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Regular nursing may induce ovulation, which in turn could make a female more likely to give birth to her own pup the following season.
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when the Prussian Surgeon general Friedrich Von Esmarch recommended in his influential 19th century handbook on battlefield medicine that burnt surfaces should be covered with an oil, grease or butter.
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at least in medicine, and especially if the benefits aren't immediately clear and quantifiable. The use of antiseptics against germs took decades to catch on,
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Epidemiologists do not talk of whether there will be a new pandemic, but of when it will occur.
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"Unwanted treatment is American medicine's dark continent. No one knows its extent, and few people want to talk about it.
The US medical system was built to treat anything that might be treatable, at any stage of life oe even near the end,
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In 1989, David Strachan, an epidemiologist at St george's University in London, published a landmark study proposing that improved hygiene in the developed world could explain trends in hay fever incidence.
Researchers and biomedical companies around the world began to investigate the potential of helminthic therapy for treating conditions ranging from asthma to autism to psoriasis.
and lost a foot of his intestines to surgeries before he stumbled on one of Weinstock's papers.
At New york University, immunologist P'ng Loke found monkeys suffering from chronic diarrhoea not only got better after receiving a dose of pig whipworms
says Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
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including hi-tech medical sensors that could, it was claimed, help extend the lives of the 97%of the Yemeni population who never make it past the age of 65.
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and for thousands of years honey has been used for its medicinal value. Â Â Â Â Aside from being a healthy and natural sweetener,
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 says Neal Benowitz, a pharmacologist from the University of California, San francisco. Potent drugas always with toxicology,
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Only last month, New york's Department of health and Mental hygiene, a resource for other people with bed bug infestations, had to fumigate one of its floors.
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as we have found with our Mobile Midwife service that offers advice to expectant mothers,
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There, on the fifth floor, one lab is trying to catch everything from fraudulent fish, to mislabeled toy cats, to illegally prepared sheep placenta in traditional Chinese medicine.
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and adapted for use to store everything from milk, fruit and certain medicines. In Ghana, for example, a modified design allows the mama mboga oe ladies who run market stalls oe to display her fruit
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improved medicines and other rescuing remedies. Indeed, there are some examples of where population increase has led to resources being conserved better
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a rapid increase in human activity driven by population expansion, globalisation, technological and communications improvement, improved farming methods and medical advances.
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 Professor Hani Najm, Head of Cardiac Surgery at National guard Health Affairs in Saudi arabia told me in an interview that he fears that water-pipe smoking could result in an escalation in heart disease in the Gulf states.
and should not be treated as a substitute for the medical advice of your own doctor or any other health care professional.
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In 2005, The swiss Tropical and Public health Institute's 40-strong office computers struggled to run the enormous numbers of epidemiological simulations needed to get"real-world  results.
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There is no evidence whatsoever that potions made from tiger parts have a medicinal effect that cannot be attained using other ingredients.
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and medicine for Nature Newsif you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on Future,
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The Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine uses this money game, along with brain scanning fmri machines, to literally measure
and won a Nobel prize in the process. http://nobelprize. org/educational/medicine/split-brain/background. html LINK Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati b
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Colorado is working toward becoming the first state to regulate production of medical marijuana. Regulators say pot consumers deserve to know what theyre smoking,
But currently none of the 14 states that allow medical marijuana regulate how its grown. oetheres no experience with this,
a Denver physician heading up Colorados effort to write labeling and safety regulations for medical marijuana.
-Should marijuana sellers be able to attach medical claims to their products? What if no research exists to back up a claim that a certain strain of pot is best for,
-Should medical pot be labeled by potency? Patients using over-the-counter and prescription drugs can read the medicines ingredients,
but no analogy exists for pots active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. -What about chemicals, such as pesticides or fertilizers, used on marijuana plants?
-What happens if someone gets sick from medical marijuana? Should growing operations have guidelines to limit contamination, such as mildew and mold?
