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Failing, Floundering and Pantless
Posted on February 4, 2011 | No CommentsDr. Vincent Lam, a prominent ER physician from the East Toronto General Hospital as well as the author of the Giller Prize winning novel, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, was invited... -
HIV Cure is a Lie
Posted on December 16, 2010 | 1 CommentSo I’m you have all seen by now that the Germans have allegedly discovered a “cure” for HIV. This is actually false. The media developed this inaccurate title to create... -
The Problem with Medical Patents
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 3 CommentsOn April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk made history. He had created a vaccine for the devastating polio epidemic, a disease which had taken hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide.... -
Truvada: An HIV Prevention Drug
Posted on November 25, 2010 | No CommentsEmtricitabine/TenofovirDisoproxil Fumarate. That’s a real mouthful. However the Gilead Sciences drug, Truvada is one mouthful many people can gladly swallow. The drug has been shown to reduce the risk of... -
Chocolate Lessens Risk of Heart Disease
Posted on November 13, 2010 | No CommentsTime to break out the chocolate! A new study published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology has brought forward a particularly interesting discovery. Ingrid Persson and her team of researchers...
