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Study highlights risky behavior, lack of care among HIV-infected crack users

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doctors who treat HIV-infected crack users refer to them as "the forgotten population." A study being presented at this week's International AIDS Conference in Mexico City reveals that these patients frequently lack outpatient ...





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Shared Crack Pipes May Spread Hepatitis C Virus

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 12, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A new study by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research (CARBC) suggests that the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) could possibly be passed on between crack smokers who share pipes. As the vast majority of new HCV ...


Half of addicts quit after 6 months of treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- About half of heroin and crack cocaine addicts in England's treatment programs quit the drugs after six months, a new study says.


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WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Cracked In Sixty Seconds

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Japanese computer scientists have developed a way to crack the WPA encryption between wireless routes and devices in 60 seconds.


Drug users know their stuff

Drug users know their stuff

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 5

Drug users are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances, according to a survey by UCL (University College ...


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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages.


Swedish telecom supplier Tele2

Swedish Internet firm to delete user data

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Swedish telecom supplier Tele2 said Monday it will delete information allowing their customers to be identified, a move police argue could make the hunt for Internet pirates "impossible."


China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally alongside content deemed to be unhealthy

China launches crackdown on online gaming

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.


Two US senators introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text messages on mobile devices

US senators seek to squash spam

Technology / Internet

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Two US senators declared war on spam on Thursday. Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, and Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text ...


BlackBerry users dealing with e-mail outage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- BlackBerry users in North America faced delays in receiving e-mail on their devices Thursday.


New approach needed to help street-based sex workers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Integrated multi-agency work will be needed to address the poor physical and mental health experienced by street-based sex workers (SSWs), according to recent research including a new study by .



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