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A boys high school selects top students to help at Seobu Nursing Center, doing art therapy
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and Bruce Beutler, an immunologist and mammalian geneticist at The Scripps Research Institute, describes how researchers have used common approaches to tease apart the secrets of immunity in species ranging from fruit flies to rice.
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when the Federal trade commission acted on a two-year-old petition by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine,
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The research was led by Professor Ryszard Maleszka of The Australian National Universitys College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, working with colleagues from the German Cancer Institute in Heidelberg,
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you can buy this oehealth drink that many Hindus believe has medicinal qualities. A sacred animal in India, urine from the cow is distilled before it is blended with traditional Indian herbs and medicinal plants.
One brand, Gauloka Peya, is available in four flavors: orange, khus (fragrant grass), rose and lemon.¢
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The answer to this medical puzzle may lie in deep-rooted differences in how animals survive and reproduce in the wild,
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Ludwig wrote in a commentary last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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according to one group of doctors. oewe are 65,000 pediatricians who are concerned vitally with the health of children,
said Dr. Victor Strasburger of the American Academy of Pediatrics, author of a new policy statement on children, adolescents, substance abuse and the media. oewith nearly half of kids at least trying smoking,
On Monday, the academy published the policy statement in its journal Pediatrics, which also recommended limiting alcohol advertising
oea sample of 9-to 10-year-olds could identify the Budweiser frogs nearly as frequently as they could Bugs bunny. They also say advertisements for prescription medicines like the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra are far too common on television compared to ads for condoms,
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the nation spent an estimated $152 billion annually on medical and lost productivity costs because of illnesses from tainted food, according to a recent study by the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University.
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said pediatrician Matthew Davis, director of the University of Michigan C. S. Mott Childrens Hospital National Poll on Childrens Health.
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Epidemiologist Brenda Eskenazi of UC Berkeley and her colleagues have been studying more than 300 Mexican American children living in the heavily agricultural Salinas Valley.
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the results of this study could be advantageous in the medical field since human bones and teeth are made in a similar way as eggshells.
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and taxing a for-profit marijuana Trade in California, medical marijuana dispensary owners work in nonprofit collectives,
where a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana was passed in 2000, hundreds of dispensaries popped up
More than 80,000 people here now have medical marijuana certificates, which are essentially prescriptions, and for months new enrollees have signed up at a rate of roughly 1, 000 a day.
as well as the District of columbia, that have medical marijuana laws. That is particularly the case in Rhode island, New jersey, the District of columbia and Maine,
Eventually, we might be talking about a sizable sum of tax revenue from its sales as medicine, not to mention private investment and employment.
And given that this is all about medicine, what about doctors, some of whom have turned medical marijuana consultations into a highly lucrative specialty?
These and dozens of other questions are now being answered in cities like Boulder, an affluent,
co-owner of the Greenest Green and formerly a medical marijuana seller in Los angeles. oewe went into one and saw like 30 kids in the waiting room, and
Your first foray into a medical marijuana center is slightly disorienting, like breathing underwater during your maiden scuba dive,
says Michael Bellingham, owner of the Boulder Medical Marijuana Dispensary, who is holding a jar of Jack the Ripper,
What should a for-profit medical marijuana dispensary look like, anyway? State law says that the cannabis has to be in oelimited access areas,
the federal alcohol ban carved out an exemption for medicinal use, and doctors nationwide suddenly discovered they could bolster their incomes by writing liquor prescriptions.
which every person with a medical marijuana certificate can assign to a seller of choice.
to become a medical marijuana dispensary franchise and do for Super Silver Haze what Rite aid did for pills.
The medical dimensions of this industry seem in perpetual tension with its stoner roots. All dispensary workers sound utterly sincere about the health benefits of marijuana,
Mr. Aten first needed to pass a medical exam certifying that marijuana is appropriate medicine for him.
Then he decided to enter medical marijuana full time, and he opened this place, which technically isnt a doctors office,
if they use medical marijuana? Yes to the first question, no to the second those are the answers about 90 percent of the time,
By the standards of a workaday medical practice, this is simple and headache-free work, according to Dr. Boland,
or the lingering fears that if youre too liberal with your signature, the states medical board might discipline you.
