They can have severe socioeconomic, health and environmental impacts: some of the most damaging diseases are Rift valley fever (Phlebovirus),
Mcdermott and his ILRI colleague Delia Grace warn today at a conference in New delhi (Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health).
an analysis of health-examination surveys has found (M m. Finucane et al. Lancet doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (10) 62037-5;
Oil-spill health study A study claiming to be the largest ever to follow up the long-term effects of an oil spill on human health was launched on 28 february (see nihgulfstudy. org.
its National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences hopes to spend a decade following 55,000 of the workers
health organizations and the public about existing viruses and attract scientists to the field. Wheat killer A research programme tackling a devastating wheat fungus has been granted US$40 million over five years as part of a partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington,
I'm optimistic that biofortification can help to improve people's health and lives because we are using sustainable foods that people already grow,
there is no mother who would not want to use them to increase the health of her kids,
focusing on regions important for freshwater resources and where pollution has had a negative impact on health such as villages with high rates of cancer or endemic diseases.
A meeting of THE WHO's decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, this week was supposed to produce a deadline,
Naoto Kan, then health minister and now prime minister of Japan, admitted partial government responsibility in the scandal (see Nature 379,663;
but the patients are stuck with the virus. The health ministry says that it will continue to support their treatment.
what could be the world's largest research database linking genetic profiles with health records.
Canada. go. nature. com/ukzje9 16 24 may The 64th World Health Assembly, meeting in Geneva,
together with an international team, is studying the long-term ecological and health consequences of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
these colours are real-life indicators of population viability and individual health. If we can amass long-term data sets before these disasters we can get a sense of the changes that occur due to humans.
and approved those drugs more quickly, according to a report in Health Affairs on 16 june. Up to the end of March 2010, the US agency had approved 32 new anticancer drugs,
See go. nature. com/ouxsup for more. UK health research The UK government has promised that medical research will receive greater attention in its revised proposals for reforming the country's public health service,
Britain's health minister would be given a new duty to promote research in the National Health Service,
while offering insights into forest health and diversity. The team's work combines physics biochemistry and ecology, beginning with measuring subtle differences in the way the forest canopy absorbs
Once a product has been released for 20 years with no reported risks to human health and the environment
health and education that is maintained by the government. Andelman says that all the data she collects can be broken down to the level of individual households,
and labelled with claims that consuming these microorganisms can be good for your health. But a study published today shows that such yoghurts have only subtle effects on the bacteria already in the gut
Companies that sell foods with added ingredients that are intended to boost health or prevent illness are under increasing pressure to substantiate the claims about their products.
The health claims are hard to test, says Gordon, because there is so much variety in the bacteria in the yoghurts
and increased research to rule out health risks stemming from the bean. Nodari, a former member of CTNBIO who has questioned long transgenic crops,
ruling that the government must prove that the crop poses major health or environmental risks.
combined with large text health warnings, will take up over 75%of the surface of the packet.
The predicted health and economic benefits of plain packaging have garnered all-party support for the plan in the Australian parliament,
Australian health minister Nicola Roxon has said repeatedly that the government will go ahead with the plan despite the threats."
The US Food and Drug Administration had planned to mandate graphic health warnings on packets from September 2012,
so health agencies and governments will be watching closely to see whether it has significant public-health effects,
Future medicine The US National Research Council (NRC) has called for a network that would connect patients'health records with layers of data on molecular tests, genetics,
Reuters, IMS Health Â
How mammoths lost the extinction lottery: Nature Newswoolly mammoths, woolly rhinos and other large animals driven to extinction
and examines how different levels of greenhouse-gas emissions could affect sectors such as agriculture, health and infrastructure over the twenty-first century.
allow health organizations to monitor birds and other animals for the mutations that would provide an early warning of a pandemic
The 10 january announcement by the government's health ministry was viewed as an effort to crack down on a flourishing trade in unproven stem-cell therapies,
and this is a major risk to animal and human health
Canadian oil sands: defusing the carbon bombenvironmentalists and many politicians have called the oil sands a planetary-scale threat as they fight to prevent further development of the resource.
although the study did not look at the monkeys'health. The changes did not seem permanent.
