Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2013

Bee venom/nanoparticle combo selectively kills HIV Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Nanoparticles Loaded With Bee Venom Kill HIV

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Cytolytic nanoparticles attenuate HIV-1 infectivity

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 1, 2012

Science succeeding in turning HIV into a chronic disease: People living normal and long lives Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Science takes tiny steps toward a cure for AIDS

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 11, 2012

FDA panel approves drug for HIV prevention Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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HIV treatment drug could prevent new infections

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 3, 2012

HIV treatment with modified T cells successful in small study Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Gene Therapy Safe in Decade-Long HIV Study That May Widen Use

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Decade-Long Safety and Function of Retroviral-Modified Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 18, 2011

Ottawa Pubic Health announcement on measures to address endoscopy clinic cleaning breakdowns Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Infection control lapses at clinic ‘broadranging’, Levy says

Sunday House Call #291

Since our last interview with Dr. Ben Goldacre in March of this year, he has written many a tale about the ongoing misrepresentations of science through agencies that wish to sell you a product or provide information through media sources.

Given that many applications of common alternative medical treatments are harmless in nature, there are times when the modes of thinking and claims made by the purveyors of these “health products” cause misery and death.

Such is the case of vitamin-pill entrepreneur Matthias Rath who sued Dr. Goldacre, and the Guardian, for libel. Rath lost his case after a long and expensive court battle but the harm that befell the people of South Africa when his products were touted as a treatment for AIDS and supported by the South African Government was severe.

Dr. Goldacre now has published the chapter of his book Bad Science entitled The Doctor will Sue You Now now that he has won the court case. It is a sad illustration and a very serious story about the dangers of pseudoscience.

As Dr. Goldacre states,

Matthias Rath takes us rudely outside the contained, almost academic distance of this book. For the most part we’ve been interested in the intellectual and cultural consequences of bad science, the made-up facts in national newspapers, dubious academic practices in universities, some foolish pill-peddling, and so on. But what happens if we take these sleights of hand, these pill-marketing techniques, and transplant them out of our decadent Western context into a situation where things really matter?

• Dr. Ben Goldacre, physician, award-winning writer, and broadcaster, who has written the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian since 2003 and is author of the book of the same name.

Sunday House Call #291 Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Since our last interview with Dr. Ben Goldacre in March of this year, he has written many a tale about the ongoing misrepresentations of science through agencies that wish to sell you a product or provide information through media sources.

Given that many applications of common alternative medical treatments are harmless in nature, there are times when the modes of thinking and claims made by the purveyors of these “health products” cause misery and death.

Such is the case of vitamin-pill entrepreneur Matthias Rath who sued Dr. Goldacre, and the Guardian, for libel. Rath lost his case after a long and expensive court battle but the harm that befell the people of South Africa when his products were touted as a treatment for AIDS and supported by the South African Government was severe.

Dr. Goldacre now has published the chapter of his book Bad Science entitled The Doctor will Sue You Now now that he has won the court case. It is a sad illustration and a very serious story about the dangers of pseudoscience.

As Dr. Goldacre states,

Matthias Rath takes us rudely outside the contained, almost academic distance of this book. For the most part we’ve been interested in the intellectual and cultural consequences of bad science, the made-up facts in national newspapers, dubious academic practices in universities, some foolish pill-peddling, and so on. But what happens if we take these sleights of hand, these pill-marketing techniques, and transplant them out of our decadent Western context into a situation where things really matter?

• Dr. Ben Goldacre, physician, award-winning writer, and broadcaster, who has written the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian since 2003 and is author of the book of the same name.

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Sunday House Call #291 Since our last interview with Dr. Ben Goldacre in March of this year, he has written many a tale about the ongoing misrepresentations of science through agencies that wish to sell you a product or provide information through media sources. Given that many applications of common alternative medical treatments are harmless [...]

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HIV infection rates are a major public health problem especially in Africa. Treatment with retroviral medications is expensive and not available in many regions of the continent. Prevention is of great importance if the spread is to be curtailed. According to final data from two National Institute of Health-funded studies conducted in Uganda and Kenya [...]

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Globally, the the AIDs epidemic is creating tremendous human suffering and for many, a death that could have been prevented or significantly delayed. Prevention programs in existence for a time have begun to show positive results in countries that are having difficulty controlling the spread of the disease. However as some of these programs become [...]

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