Like the Farmacy, Dr. Boland hopes to take his medical marijuana business national, opening Relaxed Clarity offices in other states.
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the staff at Arizonas Halo Animal Rescue had the impossible job of trying to find another nursing dog to take over and with no dogs available,
This mama cat had an even more unusual nursing applicant: a baby red panda. After its mother left, the panda joined a group of kittens being raised by a housecoat at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam,
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For instance, due to its strength and elasticity, spider silk fiber could have several medical uses, such as for making artificial ligaments and tendons, for eye sutures,
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The alternative treatment remains unproven by evidence-based medicine but it has been used to treat other wasting diseases and arthritis. via Arbroath Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati o
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As relayed in the current issue of the Archives of Internal medicine, the risk for obesity and diabetes in a community goes down as the price for fast food
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assistant professor in the Baylor College of Medicine Human genome Sequencing Center and leader of the sequencing effort.
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Also, the mature consumer market, given the countrys lack of free health care and the cost of medicines
Food as medicine will continue to compliment western medicine in the future. In effect, the study showed that the pharmaceutical industry would feel the impact of this trend due to the cost of maintenance medicine that is oeprohibitive even for upscale consumers. oethis trend will create new opportunities for food brands,
Gutierrez said. The medical community will serve as an instrumental means for this trend to happen as they speak more often on the link between certain food
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#Pig Lungs Could Be transplanted Into Humans In 5 Years Pig lungs could soon be transplanted into humans Following a medical breakthrough,
The possibility of animal-to-human transplants xenotransplantation has divided the medical ethics community. Medical ethicist Associate professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini said such transplants had the potential to bring animal diseases into the human population.
He said the creation of genetically modified pigs was not ethically acceptable explaining: oeit is basically a human-pig, a hybrid,
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According to a 1990 study in the Archives of Internal medicine drinking coffee increased sexual activity in 744 participating Michigan residents over the age of 60, strongly suggesting that caffeine promotes arousal.
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Erhan Elibol, a vet, performed a caesarean on the animal to take the lamb out,
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A doctor began asking him routine questions for medical background. oewhen I told him I drank 10 to 20 bourbons a day,
A doctor began asking him routine questions for medical background. oewhen I told him I drank 10 to 20 bourbons a day,
which funds medical projects in Arizona, California and Nevada. In 1988, the same year it sold its last Las vegas resort,
which funds medical projects in Arizona, California and Nevada. In 1988, the same year it sold its last Las vegas resort,
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It has been discovered by scientists from Upstate Medical University part of the State university of New york, who carried out research after observing a peak in respiratory illnesses in the weeks either side of December 25.
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Their growing numbers and increasing medical needs will require a different kind of health care professionals to take care of them.
Nano-Medics The medical problems most people have can be traced to a single cell or a small group of them.
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and his colleagues revealed they hope to adapt the technique to produce a wide range of human proteins that can be used in medical treatments.
a consultant in cardiac surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary and a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol who studies the impact of blood transfusions on patients,
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Vegetables are a medicine cabinet already, #said Richard Mithen, who led the team of scientists at the Institute for Food Research in Norwich, England,
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Dr Clyde Yancy, a Canadian cardiologist says changes to lifestyle such as keeping a healthy weight,
Dr Yancy is a professor of medicine and chief cardiologist at the Northwestern University s Feinberg School of medicine in Chicago.
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They found a small increase in the risk of death among older women who took dietary supplements compared with those who didn t, according to the study, released Monday in the Archives of Internal medicine.
#unless there is a medical reason or deficiency of a particular nutrient, wrote the study authors, most of
Susan Fisher, chairwoman of the University of Rochester School of medicine and Dentistry s Department of Community and Preventive medicine, noted that the study looks at deaths
Still, this study, in combination with previous studies, raises safety questions about supplements,#said Lisa Harnack, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota and a study author.