Research has shown also the health consequences of low social status on both animals and humans. One investigation, known as the Whitehall study2, found that low-ranking British civil servants suffer higher rates of illness and death than their superiors.
because they confirm that health depends on social status, and not vice versa, says Michael Marmot, an epidemiologist at University college London,
UK,"is to link this genome sequence to traits that are useful and important, especially for food security and human health
But health officials fear that the spread of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could bring about a resurgence of the disease.
Health authorities in Somalia, Sudan and Turkey have reported also sporadic resistance to the two other classes of insecticides recommended by THE WHO for safe and effective household spraying:
In the meantime, health officials may be able to keep malaria at bay by swapping insecticides. The report notes that in Colombia
African ministers of health realize the need to manage resistance but can t do much without outside funds,
2012) to show the scale of the health threat from mercury in Madre de dios. She found that in mining zones,
countries will need to pay health workers to distribute the medicine, and to monitor adverse effects.
Child study revamp  Leaders of the US National Children s Study have released a revised design for the ambitious effort to track influences on the health of 100,000 American children from before birth to age 21.
fuel, fiber, health, and environmental security through enhancing the pipeline of a well-educated and trained workforce.
and in overweight people who have related a weight health condition. See go. nature. com/vajfqe for more.
Health act upheld The US Supreme court on 28 Â June voted narrowly in favour of upholding the Patient Protection
but recommended that long-term studies should be vigilant for any health effects. Benbrook says that,
the labelling could support health studies by helping to track people s food choices. Pro-GM plant scientists also point out that the crops can benefit the environment by enabling farmers to use less-toxic herbicides
even big forest patches are in fact largely empty of mammals a proxy for the general health of the ecosystem."
focusing on materials for health and medicine. go. nature. com/tej8lw23-25 august The brain s connectome
Gene-test regulation Personal-genetics company 23andme announced on 30 Â July that it was seeking approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its genetic tests related to health
and Chemical Toxicology, looked for adverse health effects in rats fed NK603 maize (corn), developed by biotech company Monsanto to resist the herbicide glyphosate
About a dozen long-term studies of different GM CROPS have failed to find such stark health effects2.
CRIIGEN bills itself as an"independent nonprofit organization of scientific counter-expertise to study GMOS, pesticides and impacts of pollutants on health and environment
Through the Recovery Act, my Administration committed over $100 billion to support groundbreaking innovation with investments in energy, basic research, education and training, advanced vehicle technology, health IT and health research
We have invested highly in important research being done to improve the health and wellness of all Americans so that we can continue to unravel clues to treating
and I will empower the private sector to pursue the breakthroughs that will equip society for the health challenges of the twenty-first century.
yet many Americans are concerned increasingly about the health and safety of our food. The use of hormones, antibiotics and pesticides,
What steps would you take to ensure the health, safety and productivity of America s food supply?
I am protecting human health by ensuring that the foods the American public eats will be free from unsafe levels of pesticides by making sure that all new,
and even older pesticides, comply with strict science-based health standards. We are also making sure safer pesticides get to market faster,
so that we can decrease the use of those pesticides that have higher risks of health impacts.
100 water and waste water community infrastructure projects to safeguard the health of 18 million rural residents and support 135,000 jobs.
and through foreign policy to protect the environmental health and economic vitality of the oceans? We are directing additional funding to Gulf Coast restoration to bring back the fisheries and coastal ecosystems
so we have the most accurate data possible on the health of our fisheries. These are significant steps that are helping us improve the health of our oceans and build more robust fisheries.
The federal government has a vital role to play in conducting sound science and making the resulting data available.
and industry associations should have access to the data to protect the health and vitality of the oceans and to adjust policy when necessary.
