Detained Iranian AIDS doctors’ verdict postponed

Reports have come in that the fate of two Iranian Aids Doctors on trial for treason still hangs in balance after the verdict was postponed due to an Iranian holiday.  According to the Boston based organization, Physicians for Human Rights, the charges on the doctors were completely fabricated, politically motivated, based on their attendance at [...]

“Third-hand smoke”

A new term “third-hand smoke” has been coined by researchers from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston, in a study published in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics Journal. The journal article entitled, ‘Beliefs About the Health Effects of “Thirdhand” Smoke and Home Smoking Bans’ defines thirdhand smoke as residual tobacco smoke contamination that remains [...]

Lancet editorial:America’s commitment to global health

The latest issue of the Lancet (Volume 373, Issue 9657, Page 2, 3 January 2009 ) gives a close look at America’s commitment to global health.
“Over the past decade, the US Government has spent record amounts on global health: in 2008 spending peaked at US$7·5 billion. Still, the share of the country’s gross national income [...]