Look at This...)

Could Alzheimer's be a form of diabetes?

lilboo — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:58:53 -0800

Could Alzheimer's be a form of diabetes?
Well, I'm not looking forward to taking those insulin shots....via Medgadget

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.

AsiaInsider — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 17:35:56 -0800

China hopes to make a great leap forward in Stem Cell Research Does anyone else find this a little troubling? Are all the clones going to look like Jiang Zemin?

nonharmful — Sat, 19 May 2001 04:24:18 -0800

Patient confidentiality vs. cancer research. New rules on patient confidentiality prevent "research that recognises dangerous side effects of treatments and it would prevent research that would recognise avoidable causes of diseases and death. " What is more important: 'medical progress' or 'your medical file'?