News tagged with ingredients
Tons of released drugs taint US water
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government ...
German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2009 |
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German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.
Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body
May 20, 2009 |
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Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...
Human stem cells promote healing of diabetic ulcers
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found ...
Lost in translation: Perfectionist protein-maker trashes errors
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial perfectionist.
Does 'sun-protective' clothing work?
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Dear EarthTalk: Is there really such a thing as "sun-protective clothing"? If so, does it mean I can dispense with oily sunscreens once and for all? (John Sugarman, San Diego, Calif.)
Revolutionary chefs? Not likely, shows physics research
Jul 10, 2008 |
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However much the likes of Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay might want to shake up our diets, culinary evolution dictates that our cultural cuisines remain little changed as generations move on, shows new research, published ...
Marijuana ingredients show promise in battling superbugs
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Substances in marijuana show promise for fighting deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections, including so-called "superbugs," without causing the drug's mood-altering effects, scientists in Italy and the United Kingdom are ...
