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Don’t Use Antibiotics for Runny Noses, Say Researchers
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Are antibiotics effective for acute purulent rhinitis? Systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo controlled randomised trials BMJ Online First
Newswise — Antibiotics should not be given to patients with acute purulent rhinitis (a runny nose with coloured discharge), a familiar fea...
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Tiny Airborne Particles are a Major Cause of Climate Change
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A scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and his colleagues caused a storm in the atmospheric community when they suggested a few years back that tiny airborne particles, known as aerosols, may be one of the main culprits causing climate change – having, on a local scale, an even greater impa...
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New Process Makes Diesel Fuel and Industrial Chemicals from Simple Sugar
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The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum. Both biodiesel and gasoline containing ethanol are starting to make an impact on the market.
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But the oil price hike has also fueled a race to find new sources for che...
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A Surprise about Our Body Clock
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The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed, according to a study by Utah and Michigan researchers.
The surprising discovery means scientists must change their approach to designing new drugs to treat jet lag...
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Using Soil Science to Help Fight Hunger in Africa
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Dr. Pedro Sanchez, director of tropical agriculture and senior research scholar at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, and co-chair of the Hunger Task Force of the United Nations’ Millennium Project, will speak about the project’s success to date during the World Congress of Soil Scienc...
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Researchers Link Smoking During Pregnancy to Behavior Problems in Toddlers
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A University of Illinois at Chicago study reveals a link between smoking during pregnancy and very early child behavior problems.
The research, published in the July/August issue of the journal Child Development, found that 2-year-olds regularly exposed to cigarette smoke in utero were ne...
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Bangladesh man loses As case House of Lords UK
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The upper house of Britain's parliament, the House of Lords, has thrown out
an arsenic poisoning case brought by a Bangladeshi resident.
It ruled that he could not succeed in legal action against a British agency
which he claimed should have warned him about arsenic in drinking water.
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Hot Cold Clean: Enjoy a Picnic without Food Borne Pathogens
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Burgers, potato salad and sweet, juicy watermelon. It’s a menu that conjures fond memories of cook-outs on hot summer afternoons, unless your family and friends were joined by some unpleasant guests – food borne bacteria.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas offer a three-pronged appr...
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Connection Between Artificial Lighting and Breast Cancer
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The results of a new University of Haifa study found a connection between artificial lighting and breast cancer.
Intensified exposure to artificial light at night might be another cause of breast cancer in women, according to the researcher Itai Kloog of the University's Dept. of Natural Res...
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Poorest Children Face Highest Risk of Death from Injury
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Fewer child injury deaths but only for families in paid employment: analysis of trends in class-specific death rates BMJ Online First
Editorial: Death and injury on roads BMJ Volume 333, pp53-4
Newswise — Children from the poorest families in England and Wales face greater risks of dying...
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