Remembering Quaalude
While film director Roman Polanski fights extradition to the United States, time is taken here to remember Quaalude—the drug that a 43-year-old Polanski allegedly gave...
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About Pathophilia
Caution for Today: GBS Risk With Old Swine-Flu Vaccine
While drugmakers create a vaccine against the currently pandemic swine-flu virus (H1N1 S-OIV 2009), neurologists are advised to monitor the safety of such inoculations,...
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Leprosy Is So Old
[Beat.] How old is it? Human remains in Rajasthan, India (24°43’N 73°59’E) provide the oldest known evidence of infection with leprosy. Anthropologists from...
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Elixir Sulfanilamide Deaths: Dedicated Page
A page providing the names and some details of all known (confirmed or possible) victims of Massengill’s Elixir Sulfanilamide is now a permanent feature* of this...
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Book Review: America’s Mandated Sterilization—It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell By Paul A. Lombardo 365 pages If generations of illegitimacy and limited intellect can...
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Old Tissue Specimen Aids Historical Search for HIV Infection
HIV-1 infection probably emerged in sub-Saharan Africans during the early 20th century and possibly the late 19th century. This latest, and earliest, estimate of the...
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