Illness, Injury & Treatments

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

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Food Processing December 2010 Diane Toops	Poll Indicates Adult Consumers Need More than Knowledge to Curb Obesity Behavior-changing knowledge alone is not enough to curb obesity, a poll seems to indicate.
Fast Company November 2010 Susan Evans	Exporting Your Plastic Surgery: Lifescience Alley Conference and Expo The number of people jumping on a plane to go under the knife is surging - in the U.S. alone, medical tourism is growing 35% each year. Plastic surgery, which makes up one-third of these trips, will be much discussed at this Minneapolis expo. Here, we look at where people go to get pretty.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	Profit From the United States of Diabetes Half the country could have an early form by 2020.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Does Pestilence Threaten Our Portfolios? A creepy-crawly aggravation bugs businesses nationwide. They spread aggravation and disgust more than disease, but they're still enough to threaten the profits at many companies.
National Defense December 2010 Grace V. Jean	Spy Game to Help Rehabilitate Veterans Suffering From Brain Injuries To appeal to the gaming generation, researchers are developing a trainer designed to rehabilitate brain injury patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center through adaptive scenarios that engage them in audio and visual exercises.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010	Scientists are targeting surface proteins to battle disease. Now that genomic analyses have identified the genes that express surface proteins, scientists are focusing on how pathogens detect attacks from the human immune system and quickly change their coats.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010	Fusion genes that drive solid tumors are a new target for cancer therapies The success of Gleevec and related drugs has inspired researchers to step up their hunt for the molecular defects underlying other cancers.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 Mitch Leslie	Immune System Defects Can Cause Obsessive Behavior A shortage of certain immune cells might prompt obsessive-compulsive disorder.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2010 Amy Maxmen	Driving the Immune System to Attack Cancer A researcher's longtime efforts to drive T cells to attack tumors hits pay dirt.
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Lauren Barack	Difficult Conversations In Trying Times Michael Olman has watched clients affected by chronic illness. The senior vice president and wealth management specialist at Raymond James & Associates knows these sensitive times require both a deft touch, and a firm handle on financial matters.
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