Birth weight 'sets future health' BBC News | Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists. | Eight-year-olds who were smaller at birth were more likely to have "vascular resistance", reported the European Heart Journal. | The Southampton University team said thi...
Scientists smoke out genes behind lung cancer Canada Dot Com | LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found important genetic differences between people that may help explain why some smokers get lung cancer and others do not. | Three teams from France, Iceland and the United States said on Wednesday they had pinpointed a region of the genome containing genes tha...
Scientists smoke out genes behind lung cancer Canada Dot Com | LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found important genetic differences between people that may help explain why some smokers get lung cancer and others do not. | Three teams from France, Iceland and the United States said on Wednesday they had pinp...
Red wine packs benefits Buffalo News | What's the best beverage to serve with red meat? The results of a recent study confirm that red wine is an excellent choice. | Scientists in Israel recently announced their findings that beneficial compounds in red wine offer protection against tox...
Cotton farmers in Southeast face a foe in pigweed Wtop By GREG BLUESTEIN | Associated Press Writer | IDEAL, Ga. (AP) - It's only a few months into the cotton growing season, but already the budding rows of cotton are dwarfed by towering weeds that starve them of sunlight, nutrients and water. | This pesk...
Can broccoli cure cancer? The Guardian | When they diagnosed him with bladder cancer five years ago, oncologists told Ray Wiseman, a 79-year-old grandfather from Leicestershire, that the disease would probably kill him. Scans now show that his cancer has stopped spreading. Wiseman puts th...
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Technology Uses Tobacco Plants to Fight Cancer ABC News By Julie Steenhuysen | July 21, 2008 | FONT SIZE | Scientists are using tobacco plants to develop a vaccine against lymphoma, new research reports. (ABCNews Photo Illustration) | C...
Volcano shows its gentle side Seattle Post Latest eruption on Mount St. Helens comes and goes without a bang | VANCOUVER, Wash. -- On Sept. 23, 2004, two or three miles beneath Skamania County, for reasons nobody yet unders...
Discarded cow eyes could replace live animals in toxicity tests The Guardian | A technique that allows experiments to be carried out on cow eyes thrown away by abattoirs could lead to thousands fewer rabbits being used in scientific research each year. | The technique involves applying a chemical mixture that mimics tears to ...
PNP helps undergrad cops Journal Online By: Alfred P. Dalizon MAMANG PULIS -- THE Philippine National Police and the University of La Sallette have forged a memorandum that will allow undergraduate cops to obtain their bachelor's degree or take a second course. | The PNP earlier asked the Senate to fast-track a law that will exempt policemen from the minimum education requirement upon th...
PNP helps undergrad cops Journal Online By: Alfred P. Dalizon MAMANG PULIS -- THE Philippine National Police and the University of La Sallette have forged a memorandum that will allow undergraduate cops to obtain their bachelor's degree or take a second course. | The PNP earlier asked the Senate to fast-track a law that will exempt policemen from the minimum education requirement upon th...
