Topic: The Lancet
The Lancet retracts flawed autism study
AP Features
<div><p>British medical journal The Lancet says it has retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.</p><p>The Lancet published the controversial paper by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues in 1998. British ...
80 percent of Darfur conflict deaths due to disease
Reuters US Online Report Health News
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 80 percent of the 300,000 conflict-related deaths in Darfur were due to diseases like diarrhea, not violence, Belgian scientists said on Friday.</p><p>An analysis of deaths dating from 2003, when rebels took up arms ...
Lancet blasts aid 'industry' in Haiti chaos
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>The leading medical journal The Lancet on Friday accused major aid organisations of corporate preening and self-interest that had contributed to bedlam in the effort to help Haiti.</p><p>"International organisations, national governments and non-governmental organisations are rightly mobilising ...
Got a pet tarantula? Better protect your eyes
Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's some advice stemming from the unusual case of a man who had spider hairs stuck in his cornea: Be sure to cover your eyes when hanging around with your pet tarantula.</p><p>Ophthalmologists at St ...
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