News tagged with safety research
Nanotech in your vitamins
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2009 |
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The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority ...
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Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses
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An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ...
Study finds many people with hemianopia have difficulty detecting pedestrians while driving
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Schepens Eye Research Institute scientists have found that--when tested in a driving simulator--patients with hemianopia (blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes) have significantly more difficulty detecting ...
Pushing light beyond its known limits
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Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of.
Treatment to improve degenerating muscle gains strength
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain degenerative muscle disord ...
Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often fudged, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents ...
Form of Mercury in Older Dental Fillings Unlikely to be Toxic: Study
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid the on-going controversy over the safety of mercury-containing dental fillings, a University of Saskatchewan research team has shed new light on how the chemical forms of mercury at the surface of fillings ...
Underground lines that bypass monuments
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The ...
Teens less likely to wash hands when cooking, more likely to cross-contaminate raw food than adults
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University study has shown that when preparing frozen foods, adolescents are less likely than adults to wash their hands and are more susceptible to cross-contaminating raw foods while cooking.
Workplace BPA exposure increases risk of male sexual dysfunction
Nov 11, 2009 |
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High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal Human Reproduction.
Golden State: Yes, No or Maybe?
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dan Schnur, director of the College's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, analyzes the findings from the first of six USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences/Los Angeles Times statewide ...
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