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Environment Groups Appeal for Ban on Cleaning Chemicals

...e these products regularly. According to several scientific studies and documents available at EPA, Nonylphenol imitates estrogen, and varieties of male fishes exposed to this chemical become part male and part female, producing female egg proteins. The after-effects on humans are however still unknown. Eve...

Biologic Replaces Ointments & Surgery to Stop Aging

..., longer lasting results," she says. Much of the scientific research in skincare is currently focused on biologic treatment of the signs of aging. "Out with the skin cream and in with gene therapy," Dr. Patel says. "I observed that when people returned after a procedure they looked better but did not feel a...

Cannabinoids Regulate Inflammation Process

...mportant discoveries, coincidence was involved. In scientific experiments mice are given an ear clip, so that researchers can tell them apart. In most cases the mice can handle this without problems, Dr. Meliha Karsak, a member of Professor Zimmers team, explains. With our mice this was different. The skin ar...

New York Legislature Highlights for Awareness of Alzheimer's Disease

...resources," and noted that "recent advancements in scientific research have demonstrated the benefits of early medical treatment for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, as well as the benefits of early access to counseling and other support services for their caretakers." In presenting the resolution, Senat...

Export of Herbal Products to Reach Rs.120 Billion by 2012: Study

...fficient marketing of the herbal potential through scientific channels of communication....

HIV and AIDS Pregnancies Considerably Reduced- South African Health Minister

...ighting the virus stands in contrast to mainstream scientific support for anti-retroviral (ARV) drug treatment. Tshabalala-Msimang said on Thursday that more than 282,836 patients at 355 accredited facilities received ARV medication by the end of March. The government has said it hopes to have one million peo...

Dartmouth Professor Makes Case for Ethically Universal Stem Cell Lines

...nald M. Green examines the moral questions and the scientific feasibility of deriving hESC lines in ways that av...ch. Even though none of these options is free from scientific challenges or ethical and political problems, Green feels that we should support research now to dev...

Pessimists may Develop More Memory Problems

...o a study published in the issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology,people who are easily distressed and have more negative emotions are more likely to develop memory problems than more easygoing people. In the study, those who most often experience negative emotions su...

US Court Asked to Decide Whether Childhood Vaccines can Cause Autism

...y to courtroom means the outcome will hinge not on scientific standards of evidence but on a legal standard of p...lped invent a rotavirus vaccine. "You know, it's a scientific question," he said. "It's best answered in a scientific venue. It's been done. I mean, the court is ...

Selection of Best X Chromosome in Women

...table with this randomness and have sought a clear scientific reason as to why one X chromosome was switched off rather than the other. The observations also seem to run counter to the usual idea that the biological mechanisms evolve in ways that allow a "best" choice to be made between things rather than a ran...

Abnormality in the Red Blood Count Cell Poses High Risks

... hematocrit screening results, and a review of the scientific literature on hematocrit values, to put patients into one of three categories: anemic (hematocrit values of less than 39 percent), normal (hematocrit values of between 39 and 54 percent) and polycythemic (hematocrit values of 54 percent or higher). T...

Canadians Urged to Renovate Houses to Check Radon Gas Radiation

...ping lung cancer from radon gas. A comprehensive scientific study, published in Epidemiology in 2005 and entitled Residential Radon and Risk of Lung Cancer, found "direct evidence of an association between residential radon exposure and lung cancer." The study examined radon studies in regions as widespread...

Landmark Study Prompts Rethink of Genetic Code

...nome Research Institute (NHGRI), which coralled 35 scientific groups from around the world into the ENCODE project, said the scientific community "will need to rethink some long-held views about what genes are and what they do." "(...) ...

Hormone Therapy An Alternative to Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer

...h and treatment of ovarian cancer. Despite intense scientific research over the past 20 years, there have been few new leads in our understanding of how this disease operates. But this study suggests that the addition of hormone therapy to our treatment strategy could extend and improve the lives of women with ...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

...rthwest 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 community into a thriving port and manufacturing hub of around seven million people, with huge environmental consequences. "A lot of buildings were...

Shocking Figures Of Britains Abused Elders Revealed

...is: This research gives us the first objective and scientific assessment of the prevalence of elder abuse. We now have with some precision an up-to-date estimate of the size of the challenge that we face. Older people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect - abuse in any setting is just unacceptable. A...

Environmental Problems Take Huge Toll of Lives Across the Globe

... data from national health authorities, reviews of scientific literature and expert surveys. It also encompasses data collected by the WHO. But WHO officials stressed the report was a preliminary estimate of how environmental factors affect health. "We would be very glad if these country-by-country figure...

New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

...he new report will help ensure FDA has an adequate scientific basis to review inhaler applications that use an a...ical Path Opportunities Report listing 76 specific scientific projects that, if undertaken, would help modernize the Critical Path sciences. This companion docume...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...nd risk, and have contributed significantly to the scientific literature and to the development of public health guidelines and recommendations. Those studies confirmed the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, showed that obesity increases the risk of several cancers, and linked aspirin use to a lowe...

Over the Counter Drugs can Be Highly Addictive, Warn Doctors

...uprofen for many years. The authors searched the scientific literature, but could find no research into addiction to OTC drugs in the UK. Numerous websites are, however, documenting cases of addiction and offering support to those people trying to withdraw from these drugs, they say. One website illustrates...

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