Polluted Chinese River Hospitalises 61
... the river, but the cause of the pollution was not yet known. Nine of the victims stayed in hospital overnight, while the others were released after shorter treatment, the report added. The spill is the latest in an unremitting series of reports about China's worsening water pollution. More than 70...Insilico Studies on Chlorine Eating Bacteria
...s it needs from other organisms, and we don't know yet what they are," she said. Her laboratory will test the D. ethenogenes strains under a variety of different conditions, such as exposing them to different chlorinated compounds one at a time, varying the environment or the nutrients supplied, and th...H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed at Czech Turkey Farm
...ntly being raised there had been sold, as they had yet to reach their optimum weight. The Czech Republic has around 700 professional poultry farms with hundreds of thousands of private citizens also breeding poultry. The European Commission said Thursday that the situation in the Czech Republic would ...Cigarette Smoking Delays Ligament Healing
...may cause some of the same effects. But that's not yet clear since the mice in this study were exposed to..." Sandell and Wright say their findings point to yet another reason smokers would do well to quit. "Many patients don't want to hear it, but these result...Doherty Will Marry Moss If He's 'smack and Needle-free'
...so easily. "I have been banging up I confess, and yet my use is extremely moderate and controlled. What am I saying? Kate will not tolerate this s***, I wouldn't blame her, and alongside the fixing neither of us seem to completely trust each other although I love her and no other and the tiffs and tumul...Antarctic Icebergs Serve as 'hotspots' for Ocean Life
...Polar Year, they said. "This research establishes yet another promising horizon for polar ecology," said...Polar Year, NSF hopes to expand this work to learn yet more about these unique ecological niches and their significance to oceanic processes," she said. T...Morning Sickness may Signify Lower Breast Cancer Risk
...r causing nausea and vomiting during pregnancy has yet to be pinpointed, it likely is a result of changing levels of ovarian and placental hormone production, which may include higher circulating levels of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin," he said. This human chorionic gonadotropin hormone...Chikungunya Spreads as Funds Remain Unspent
...gunya fever. But a sum of over Rs. 74.9 million is yet to be utilised. "It is unfortunate that the coun...the states, Karnataka is the worst offender. It is yet to spend a single paisa of the Rs. 22 million that it received from the central funds - this when st...Paris Hilton to Get a Facial the Minute She is Out of the Slammer!
...king all possible arrangements to look good on her yet undecided, post-prison interview. According to sources, the first thing that the socialite will do after being released on June 26, is pamper her dry face. Hilton has resentfully complained to the press while in jail that she's not permitted to ...US Observers Concerned Over Increasingly Permissive Atmosphere
...lieve they have one of the most honest assessments yet of sexual behavior and drug use because they used a new method to do the survey, which is available on the Internet at http: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad384.pdf. "They answered this in complete privacy," Porter said. "They have a headset on, they ...EU Move Against Mercury Should Be Adopted in India: NGO
...f the health hazards that the liquid metal causes, yet there was no proposal to curb its current free import and trade. Agarwal hoped the Indian government would take a cue from the initiative against the lethal metal and ban its import....'Walk of Shame' Triggers Toilet Consciousness
... tidy dwellings and the attached sparkling, but as yet unused, latrines for inspection. And then Kaushik led the guests towards the open, lush green fields. As visitors and guests began the tough and unsavoury navigation around mounds of shit and refuse scattered all around, the magnitude of the open ...Frustration and Anger of the Medical Profession Highlighted in Archdeacon's Speech
...ent seems to be able to address satisfactorily and yet it remains high on the agenda of those who seek election. The current debacle over the employment of junior doctors and their progression in their profession has brought heartache of immeasurable proportions to those who have already spent long years...Childhood Abuse Increases the Risk of Alcoholism
...ildhood trauma than others. With this study we see yet again that nature and nurture often work together, not independently, to influence our overall health and well-being, says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. This finding underscores the central role that gene-environment interactions play in the...Cuban Healthcare Delivers, Experts Say
...nd noted that the medical genetics program had not yet been fully implemented in the region despite the recommendations made by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Marcheco pointed out that 5 out of 100 new born babies were born with genetic malforma...Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again
... at Rush University Medical Center, said it is not yet clear whether video games are addictive. "It's not necessarily a cause-and-effect type issue. There may be certain kids who have a compulsive component to what they are doing," he said in an interview. But addictive or not, too much time spent ...Aspartame Probe Call Rejected by FDA
... spokesman Michael Herndon said the agency had not yet reviewed the study. However, the conclusions from this second European Ramazzini Foundation are not consistent with those from the large number of studies on aspartame that have been evaluated by FDA, including five previously conducted negative ch...Experimental Drug Ketasyn(TM) (AC-1202) Treats Alzheimer's as Diabetes of the Brain
...accumulation of amyloid beta plaques in the brain, yet recent research from Brown University has shown that inducing insulin resistance in the brains of mice gives rise to some of the behavioral and pathological symptoms of AD. AD may therefore be thought of as brain-specific "type 3 diabetes," an idea t...Babys Poop is of Interest for Researchers
...e Stanford team has made the most extensive survey yet of how the microbes establish flourishing communities in what began as a sterile environment. Their findings will be published in the July issue of Public Library of Science-Biology. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are as......egarding the use of live vocal improvement had not yet been discussed. "They all have great singing voices," the spokeswoman said....