Sunday, October 11, 2009

Health Movement

1990 - Live Cell Therapy introduced

1992 - Nicotine patches are introduced to help people stop smoking

1996 - Scientists become optimistic that an AIDS vaccine is possible and will soon be discovered

1997 - New calculation improves radiation dose for individual cancer patients so that each patient's dose is individualized for their need

1998 - Parents begin banking their children's cord blood for possible stem cell possibilities
- Studies show that obesity is becoming an increasing problem in America
- Viagra is released to the public as a cure to impotence and spurs controversy as many insurance companies covered this latest medicine but not the Pill



References

"PEREGRINE: Improving Radiation Treatment for Cancer." Science and Technology Review (May 1997) p.4-11

Martin, Douglas. "The Nation: Thanks a Bunch, Viagra; The Pill that Revived Sex, Or at Least Talking About It." The New York Times. 03 May 1998. 04 october 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/05/weekinreview/nation-thanks-bunch-viagra-pill-that-revived-sex-least-talking-about-it.html

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