News tagged with folk remedies
Australia’s sheep are naturally itching for tea tree’s good oil
Scientists at UQ's Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) have discovered that one of Australia's best known folk remedies might help to alleviate the sheep industry's biggest headache.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Medical prize honors discoverer of malarial drug
(AP) -- A scientist who discovered a powerful malaria drug and two others who illuminated how proteins fold within cells have won prestigious medical awards.
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Study: Ginger capsules ease chemotherapy nausea
Ginger, long used as a folk remedy for soothing tummyaches, helped tame one of the most dreaded side effects of cancer treatment - nausea from chemotherapy, the first large study to test the herb for this has found.
May 14, 2009 |
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Doctors warn about camphor poisoning in children
(AP) -- Doctors are warning parents to avoid using imported camphor products after poisonings in several New York City children.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Cornell researchers discover only recorded flight of lost imperial woodpecker
It was once the undisputed king of its clan, but most believe the imperial woodpecker faded unseen into the pages of history sometime in the late 20th century in the high mountains of Mexico.
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Herbal remedies offer hope as the new antibiotics
Cancer treatments often have the side effect of impairing the patient's immune system. This can result in life-threatening secondary infections from bacteria and fungi, especially since bacteria, like Staphylococcus aureus, are be ...
May 20, 2011 |
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Folk remedies for colic do not work, review says
That nonstop crying of a baby with colic has some parents turning to popular folk remedies. Unfortunately, there's no good evidence they work, according to a review of 15 studies.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Old folk remedy revived: How tansy may be a treatment for herpes
For centuries tansy has been used as a folk remedy, but now scientists from Britain and Spain believe the plant may have medical benefits after all, as a treatment for herpes. The team's findings, published in Phytotherapy Re ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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There are no cures for the common cold
Americans catch an estimated 1 billion colds each year. And by this time of year, as weary cold sufferers line up at local pharmacies, it may not sound surprising that Americans spend at least $4.2 billion annually on over-the-counter ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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SRNL filter design reduces waste treatment costs
The redesign of a filtration system by the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is expected to help the DOE Office of Environmental Management drastically reduce cost and infrastructure ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
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WUSTL's Living Learning Center shares the world's first full 'Living Building' certification
The call came in to Kevin G. Smith, PhD, associate director of the Tyson Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis, from Jason McLennan, CEO of the International Living Building Institute (ILBI).
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 12, 2010 |
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High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost
(PhysOrg.com) -- By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2010 |
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New evidence on how cranberry juice fights bacteria that cause urinary tract infections
Scientists today reported new scientific evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy -- cranberry juice -- for urinary tract infections, at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Bees help to beat MRSA bugs
Bees could have a key role to play in urgently-needed new treatments to fight the virulent MRSA bug, according to research led at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Jun 28, 2010 |
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