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Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much longer into childhood than expected, according to a new study by researchers ...





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Aspirin and atherosclerosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Aspirin has become one of the most widely used medications in the world, owing to its ability to reduce pain, fevers, inflammation, and blood clotting. In animal studies, aspirin has also been shown to prevent atherosclerosis, ...


Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals

Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome - a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures ...


Health problems in Persian Gulf War veterans higher due to chemical exposure

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows there is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War Veterans can be explained, in part, by exposure to certain ...


More on mate tea: lower cholesterol and an international agreement

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created Oct 23, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

When a study in her lab showed that mate (mah’ tā) tea drinkers had experienced a significant increase in the activity of an enzyme that promotes HDL (good) cholesterol while lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol, University ...



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