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Fate of France's Cheeses in Doubt as Producers Cite Health Risks

... -- placing the future of traditional Camembert in real jeopardy. "They talk about a supposed danger to health, but they know it is nonsense. Their real reason is that they want to step up production, and it is impossible to do that using 'lait cru'," s...

March of Dimes Praises Folic Acid Fortification

... birth defect with such an easy means. There is no real basis to the suggestion made by some commentators today that folic acid fortification should be rolled back." There is no evidence that folic acid consumed through fortified foods causes any adverse effects, Dr. Katz noted. In fact, folic acid fort...

Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge

... for several years. "This important study brings real hope that the lives of thousands of children, teenagers, and young adults will be saved by immunization and that widespread suffering, sickness and socioeconomic disruption can be avoided, said Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health ...

Scientists Observed Live Cell Migration

...und a way to directly observe cell migration -- in real time and in living tissue. Cell, the scientists s..." Montell says, "but only now do we understand the real reason cells couldnt move. We can see them valiantly trying to detach from the wall but unable to pu...

Overuse of Popular Console can Cause 'Wiiitis' in Gamers

...medical Informatics Research Group. "Unlike in the real sport, physical strength and endurance are not limiting factors. With the growing use of this new video game system, the risk of the Wiiitis variant may be higher than that of Nintendinitis, he said, referring to an alternative ailment, also known ...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

...our different viruses cause dengue. Hence the only real weapon against the dengue is prevention, and this ... fever, nausea and intense joint pain. There is no real treatment, apart from rest and rehydration, and in severe cases it can be fatal. "There is no medi...

Single Embryo IVF Increase Chances of Having Child Sans Risky Multiple Births

... it is two for the price of one, but the risks are real and we see heartache time after time. I would encourage every clinic to look at our results, Timesonline quoted him, as saying....

Japan's Miss Universe Breaks With Timid Tradition

...anese girls for Miss Universe by Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and owner of the contest. The French woman said that Mori was strong enough not to be intimidated. "Normally what happens is when a Japanese delegate arrives at Miss Universe, she just goes down because she sees so many beautiful girls, ...

The Dreaded Disease Tuberculosis Raises Its Ugly Head

...te plague, as tuberculosis is also known. But in real life, tuberculosis is a messy, agonizing and debilitating ordeal. Once the tubercle bacilli gain the momentum to proceed unchecked through the body, there is no romance to be found. The actual experience of tuberculosis is one of exhaustion, drenchin...

Aerobics Turn Enlarged Heart into a Trimmer, More Efficient Organ

...ated, have realistic expectations of the small but real benefit of exercise and, in particular, understand that this form of treatment must be accompanied by extensive dietary, lifestyle and, especially, medication and device treatments tailored to meet their needs. It's not a substitute," Dr Rubin added....

Cells Responsible for Spread of Breast Cancer Identified

...As it is not possible to study what happens in the real human mammary gland, we developed a model of the breast using cultured cells grown outside the body. Through this model we first investigated how normal breast development occurs. We then went on to discover how to make these cells behave like migrat...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

...it is the rubbish you can't see that's causing the real problems." Young manages the Mai Po marshes, a haven for migratory birds in northwest Hong Kong and designated a site of special scientific interest in 1976. Since then Shenzhen, just over the border in China, has grown from a small fishing communi...

Mums Death is Reason Behind Jolies Dramatic Weightloss

..., and that her grief over her mothers death is the real reason. Jolie told reporters at the New York premiere of her new movie A Mighty Heart that the reason shes lost weight is because shes not only still grieving over the loss of her mother Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer in January, ...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...llington of the Prolife Alliance said: "There is a real risk that some people would choose to abort babies of a certain gender." Michaela Aston of the pro-life charity LIFE said: "This test is very dangerous. It would inevitably lead to babies being aborted simply for not being the 'required' sex." S...

Major Change Needed to Achieve Dignified Care for Older People

...sed they are a large and formidable force that has real power to campaign for change.They suggest that older people need to demand that carers are paid a decent wage and are well trained, that managers are responsive to their needs, that buildings are fit for purpose, and that vulnerable older people are ...

AMSA Launches General Practice Student Network

... in making this General Practice Student Network a real success story.” Sourc-AMA SRM/V...

India’s First ‘condom Bar’ Inaugurated by AIDS Patint

...d to be the country's first. The unique bar has real condoms dotting the wall that stacks liquor bottles. Besides having souvenirs like cups, T-shirts and caps highlighting the use of condoms and safe sex, the bar even has a counter that offers free condoms. It has been set up by the semi-government...

Women Unaware of When Breast Cancer Risk is Greatest

...ion over who is most at risk of breast cancer is a real concern. Less than one per cent of those surveyed were aware that women over 80 are most at risk of developing breast cancer. Women need to understand that their risk increases with age. If older women wrongly think they are at a lower risk, they may...

Hearts Saved As Doctors Put Cutting Edge Discoveries to Use

...he first report of what's actually going on in the real world," says Dr. Joel Gore, a co-author and cardiologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Recommendations in the guidelines include quick use of aspirin or more potent blood thinners; beta blockers to reduce the damaged heart's ox...

Brazil Spider Offers Hope for Those Suffering from Erectile Dysfunction

... eventually this will end up in the development of real drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.” The research was presented at a poster session of the American Physiological Society (APS) annual meeting at Washington. A recent, nationally representative study by researchers at Johns Hopki...

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