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a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests. Researchers were surprised at the findings when they were trying to determine the impact of commercials in childrens diets.
a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests. The findings came as a surprise to researchers who were trying to determine the impact of commercials on kids diets.
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and even medicinal uses. In addition, there s a comprehensive tab outlining basic guidelines on planting an herb garden.
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They are bombarded then with intense sound waves from the same device that dentists and jewelers use.
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#Roman-era shipwreck reveals ancient medical secrets Secrets are revealed in the most amazing places. A first-aid kit found on a 2,
000-year-old shipwreck has provided a remarkable insight into the medicines concocted by ancient physicians to cure sailors of dysentery
alfalfa and chestnuts#all ingredients referred to in classical medical texts. The tablets, which were sealed so well that they miraculously survived being under water for more than two millennia,
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Its just one of a variety of initiatives begun in 2009 by the New york Academy of Medicine
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but the results highlight how man-made chemicals are now found throughout the food chain. the highest quantities of medicines were found in cows milk.
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says Walter Kernan, M d.,an associate professor of medicine at Yale university. The good news: Simple lifestyle changes can dramatically reduce your risk. 4. CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASEWHY youre at risk:
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whose study appears in the New england Journal of Medicine. Because the weight gain is so gradual
Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of U s. medical spending, or an estimated $147 billion a year.
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with smoke escaping from a hole in his neck#the result of a tracheotomy. The caption reads Cigarettes are addictive.#
700 comments from a variety of groups, including the tobacco industry, retailers, health professionals, public health and other advocacy groups, state and local public health agencies, medical organizations and consumers.
and costs almost $200 billion every year in medical costs and lost productivity. Over the last decade, countries as varied as Canada, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Iran and Singapore, among others, have adopted graphic warnings on tobacco products.
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With an abundance of pediatricians, 27,000 acres of parkland, and plenty of farmers markets and food co-ops, Austin is a well-rounded, healthy hometown. 3. Boston,
because the state of Washington has expanded the Family Medical Leave Act to include businesses with only eight or more workers. 10.
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#Magic mushrooms could have medical benefits, researchers say Magic Mushrooms can induce transcendental states. The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high.
in part because oncologists are interested more in curing cancer than helping patients cope with its effects,
Most oncologists just dont get it, #he said. Its not the focus of their research, and theyre busy people.#
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as well as a manufacturing center for watches and other technology used in the medical, IT, and automotive sectors, according to the Bern Economic Development Agency.
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But at least medical experts are beginning to refer to the risk of pesticide residue. Again, the Chicago tribune:
Some medical experts, however, are concerned increasingly about even low-level exposure to pesticides, especially in utero.
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said Dr. Frank Franklin, a retired professor of nutrition and pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,
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Keith Ayoob, director of the nutrition clinic at the Rose F. Kennedy Childrens Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
the FDA banned Red No. 3 in cosmetics, medicines and some other products because it was linked to cancer in mice
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Researchers at Cambridge universitys Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit said: This study shows that measuring your waist is no better for calculating your cardiovascular risk than calculating your BMI.
But Dr Mike Knapton, associate medical director at The british Heart Foundation, which co-funded the study with the Medical Research Council,
said it was not time to throw away the tape measure just yet#.#Being overweight and having high cholesterol
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In another study, a group of academic researchers is using the monkeys to compare gastric bypass surgery with weight loss from forced dieting.
One goal is to try to figure out the hormonal mechanisms by which the surgery can quickly resolve diabetes
Mice and rats remain the main animals for medical research, but the effects on rodents often do not mirror those in people.
who is one of the researchers in the bariatric surgery study here. Animal rights activists say primate studies subject animals to needless suffering
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#which is used commonly as a modern disinfectant in hospitals, dental surgeries, public swimming pools and other water treatment systems#to neutralise the bacteria.
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Florida pediatricians describe cases of seizures, delusions, heart problems and kidney or liver damage in people who had downed one
who heads the department of pediatrics at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of medicine.
but in certain groups that pediatricians care for there may be higher risks, #he added. The report,
But according to the Florida researchers, who reviewed the medical literature on the topic, the industrys claims of benefit are questionable.
