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Alice Waters, four cities join anti-bottled water campaign
Alice Waters, four cities join anti-bottled water campaign
posted by tnelson 224 days 20 hours 50 minutes ago
Cities around the nation are joining influential restaurateurs and activists in a public campaign to be launched Wednesday to convince consumers to choose tap water over bottles.
Read more...Children, like adults, have trouble keeping weight off once they lose it, study finds
Children, like adults, have trouble keeping weight off once they lose it, study finds
posted by tnelson 224 days 20 hours 46 minutes ago
Heavy children who lost weight kept the pounds off better through weight maintenance follow-up, but even that wasn't terribly successful over two years, researchers reported.
Read more...STD-treatment cost soars among young
STD-treatment cost soars among young
posted by tnelson 224 days 20 hours 45 minutes ago
Treating 15-to 24-year-olds for venereal disease in San Diego County cost about $110 million in 2005 – higher than every county in the state except Los Angeles, according to a report released yesterday.
Read more...Banked blood may lose chemical needed to supply oxygen
Banked blood may lose chemical needed to supply oxygen
posted by kmarshall 224 days 20 hours 25 minutes ago
Much of the stored blood given to millions of people every year may lack a component vital for it to deliver oxygen to the tissues.
Read more...New RNS complaints after 'miscarriage'
New RNS complaints after 'miscarriage'
posted by net1978 226 days 23 hours 3 minutes ago
The head of a Sydney hospital's new complaints body says there have been 40 additional cases since the incident nearly two weeks ago when a pregnant woman miscarried in an emergency room toilet.
Read more...Loss of nitric oxide reduces benefits of banked blood
Loss of nitric oxide reduces benefits of banked blood
posted by tnelson 224 days 21 hours 21 minutes ago
Soon after collection, banked blood begins losing nitric oxide, which impairs its ability to dilate small blood vessels, and thereby perfuse tissue, according to results of two studies appearing in the October 8th Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read more...Antidepressants Not Always Best for Bipolar Treatments
Antidepressants Not Always Best for Bipolar Treatments
posted by tnelson 244 days 3 hours 23 minutes ago
Patients with bipolar disorder will gain no treatment benefit by also taking an antidepressant with a standard mood stabilizer such as lithium, a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine finds.
Read more...Does Your Antiperspirant Cause Cancer?
Does Your Antiperspirant Cause Cancer?
posted by tnelson 244 days 3 hours 18 minutes ago
Aluminum, a common ingredient added to antiperspirants to stop skin sweating, may be linked to breast cancer, a study by British scientists found.
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