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Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

...ats were killed and their brains were examined the next day. The second group was kept alive until they were about a month old while the third group grew into adulthood. Researchers tested the month old and adult rats to see how the anaesthesia affected their learning and memory. They also recorded elect...

Bones repair themselves with bone marrow cells

...ents described were carried out on rats. Thus, the next step would be the investigation of the effectiveness of the tested materials and methods on higher animals and human beings....

Avoid travel to Toronto - WHO

Toronto is the next city in WHO's list that travelers should avoid because of SARS. The local readers who considered Toronto a safe place to live were stunned by this. Toronto is the first locality outside China to be designated as a threat to international health becau...

Key step forward on International Health Rules

...c health, economic, and social consequences of the next emerging infectious disease, the next influenza pandemic, and the possible use of a biological agent to cause harm." For more information...

WHO To Support Public Health Threats

...s will help us respond even more effectively tothe next public health threat." Member States noted that "...ic health, economic, and social consequencesof the next emerging infectious disease, the nextinfluenza pandemic, and the possible use of abiological agent t...

First global SARS meet opens

...d from its list of SARS-infected areas as early as next week. Countries hardest-hit by SARS plan to present papers at the conference detailing their experiences with the disease, and delegates will discuss strategies for controlling and preventing SARS in the future....

Pfizer unveils anti-smoking drug

...e quit smoking //that could become the drugmaker's next blockbuster. In clinical trials involving several hundred smokers, the New York-based company said almost half of smokers given this oral medicine, called Varenicline, were able to quit smoking after only seven weeks. In the same trial, only 16 pe...

World SARS-free within weeks

...should be free of the deadly SARS virus within the next two to three weeks, but warned the disease could emerge in China again next winter. "All countries are probably now going to be SARS-free within the next two-to-three weeks. SA...

Wearable Body Monitoring

... that wearable body monitoring devices will be the next big change with significant behavioral improvements. Researchers are currently involved in a project to determine what effect a wearable monitoring device will have on helping people lose weight.The armband will measure a person’s number of calorie...

Scientists push to lower hidden sodium in food

...ry: Cut in half the sodium in those foods over the next 10 years. Sodium is used in preserving certain foods, and to pump up other flavors.But "taste is the No. 1 reason people buy foods" -- and low-sodium brands generally have not sold well. Food companies say they are hunting ways to cut the sodium. M...

Alcohol and Sun Don’t Mi

...suggests you may want to leave the alcohol at home next time you head to the beach. It may contribute to painful sunburn.Researchers found those who consumed //alcohol at the beach had more severe sunburns than nondrinkers and were more likely to need a pain reliever after the sunburn. Drinkers also had...

Return of SARS possible this fall

Unlike the outbreak earlier this year, the next time the disease could take hold in countries without adequate public health systems, //says a report by the National Intelligence Council.While the World Health Organization says all human chains of SARS transmission of were stopped, the virus could...

Tea Prevents Skin Cancer

...Dong says testing in humans could begin within the next few year....

New heart-healthy corn due in stores by 2007

...ntists are waiting for a patent approval, expected next month. After that, seed companies can apply for a license to sell it to farmers. Food processors also are interested in healthful ingredients that can provide benefits for weight-conscientious consumers....

Stem cells grown into sperm cells

... done in the laboratory with mouse stem cells. The next step would be to see if it can be repeated in live animals. The work was headed by Toshiaki Noce of Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Science in Japan. Noce and his team incubated the stem cells with other cells that produce a protein called BMP4...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

... sequencing of the dog is expected to be finished next year....

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

... sequencing of the dog is expected to be finished next year....

Prevention of Prostate Cancer

...d at 56. My dad at 57. My oldest brother at 49. My next oldest brother at 58, and my next one at 67," he tells researchers. Four of them died of cancer. To avoid that same fate, Klinzing is ...

New Drug to Stop Gambling!

...g, totally drained, and have business meetings the next morning." Psychiatrists say they are studying the connection between cravings and behavior. "Traditionally, when people receive treatments, they may be able to refrain their behaviors, but they still had to live with their craving," say researchers...

Just standing next to a large person can be bad for one's image

....// One showed a dapper, thin young man standing next to a svelte ringlet-haired woman. The other was the same photo altered to show the guy arm-in-arm with a very large, nicely dressed woman. The volunteers took a quick look at one or the other of the pictures and then were asked their opinion of the ...

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