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Reduced skin infections in Northern Australian Aboriginal children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A community-based program aimed at reducing the burden of skin disease across remote communities in Australia's Northern Territory has been successful according to a study published November 24 in the open-access journal ...


Researchers probe mechanisms of infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A newly discovered receptor in a strain of Escherichia coli might help explain why people often get sicker when they're stressed.





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New method identifies rat poison in humans

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) have developed a method to identify bromadiolone poisoning in humans. Bromadiolone is a rat poison that can be purchased freely in shops. A number of cases have ...


California condors dying of lead poisoning

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created Oct 13, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Scientists say California condors are ingesting deadly levels of lead by feasting on the carcasses of animals killed by hunters.


Routine screenings uncover hidden carbon monoxide poisoning

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 13, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Screening all emergency room patients for carbon monoxide poisoning is a simple yet potentially life-saving practice that can be done even in a high-volume urban hospital, according to new research by emergency physicians ...


Carbon monoxide may cause long-lasting heart damage

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created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lack of oxygen isn’t the only way that carbon monoxide (CO) damages the heart, say researchers at Rhode Island Hospital.


Protein protects brain against compound in lead poisoning, liver disease

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created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have discovered that a protein known as PEPT2 protects the brains of mice from a naturally occurring but potentially toxic compound present in lead poisoning and in a class of liver diseases that can cause serious ...


CDC: Lead dust in cars source of kids' poisoning

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source - lead dust tracked into the family car.


Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could ...


Lead may have hastened Beethoven's death

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created Aug 30, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An Austrian scientist says a sample of composer Ludwig van Beethoven's hair taken after his death indicates medical treatment hastened his death.


Children's lead poisoning drops

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2007, 416 children were reported to have elevated blood lead levels in Los Angeles County, a dramatic improvement from 10 years earlier, when fewer children were tested but 1,184 reports of children with ...


FDA issues edentate disodium drug warning

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said two drugs with similar names, both containing edetate disodium, might be mistaken for each other.



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