Gout, a painful disease, is more commonly found in men. However, new studies suggest that sugary drinks, such as carbonated soda, that contain fructose might pose a threat to even women, and cause a higher occurrence of gout. However, this threat may be modest, given the low rate of gout in the general population.
JAMA
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Richard Feynman Explains Why Some Things Cannot Be Explained
Physicist Richard Feynman (who worked on the Manhattan Project) explains why it is sometimes hard for someone with expansive knowledge of a subject to explain something thought to be relatively simple to someone who has no knowledge of the subject. While analogies are fine on a fundamental level, they don't really explain why certain things work the way they do.
Feynman Interview
Feynman Interview
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
New "Mosaic HIV-1" Vaccines May Vary Immune Response
Because HIV is such a variable virus, which changes so rapidly, it is important to use a variety of tactics against it. Mosaic vaccines do just this, in broadening how to fight disease from the inside.
Nature
Nature
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