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New Survey List Out Cities That Take Sun Protection Seriously

...re during the summer months could not cause enough damage to their skin to develop skin cancer. "The notion that only people living in year-round sunny climates are prone to developing skin cancer is completely untrue," explained Dr. Baker. "As dermatologists, we treat skin cancer patients living in all are...

Bioparasite Envisioned To Control Terror Of Fire Ants

...es. The massive fire ant colonies destroy crops, damage farm and electrical equipment and hasten soil erosion. Fire ants have been detected in 13 states and covering an area of 320 million acres. With no natural predators to keep them in check, fire ants have spread across the U.S., where their numbers ar...

Sewage Flows into Hudson River in a Torrent

.... He said an engineer was expected to survey the damage soon and that the state Department of Environmenta...efects. These contaminants are also known to cause damage to the nervous system, immune system, and the reproductive system. These contaminants are very dan...

Stem Cells Endless Hope in Place of What Could Have Been a Hopeless End

...m cells show an amazing ability to repair vascular damage in animals. Vice-president of research and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology, said, We also have studies under way indicating that the cells can also considerably accelerate wound healing and repair lung damage. We might also be ab...

Treatment of Premature Babies, Opossums Could Help

...by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a womans reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur 'silently' before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can...

Burnt Brits Don't Feel Hot

...or mild, can cause permanent and irreversible skin damage and increases the risk of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. With over 75,000 new cases of skin cancer registered each year and rising, its crucial that people know how to enjoy the sun safely and know when to cover up. Rebecca ...

UCLA Researchers Discover Link Between Parkinsons and Narcolepsy

...n common: Parkinson's disease patients have severe damage to the same small group of neurons whose loss causes narcolepsy. The findings suggest a different clinical course of treatment for people suffering with Parkinson's that may ameliorate their sleep symptoms. In their report (currently online) in the...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

...t now - my brain tumor has finally started causing damage and I have to start radiation treatment in a couple of weeks at Stanford," she explained, adding she's lost some sensation in the left side of her face, including problems with blinking, chewing and swallowing. But she also insisted she was not giv...

Transplanted Heart Goes to a Second Recipient in a Rare Surgery

...heart is removed prior to each transplantation may damage the heart muscle further. Czer said that the short time the heart spent in the first recipient may have been critical to the success of the retransplantation. With longer periods, there may have been more significant immune issues. The new recipi...

Novel Catheter Technique Successfully Patches Holes in the Heart

...2 patients, the rupture didn't fully heal, causing damage to blood cells as they jetted through the narrow opening. A third patient developed a bacterial infection that started several months after device implantation. The patch was removed and all 3 patients had successful surgery to repair the rupture. ...

Large Intake of Calcium from Dairy Food Linked to Dementia in Elders

The brain damage and dementia in elderly people may be because of c...ina, said that too much calcium could cause neural damage by narrow blood vessels in the brain. They further said that the effect might be compounded by vitam...

Mid-Life Headaches May Increase Risk of Vision Problems

...her headaches are more likely to have retinopathy, damage to the retina of the eye which can lead to severe vision problems or blindness, than those without a history of headaches, according to a study published in the May 15, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neur...

Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes

...olled blood glucose in type 1 diabetes can lead to damage of multiple organs....

History of Migraines Linked to Increased Risk of Retinopathy

...opathy than others. Retinopathy is described as damage to the retina of the eye that can lead to severe vision problems or blindness. The study, published in Neurology, follows the headache history and eye health of 10,902 men and women who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)...

Hundreds of Children Exposed to Pesticide in US

...osed to farm chemicals, leading to sickness, brain damage and birth defects. Though there are no federal laws specifically against spraying near schools, and advocates say California and the seven other states that have laws or policies creating buffer zones around schools to protect them from pesticides ...

Saliva Helps to Identify Child Victims of Chronic Bullying

...d that the longer such a spike continues, the more damage it can do to various aspects of a person's physical, social, and emotional health. However, when a person undergoes a lengthy period of stress similar to the chronic bullying experience, he shows less than normal cortisol reactions that are relate...

Decoding Protein Structures Helps Illuminate Cause of Diabetes

...at is implicated in type II diabetes. Pancreatic damage in type II diabetes has been linked to toxic clumps of the protein hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide), which is normally produced by the same cells that make insulin. An unknown trigger prompts the protein to fold into sharp fibers that poke ho...

New Analytical Tool to Unravel the Cause of Diabetes

...t is implicated in type II diabetes. Pancreatic damage in type II diabetes has been linked to toxic clumps of the protein hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide), which is normally produced by the same cells that make insulin. An unknown trigger prompts the protein to fold into sharp fibers that poke ...

Natural Pine Bark Extract Reduces Heart Failure Risk

...from the French maritime pine tree - helps prevent damage that high blood pressure causes to the heart. The study was conducted at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Elderly female mice (18 months old) were randomly divided into four groups: control mice, mice receiving Pycnogenol only, mice receiving L-...

Poisoned Workers of Hindustan Lever Demand Treatment

...he central nervous system. Mercury can cause brain damage in developing fetuses and mild tremors, mental dis...re known to be carcinogenic, endocrine disruptors, damage the reproductive system, and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) for perfumes in the product which can ...

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