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Selenium Supplements Could Increase Diabetes Risk

...rograms of selenium per day. For comparison, the other group took placebo pills containing no selenium. Participants didnt know whether they were taking the selenium supplements or the placebo. Participants were followed for nearly eight years, on average. During that time, they reported any new diabet...

First Brain Cancer Vaccine Approved in Switzerland

...ries, and to applying our DCVax technology to many other cancers."...

Americans Grow Shorter, Blame It on Weak Healthcare

...ldren -- almost one in five -- live in poverty. No other industrialized country comes close -- it's about f...mandate some form of paid maternal leave. The only other advanced economy among those five is Australia, where women are guaranteed an entire year of unpaid ...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...sis has a progressively deeper impact, he says. In other words, a harvest failure radiates out into the wider economy and then degenerates into a killer famine....

Doctors Discover Hair-loss Prevention Drug for Cancer Patients

...rugs. Etoposide is widely used to treat lung and other cancers but can cause hair loss. Sakai, professor at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, said his team was hoping to to put the agent to practical use in the future. "I want people to know that few studies have been made on reducing side-ef...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

...drivers are known to be more prone to HIV than any other segment of the population, in the US too they are ...om 2005. (The death rate per 100,000 is higher for other occupations.) Of those trucker deaths, 80 percent involved traffic accidents, the bureau said. Tru...

Protein Instrumental to Brain Development and Repair Identified

... mental retardation, developmental disabilities or other disorders that result from incomplete myelination or white matter damage," he added. During the study, the researchers found that when enhanced EGFR protein was inserted in mice, they showed enhanced myelination/remyelination. Whereas, upon using ...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

...like me were filth," he said. Often, Pilcher and other lawyers said, foreigners living in the United States who have possible grounds for asylum on the basis of sexual orientation are afraid to come forward or unaware that there is a one-year deadline to apply after they enter the country. In many cases,...

Backpacks and Backaches

... do not over stuff the backpack with cosmetics and other paraphernalia Choose a backpack with many compartments; distribute things (and weight, thereby) within the backpack evenly Do not be tempted to buy cheap backpacks-choose one that is sturdy and fits you Backpacks should fit snugly ont...

First Genetically Engineered Maize Resistant to Maize Streak Virus Produced in S. Africa

...passed on to the next generation and in crosses to other varieties, they opined. Field trials are scheduled to begin soon, not only to test the effectiveness of the technology in the field, but also to ensure that the GE maize variety has no unintended effects on beneficial organisms that may feed on it...

Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...wn to assess glucose and insulin levels as well as other hormones, cytokines, and oxidative biomarkers. ... behavior instead of the overfeeding of grains and other feed supplements, which defies conventional thinking on equine weight matters. The majority of horse...

Americans Bloated On Happy Pills

...e study claims that the use of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs (those that affect brain chemistry) has skyrocketed over the last decade. Adult use of antidepressants almost tripled between the periods 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, while between 1995 and 2002, the most recent year for which statisti...

Erection Drugs Don't Boost Men's Self-esteem

...ntradict earlier surveys that show that Viagra and other drugs give men's esteem a boost. "This just goes to show that medications are not a magic pill to improve the sex lives of men," News.com.au quoted Dr Matic, as saying. "Overall, wellbeing was not improved in the men who had used medical interven...

Stem Cells In Belly Fat To Enhance Or Reconstruct Breasts

...trol clinical trials are done and peer-reviewed by other experts," he adds....

Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer

...he findings, the researchers say, are in line with other recent studies and provide more powerful evidence of the continuing need for early breast cancer screening for African American women and the development of individual treatment strategies. The research was led by Edith P. Mitchell, M.D., clinical...

Size and Position of Floral Anther Plays a Vital Role in Pollination

...ago had a profound effect on the evolution of many other kinds of organisms like insects, birds, and mammal... resist an insect pest will also have an effect on other more beneficial insects. Scientists are racing to understand these minute differences and interact...

Delay in Cancer Diagnosis for Children

... retinoblastomas tended to have longer delays than other cancers. In addition, physician-caused delays tend... brain tumors have a slower tumor growth rate than other cancers and therefore would have a slower symptom progression. Significantly, the impact of diagno...

Genetic Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer

...ater risk for developing colorectal, prostate, and other cancers. However, Henderson notes, We still need to identify the biological mechanism through which these variants are influencing the development of various cancers....

Fasting Makes Women Talk Less

...ion that also reduces the amount they said. The other most common symptom that one-fifth of the fasting women reported was a lowering of the voice, with a few also showing a harshening of their voices. Based on the results the researchers concluded, "fasting affects voice". The main reason for this ...

Water Hyacinth is Used for Health Improvements in Africa

...ly the Nile Perch). Dr. Ogwang has also worked on other successful biocontrol programs to eradicate pests of citrus, cabbage, and cassava. He credits the development of his interest in biocontrol entomology to the traditional farmers in the village where he grew up. These farmers practiced conservation ...

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