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So there may never be herd immunity, and vaccines look ineffective against some strains, and increasingly ineffective against delta. But can they make the situation worse? A study suggested that may happen. "When most people are vaccinated, the vaccine-resistant strain has an advantage over the original strain," Simon Rella of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, who worked on the study, told reporters. "This means the vaccine-resistant strain spreads through the population faster at a time when most people are vaccinated." This is likely to be especially true with a more transmissible variant such as the Delta variant, said...

CBS Muzzles Ad on Radical-Islamist Threats by Mary Ellen Burke Posted Jul 18, 2005 CBS has rejected an advertisement about radical-Islam's threat to peace on the grounds that the subject is "too controversial" and "too emotional." Executives at CBS refused to run an advertisement on WTIC-AM in Hartford, Conn., for an upcoming symposium called “The Radical-Islamist Threat to World Peace and National Security” sponsored by The People’s Truth Forum. The ad was scheduled to begin airing today, July 18, on WTIC-AM, but last week controversy began brewing. The ad by the non-partisan fact-based organization aims to educate Americans on controversial...

Hardly a month after India and China signed a landmark agreement to settle their border dispute, a Chinese Army patrol has intruded deep into Indian territory and stayed there for close to 24 hours before withdrawing last week. The border violation took place in Asafila area of the Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh

Scientists discover ultimate ‘cure-all’ By A Correspondent A TREATMENT for balding men, women with stretchmarks and anyone who has gum disease may have been discovered by scientists. As cure-alls go, an injection of fibroblasts may be the ultimate. The new technology is being developing by Isolagen, a Texas-based biotech company, and 50 patients are to undergo clincial trials in London. Fibroblasts are tiny cells that control levels of the proteins collagen and elastin, which are found in skin, bones and other tissue. To treat burns, the scientists take cells from an undamaged area, extract the fibroblasts and multiply them in...

Adult stem cells 'cancer threat' Adult stem cells can pose a cancer risk, warn scientists. Stem cells are immature "master" cells that can be programmed to become many kinds of tissue and have been heralded as future cures for numerous disease. Experts have long known that stem cells harvested from embryos can turn cancerous. They have been linked to leukaemias and breast cancer. Now two research teams have found stem cells from adults can also turn into cancer, reports New Scientist. Cancer risk Until now, it has been widely assumed that adult stem cells, taken from bone marrow for example,...

LONDON - Sir Tom McKillop, chief executive of AstraZeneca PLC (LSE: AZN.L - news - msgs) , said that he may move operations from the US to China or India if the threat of drug reimportation becomes a reality, The Daily Telegraph reported. Speaking at a life sciences conference, he said the US risks losing its pre-eminence in pharmaceutical innovation if it focuses on importing cheap drugs from other countries -- an issue that has become a political battleground in recent months. McKillop said that officials in China and India are soliciting large pharmaceutical groups to establish operations there, and...

New Delhi, April. 11 (PTI): Following are the highlights of India-China accords signed today: 1. agree to make mutually acceptable adjustments for package settlement to the boundary question 2. due consideration to each other's strategic and reasonable interests - national sentiments and practical difficulties to be taken into account - 3. avoid holding of large-scale military exercises in close proximity along the Line of Actual Control - both agree to strictly respect and observe the Line of Actual Control and work together - 4. enhanced economic engagement 5. information and intelligence on new Customs law enforcement techniques to be shared...

Dozens of new genes identified: By intensely and systematically comparing the human X chromosome to genetic information from chimpanzees, rats and mice, a team of scientists from the United States and India has uncovered dozens of new genes, many of which are located in regions of the chromosome already tied to disease. Regions of the X chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes (Y is the other), have been linked to mental retardation and numerous other disorders, but finding the particular genetic abnormalities involved has been difficult. The team's accomplishment, described in the April issue of Nature Genetics, should speed...

Hair is good source of stem cells Most people have about 100,000 hairs on their head US scientists say they found a good source of stem cells - hair follicles. The fact that hair grows quickly and is continually replenished makes it an attractive source to harvest the amount of stem cells needed for treatments. This has been a major stumbling block of stem cell research, as well as controversy surrounding the ethics of harvesting cells from embryos. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science study shows nerve cells can be grown from hair follicle stem cells. Stem cells...