A Romney Administration will safeguard the long-term health of fisheries, while welcoming input from the fishermen most affected at every step
But a senior official responsible for assessing the health of the nation s forests says that recent surveys have overestimated the extent of the remaining forests.
uncertainty about acrylamide s true health effects and the challenge of weeding out a mole  cule present in hundreds of products.
Phones and tumours Italy s highest civil court has stated that mobile phones can cause brain tumours to the dismay of medical experts who say no study has proven a clear causal link between health risks
Several labs are trying to identify how variation in the prevalence of the large sugar molecules in breast milk, collectively known as human milk oligosaccharides (HMOS), influences infant health.
clinical trials to test HMOS as health-boosting additives in infant formula milk can be drawn up.
"The question of the underlying health of the forest is much deeper than the instantaneous response.
and have demanded a guarantee that the rice will not affect their children s health.""If it s safe, why did need they to deceive us into this?
has rejected the findings of a controversial paper published in September (see go. nature. com/3slkys) claiming that rats fed genetically modified maize (corn) showed adverse health effects,
a health-policy analysis firm based in London and Sydney, Australia. Over the past three years, public and philanthropic funding has declined as some government aid budgets have been cut,
this month (8 november), directed the public health minister to ban GMO imports until the country is able to certify that they have no negative impact on people's health.
in poor health in an unreported antibody production facility owned by California-based Santa cruz Biotechnology."
two of the 12 animals found in poor health in October have since been euthanised as a result of their conditions,
Verinata Health, based in Redwood City, California, markets a test for chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down s syndrome,
and protection and health research in the region. Source: MUNICH REAROUND 9, 500 people lost their lives last year in natural disasters less than one-tenth of the ten-year average.
Thousands of local citizens say that inhaling the acid has damaged their health. Exposure to HF can trigger an irregular heartbeat
and the long-term health effects include chronic lung disease. The government has said that it will pay about 36.4 Â billion won (US$33. 4 Â million) in compensation to citizens and local businesses.
Woo explains that the survey is modelled on a two-year health investigation that followed a 1987 leak at an oil refinery in Texas,
and health officials to target their surveillance and control efforts. For H5n1, researchers integrate large data sets that combine information on many potentially important factors, such as poultry trade routes,
Scientists, meanwhile, are vigorously debating whether the studies on neonicotinoids and the health of honeybees and bumblebees,
and reproduce1-6 (see The buzz over bee health). The past year has seen a raft of papers about the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees.
adds Lynne Mofenson, head of the Maternal and Pediatric Infectious disease Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland.
says Catherine Hankins, deputy director of science at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development.
But the World Health Organisation confirmed on Saturday that Chinese authorities are investigating two suspicious clusters of human cases.
The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau also announced today that a 4-year-old contact of a 7-year-old girl who had been hospitalized with the virus tested positive for the virus too,
Chinese health authorities say that they have 400 laboratories looking for genetic changes in the virus."We are going to be bated sitting with breath over the next month to find out what happens,
Health authorities in China are trying to learn to what extent that has happened already. Unlike its cousin H5n1 which has killed millions of birds
NICE head departs The head of the National Institute for Health and Care (formerly Clinical) Excellence (NICE) in London stepped down on 31 Â March.
The cases were announced on 31 march by China's health ministry, the National Health and Family planning Commission,
security, manufacturing, infrastructure, health costs, and natural resources and the environment. Laura Leon/Polaris/eyevineendangered ecosystems get listed The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on 8 may updated the criteria for its Red List of Ecosystems (D. Â A. Â Keith et
Heidi Larson of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine hopes that real-time monitoring will help health officials to know where to focus
Harran will be tried on three counts of violating health and safety standards a Los  Angeles judge ordered on 26  April.
Unfortunately during a global economic crisis, budget cuts come at the cost of ecosystem health monitoring.
