Embiggen the image at the left for a sobering look at HIV viral loads in San Francisco’s neighborhoods. Darker shaded areas provide stark proof of the failure to provide HAART therapy to city’s poor
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HIV Therapy Lacking For SF’s Poorest
Ho hum, another holiday season, another wingnut boycott of a retailer over the “Christmas Sale Vs. Holiday Sale” nonsense. This week, the American Family Association announced a two-month boycott of Gap stores and the company’s other store brands, Old Navy and Banana Republic
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AFA Launches GAP Boycott
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Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday. That's true even for people who are at extra risk for severe complications and should be at the front of the line
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Only 1 in 3 who want H1N1 shot can find it
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Joe Lieberman has referred to himself as an “Independent Democrat.” But as a war hawk and an opponent of a public health care option, many wonder if Lieberman maintains any tendencies of a Democrat at all. But I’d remind them that he is still a milquetoast douchebag.
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Stewart and Colbert Slam Lieberman Over Public Health Option
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been working for years to improve the health of the planet's oceans, and today it has announced new collaborations to spread the word through chefs, seafood buyers and others. The aquarium, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, released a report today on the state of the oceans. Prospects for the oceans are improving with a growing consensus to manage wild and farm fishing, the report says
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Monterey Bay Aquarium report: Demand for seafood leading to oceans’ decline
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More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a “choice” between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage, according to a public opinion poll released on Thursday. A new study by SurveyUSA puts support for a public option at a robust 77 percent, one percentage point higher than where it stood in June.
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New poll: 77% support "choice" of public option
“A new study, presented at the meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, found far more mosquitoes in sewage-contaminated streams than in clean ones. Sewage-bred mosquitoes were also bigger and faster than those in purer waters. Mosquitoes carry West Nile virus and other dangerous diseases.
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Sewage breeds bigger, faster mosquitoes
The active ingredient in many insect repellents, deet, has been found to be toxic to the central nervous system. Researchers say that more investigations are urgently needed to confirm or dismiss any potential neurotoxicity to humans, especially when deet-based repellents are used in combination with other neurotoxic insecticides.
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Popular insect repellent DEET is neurotoxic
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Given the findings, public health messages on things like exercise and diet could be simplified, the authors say in the European Heart Journal. In the study of over 4,000 people, IQ alone explained more than 20% of the difference in mortality between high and low socioeconomic groups. This applied even when known heart disease risk factors were considered.
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Lower IQ ‘a heart disease risk’
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