Is there a tuberculosis group?  I can't find one.  Or maybe
my news server www.astraweb.com doesn't carry one.
If there are some TB doctors here, please answer.
I'm recently told that I have inactive TB and Hepatitis B by

Can anybody document what they're doing (if anything...) in SEA for bird flu
victims that increases their chances of surviving?
I'm thinking that maybe some of it (like some means of clearing mucus from the
lungs...)  might be affordable/obtainable in advance by the average person.

    Why does a sloth die soon while a tortoise live so long?
Does the latter have more hdl ? Find the gene that is different in
them and you may have a clue to immortality.
excerpt

Hello, can you help me?
I don't know if this is the right newgroup, if not, please pardon me.
One and a half years ago haematologists from our local hospital
diagnosticated a myelodysplastic syndrome (LANLM5) to our

The Rag-tag Posse includes several Pharma Bloggers ...
Probert calls himself 'The Probe"
David Gorski calls himself "OracKnows" and has others in
Barrett/Polevoy's Posse advertising his industry blog ...

Had a vasectomy by a urologist that has done many according to him in
my small town. Had done in October.  Had an analysis in November and
also December. They said over the phone that showed "No active sperm"

My wife was supposed to have a brain MRI today
(Saturday), but we're hung out to dry until
after the weekend because the insurance company's
consultant (CareCore National) didn't come

Does any one know how many week you can wear a catheter at one time ? I heard
2 weeks to 4 weeks and some say 6 to 8 weeks ?

Hello to the Medical Community,
What I have to say is simple.  If you don't provide, you'll get sued,
because of the Ammended Bill of Rights.  You must take this very
seriously in the billing office, and take a statistical census of your

Soliciting opinions regarding the promise (and hype) around in-silico
modeling of COMPLETE cellular activity.  I sincerely believe that a
revolution in healthcare can occur if signficant government resources
are used to create simulations of all organelles and cellular

AVIAN FLU:
THE PANDEMIC THAT WILL NEVER BE
- Tim O'Shea
http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/avian.php

Reseachers show that dendritic spine density, impaired long-term
potentiation (LTP), and behavioral deficits occurred months before
plaque deposition in the Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
The findings of this study highlight the importance that

Medical professionals: let's say you come upon a trauma scene (e.g.,
gunshot, terrorism, major traffic collision), and you have nothing with
you.  If a bystander pulled a bag of medical supplies out of his trunk,
what are the things you'd want to see in that bag that would keep a ...

Someone made a deep cut in my neck Sunday (2-26-06) morning. The blade
almost cut a  carotid artery. It didn't, though, and I'm alive. I'll
probably heal okay. And since, a pic is worth almost a thousand words,
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nehmos/album?.dir=/adc8 (I usually shave,

    excerpt jpost.com
Sublingual immunotherapy - in which the immune system is primed by
exposure to allergens in liquid concentrate form dripped and held for
a few minutes under the tongue - is a very promising and safe new way