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Tobacco Industry Promotes Antismoking Campaigns

...behind the smoke. People often judge these ads and now you know what the tobacco industry was doing trying to undermine them, Ibrahim said. Research has found ads that reveal the deceptive practices of the tobacco industry are the most effective media campaigns that reduce smoking rates, she said. For ...

Survey Shows Emergency Services Of British Hospitals Doing A Good Job

...g to the report, an increasing number of hospitals now provide primary angioplasty as an emergency treatm...t for heart attacks. Almost all ambulance services now have trained paramedics able to give clot-busting drugs before the patient reaches hospital. Judy ...

A New Monoclonal Antibody Kills Cancer Cells

...its, but no one knows exactly how they work. We now have identified a pathway that appears to be overly active in more than 70 percent of the cancers we examined and, when targeted, leads to significant reduction in tumor cell proliferation and survival, said Dr. Monga. More importantly, targeting t...

New Nano-power Could Make Biopsies Sensitive and Efficient

...ample with an ordinary needle. The researchers are now seeking approval to test the method on human volunteers. However, Bruce Morland, a paediatric oncologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital in the UK says that the idea would have to compete with techniques that have recently made it easier to dete...

Dental Lasers can Help Eliminate Bacteria in Root Canals

...chers in Austria, these advanced dental lasers can now help eliminate bacteria in root canals. The study credits the progress of miniaturized, flexible fiber tips for allowing the laser to be used in endodontic (root canal) treatment. Dr. Ulrich Schoop and a team of researchers in the dental school a...

Millions Spent, but the Indian Capital's River Still Stinks

...all over India, where 30 percent of the population now lives in cities, straining infrastructure that was... 2001 its population expanded by 47 percent -- and now a third of Delhi's waste, the biggest cause of the river's pollution, goes into the Yamuna untreated...

Steroid Drugs to Preterm Delivery Mothers may Cause Risk

...costeroids during the 1990s and early 2000s. But now two researchers warn that methodological problems ...and may have been misleading. Several trials are now underway to determine the efficacy and safety of repeated courses of steroids. Results so far have s...

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...ic information about the risk management practices now used by manufacturers of existing nanomaterials. ...he Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, there are now over 500 manufacturer-identified nanotechnology consumer products being sold, said Dr. Maynard. Th...

Laser to Fight Root Canal Bacteria

...rs used mainly to prepare cavities for restoration now can help eliminate bacteria in root canals. The study, conducted by researchers in Austria, credits the development of miniaturized, flexible fiber tips for allowing the laser to be used in endodontic (root canal) treatment. Dr. Ulrich Schoop an...

Canada Daycare Looks After Elderly Parents While Children Work

...ties and caring for elderly parents, Canadians can now turn to a novel nursery service for help: a daycar...at we call the sandwich generation. Families right now are typically (comprised of) Baby Boomers who have children and elderly parents, and are constantly ...

Cancer Cures for Canines

...er treatment research as cancer cures for dogs are now being successfully applied to humans, in particular children. Cancer is the single biggest cause of death in dogs over the age of 2. The incidence of bone cancers, skin cancers, and lymphomas is increasing in humans and dogs and there are significa...

McDonald's to Start Coffee Chain in Japan

... in Tokyo in 1996. Several coffeeshop chains are now competing in Japan including Starbucks, fellow Seattle company Tully's Coffee and several local franchises....

Monoclonal Antibody Induces Death in Liver Cancer Cells

...nefits, but no one knows exactly how they work. We now have identified a pathway that appears to be overly active in more than 70 per cent of the cancers we examined and, when targeted, leads to significant reduction in tumour cell proliferation and survival," said Dr. Monga. He also says that targetin...

Illegal Immigrants Allowed To Stay A Year More To Care For Their Child

...cos Medical Center, the little girls prospects are now brighter after the procedure, though she would probably still require lifelong medical care. The U.S.-born girl's parents crossed the border illegally 17 years ago, and they had been ordered to surrender for deportation to Mexico by July 26. In No...

Paris Set for Pedal Power Revolution

...ive percent of the scheme's users in Lyon say they now drive less, and bike traffic has jumped 75 percent. The Paris initiative dovetails with the pledge by newly-elected President Nicolas Sarkozy to push green issues up the agenda, illustrated by the appointment of political heavyweight Jean-Louis Bor...

Uninsured Adults Increase Medicare Costs

...Medicare benefits have been much-debated, new data now show that people who were uninsured before receiv...e needs after age 65. Created in 1965, Medicare now covers nearly 43 million elderly and disabled Americans. In 2006, the programs cost of $374 billion ...

Tourettes Syndrome in Children may also Result in Superior Learning Skills

...pid behaviors, Ullman said. The researchers are now developing new language and memory tests for patients with Tourettes syndrome....

Shed Off Your Shyness With a Nasal Spray!

...e rapidly, reports the Sun. The researchers are now planning to conduct large-scale trials of the spray. If the trials prove successful, the spray may be launched in the market in the next five years....

Textile City Tirupur in Tamil Nadu Tops in Pollution Generation

...stion mark for our next generation farmers. We are now waiting for a good judgement from the Chennai High Court and if we are not happy with the judgement, we will stage a massive protest,' said Kandasamy, TNFA Secretary. Meanwhile, about a hundred dyeing units have been closed down, as they failedto m...

Vets To Team Up With Human Health Specialists

...West Nile virus transmitted by mosquitoes, and the now well-known avian flu. She also included a more rec...rdue University in Indiana: "We're in a situation now where we're talking about health teams of physicians and veterinarians and nurses. "If one of these ...

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