Families will make case for vaccine link to autism 12 hours ago | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. They seek vindication and financial redress from ... | |
A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The COMT gene – known already for its role in schizophrenia – has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today’s advance on-line issue of Nature. | |
Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ... | |
 Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral ... | |
Is divorce bad for the parents? 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The elderly are cared for by their adult children regardless of their marital status. In a unique study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers found British adult children help their elderly parents ... | |
UV lotion lights the way to cleaner facilities 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of Canadian scientists using a lotion which glows under ultraviolet light have shown that up to a third of patient toilets are not properly cleaned. Their findings, published in BioMed Central’s journal, BMC Infectious ... | |
US co-inventor of nicotine patch dies May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A pioneer in the fight against tobacco and the co-inventor of the nicotine patch, Murray Jarvik, died this week of congestive heart failure, the University of California said Saturday. He was 84. | |
Peer pressure, the new weapon against teen smoking May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Enrolling an influential student to convey an anti-smoking message to schoolmates is a valuable way of getting youngsters to say no to cigarettes, a British study suggests. | |
New outbreak of bird flu hits India: minister May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Bird flu has spread to the hilly Darjeeling district of eastern India which has been hit by avian influenza several times already this year, a minister said Saturday. | |
70 people sickened during San Francisco conference May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, 70 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread ... | |
Study supports reason for concern in childhood and adolescent obesity May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial function, ... | |
UCI scientists study people who can't forget May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Imagine being able to recall every moment of your life, beginning around age 10. Given a date, you remember what day of the week it was, what happened in the world, even what you ate for lunch or what you did at school. | |
Flu vaccine makers to set new doses record for next season May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Flu vaccine manufacturers expect to make a record number of doses for next flu season despite concerns that demand may drop because this year's vaccine was largely ineffective. | |
Train quarantined in Canada after passenger dies (Update) May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Doctors in hazardous materials suits swarmed a passenger train in Canada's outback on Friday to contain a possible outbreak after one person died and several fell ill, officials said. But the emergency was soon deflated after ... | |
77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say May 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. | |
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