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...desolate circumstances, there are reasons to believe that human efforts can stem the tide of this pandemic. First of all, HIV/AIDS is no longer the death sentence it once was. Anti-retroviral therapy, a three-drug daily regimen used to treat the disease once it has progressed in the patient from HIV to AIDS, can transform HIV/AIDS into a manageable, chronic illness. And in the last few years, price reductions for anti-retroviral drugs in the developing world have made it possible to treat a patient for less than $140 per year. More than ever, it is possible to expand...
...MARIJUANA Research into the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of cannabis continued to bolster the case for the medicinal use of marijuana, making the "patient pot laws" that have passed in 11 states seem less like a social movement than a legitimate medical trend. One trial--the first controlled study of its kind--showed that a medicine containing cannabis extracts called Sativex not only lessened the pain of rheumatoid arthritis but actually suppressed the disease. An earlier study published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that synthetic cannabinoids, the chemicals in marijuana, can reduce inflammation in the brain...
STATINS The more than 10 million Americans who take statin drugs to lower cholesterol may be enjoying some unexpected benefits. New studies suggested that regularly taking medicines like Lipitor, Lescol, Pravachol and Zocor may halve a patient's risk of developing colon and advanced prostate cancers while reducing their risk of pancreatic and esophageal cancers more than 50%. Another study showed that patients who aren't on statins can cut their risk of death following a heart attack more than 50% if they take them before hospitalization and within 24 hours after the attack. Doctors think the cholesterol- and inflammation...
...what shape they're coming home. We don't tolerate ambiguity well because our culture socializes us to solve problems and get closure. I tell family members that it's O.K. to have different convictions about whether that person will return as they were. I urge them to be patient with each other and, even in dire circumstances, not to judge the hopeful person as weak or deluded. It's human to nurture hope in the face of uncertainty...
...past year, Hwang also refined his human-cell-cloning process to yield the first stem cells from patients with diseases, bringing medicine a step closer to the possibility of curing illnesses from Alzheimer's to diabetes with a patient's own rejection-proof tissues. Now his new lab will try to duplicate that scientific winning streak without...