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Oral Cancer in Men Associated With HPV
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, The New York Times, May 13, 2008
The sexually transmitted virus called HPV, for human papillomavirus, is well known to lead to cervical cancer in women — which is why the federal government recommends that all girls be vaccinated for HPV at 11 or 12, before they become sexually active.
Now researchers are finding that many oral cancers in men are also associated with the virus.
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Global Update: Fake Malaria Drugs Emerging in Vulnerable Countries in Africa
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., The New York Times, May 13, 2008
Until recently, fake malaria drugs have been a problem largely confined to Southeast Asia, where a sampling two years ago found 53 percent of the drugs substandard, and drug experts said Asia was facing “an epidemic of counterfeits.”
A study released last week suggests that the epidemic is spreading to Africa, where the malaria burden is even greater, and the regulatory agencies are even weaker.
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For the Disabled, Age 18 Brings Difficult Choices
By MARC SANTORA, The New York Times, May 14, 2008
Outside Sam Stabiner’s room pumps the steady drone of ventilators, giving life to his neighbors breath by breath. Most are in their 80s and 90s, in the twilight of their years.
But Mr. Stabiner’s parents never imagined they would have to visit him in a place like this. On the eve of his 21st birthday, he is living in a Manhattan nursing home.
The Stabiners’ predicament, however, is far from unique. As medical advances have allowed patients who might have died as children to survive into adulthood, the patients are falling into a void in a health care system that has yet to develop institutions for the young and “medically fragile.”
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, The New York Times, May 13, 2008
The sexually transmitted virus called HPV, for human papillomavirus, is well known to lead to cervical cancer in women — which is why the federal government recommends that all girls be vaccinated for HPV at 11 or 12, before they become sexually active.
Now researchers are finding that many oral cancers in men are also associated with the virus.
( Read More )
Global Update: Fake Malaria Drugs Emerging in Vulnerable Countries in Africa
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., The New York Times, May 13, 2008
Until recently, fake malaria drugs have been a problem largely confined to Southeast Asia, where a sampling two years ago found 53 percent of the drugs substandard, and drug experts said Asia was facing “an epidemic of counterfeits.”
A study released last week suggests that the epidemic is spreading to Africa, where the malaria burden is even greater, and the regulatory agencies are even weaker.
( Read More )
For the Disabled, Age 18 Brings Difficult Choices
By MARC SANTORA, The New York Times, May 14, 2008
Outside Sam Stabiner’s room pumps the steady drone of ventilators, giving life to his neighbors breath by breath. Most are in their 80s and 90s, in the twilight of their years.
But Mr. Stabiner’s parents never imagined they would have to visit him in a place like this. On the eve of his 21st birthday, he is living in a Manhattan nursing home.
The Stabiners’ predicament, however, is far from unique. As medical advances have allowed patients who might have died as children to survive into adulthood, the patients are falling into a void in a health care system that has yet to develop institutions for the young and “medically fragile.”
( Read More )
