Archive for 2007/10


News From The American Chemical Society

A Rosetta Stone for traditional Chinese medicineScientists in the United Kingdom have "decoded" the inscrutable language of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), revealing its strong chemical foundation in a way that may help scientists mine age-old Chinese medicines to develop tomorrow's new drugs. Their study is scheduled for the Nov./Dec. issue of ACS' bi-monthly Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.David J. Barlow, Thomas M.
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10/30/2007 | Complementary | Trackback | Comments Off

Don’t Chance It - Change It - Farmers Told At Health And Safety Demonstrations

A farmer, standing on a pallet that was balanced on the forks of a telehandler lift truck fell three metres to his death this week while demonstrating the dangers of working at height.Fortunately this 'farmer' was a mannequin and the display had been set up by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to illustrate the dangers of the improper use of farm machinery.
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10/30/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

Health Effects Of Climate Change Must Be Highlighted, Australia

AMA (Australian Medical Assocation) President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said that the potential devastating impact that climate change would have on human health has been largely ignored by the major parties as they spruik their environmental policies ahead of the Federal Election.
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10/30/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

Multimedia Book Helps Improve Patient Care For Sports-Related Injuries

A new and innovative book for pediatricians is taking a different approach in helping to increase knowledge and understanding in the field of sports medicine. The book applies written information on sports medicine along with video case-based teaching to fully demonstrate the proper ways of diagnosing and treating sports related injuries in young athletes.
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10/30/2007 | Fitness | Trackback | Comments Off

Humans At War With Earth On Climate Change Says James Lovelock

We could be on the brink of natural disaster and even the gloomiest predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report are underestimating the current severity of climate change, Professor James Lovelock will say at a public lecture at the Royal Society (1) the UK National Academy of Science today (Monday 29 October 2007).
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10/29/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

Natural Products Association Submits Comments To FDA

The Natural Products Association submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) surrounding the use of, and forthcoming guidance regarding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) as it relates to the cGMPs.
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10/29/2007 | Complementary | Trackback | Comments Off

Nutritional And Environmental Interventions Can Help Decrease Child Deaths Worldwide

Interventions that improve nutrition and environmental conditions can also provide substantial gains toward the goal of reducing child mortality, especially when the interventions prioritize the poor, according to a study in the October 24/31 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on poverty and human development.
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10/29/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

Fighting Hunger: Norman Borlaug, Rob Horsch To Keynote International Lecture

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Norman Borlaug and Rob Horsch of the Gates Foundation will discuss the challenges of developing agricultural technologies to feed the world to kick off the International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in New Orleans. They will speak on Sunday, Nov. 4 from 7 to 8 pm in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Riverside.
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10/29/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

Organic Food Is More Nutritious Say EU Researchers

Early results of a 12 million pound, 4-year EU study on the benefits of organic food suggest that some of them, such as fruit, vegetables and milk, are more nutritious than non-organically produced food and may contain higher concentrations of cancer fighting and heart beneficial antioxidants. The results were released to the press but there is no mention of a of a journal publication as yet.
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10/29/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan And Barbara Valent From K-State Named AAAS Fellows

Kansas State University faculty Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, university distinguished professor of biochemistry, and Barbara Valent, university distinguished professor of plant pathology, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
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10/28/2007 | Environment | Trackback | Comments Off

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