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Avian Flu Not Epidemic Because Our Noses Are Too Cold

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Human noses are a bit too cold for avian viruses to replicate quickly enough to establish infection.

Acupuncture Does Not Work for Back Pain

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A new study which randomized 638 adults to either standard acupuncture, individualized acupuncture, placebo acupuncture using tooth picks that did not penetrate the skin, and standard therapy found that it does not seem to matter where you stick the needles or even if you stick the needles through the skin.

H1N1 Update

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An assessment of the current swine flu epidemic by the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation.

is it time to rethink clinical trial guidelines?

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Based on a study of the efficacy of antidepressants, criteria for accepting patients into clinical trials may have to be improved.

Friday Weird Science: ruining the mood? Blame the RAIR.

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An overly sensitive recto-anal inhibitory reflex may be responsible for why some women have problems with flatulence during coitus.

Swine Flu Update and Overview

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An overview of the swine flu and the current state of its spread.

Predicting influenza virulence from sequences

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Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found 34 genetic markers that may indicate the virulence and specificity of a strain of influenza.

Climate change won't cause the largest spread of dengue fever - we will.

Computer models suggest that it will not be climate change that will be directly responsible for the spread of dengue fever. Instead, it could be due to poor quality control of increased water storage that will be necessary to deal with climate change.

Behavioural conditioning of immune response: antiinflammatory effects can be conditioned to an unrelated stimulus

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An experiment which associates a novel-tasting drink with an antihistamine indicates that antiallergic effects of antihistamines can be behaviourally conditioned in humans.

The new swine flu: don't panic, but there is a very bad WCS

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Reasons not to panic about the swine flu and reasons we should still worry.

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