News tagged with potential risks

Rice as a source of arsenic exposure

A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses atten ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Protecting the brain when energy runs low

Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee have shed new light on the way that the brain protects itself from harm when 'running on empty.'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Canada warns not to buy 'fresh' semen online

Canada's health agency on Tuesday warned would-be parents not to purchase "fresh" semen online, saying it may be tainted with infectious diseases.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Predictive health shows promise for changing U.S. health care delivery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of a study reported today show promise for changing the way U.S. health care may one day be delivered. This new way of delivering health care would focus on predicting health as opposed ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanotech safety high on Congress' priority list

The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0