Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 20, 2008	"Cure" for AIDS Stumbled Upon?
By Todd Heywood , RH Reality Check : Doctors in Berlin, Germany, are reporting that a 42-year-old American living in that city may have eliminated the virus from his body after a bone marrow transplant. According to the Wall Street Journal report, the man was suffering from leukemia...... [view]

Posted By:  manpo2k Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	Whats the local slang of the word 'HIV or AIDS" in your community?
In my community, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State-Nigeria, we call it 'Udongo itiaita' i.e. the 8th (AIDS) disease. What do you call it in your community??... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008	Universal Health Care Series: The National Security Argument
This post is Part III in a series exploring reasons to support universal health care. You can find the other parts of the series here . Fences and security checkpoints versus pathogens. David versus Goliath. While it seems that one side has the brute strength and power to counter the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 7, 2008	The empire’s hypocritical politics
Reflections of Fidel: IT would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain’s and Bush’s. I feel no resentment towards...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Dec 2, 2007	Cholera? Now? Here?
While the United States has worried about outbreaks of salmonella and E. coli over the past year, there has been an outbreak of cholera here in Mozambique. And not just in a rural, remote part of Mozambique. Here. In Maputo, both in the city and the province. I learned about the outbreak from...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 19, 2008	Journeys Through The Valley Of Shadows And Death With Cancer
When cancer strikes: By Chakara Bennett, Guardian Summer Intern - Nassau, Bahamas: For Maxine Callender life is all about taking one hour — one minute — one second — one breath at a time. She herself is not battling an incurable disease, but she has seen an insidious one striking...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 7, 2008	Our spirit of sacrifice and the empire’s extortion
Reflections of Fidel: THE first report I saw came from the Italian news agency ANSA on April 22. "La Paz, April 22.— A commission of deputies are to investigate the case of Bolivian scholarship student who died in Cuba, and whose body was repatriated without several vital organs,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 1, 2008	Why does God let good people suffer?
Why do good people suffer? By Sebastian Campbell, For The Guardian: Nassau, Bahamas - Life can be painful! No one is exempt from pain! The question of good people suffering is a frustrating one to confront. We believe in a good and loving God — why does he allow suffering? ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 24, 2008	Can the dead be raised by the exercise of faith through prayer?
By Rev. J. Emmette Weir, For The Guardian: The recent incident here in Grand Bahama, in which some misguided but evidently, devout religious folk, sought to achieve the resuscitation (I refuse to dignify such bizarre behaviour with the term "resurrection") of a cadaver up to the eighth day...... [view]

Alzheimer's Association of Orange County
Submitted By:   AAOC Website:  http://alz.org/oc/ Phone:  9499559000 E-mail:  mallory.gompert@alz.org	Vision:   The Alzheimer’s Association, today a multimillion-dollar organization, has been the catalyst and leader for a generation of advancements in Alzheimer research and care. Our organization’s achievements and progress in......   [view]