Archive for 2008/08


Solution To World’s Worst Mass Poisoning Case

A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. Currently over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh, experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice; the main staple food in the region. This includes farmers who have to use contaminated groundwater from minor irrigation schemes.
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08/31/2008 | Environment - Water - Air Quality / Agriculture | Trackback | Comments Off

Breaking Harmful Bonds

Everybody loves the way breakfast eggs conveniently slide off of Teflon without leaving any pesky pieces of egg in the pan. Indeed, the carbon-fluorine bond at the heart of Teflon cookware is so helpful we also use it in clothing, lubricants, refrigerants, anesthetics, semiconductors, and even blood substitutes. But the very strength of the C-F bond that makes it useful in so many applications also gives it formidable greenhouse gas effects that persist in nature.
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08/30/2008 | Environment - Water - Air Quality / Agriculture | Trackback | Comments Off

German Zoologist Recognized By EMBO For Public Communication

Juergen Tautz from the University of Wuerzburg will receive a special discretionary prize, as part of the 2008 EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences. The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) awards the prize annually to a practicing scientist in Europe for outstanding communication with the public. The additional award was made in recognition of Tautz's long-term public communication activity on a single organism using all available media.
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08/30/2008 | Environment - Biology / Biochemistry | Trackback | Comments Off

New Tool Gives A Heads-Up For Athletes After A Concussion

For 19-year-old Karlee Carbert, rugby isn't just a sport, it's a passion. But the rough and tumble game can be physically demanding, as Carbert reveals "some games you can hit your head as many as five times." Carbert has suffered three concussions in her career but after the first two her response was the same, "usually you hit your head, get a headache and once the headache is gone you go back.
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08/30/2008 | Fitness - Sports Medicine / Fitness | Trackback | Comments Off

Treadmill Exercise Retrains Brain And Body Of Stroke Victims

People who walk on a treadmill even years after stroke damage can significantly improve their health and mobility, changes that reflect actual "rewiring" of their brains, according to research spearheaded at Johns Hopkins. "This is great news for stroke survivors because results clearly demonstrate that long-term stroke damage is not immutable and that with exercise it's never too late for the brain and body to recover," says Daniel Hanley, M.D.
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08/30/2008 | Fitness - Stroke / Neuroprotection | Trackback | Comments Off

New Grant Will Help Lehigh’s Environmental Initiative Integrate Technology With Science Education

Lehigh University has received a $317,778 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation to promote environmental literacy in the nation’s middle schools. The grant will be used to create professional development materials for teachers, as well as to develop science curriculum using a package of innovative instructional technologies.


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08/30/2008 | Environment - Water - Air Quality / Agriculture | Trackback | Comments Off

Queen’s Researchers Provide Solution To World’s Worst Mass Poisoning Case

A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. It is estimated that over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh, experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice; the main staple food in the region. This includes farmers who have to use contaminated groundwater from minor irrigation schemes.
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08/30/2008 | Environment - Water - Air Quality / Agriculture | Trackback | Comments Off

Common Spice May Offer Relief To Cold Sore Sufferers

Van Andel Institute (VAI) researchers have found that curcumin, a component of the curry spice turmeric, blocks herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) infections that commonly result in facial cold sores. Finding out how curcumin blocks the infections will be key to developing a treatment for cold sore sufferers.
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08/30/2008 | Complementary - Dermatology | Trackback | Comments Off

Hitting A Home Run With Diabetes: College Coach And Catcher Team Up On And Off The Field

RBIs, batting averages, home runs, ERAs, strikeouts — there are many numbers to keep track of in baseball. Some players and coaches have to watch other numbers, too, like blood glucose levels, carbohydrates, and insulin units.


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08/30/2008 | Fitness - Diabetes | Trackback | Comments Off

“Stealth” Tips For Adding Exercise To Your Day - Without Going To The Gym, From The Harvard Health Letter

Regular exercise can lower your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and even some forms of cancer. Yet many people still aren't making physical activity a priority. In its first-ever single-topic special issue, the September 2008 Harvard Health Letter offers 27 tips to get your heart rate up without going to the gym. Its recommendations include these: 1. Take the faraway spot. Walking from the farthest corner of the parking lot will burn a few calories.
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08/30/2008 | Fitness - Sports Medicine / Fitness | Trackback | Comments Off

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