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The kapok connection -- Study explains rainforest similarities

...exploitation for plywood," Dick said. "It might be saved from widespread extinction by continuing to invade new land areas through oceanic dispersal."...

An 'elegant' idea proves its worth 25 years later

...chemistry to mop up potentially toxic nitrogen has saved an estimated 80 percent of patients with urea cycle disorders --- most of them children – according to a report in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine summarizing a quarter century of experience with the treatment. The effectiveness of sodi...

Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia

..., raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists from Conservation Int...edible discovery means that a unique turtle can be saved from disappearing from our planet,?said David Emmett, a CI wildlife biologist. “We thought it might ...

Are one-third of costly implanted heart devices unnecessary? New study suggests yes

... In all, the authors calculate, one life could be saved every two years for every nine ICDs implanted in people with positive or inconclusive MTWA results. But it would take 76 ICD implantations in people with negative MTWA tests to save one life every two years. The reductions in death risk were pres...

Quitting smoking reduces risk of lung cancer mortality by 70 percent

...on smokers. There are huge numbers of lives to be saved through campaigns to alert current smokers to the dangers of their habit." Dr Huxley added. "Effective action in Asia would help to head off a significant part of the projected one billion deaths from smoking that will otherwise occur around the w...

Circumcision: A proven strategy to prevent HIV

...ds of deaths, and several million dollars could be saved if male circumcision became routine in sub-Saharan Africa. "This is really the first good news we've had in quite a long time. If we can reduce the risk of infection by such a substantial amount then we can save a lot of lives." In December the...

LSD treatment for alcoholism gets new look

...rience was for them--some even felt the experience saved their lives." In spite of the promise LSD showed as psychotherapy tool, its subsequent popularity as a street drug, and the perception of it as a threat to public safety, triggered a worldwide ban in the late 1960s--including its use in medical ex...

Batfish to the rescue!

...lair of comic-book superhero Batman, a batfish has saved a coral reef that was being choked to death by seaweed ?although the fish was never previously known as a weed-eater. Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) who were studying how coral reefs are lost to weed we...

New study calculates millions of years saved in lives of AIDS patients

...ophylaxis, led to at least 3 million years of life saved in the United States. Moreover, since approximatel...n additional 740,000 years of life might have been saved had all AIDS patients in the U.S. received appropriate treatment upon diagnosis." In an accompanyin...

Race to halt global amphibian crisis boosted by rediscovery of endangered Colombian frogs

...idiomycosis, raising hopes that the species can be saved in the new protected area or through captive breeding. The fungus has been found as close as 40 kilometers (25 miles) away on the other side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and scientists will study the frogs to learn how they have avoided it. "It's...

New light microscope sharpens scientists' focus

...ich turned out to be old optics equipment Hess had saved from their days at Bell Labs, supplemented by the money in their wallets. They dusted off the equipment and set up shop in the living room of Hess's condominium in La Jolla, California. There, in just two months, they built a prototype of the inst...

Tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention does not benefit most women

...reast cancer came to $1.3 million per year of life saved based on the U.S. price of the drug -- a prohibiti...t breast cancer comes to $123,780 per year of life saved for women at the 1.67-percent risk level. In comparison, annual flu shots cost about $980 per year...

Tetracycline plus teeth equal gray smile

...ificantly lighten these tough-to-remove stains and saved his patient more than $10,000 in dental restorative fees. He'll share this information during his discussion titled "Treating Tetracycline Staining in the Adult Dentition" to be presented at the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) 54th Annual Meetin...

APS lecturer shows rare video of 'teacher-student' immune cell interactions in live animal

...ures could one day be worth much more -- the lives saved by the development of new vaccines. Harvard University researcher Ulrich H. von Andrian showed the immune system of a live mouse being challenged by a foreign microbe during a presentation at Experimental Biology 2006. The footage gave many of the p...

Crucial site for endangered frogs and birds saved

...onservation groups battling global extinctions has saved one of the world's most important sites for endangered species. American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Conservation International (CI), and Fundación ProAves of Colombia stepped in to protect the 1,600-acre site on the northwest slope of the Sierra Nevada...

Access to existing medical treatments could save more lives than spending to improve the treatments

More lives could be saved in the United States by spending less money on mak... billions of dollars spent on new generation drugs saved fewer lives and prevented fewer strokes than if the existing drugs had been taken by all patients wh...

Group proves it's possible to grow new lung alveoli by growing new blood vessels

... It's really a win-lose situation: the babies are saved but they pay the price with dramatically underdeveloped lungs--forcing them to spend their early days outside the womb fighting for every breath. And now, with many of these premature babies reaching their adolescent years, clinicians and researchers...

Some good news for the world's poor

...not only helped millions avoid starvation but also saved thousands of hectares of fragile natural habitats ...e significantly reduced prices for poor consumers, saved thousands of hectares of forests from being turned into farmland, and reduced the number of malnouri...

Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

...menu was a piece of ephemera it wasn't meant to be saved but thankfully some people collected them. We believe this is the first time anyone has tried to work with this trove of historical information." The History of Marine Animal Populations "Oceans Past" Conference More than 100 marine biologists, eco...

Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source

...h as nitrogen are transferred to the rhizome to be saved until the next growing season, he said. Burning Miscanthus produces only as much carbon dioxide as it removes from the air as it grows, said Heaton, who is seeking a doctorate in crop sciences. That balance means there is no net effect on atmospheri...

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