Thinking Twice is Good Advice Before Tattooing or Piercing Having a butterfly tattooed above the buttocks or “I love Serena” on the upper arm may be just perfect now, but is it something you want 20 or 30 years from now? This was among many questions raised on August 2 by Anne E. Laumann, MBChB,[…]

Malaria Parasite, Potato Famine Pathogen Share Trait CHICAGO—The malaria parasite that infects humans and the Irish potato famine pathogen use the same strategy to inject disease-causing proteins into the cells of their respective hosts. That’s what researchers from Northwestern University and Ohio State University reported in the May 31 issue of the journal PLoS Pathogens.[…]

July 11, 2006 Physical Activity Extends Life of Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease CHICAGO—Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) who are physically active have death rates less than one third of those in PAD patients who are inactive, according to research reported in the July issue of the journal Circulation. “We found that a survival[…]