Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Major drugs companies are using fierce lobbying tactics to protect a pharmaceutical patent system that is "simply morally unacceptable", a world-leading political philosopher will tell a major meeting of UK and European pharmacologists ... | |
Men and women are programmed differently when it comes to temptation July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Temptation may be everywhere, but it's how the different sexes react to flirtation that determines the effect it will have on their relationships. In a new study, psychologists determined men tend to look at their partners ... | |
More kidney stone disease projected due to global warming July 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers at UT Southwestern ... | |
UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions. | |
Weeding out the highs of medical marijuana July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Research exploring new ways of exploiting the full medicinal uses of cannabis while avoiding unwanted side-effects will be presented to pharmacologists today (Tuesday, 15 July) by leading scientists attending the Federation ... | |
US activists praise Senate for lifting HIV travel ban July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
Gay advocates and commentators have hailed a vote by US senators to repeal a travel ban on HIV-positive visitors or immigrants to the United States. | |
Turning on hormone tap could aid osteoporosis fight July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A potential new drug that 'opens the taps' for the release of useful hormones could stimulate new bone growth – and may eventually bring relief to osteoporosis sufferers. | |
89 percent of children's food products provide poor nutritional quality July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content – because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium - according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue ... | |
Bullying-suicide link explored in new study July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from 13 countries published in the International ... | |
 A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie info July 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow - like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium ... | |
Could arthritis wonder drugs provide clues for all disease? July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Drugs that have helped treat millions of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers may hold the key to many more medical conditions, including atherosclerosis – a leading cause of heart disease – says the researcher who jointly invented ... | |
Cancer researchers call for ethnicity to be taken into account July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in today's Lancet (18 July) by researchers from Imperial ... | |
Report: Invest $10 a person for better health July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Investing just $10 per person - roughly the price of a six-pack of beer and some chips - could greatly fuel community programs that get couch potatoes moving, prevent smoking and improve nutrition, researchers say. | |
 New approach sheds light on ways Circadian disruption affects human health July 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the 24-hour solar day, negatively affecting human health ... | |
Brain scientists spot nature/nurture gene link July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory found that a previously unsuspected set of genes links nature and nurture during a crucial period of brain development. | |
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