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...documents cases recorded through the end of 2007, provides the first confirmed tally of city residents living with HIV or AIDS. The 15,120 people affected represent a 22% increase from 2006. As grisly as those numbers are, they most likely don't accurately convey the depths of the problem. Drawing from research indicating that from one-third to one-half of infected people are unaware they harbor the virus, the authors conclude that the number of affected residents is "certainly higher...
...health department - which has come under criticism for its response to the problem - has tried to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic by testing more young people, distributing 1.5 million free condoms and promoting needle-exchange programs. In his remarks on the report's findings, Mayor Adrian Fenty acknowledged that elected officials must shoulder responsibility for educating the public about the scope of the epidemic and its attendant risks. But he also lamented the public's unwillingness to confront the disease. "You have this problem affecting us, and you tell people how serious it is, and it literally goes...
...year-old daughter in L.A. to a doctor, and she said, "Oh, you can tell she was born in Los Angeles. It shows up in her lungs." That's terrifying. I thought, my God, if it shows up in a 2-year-old's lungs, that's a real problem. So I think about my grandchildren and what kind of lives they want to have. And frankly, I'm just enthralled by pristine nature. When I'm in Montana on my ranch or down in Yellowstone and looking at the crest of a hill and a strand of trees...
...recession is dominating our attention right now. But climate change is a problem whose consequences are serious, but always far off. Do you worry that we'll lose focus on global warming? Yes, but I do think there is focus on this. Rahm Emanuel has a great line: "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." Jeff Immelt at General Electric has another great line, that this isn't a recession, but a reset. It's a reexamination of how we've been living. Maybe the McMansion era is crashing to an end. It doesn't mean that...
...problem was, no one was entirely sure how modafinil worked. And that, coupled with the fact that it had not yet shown the powerful addictive potential of, say, crystal meth or cocaine, led to the assumption that it was the rare stimulant that left dopamine alone. That idea didn't sound believable to Volkow and her collaborator, chemist Johanna Fowler. (Read "How Much Sleep Do You Really Need...