Skeletons show rickets struck the Medici familyas the wealthy rulers of Tuscany and patrons of Leonardo Da vinci and Galileo,
But such clocks could also potentially have adverse health effects. Â"You have to wonder
In January, the Indian health ministry tightened regulations on clinical trials. Sponsors are required now to provide compensation to participants who are injured as a result of a trial,
The European Food safety Authority in Parma, Italy, concluded in May that maize (corn) seeds treated with fipronil pose a high acute risk to honeybees. ips trial approved On 19 july, Japan s health minister,
The virus poses no health threat to humans. The US Department of agriculture (USDA) had tried to keep PEDV and other diseases out of the country by restricting imports of pigs and pork products from certain nations, such as China.
US Department of agriculture"It s a real threat, says Lisa  Becton, a veterinary surgeon and director of swine health information at the National Pork Board, an industry group in Des Â
says Michael Firko, the head of biotechnology regulation at the USDA s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
and better sanitation practices at poultry markets are crucial to monitoring risks to human health.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the branch of the agriculture department responsible for overseeing GM CROPS,
citing concerns over future marketing and potential health effects. The crop is engineered to contain à Â-carotene
Tang tested the health benefits of Golden Rice genetically modified to produce a Vitamin a precursor on children in China s Hunan province (see Nature http://doi. org/nv9;
) Cancer cash On 21 september, philanthropists Phil and Penny Knight announced that they would donate US$500 million to cancer research at Oregon Health
So the question on the lips of health experts, policy-makers and consumers alike is, are the devices a health problem that needs tight regulation,
although studies by the FDA and Health New zealand, a research consultancy based in Christchurch, have shown that some brands contain carcinogens
agrees Christopher Bullen of the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland in New zealand.
Researchers reviewed electronic health-care records from patients who sought care from the Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System
says Joan Casey, an environmental-health scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health in Baltimore, Maryland,
but the ecological and health effects of fertilizer chemicals raise serious concerns. China in particular, is facing a major pollution problem from overuse of nitrogen fertilizer,
"Understanding the health and condition of tropical soils is a prerequisite for any wise use of fertilizers.
Heart health Long-awaited clinical guidelines released on 12 Â November could change how physicians tackle cholesterol.
But at the end of November he is scheduled to move to Australia to take charge of food, health and life sciences at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia.
Help for headaches Britain s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has approved the treatment of migraine headaches with a magnetism-based procedure applied through the scalp.
Novartis woes The Japanese health ministry filed a criminal complaint on 9 Â January against Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis,
and health estimates down to the level of rows of plants. Such detail could inform decisions on fertilizer and irrigation use,
Anti-tobacco efforts have saved millions of lives around the globehalf a century after the US government sounded an influential alarm about the health dangers of smoking,
adds global-health researcher Christopher Murray of the University of Washington in Seattle, leader of a group that is also publishing a paper today.
and control as part of a special issue the Journal of the American Medical Association that marks the 50th anniversary of a landmark report on the health effects of smoking.
and could offset health gains if these forms of tobacco are used alongside cigarettes. Murray s study also points out that because of population growth,
provides the government and the public with health advice. Dzau will start on 1 Â July, taking over from Harvey Fineberg,
Dzau is president and chief executive of the Duke university Health System. His research contributed to the development of enzyme inhibitors used to treat heart disease.
Sea sickness Europe s seas are in poor health. This is the conclusion of two reports published on 20 Â February detailing the state of the continent s marine ecosystems.
the country s health and agriculture ministries have developed contingency plans should H7n9 arrive, including closing markets and shutting down trade routes."
They established a Global Health Security Agenda that calls for countries to increase immunizations and share data.
Energy department officials said the health and environmental impacts of the leak seem to be minor,
or raccoons are in areas around the country they can certainly present a hazard to human (and other mammalian) health if infected.
