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Inspiration in the time of cholera 
A fascinating medical whodunit is grim, grisly history with lessons for the future.

Living with aids 
Kurt Pawlak knew he was in trouble when the guy at the Red Door Clinic in Minneapolis walked in with his test results. “The file folder was shaking in his hand and obviously he was real scared,” Pawlak said. Pawlak had been experiencing night sweats and swollen lymph glands, so he wasn’t shocked that he had tested positive for HIV. “I went to the doctor and they gave me 18 months to live,” he

CSU-Mayo deal puts pair on cutting edge of cancer fight 
A new partnership between Colorado State University and one of the world’s premier cancer research and treatment centers could help patients get new treatments faster.

Less Sun, More Sneezing: Theory Suggests That a Shortage of Vitamin D Triggers Outbreaks of Flu 
By Michael Stroh, The Baltimore Sun Nov.

Africa: Africa - Water, Health, And Development 
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

Licensing contact 
By binding at epitope sites, antibodies interact with pathogens like bacteria or viruses by neutralization, agglutination, precipitation. This inactivates the pathogens and facilitates treatment

Health Highlights: Nov. 27, 2006 
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Time to clean up our act 
R. VALENCIA and S. BISMARK - DISEASES are easily passed on from one person to another. Amid global warnings of a possible bird flu pandemic, its important to clean up our act and have the proper wisdom to survive any epidemic.