malaria

I am travelling to South Africa next week (how cool is that), and I will be spending a couple of days in Kruger National Park, where the risk of malaria is relatively high. I have been reading a lot about antimalarials, and have been very intrigued by the side effects of Lariam (mefloquine)...

The BBC has investigated the advice homeopaths give about malaria again. This time it's Neal's Yard Remedies, a national chain in the UK, that is recommending using 30C homeopathic remedies to prevent malaria. The Society of Homeopaths are potentially involved again: Susan Curtis, Neal's...

Seems like some mosquitoes will get these, whether they like it or not. A triumph for GM science! To be fair, this is all rather good news, as they also seem to have engineered mosquitoes that are not susceptible to malaria. These beasts apparently have some survival/reproductive advantage...

This just in from the Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious.... Now read on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5178488.stm

from the BBC website - seems that homeopathetic "cures" won't help prevent malaria... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5178488.stm

from here Maybe I've been hanging out with skeptics too long, but when I hear 2000 year old chinese remedy, I think bullshizzle. Bill, a man allegedly smart enough to deserve billions of dollars, is giving away 43 million of it to fund malaria research that is based of a chinese remedy...