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...into yet another one with a chip on their shoulder and nothing to lose.It is true that, for the Giants to achieve the upset of all upsets, a lot of “maybes” have to swing in their direction.Maybe the thunder and lightning running back combo of Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw will wear out the experienced but aging linebacker corps of the Patriots.Maybe New York’s fearsome defensive front, led by sack machines Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, will penetrate New England’s imposing offensive line and make life difficult for Brady...
...with senior Pat Quinn, junior David Guernsey, and freshman Justin Davidson, also earned the win in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:33.78. “Jones had a really good meet,” Wollner said. “That was a tough two-day combo for us, [but] Bill swam really well.” Many other swimmers claimed additional firsts for the Crimson, including junior Dan Jones in the 200-yard butterfly and freshman Jordan Diekema in the 100-yard backstroke. Wollner, sophomore Jordan Waterman, senior co-captain Geoff Rathgeber and junior Eric Lynch...
...these PrEP (or pre-exposure prophylaxis) studies are conducted in animals, they often give people a "false sense of protection and lead to less condom usage," says Bowers, particularly among highly sexually active individuals. Last spring, following the buzz over studies of tenofovir and emtricitabine, the same drug combo used in the recent Texas mice study, in preventing transmission of SIV (the primate-specific cousin of HIV) in macaque monkeys, Bowers was compelled to respond in his column in HIV Plus magazine, warning that "society once again is moving ahead of science. ... This is definitely not the time...
...that over the long term, people may build up resistance to ARVs - dangerous if a non-infected person takes the drugs prophylactically, then becomes infected later - or that HIV itself will become drug resistant. Greene says individuals using a single antiretroviral drug run a higher risk of developing resistance - combo drugs seem to lower the probability. Human trials of combined retrovirals are under way - in high-risk groups such as sex workers and gay men, both in the U.S. and elsewhere - but results of those studies won't be available for at least another year...
National adult immunization rates reflect that "kids only" mentality, with rates being lowest for the newer vaccines. According to the survey, just 2% of adults have had the new combo shot for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (better known as whooping cough), even though pertussis rates in adolescents and adults have soared in the last 20 years. The disease, a major child killer before the childhood vaccine was introduced, can cause coughing so forceful it breaks a patient's ribs or leaves him vomiting...