by Shelley Ross | May 14, 2015 | Archives
More To Cuba than Vintage Cars this article is from the current issue of Wired CUBA HAS FOR several years had a promising therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer. The 55-year trade embargo led by the US made sure that Cuba was mostly where it stayed. Until—maybe—now....
by Shelley Ross | May 3, 2015 | Archives
Scientists who invented new technology behind gene-editing had, themselves, recently called for a ban on its use, fearful that tinkering with human DNA could open the door to untold horror stories in changing the human race. Oh ye of little faith. Last month a team...
by Shelley Ross | May 3, 2015 | Archives
A decade-old study shows the inexpensive drug, metformin, is safe and effective in preventing diabetes in adults at high risk for developing the disease. So why aren’t more doctors prescribing it? That’s the question posed by Tannaz Moin, MD, MBA, MSHS,...
by Shelley Ross | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
TV DOC SAYS HE WISHES HE COULD TAKE BACK SOME SEGMENTS On his syndicated television show and in an interview on NBC’s Nightly News, Dr Mehmet Oz addressed the doctors who are calling for Columbia University to terminate him from his faculty post, calling him a...
