New York Judge Admits to Smoking Marijuana for Medical Purposes

Medical marijuana is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia (nashvillescene.com)

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach is raising a few eyebrows with his admission in a New York Times editorial on Thursday that he uses marijuana to cope with the side effects of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. Medical ... Read More...

World AIDS Day: Doctors Support Immediate Treatment for New HIV Patients

World Aids Day (wewomentoday.com)

While the world acknowledges AIDS days today, New York City’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley, is pushing an aggressive policy to eradicate new HIV infections in New York City by recommending that doctors begin to treat it as soon as it is ... Read More...

World Aids Day – Take Charge With Expert Care

(learn.swancoll.ac.uk)

In honor of World AIDs Days, Vitals.com wants to encourage everyone to take charge of their health and get expert care. With increasing number of people worldwide, 33.3 million living with HIV/AIDS, we need to support the effort and improve the ... Read More...

Dr. Lynne Kelley On The Watch For Healthcare Associated Infections

HAI Education Bus

Dr. Lynne Kelley is a nationally recognized vascular surgeon and Vice President Medical Director for Kimberly-Clark Healthcare. Dr. Kelley is determined to help prevent and reduce Healthcare Associated Infections and she has developed clinical ... Read More...

Dr. Richard Podell: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or the Yuppie Flu, Is Legit

Dr. Richard Podell

Tell a friend you’re suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and they’ll cluck in sympathy. But a mind reader would hear “Huh? What a hypochondriac!” CFS is often dismissed as the “yuppie flu” and thought of as a mental not ... Read More...

Colonel Nelson L. Michael – An HIV Vaccine on the Horizon

Dr. Nelson Michael

A vaccine to prevent HIV, the virus that leads to AIDs, is an impossible dream that is materializing on the horizon.  Results of a trial have raised hopes that this disease which kills millions every year can be beaten. The trial, one of the ... Read More...