The People versus the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the US ruled a few weeks ago that juveniles who committed horrendous crimes could not be executed. That ruling bought forth several concerns I have had for a while. Before I specify those concerns, it would be worthwhile reviewing the US Constitution to see what it had to say about the Supreme Court. Article. III. Section. 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both...

Yogurt May Help Burn Fat, Promote Weight Loss Including Fat-Free Yogurt in Weight Loss Efforts May Trim Tummies Faster By Jennifer Warner WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda  Nazario, MD on Thursday, March 17, 2005 March 17, 2005 - Adding yogurt to your diet may rev up your body's fat-burning engines, speed weight loss, and trim your tummy, according to a new study. Researchers found that obese adults who ate three servings of fat-free yogurt a day as part of a reduced-calorie diet lost 22% more weight and 61% more body fat than those who simply cut calories and didn't bone up on calcium....

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government proposed on Friday to change the country's patent laws to make it illegal to copy patented drugs, a practice that has made cheaper medicines available in India and abroad. The bill proposed to parliament, which also covers other products such as chemicals, mobile phones and computers, would fulfil India's commitment to the World Trade Organization to recognize patents from Jan. 1, 2005. But the legislation faces huge resistance from the ruling coalition's communist allies and opposition parties who are concerned about the availability of affordable drugs in India. Domestic pharmaceutical companies and aid organizations...

PERCY FERNANDEZ INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, MARCH 05, 2005 05:15:51 PM ] NEW DELHI: In the wake of the reports that 1000 Chinese separatists have been trained by Al-Qaeda, the Chinese government has launched a war on terror by establishing the world's largest centre for counter-terrorism. With this, China has joined the roll-of-honour alongside the US in its fight against the war on global terror. The counter-terrorism headquarters will be located in Beijing. The campaign comes in the wake of counter-terrorism drive initiated by China for the last two years in fighting the Uighur separatism in the Xinjiang province of...

The Democrats were stunned by the election of 2004 and are dealing with anger, denial and despair. After having been led to defeat by Albert Gore and John Kerry, they pine for a master politician and despair that they do not have another William Jefferson Clinton, who led them to two successive presidential victories. However, before the Democrats clone Clinton in order to reclaim the White House, a little assessment may be in order, for it was Clinton who made it possible for the Republicans to gain control of the Congress and the White House. Let us go back in...

A few months ago, one of my neighbors (let's call him Mr. Q) was driving to New Jersey on I-78 when he began to feel unwell.  He felt weak and nauseated, and had a headache.  Q managed to work half the day, but then his condition deteriorated.  After calling his wife, he drove home, without informing his physician about his condition.  The wife waited at home, wondering whom she would hear from first--her husband, the emergency medical services, or the highway patrol.  He did end up reaching home safely, without causing a wreck or injuring other drivers on the highway,...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration, struggling to show progress in attacking this country's soaring trade deficits, won a commitment Friday from China that it would move ``firmly and steadily'' to a flexible, market-based currency. However, the Chinese offered no firm timetable for how long the transition will take. Changing China's currency system has been a key demand of the beleaguered manufacturing sector in the United States. Companies believe China's current policy of linking its currency at a fixed rate to the U.S. dollar has undervalued the Chinese yuan by as much as 40 percent, giving the country a tremendous...

The emphasis of the interview is going to be biological warfare and bioterrorism.

ANI[ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 12:36:37 PM ] ISLAMABAD: Six in 10 Pakistanis have come out in support of suicide attacks against "enemies" of Islam. Going by a report prepared by the Washington-based PEW Research Centre, though most people in Muslim-dominated nations are divided over violence against civilian targets, 41 per cent of those interviewed in Pakistan said it was justifiable in the defence of Islam. According to the Daily Times , which quoted the report extensively, 47 per cent of the Pakistanis said that Palestinian bombings against the Israelis was justifiable, while 36 per cent said it was not....

So, between the four of us, we would net about $30 million, or $7.5 million apiece. Sure beats working, doesn’t it? We could retire to a country where lawyers are rarer than the dodo bird, and then actually practice medicine. Where could we find such a country? I hear that John Galt is founding one. That may just be the place

We physicians decided to form a John Edwards Fan Club.