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A natural, alternative insect repellent to DEET

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Isolongifolenone, a natural compound found in the Tauroniro tree (Humiria balsamifera) of South America, has been found to effectively deter biting of mosquitoes and to repel ticks, both of which are known spreaders of diseases ...


How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them

Biology /

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...





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Forget the Sprays: Roaches and Their Allergens Reduced in Schools Using IPM

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A North Carolina State University study shows that using integrated pest management (IPM) to control pests in public schools - monitoring closely for signs of pests and then utilizing baits and traps in areas ...


Smaller mosquitoes are more likey to be infected with viruses causing human diseases

Biology /

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An entomologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, a division of the new UI Institute for Natural Resource Sustainability, says smaller mosquitoes are more likely to be infected with viruses that cause diseases in humans. ...


Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them

Biology / Other

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.


Magnetic, luminescent nanoparticles set new standard

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 25, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers at UC Davis have created a new type of nanoparticles that could be used in tests for environmental pollution or contamination of food products, and for medical diagnostics.


Fixing the flaw in emergency planning

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emergency response plans must include knowledge from the people who need to be protected if these plans are to help communities respond effectively to threats, write Drs. Roz Lasker, Noni MacDonald and Editor-in-Chief Paul ...


Diagnoses of fatigue in primary care patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients who visit their family doctors for fatigue have a wide range of diagnoses yet the prevalence of serious illness was low, according to a Dutch study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).


Do drug therapies raise risk of bladder cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In her most recent study of possible triggers of cancer among northern New England residents, Dartmouth epidemiologist Margaret R. Karagas, Ph.D., and her team identified an enhanced risk to the bladders of patients taking ...


BMJ raises concerns over 'outlawed' gagging clauses in NHS contracts

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Despite government outlawing of gagging clauses in NHS contracts, new evidence published in the British Medical Journal today reveals how some trusts have continued to use them.


Using relative utility curves for risk prediction

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

A relative utility curve is a simple method to evaluate risk prediction in a medical decision-making framework, according to a commentary published online October 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Research: Migraine increases stroke risk

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Migraine with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) is associated with a twofold increased risk of stroke, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. Further ...



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