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US Whizkids Create Eco-friendly Building Material from Mushroom

... increasing global population, a limited supply of natural resources, and rising energy prices, eco-friendly housing products are selling fast. Numerous companies have carved out their niche selling "green" building supplies such as recycled fiber board and plant-based paints. The Environmental Home Center i...

Chronic Metamphetamine Abuse is Related to Cardiovascular Disease

...said, but were strong enough to overcome the drugs natural immunosuppressive qualities. In addition, a wide range of cytokines directly linked to AGE exposure were increased in rats that self-administered methamphetamine. The study also showed that even limited daily access to the drug was enough to produ...

Brits Experiencing Moth Trouble With Their Cashmeres

.... Naturalists say moths are the recyclers of the natural world, breaking down fur, wool and feathers in the... your wardrobe. The fragrant shrub is an excellent natural insect repellent, keeping moths and other insects away. Cedar Wood: Many cashmere shops suggest us...

Aspartame Probe Call Rejected by FDA

...ve longer may have been a better way to assess the natural risk of cancer.According to the CSPI, the Acceptable Daily Intake of aspartame in the United States is 50 mg per kilogram of body weight, equivalent to a 50-pound (20 kg) child drinking 2.5 cans of diet soda a day, or a 150-pound (68 kilogram) adult...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...to take some measures to remove the conflict. As a natural defense against poisoning, the brain will listen to the inner ear over the eyes because vision problems are an early indication of poisoning. In other words, if your eyes and ears are telling your brain two different things the brain will believe ...

New Drug Could Keep High Blood Pressure Under Control for Several Months

...at a time . The drug cleans up angiotensin II, a natural peptide that raises blood pressure by contracting vessels, by inducing antibodies. In the trial that involved 72 people, drug CYT006-AngQb developed by Cytos Biotechnology reduced systolic blood pressure by 25 millimetres of mercury as compared to ...

Desertification, a Major Threat, Says UN

...f done correctly, it doesn't pose a huge burden on natural ecosystems."...

British Scientists Develop Artificial Skin

...scope, it was virtually indistinguishable from the natural skin, with the body's network of blood vessels stretching across the artificial patch. Crucially, the body did not reject the transplanted skin. Currently, badly burned sections of skin are usually replaced with healthy sections of skin taken from...

Flower Essences may Be the Best Stress-busters

Rescue Remedy, a natural therapy created from flower essences, is an effective stress reliever which neither requires a doctor's prescription nor does it lead to any side effects or addiction, says a scientific study. Manufactured by Nelsons, Rescue Remedy contains five f...

Smoke-free Workplace, Non-smoking Spouse Help Quitters Stay Off the Butt

...king Survey is a 27-year longitudinal study of the natural history of cigarette smoking which began in 1980. Of the participants, 219 did not take up smoking for at least five years, making the study unique because of its ability to examine the demographic and behavioural predictors of long-term success of...

Living With Stress

...n faces a genetic bottleneck . Evidence of such natural occurrences comes from the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Barbara McClintocks research on 'the significance of responses of the genome to challenges. These challenges or stress factors may be temperature changes, DNA damage, irradiation, virus or oth...

New Engineered Drug Shows Promise in Treating Lymphocytic Leukaemia

... the cancer cells, it attracts immune cells called natural killer cells, which also devastate the leukemia cells....

Singapore Extends Smoking Ban to Pubs, Nightclubs

... to restrict smoking in entertainment outlets is a natural extension of our decades of efforts to free public places in Singapore of tobacco smoke," said Khoo Seow Poh, the National Environment Agency's director general for public health. In a statement on the NEA website, Khoo said the extension of the sm...

No More Smelly Feet With Bamboo Socks

... durable and absorbent than cotton, and contains a natural substance that destroys smell-making bacteria. Asda plans to sell the socks for less than 2 pounds, and is planning to use it in knickers, T-shirts, sheets and towels. "We believe that fabric made from bamboo will become one of the biggest fash...

DelSite Working Toward Solving Delivery of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic Situations

...eight greater than 450,000 which is derived from a natural source and is classified as a GRAS (generally regarded as safe) by the FDA. GelSite(R) is produced in kilogram quantities under FDA good manufacturing practices for human drugs (cGMP) in an ISO-certified facility. Each kilogram of the GelSite(R) po...

Boys and Girls are Different by Nature and Learn in Different Ways

...hat initially both boys and girls started off with natural leanings, and then an amalgamation of nurture and culture expanded on those leanings. "Thus girls get more practice being directly empathic and using words to connect with feelings, and boys get more practice in aggression/competitive hierarchies a...

New Research Promises To Take The Pain Off Breast Feeding

...tfeeding in different positions found that babies' natural reflexes kicked in more easily when the mothers we...something which is supposed to be as simple and as natural as feeding their own child can leave many new mothers feeling disappointed and let down. "By chal...

Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change

...rough his or her actions. In short, it's part of natural human psychological behavior to repress the consequences of climate change, Ernst said in an interview. "We are, well, a little like rats, programmed by evolution to find advantages and exploit them," said Ernst, who is also spokesman for a panel o...

New Health DrinkCoffee

...e reduces the amount of cholesterol, bile acid and natural sterol secretion in the colon, speeding up the passage of stool through the colon (and thus cutting exposure of the lining of the intestine to potential carcinogens in food), and via other mechanisms as well. People who drank four to six cups of c...

Vitamin Extends Life in Yeast, Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Find

... the vitamin, termed NR (nicotinamide riboside), a natural product found in milk. Like the B3 vitamin, niacin...ut Brenner foresees intriguing possibilities. As a natural product found in milk, we expect the compound to be much safer than most drugs, and to be a more spe...

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