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Furore Over Spa Planned on Active Philippines Volcano

...tatement. Company spokesmen could not be reached for comment. Jung Ang bought a six-hectare (15-acre) area in Talisay town around Taal's crater rim that forms part of a 60,000-hectare (148,200-acre) protected area of the volcano. It won the backing of the Talisay municipal council and the project w...

Diabetics Risking Health by Using Alternative Medications Without Consultation

...ract with conventional medications. "Fenugreek for example, used as a supplement, may affect blood su... Elderly women who had been living with diabetes for longer, and people interested in self management of their condition were the most likely to use alte...

New Diagnostic Test for Mad Cow Disease Developed

...say that the currently available screening process for the brain condition is not completely reliable, an... ones taken from blood, which may be used in tests for the disease. "While this method, due to the length of time it takes to carry out, is unlikely to ...

New Antidotes may Harbour Treatments for Deadliest Poisons

...otes which, if found safe , may lead to treatments for deadliest poisons like Ricin, cholera toxin, and s... led by Jose Saenz screened 14,400 small molecules for compounds that could halt this journey without disrupting normal cell function. According to New ...

Stem Cell Treatment may Prolong Lives of Children With Brittle Bone Disease

...at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Cairns, Australia, stresses that need for offering the treatment on a case-by-case basis. However, other experts are of the opinion that cl...

Common Environmental Chemicals Hamper Ovary Development in Foetus

...alities. These differences could have implications for problems such as cancer in later life," Fowler said. The findings of the study were presented at 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology....

Genetic Mutation That Makes Common Cancers Resistant to Drugs Identified

...his pathway are among the most frequently targeted for new cancer drug discovery efforts. The activati...cation of Nature magazine. The researchers have for the first time found evidence of direct mutation of AKT1 in clinical samples of human cancer tumours...

For Bangladeshis, a Nutritious Diet Would Cost 1,700 Pounds Per Week

... healthy diet, based on local produce and allowing for seasonal factors such as flooding or lean seasons,...nsumers could identify. "What's new here is that for the first time we are quantifying the gap between income and having a good diet," said Costanza de T...

CCEA Extends National TB Control Project for Five Years

...on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today gave its approval for continuation of the Revised National TB Control Project (RNTCP) for five years - - from April 2007 to March 2012 - - in the States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttran...

EU Aims to Shake Up Wine Industry With Root-and-branch Reform

...ranch reform, the distillation of excess wine, aid for private storage and export refunds would all be ab...ially by the EU and partially by national sources, for a marketing campaign to gain market share abroad. At the same time, the European Union's executive...

Pediatricians Face Malpractice Crisis

..., there is little actual data reported, especially for pediatricians. So we took a retrospective, compr...ers don't bear this [malpractice] out as a problem for pediatricians," said Dr. Carroll. Although children are responsible for a large percentage of heal...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...chairman, Robert Sawyer, who said he was dismissed for aggressively pursuing greenhouse gas emission redu...ers decrease energy use State suing six car makers for damage to climate While California's law has yet to be implemented fully, it is already being used a...

American Bests Japanese Hot Dog Eating Champion, Sets Record

...d him to block his mouth with his hands and settle for second place -- disqualification follows if vomit ...s of fatty tissue restricts the stomach's capacity for expansion. Nathan's hot dog eating contest is broadcast on television on the July 4 holiday, a day...

Great Lakes Fish in Canada Heavily Polluted

...blished by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for four species of fish in 13 locations across the Gr...xins, PCBs, and methyl mercury that they are unfit for human consumption, says the report. Health effects of these chemicals include damage to the nervou...

Cat Exposure Increases Bronchial Responsiveness

...ts that reduced exposure to cats may be beneficial for allergic individuals, regardless of their specific...archers reported their findings in the first issue for July 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the Americ...

Lab Tests Throw Up New Path for Parkinson's

...ave focussed mainly on a pharmaceutical substitute for dopamine or on restoring or protecting dopamine-producing cells....

Dietary Counseling Leads to Weight Loss

.... Overweight and obesity are known risk factors for diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood press...nd lifestyle modifications are the primary methods for treating and preventing obesity but the net effect of dietary counseling for weight loss had not bee...

Will Seven Be the Lucky Number for Las Vegas Newlyweds?

...ness. In small chapels that have hosted weddings for decades and at large glitzy resorts where nearby g.... An estimated record 3,000 couples have applied for marriage licenses in Clark County on Saturday, cramming the schedule at the 40 or so chapels across ...

New Oncogene for Brain Cancer

...its actually causing cancer. In this paper we show for the first time that insulin-like growth factor bin...atment. This makes IGFBP2 an important candidate for development of targeted therapy to treat gliomas, Zhang says. Gliomas kill about 13,000 people in th...

New York, the City That Roars 24/7, is Forced to Quiet Down

...of Environmental Protection has a phone line, 311, for quality-of-life complaints. And the top source o...lanes, the subway, traffic: noise is a big problem for New York City. And we had not changed our noise code for over 30 years," Ailen Bronzaft, a researche...

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