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More kidney cancer is detected and treated early, yet death rate rises

The number of cases of kidney cancer has been rising over the last two decades, and new research from t...umably curable, kidney masses. But even though the rising incidence has been paralleled by greater use of surgery for kidney cancer, this trend has not led to...

Study: Living coral reefs provide better protection from tsunami waves

...destruction." Because coral reefs are dying from rising ocean temperatures, increasing ocean acidity, and direct human damage, Oppenheimer said the findings offer yet another reason to protect these fragile offshore ecosystems. "This study shows yet another way that protecting the environment relates t...

Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible

...dicating that volume regain is driven primarily by rising choline levels, while the more the NAA recovered, the better the patients performed on the d2-test." There were no significant changes in the controls. Dr Bartsch and his colleagues were confident that the increase in brain volume and form was ...

Emergency contraception fails to halt abortions

...contraception has been heralded as the solution to rising abortion rates, says Professor Glasier, but in the UK, abortion rates have increased from 11 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 in 1984 (136,388 abortions) to 17.8 per 1,000 women in 2004 (185,400 abortions) despite the increased use of emergency contracepti...

Coral stress 'like never in history'

...s of the Huon Peninsula, which are now cliff faces rising up to 25 metres above the beach, A/Prof. Pandolfi and his team were able to see where large scale disturbances had occurred in the history of these reefs which dated back as far as 11 000 years ago. "The sequence of fossils is like a three dimensi...

Rising ocean temperatures, pollution have oysters in hot water

...n United States, but over-fishing, global warming, rising ocean water temperatures and increased pollution have combined to reduce the oyster population to 5% of what it was 200 years ago, Sokolova said. The loss of oysters has far-reaching environmental implications. "We can't even imagine the expanse o...

New bird discovered on unexplored Columbian mountain

...00. The awards support the vital work of a new rising generation of conservation professionals and drive practical research projects addressing a wide range of global environmental issues. This year, 19 teams were awarded "Future Conservationist Awards" and eight awards were granted to teams to conti...

NASA satellite data helps assess the health of Florida's coral reef

...s that influence the health of coral reefs include rising sea levels, powerful storms, pollution, coastal development, overfishing and other human activity that focus impacts on the reefs. "There appear to be more stressors than in the past. This is a major concern as bleaching events are becoming more comm...

Reminding doctors which antibiotics to prescribe cuts C. difficile infection rates

...ding is especially important because CDI rates are rising rapidly in the UK and a new more virulent strain has recently been identified2 A 2005 study by the Healthcare Commission3 found that 38% of NHS Trusts did not restrict broad-spectrum antibiotic use, despite the known association between these compoun...

Phthalates now linked to fat, related health risks

...ls or function in men, and thereby contributing to rising obesity rates and an epidemic of related disorders, such as Type 2 diabetes, said lead author Richard Stahlhut, M.D., M.P.H., a Preventive Medicine resident at the University of Rochester. The study was published today in the online edition of the j...

Research finds music training 'tunes' human auditory system

... delivered in a level tone means "to squint," in a rising tone means "to bewilder," and in a dipping (falli...nd, only uses pitch to reflect intonation (as when rising pitch is used in questions). As the subjects watched the movie, the researchers used electrophy...

Scientists uncover link between ocean's chemical processes and microscopic floating plants

...cientific studies have shown that ocean acidity is rising 100 times faster than ever before, Wingenter said, but this study links the effect of increasing ocean acidity to changes in phytoplankton, which themselves produce "greenhouse gases." "Pronounced changes in some phytoplankton have been observed du...

Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs

...fortable within a 12-degree temperature range. And rising global temperatures appear to be threatening their...ralia and East Africa that seeks to understand how rising ocean temperatures (which are monitored with high-resolution satellite detectors) are related to let...

Keeping the immune system from starting a 'food fight'

...ide the "next frontier" of therapies to combat the rising tide of chronic metabolic disease, they said. "Humans were not meant to deal with little to no exercise and a constant bombardment of nutrients," said Gökhan Hotamisligil of the Harvard School of Public Health of his team’s findings. "If we could ...

Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life

...elting of Antarctic ice shelves is contributing to rising sea levels and other climate change dynamics in complex ways, this additional role of removing carbon from the atmosphere may have implications for global climate models that need to be further studied,” added Smith. To understand the icebergs’ c...

Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review

... is one that we all need to heed if we are to halt rising skin cancer rates” concludes Dr Hoey....

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