We're now finding out that bees are important to the health of millions of plants
So to give them a leg up the group Open Tech Forever has developed a beehive that can track the health of bees
and track the health and behaviour of a colony as it develops. Each hive contains an open source sensory kit The Smart Citizen Kit (SCK)
The U s. health agency says it will work to prevent infections track infections when they happen
Some studies suggest people can damage their health by regularly ingesting 5000 international units of Vitamin d a day.
but I wouldn't take my health advice from there. So...the church leaders were initially against vaccinations for dubious reasons then they changed their minds
what evidence the Tarrant County Health Department has that the missionary brought the measles that supposedly infected the congregation.
when it comes to health. They can fix any damage of any cell and become the damaged or missing cells themselves.
For those of you who think that the US is the super power in health and medicince...
but when it comes to things like health and safety regulations you think it stops.
Scientists have warned long that the constant use of antibiotics in farm animals is a threat to human health
In 1986 or1987 I lived on property that the enviormental health shut down thill this day there's no building on it the other week
In 1986 or1987 I lived on property that the enviormental health shut down thill this day there's no building on it the other week
In 1986 or1987 I lived on property that the enviormental health shut down thill this day there's no building on it the other week
and both enjoy the benefits of eating meat bug and the health aspects (hype) of the marijuana in the animal.
Many major science and health organizations say that just because a food is modified genetically doesn't mean it's unsafe.
Groups such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the World health organization support the testing of new GMO plants as they're developed as each could affect human health differently.
Health side effects have occurred definitely and will into the future. Monsanto is a multi-billion dollar corporation.
and destroy our health with their copyright seeds. FYI if a seed is blown onto your farm by the wind
and sale of genetically modified (GMO) seed crop regardless of any consumer health concerns. As the Washington Times points out the provision s success is viewed by many as a victory by companies like Syngenta Corp Cargill Monsanto
I head somewhere that recently they prohibited agro companies from suing farmers that accidentally grow GMO crops that got there by cross pollinationalso the article says that theres nothing thats been published to support the notion of any health detriments (or benefits) from GMO crops...
Also contrary to popular belief organic food is in many ways worse for your health your wallet the environment and humanity at large.
because they know that somewhere down the line this will prove to have long term health effects.
Believe it or not I actually care about your health laurenra7 and Empmortakaten. www. businessinsider. com/monsantos-roundup-and-resistant-corn-found-to-be-toxic-2012-9sincerely-Joewww. joesid. comtangsten thank you for the link.
In this study they found major health issues to the pigs'uteri and stomach. That's one of the very few long term experiments conducted
http://thinkprogress. org/health/2012/11/21/1224761/farmers-insurance-sued-by-corporations/Monsanto claims not to sue farmers who have been cross pollinated by their neighbor's crops
Sincerely-Joewww. joesid. comeven with Monsanto's disturbing sphere of influence both inside and outside government it is still surprising to see such disbelief that GMO's negatively impact health.
1. A 2008 long-term study commissioned by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food safety looked at how Monsanto s genetically modified corn currently eaten
ÃÃÚÂ Ã 2. A comparative analysis published in the International Journal of Biological sciences examined the health effects of three different varieties of Monsanto-developed GMO corn on mice.
GMO corn contains an extremely high level of formaldehyde a chemical linked to adverse health effects and various forms of cancer.
and health services always have 3d printed materials as their reference. Without this perhaps we still have manual stuff and procedure today.
and as we thought wolves are an essential part of the health of Yellowstone. The iconic endangered-in-the-U s. grizzly bear relies on lots of fruit especially berries
because a food is modified genetically doesn't necessarily mean it harms human health. Nevertheless many consumers find GMOS strange or scary.
Not health. The pharmaceutical companies need a safer preservative than thirmerosal but that would cost money to develop.
Using the rule everything effects everything it also turns out vaccines cause autism. corporate news depends on $ not truthif you don't mind gambling with your child's health forget the vaccinations.
To fix this cities could plan tree-planting initiatives the Berkeley researchers wrote in a paper they published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
and maintaining your health is not part of their primary goal. So first change your own thinking as you approach a meal by stopping eating first for pleasure.
or anyone who manufactures foods has your best interest at heart health that is but instead they are focus on profit
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