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Let them eat snail

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nu ...


Australian woman dies after 60 years in iron lung

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An Australian woman who spent a record-breaking 60 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio died Saturday in a Melbourne nursing home, aged 83.


Mortality rates reduced among children whose mothers received iron-folic acid supplements

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Offspring whose mothers had been supplemented with iron-folic acid during pregnancy had dramatically reduced mortality through age 7, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers ...


WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.


Sandia CR5

Machine Converts CO2 into Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, ...


Metal Deficit in Mouse Brain Plaques Guides Direction of Human Alzheimer's Disease Research

Metal Deficit in Mouse Brain Plaques Guides Direction of Human Alzheimer's Disease Research

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Minuscule plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease contain much less metal than the brains of affected humans, according to a study conducted at the NSLS. This surprising finding ...


Sebelius: Mammograms still vital in saving lives (AP)

Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation ...


Saliva proteins change as women age

Saliva proteins change as women age

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content ...


Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...


Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.



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