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Canadian Cancer Society Calls for Ban on Asbestos

...ars after exposure. The World Health Organization says that about 125 million people are exposed to asbes...- which have already been banned. Health Canada says asbestos is safe as long as it's in a "controlled use." That means it should be encapsulated in conc...

Normal People can Only Remember Four Things at a Time

...blished in the journal Psychological Science, also says that the same people who can remember a lot of objects at one time do not necessarily have clearer memories of those objects. "Knowing the number of things a person can remember tells you nothing about how clear a person's memory may be," said Pro...

Soccer Players Face Groin Injuries

...r 28% injury reduction rate is highly significant, says principal investigator Michael B. Gerhardt, M.D., director of the Center for Athletic Hip and Groin Disorders in Santa Monica, Calif., and team physician for US Soccer and Chivas USA, a major league soccer team. We were anticipating a 5-10% reduction...

New Nano-power Could Make Biopsies Sensitive and Efficient

...to do several biopsies to get enough bone marrow," says Ed Flynn, president of Senior Scientific. It mi...logist 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 detect tiny...

Pavarotti Has 'recovered' from Pancreatic Cancer, Says Wife

... Pavarotti is recuperating from pancreatic cancer, says his wife . Nicoletta Mantovani insists that the...n't lost any weight" added the 36-year-old. She says that the singer has returned to work, and is working on a record of duets with other artists. Nic...

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

...ontrol Board monitoring agency. Boatman Navwalla says he remembers when there were tortoises living in the water. Now the only thriving life forms are bacteria. -- Nationwide problem -- What has happened in the Yamuna is happening to rivers all over India, where 30 percent of the population now live...

Bak Protein Sets Stressed Cells on Suicide Path

...n in regulation of the mitochondrial morphology," says Dr. Zheng Dong, cell biologist at the Medical Col... other one actually punches the holes to kill it," says Craig Brooks, MCG graduate student and the paper's first author.Bak and Bax have similar structures...

Cancer Cures for Canines

...such as breast and prostate cancer. Dr Mobasheri says we are all mammals with similar genes and studying the bioenergetics of canine tumours will allow us to gain a comparative understanding of human tumour metabolism. He said: We are using high throughput screening techniques to identify new biomarke...

Extrovert People Drink More Alcohol

...ions regarding alcohol use drink more than others, says Dutch psychologist Sander Bot. The amount a young person drinks is largely determined by how much others in the group drink. Friendly young people in particular, people who score high on the personality dimension friendliness, are sensitive to the i...

Walking Really is the Best Way to Keep Healthy

...problems or mental health in check - walking. So says Mayo Clinic researcher James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., ...their health, the researchers found. Dr. Levine says the study lends credence to the notion that walking is a legitimate, worthy mode of exercise for all...

Monoclonal Antibody Induces Death in Liver Cancer Cells

...iferation and survival," said Dr. Monga. He also says that targeting the PDGFRa pathway in liver cancer cells does not affect normal liver cells, making the treatment relatively non-toxic. "Normally, regenerating liver cells are not exclusively dependent on this pathway, and it is not overly active i...

Avastin Dropped Out Of Funded Drugs List

...e funding it. Health Minister Chris D'Entremont says Oxaliplatin, a drug that treats colorectal cancer, and Mab Campath, a drug that treats chronic lymphocytic leukemia have been added to the list. The decision was based on recommendations by the province's Cancer Systemic Therapy Policy Committee, ...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

...hydrate information we needed to do our analyses," says Taylor, who is also a professor at the Friedman Sc... by 2020. "Our results support our hypothesis," says Taylor, "that dietary glycemic index, which has been related to the risk of diabetes, is also associ...

Uninsured Adults Increase Medicare Costs

...adults may not cost as much as previously thought, says J. Michael McWilliams, an HMS research associate a...for them to obtain private insurance on their own, says John Z. Ayanian, HMS associate professor of medicine and of health care policy and a practicing gene...

Tumours in Dogs may Give Insight into Human Cancer Development

...icine and Science at The University of Nottingham, says that there are significant similarities between certain types of human and canine cancersuch as breast cancer and prostate cancer. According to the researcher, the two species of mammals are have similar genes, and studying the bioenergetics of can...

Shed Off Your Shyness With a Nasal Spray!

...tory. University researcher Dr Markus Heinrichs says that the spray was found to dramatically change the behaviour of 70 adults during a study. He says that all study participants had stopped feeling anxious, and started to engage better with others in...

Textile City Tirupur in Tamil Nadu Tops in Pollution Generation

...ination will spread over to nearby areas as well,' says Kalidass. The discharge of untreated effluent has already damaged over 80,000 acres of farmland along the Noyyal River. It has also brought a decline in the yield of crops like turmeric and bananas. Moreover, the discharge of effluents has contam...

Three Doctors Charged So Far in the UK Bombing Case

... cousins - but defence barrister Stephen Keim, SC, says the case against him is "extremely weak". Besides Haneef e-mailed an associate shortly after the failed British terrorist attacks, saying he would have to leave Australia in a hurry, and did not mention visiting his ailing wife and child, according...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...ers from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance says workers also want all electronic equipment to be t...quipment they are working with," he said. Waters says are also calling for a register of past and present employees for health monitoring purposes. "The...

Vets To Team Up With Human Health Specialists

...spot them. Animals provide food and companionship, says Mahr, and "healthy animals mean healthy people."...

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