#the Florida researchers write in the journal Pediatrics. Lipshultz, for one, says people with heart disease, seizures, diabetes, high blood pressure,
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More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants,
But Ms. Carroll, a 26-year-old nursing student, said she opposed any effort by hospitals to discriminate#against her and other smokers.
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so any suspicious looking freckles should be checked out by a dermatologist. The best way to prevent skin cancer from developing is wearing clothing or sunscreen when exposed to the sun. Source:
it may be necessary to get medical attention. The longest case of hiccups ever recorded was with a man named Charles Osborne
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or even custodians willing and able to work with medical waste. The situation is much the same at Jain Irrigation
such as nursing. Ginny Burdick, senior vice president for human resources at Community Medical centers, said the hospital is like a city.
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Drugs can persist in an animals system because of misuse of medicines on the farm,#reports the Times,
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A study published in The british Medical Journal via Natural Awakenings found thatcalcium supplements can increase your risk of a heart attack by as much as 31 percent.
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#Genetically Modified Chickens Developed Than Cannot Transmit Bird flu Scientists develop GM chickens that do not spread bird flu.
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Tanning, both indoor and outdoor is considered addictive by medical standards. What s worse is if you become a tanner#before age 30,
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#Skeptics of herbal medicines abound, as any quick Internet search demonstrates. Oil of oregano is a perennial one,
a pharmacist in Toronto who writes for the Web site Science-Based Medicine. But there isn t any evidence,
from heightened interest in whole and natural foods to growing concerns about medical problems like diabetes,
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as opposed to a bunch of pixels#it can accelerate the whole process of analysis. That in turn will make the parsing of things like medical images and traffic video much faster.
and doctors can even perform surgery remotely. IBM also predicted real-time speech translation now exemplified by products like Samsung s Galaxy speech translation.
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Those are the findings of a new study published in PLOS Medicine by a team of researchers from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Brazilian National Cancer Institute.
says David Levy, Ph d.,a professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi. It also kills more than half a million nonsmokers annually who have been exposed to secondhand smoke.
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#If you are looking for a new startup idea, try farming Sustainable farming, which often ties into organic growing, has been reaping profits.
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but they all double as medicine, #Leriadis said. Honey too, is treated as a panacea. They have types of honey here you won t see anyplace else in the world,
They take it like medicine.##Over the span of the next three days, I met some of Leriadis s patients.
a cardiologist at the University of Athens School of medicine, teamed up with half a dozen scientists to organize the Ikaria Study,
or buy cough medicine without being routed through a gantlet of candy bars, salty snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages.
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to help produce safe consumable food and medicine. What problem does it solve? It provides the user with a nontoxic product to help eliminate bugs
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which appears in Tuesday s issue of the Annals of Internal medicine. I think we were surprised definitely.#
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A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a diet based on healthy carbohydrates#ather than a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet#ffers the best chance of keeping weight
A second study in the same medical journal showed that people in an 18-month weight-loss program that started with monthly meetings lost nearly as much weight as those in a much costlier program of the same duration with group sessions that initially met weekly.
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Even if you had a doctor document some medical condition, if you didn t come to work,
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Researchers at the University of Michigan International Center for Automotive Medicine have created the predictive models by cross-referencing the crash data provided by sensors on cars, like speed and location of impact, with 3-D
It could also notify your dentist, adding an extra layer of social pressure to make an appointment.
This tech,#says Dr. Philip Low, the founder of a medical technology firm called Neurovigil
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its authors, who published their results in the journal Pediatrics, caution that even the possibility is worrisome in light of rising U s. obesity rates.
Hannah Gardener, an epidemiologist in the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami, told Reuters Health that she thinks it s natural for people to draw a connection between the two rising rates.
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The biomedical engineer who came up with huffable food, David Edwards, is customized now developing edible containers for all kinds of food, from juice to wine to chocolate.
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obesity will cost us about $344 billion in medical-related expenses by 2018, eating up about 21 percent of healthcare spending, according to an article in USA Today.
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