Calif. preparing to sue EPA
Oct 22, 2007 |
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California officials are preparing to file a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency so the state can regulate greenhouse emissions.
Zinc may reduce pneumonia risk in nursing home elderly
Oct 22, 2007 |
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When elderly nursing home residents contract pneumonia, it is a blow to their already fragile health. Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and ...
Erosion threatens Alaskans
Oct 22, 2007 |
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As much as $500 million may be needed in Alaska to move people living in three coastal communities threatened by erosion.
An eye for an eye: using stem cells to treat damaged eyes and a rare skin disorder
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Doctors and scientists in Italy have shown how stem cells can be used to treat damaged eyes and, in combination with gene therapy, a rare and debilitating skin disease.
City turns lights out Saturday to conserve
Oct 22, 2007 |
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San Francisco is turning its lights out for an hour Saturday night to increase awareness of light pollution and wasted energy.
Emotional well-being has no influence on cancer survival
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that emotional well-being is not an independent factor affecting the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancers. This study appears in the ...
New inhibitor has potential as cancer drug
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Laboratory experiments have previously shown that cancer cells overproduce an enzyme, heparanase, which splits the body’s own polysaccharide heparan sulfate into shorter fragments. The amount of enzyme is related to the ...
Successful Ariane 5 upper-stage engine re-ignition experiment
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2007 |
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A successful re-ignition of the Ariane 5 upper stage engine performed during the most recent mission has consolidated Ariane 5's readiness for the launch of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle.
Shipping suffers as Great Lakes shrink
Oct 22, 2007 |
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U.S. shipping companies are losing money for every inch the Great Lakes shrink, with water levels 7 inches below average, The New York Times reported.
FDA OKs Ixempra for advanced breast cancer
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 22, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ixempra, a new anti-cancer treatment, for use in patients with metastatic or advanced breast cancer.
Influenza vaccine causes weaker immune response for rural children
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Researchers have found that vaccination against influenza strains seems to be more effective in a semi-urban population than in a rural population of schoolchildren in Gabon, Africa, according to an article in the Dec. 1 ...
Clues to ensuring anti-HIV drugs are taken in Africa
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 22, 2007 |
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HIV-infected patients in the African country of Tanzania were more likely to stop taking their medications and to fail treatment if they had to pay for the drugs themselves.
Common virus may help doctors treat deadly brain tumors
Oct 22, 2007 |
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A common human virus may prove useful in attacking the deadliest form of brain tumors, according to a study by researchers at Duke’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center. The researchers said the finding is an important ...
FDA expands meningitis vaccine approval
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 22, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval for the use of Menactra, a bacterial meningitis vaccine, to children ages 2 to 10.
Nokia N81 8GB shipping globally
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Mobile entertainment just got more fun with the Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB multimedia computers now available globally. Designed for the best in music and gaming, these devices come with dedicated music and ...
