Tag: Health and Medicine

Duncan Graham-Rowe writing for New Scientist on Bad breaks fixed fast by bone 'printer': Shattered bones could soon be replaced by segments of artificial bone that can be "printed" within […]

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More Links on the the Khamisiyah incident are below. Longtime readers of my weblog know the deal, but for the benefit of new readers, the Khamisiyah incident occured when the […]

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CBC News on Bionic leg a step up, amputee says: A robotics company has created a bionic limb that allows an amputee to walk and climb stairs with natural motion. […]

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Ross Bynum of Associated Press on U.S. to Screen Troops Returning From Iraq: Col. Paula K. Underwood, an Army doctor, had just returned to her post in Germany from the […]

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The Guardian on 'Gulf war syndrome' soldiers threaten legal action: Four soldiers have threatened to sue the Ministry of Defence after suffering symptoms similar to "Gulf war syndrome", their lawyer […]

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I've been feeling ill since Sunday, so the blogging will be light for a day or two. Yesterday was spent in bed. My head was swimming in a sea of […]

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Al Jazeera on US female soldiers fall to 'friendly fire': The prohibition of sexual intercourse among US squaddies has not prevented up to 20 of the fairer sex being sent […]

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Ron Bailey of Reason on You Shouldn't Live So Long: Fresh off its proposed ban on all human cloning, the President's Council on Bioethics is now considering whether or not […]

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Ray Rivera, reporting for the Seattle Times on Ailing Gulf vets fear troops today at risk: Like so many veterans of the 1991 war, Mock left the Gulf seemingly healthy. […]

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Bob Holmes, writing for New Scientist on Gene therapy may switch off Huntington's: Using gene therapy to switch off genes instead of adding new ones could slow down or prevent […]

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