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US Government dedicates day to skin cancer education
Posted Mon, 23 May 2011 17:54:00 GMT by Colin RickettsThe Environmental Protection Agency has named the Friday before Memorial Day Don't Fry Day in an effort to educate Americans about the dangers of skin cancer, now the most common cancer in the states.
US Government dedicates day to skin cancer education
Good bacteria pack a positive punch for the gut
Posted Mon, 23 May 2011 16:00:00 GMT by Martin LeggettPro-biotic bacteria get a 'thumbs up' in a new paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, published today. IBD sufferers often take probiotic supplements to relieve symptoms, but in this new study, the team from Vanderbilt University believes it has found a more effective way of helping those with irritable bowels - extracting the proteins directly from the bacteria.
Good bacteria pack a positive punch for the gut
Yoga boosts women in recovery from breast cancer treatment
Posted Wed, 18 May 2011 22:00:00 GMT by Martin LeggettYoga doesn't just keep mind and body fit - it can aid recovery from stressful treatments such as radiation therapy. So says a new study on the benefits of yoga for women undergoing breast cancer treatment - to be presented at June's meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The meditative aspect of yoga has a crucial part to play in enhancing women's health, lowering their stress, and improving their mental outlook.
Yoga boosts women in recovery from breast cancer treatment
3,500 year old mummy diagnosed with coronary disease
Posted Wed, 18 May 2011 16:11:01 GMT by Kieran BallHorus Project confirms that heart disease is not a ailment of modern times. At the International Conference of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging in Amsterdam this week, one of the biggest talking points was an Egyptian princess known as Ahmosa-Meryet-Amon, is now officially the first person in history to be diagnosed with coronary disease.
3,500 year old mummy diagnosed with coronary disease
New tool picks out smoke-hazard in atmosphere
Posted Mon, 16 May 2011 19:01:00 GMT by Martin LeggettA customized tool for picking up on very low levels of noxious burning byproducts has enabled NOAA scientists to sniff out isocyanic acid - a chemical linked to known health problems - in LA smog and wildfire smoke. This compound is though likely to be at worryingly high levels in cigarette smoke, as well as homes using poorly-drafted wood fires, and may increase as the planet hots up, says the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
New tool picks out smoke-hazard in atmosphere
Stem cell research: Two steps forward, one step back
Posted Sun, 15 May 2011 14:01:00 GMT by Gracie ValenaA flurry of stem cell research brings us closer to stem cell therapies for cancer and other degenerative diseases. In a stem cell step forward, Christine Chaffer and colleages at the Whitehead Institute overturned a long-held belief that cell differentiation only moves forward - that is stem cells become specific cell types, but not the other way around.
Stem cell research: Two steps forward, one step back
Turning cold houses into cozy homes save lives - and the planet
Posted Thu, 12 May 2011 22:30:01 GMT by Martin LeggettThe need to move fast in dealing with the UK's stock of poorly heated houses is highlighted in a report, sponsored by Friends of the Earth, out today. It sees turning cold homes to cozy homes as unlocking benefits for the health and finances of their inhabitants - and as a major boon to help slow down climate change.
Turning cold houses into cozy homes save lives - and the planet
Marine organism reveals hidden secrets that could help fight disease
Posted Tue, 10 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT by Ruth HendryPotentially beneficial bacteria has genome sequenced. The research has groundbreaking implications for treatments of several human diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. This follows on from recent research which shows that L. majuscula produces substances potentially useful in fighting these human diseases.
Marine organism reveals hidden secrets that could help fight disease
Methane-contaminated drinking water confirmed near fracking wells
Posted Mon, 09 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT by Martin LeggettThe drinking water of homes close to wells that use hydraulic fracturing - to help get gas from buried shales - has up to 17 times the level of methane of those further away, says new research published in today's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists from Duke University have pinned the methane in tap water to the gas wells themselves, adding to an already long list of environmental concerns with shale gas 'fracking'.
Methane-contaminated drinking water confirmed near fracking wells
Foot-and-mouth infectious for less time - raising hopes for binning culls
Posted Thu, 05 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT by Martin LeggettImportant new research into the infectiousness of foot-and-mouth disease, published in Science tomorrow, shows that the livestock virus can only be passed-on for half the time previously thought. That makes less destructive disease management approaches much more viable, and could help relegate the wholesale livestock slaughter of 'preemptive culling' to the grim pages of history.
Foot-and-mouth infectious for less time - raising hopes for binning culls
Can nutrition alone reverse established cancers?
Posted Wed, 04 May 2011 14:49:00 GMT by Kieran BallA reputed nutritionist and biochemist says changes in diet can cause cancers to regress. We know that following a healthy diet can help prevent certain forms of cancer, just as an unhealthy diet can promote cancer. It has also been shown that a radical change of diet will help in the fight against established cancer when used in combination with traditional treatments, but can nutrition alone reverse cancer?
Can nutrition alone reverse established cancers?
Calls to better protect US public from chemical health risks
Posted Wed, 04 May 2011 13:16:01 GMT by Martin LeggettThe US legislation to prevent health problems from toxic chemicals is failing, say authors of two papers in this month's Health Affairs. New laws to make manufacturers prove product safety is needed - but the EPA also needs to reach out to partners, to move up a gear up in the protecting of the US public.
Calls to better protect US public from chemical health risks
US air cleaner but 50% of Americans breathe dirty air still
Posted Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:33:00 GMT by Gracie ValenaThe American Lung Association's State of the Air 2011 report released April 27 says that ''the majority of American cities most-polluted by ozone (smog) or year-round particle pollution (soot) have improved,'' during 2007-2009. The report covers three measures: ozone, short term particle (solid and liquid) levels and year-round particle levels.
US air cleaner but 50% of Americans breathe dirty air still
Child IQ loss linked to pesticides exposure in womb
Posted Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:42:00 GMT by Martin LeggettA long-term study of 300 children over several years has seen lower levels of intelligence follow-on for those children whose mothers were exposed to pesticides during pregnancy. Three separate papers, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, confirm this effect for a range of environments. But this can be avoided if mothers wash fresh food thoroughly - or go for organic whenever possible - during pregnancy.
Child IQ loss linked to pesticides exposure in womb
Three million babies and mothers lives could be saved in poorer countries
Posted Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:17:00 GMT by Martin LeggettFor the price of a nuclear power station, $10bn, the lives of nearly three million babies and their mothers could be saved, just by investing in tried-and-tested medical interventions in the developing world. That's just one of the conclusions of a focus on the often hidden toll of stillbirths, published in this week's Lancet.
Three million babies and mothers lives could be saved in poorer countries
Why incense could be making you sick
Posted Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:33:01 GMT by Astrid MadsenThe World Health Organisation issued a report outlining what constitutes a 'safe' level of exposure to the most common indoor air pollutants. One of the most common and harmful pollutants is benzene, for which there is no safe threshold of exposure. It depresses the nervous system and causes cardiac ''sensitization'' as well as headaches, dizziness and nausea.
Why incense could be making you sick
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