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A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

... 1,600-participant phase III clinical trial in the summer of 2006, describing it as the largest placebo-controlled study ever to be undertaken of an investigational medicine in patients with Alzheimer’s. Patients will use r-flurbiprofen (known now as Flurizan) for 18 months. Dr. Golde, who is not involved...

Wet Weather Heralds the Mosquito Menace

...al epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall. In 2004, there were 2539 human cases of WNV disease reported, including 100 deaths. Among those with severe illness due to West Nile virus, case-fatality rates range from 3% to 15% and are highest among the elderly. Les...

Pond in High Artic Drying Up Due to Global Warming

...ent ponds in the Arctic drying up during the polar summer as warmer temperatures evaporate shallow bodies of water illustrates the rapid effects of global warming, threatening bird habitats and breeding grounds and reducing drinking water for animals. John P. Smol of Queens University in Kingston, Ontario,...

American Bests Japanese Hot Dog Eating Champion, Sets Record

...llion wieners across the country. For an average summer season, Americans consume about seven billion hot dogs, or 818 wieners per second....

Live Earth: How Global Warming Became Cool

...esident Ronald Reagan. Things changed in 1988, a summer of record heat and droughts in the United States, when James Hansen of the Goddard Institute of Space Studies at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) delivered his now-famous testimony to Congress. Hansen declared he was 99 perc...

SKorean Online Dogmeat Retailer Closes Site Amid Uproar

...tang, is a Korean delicacy usually served over the summer season....

DNA Sample Suggests Greenland was Much Warmer During Last Ice Age

...0 to 900,000 years ago was probably between 10C in summer and -17C in winter. The reduced glacier cover in that region also meant the global ocean was probably between one and two metres higher during that time compared to current levels, he said. Harp said the silty ice found underneath the huge Greenla...

Designer Bag Launch Causes Shopping Chaos in Hong Kong

... Hundreds of people had braved Hong Kong's searing summer heat to queue overnight in the hope of snaring the fashion must-have when it went on sale here on Friday morning. Some arrived as early as 3:00 pm on Thursday to begin queueing for the trendy accessory, which was originally conceived as an eco-frie...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Spreading Its Tentacles in Massachusetts

... tired and dizzy, but said she dismissed it as the summer flu. A week after those first symptoms appeared, her husband found her collapsed on the floor, and he immediately called 911. At first, doctors were unable to pinpoint what was wrong, said her daughter, Kathy, of Weymouth. Phillips spent time at To...

Fossilized Midges can Predict Climate Change: Study

...hift the North West climate cooled with an average summer temperature fall of 1.6 degrees - approximately three times the amount of temperature change currently attributed to global warming. Scientists found that the atmosphere cooled rapidly and cold periods lasted up to 50 years for one event and 150 y...

Parental Match-making Blossoms in a Beijing Park

...thers of daughters rang throughout a recent Sunday summer afternoon. "My daughter is very timid. There is no time and no chance to meet young people," said one mother. Another chipped in: "Girls should not be judged on beauty, they should have careers." The Beijing scene is repeated in cities and parks ...

Golf Courses Could Serve as Wildlife Sanctuaries If Managed Properly

...at completely drying golf course ponds in the late summer or early fall would benefit amphibian populations and biodiversity. "It's a hard concept for people to understand, but non-permanent wetlands are more natural than permanent wetlands. Most natural wetlands dry for some periods of time, and the spe...

Strategies for the Summer

...ed up inside the house. But being out in the open summer for too long, can take its toll in way of heat strokes and excessive sun exposure. This is warning issued by the Vancouver Island Health Authority. Heat-related illnesses include heat stroke, heat cramps and heat exhaustion. Heat stroke, a form of...

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...ecessary. Legislators expect to hold hearings this summer or in the fall. We want "people to realize they don't have to call in security the first time someone looks at them cross-eyed," Dreyer said. "The ERs are in a production mode. Their aim is to process the patients as quickly as possible to get on t...

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

...from throwing: In the old days kids pitched in the summer and then played basketball or football in the winter. That was better for growing children. Now, some children play baseball 12 months a year. That can be a problem. Shoulder changes that go beyond adaptation can lead to pain and even growth plate in...

Kashmir Battles Alarming Increase in Suicides

...nt. The records of just one major hospital in the summer capital Srinagar, the SMHS hospital, show that it admitted 1,124 patients who had attempted suicide in 2004 alone. "During the last 18 years, more than 13,000 patients of suicide (where a person ended his/her life), para-suicide (where a person made...

Gene Variants for Crohn's Disease Identified

...ng an individuals 30,000 genes. Established in the summer of 2006, the center is taking on one of the largest genotyping projects in the world, and is the largest one dedicated to genetic analysis of childhood diseases. This study is among the first that our center has published on a gene associated with...

Texan Battles Flesh-eating Bacteria Contracted While Swimming

...es in warm salt water and is most prevalent during summer months. Gilpatrick's wife, Linda, said she and her husband routinely vacation in Galveston County's Crystal Beach each summer. "I've heard of flesh-eating bacteria, but it always seemed so far away," she said from a waiting room at Galveston's John...

NKorea Extols Virtues of Dog Meat

...l cuisine is a prized delicacy for coping with the summer heat . Dog soup, called dangogi-jang or boshinta...ealth soup), is "the best cuisine" served over the summer season, the official Korean Central News Agency said, touting its nutritional properties. Dangogi,...

Beijing Legislator Calls on Government to Regulate Sexually Suggestive TV Ads

...ually suggestive commercials, at least during the summer and winter holiday periods. Shang Xiyun is said ...g middle and primary school children started their summer holidays last week, and many spent a lot of time watching television, an pastime many parents are be...

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