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The Prince of Wales has warned the development of genetically modified crops risks creating "the biggest disaster environmentally of all time".
Taking the contraceptive pill can lead a woman to choose the "wrong" partner, the findings of a study published today suggest.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated the risk of suicide associated with antiepileptic drugs. The FDA examined 11 antiepileptic drugs, among nearly 28,000 patients, and found that patients taking an antiepileptic drug have an increased risk for suicidal behavior or ideation, compared to 16,000 patients receiving a placebo.
HealthDay News generated an article posted at ModernMedicine.com about Taser injuries requiring emergency room preparation. See, "Taser Injuries Require Preparation In ERs," HealthDay News, Modern Medicine , 7/28/08. The posting states that, according to a paper in the August Journal of Emergency Nursing, emergency nurses and other care providers need to be prepared to handle taser injuries given law enforcement officers' growing use of tasers and accumulating amounts of deaths from the electroshock devices. Id. "Kristopher C. Pidgeon of Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, and collegaues write that more than 150 people in the United States may have died from such electroshock injuries since June 2001," as reported in the article. Id.
Atomic science gave birth to weapons civilised people wish never existed. Now agricultural genetic engineering is on the verge of bringing into being another monster future generations will face with the same perplexity and anguish we feel about our nuclear bombs.
Genetic engineers made DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) a long molecule wrapped tightly within the nucleus of every living cell, the king of their realm, the oracle whose message might even lead bioengineers to make men.
Genetic engineering claims that DNA alone is the key to inheritance, with each DNA segment, gene, developing a protein for a specific trait. Yet one gene may produce hundreds and thousands of different proteins. The Human Genome Project discovered that humans have about 30,000 genes but 100,000 proteins. Also, it's not DNA alone but DNA genes and protein-based processes working together that pass on traits of inheritance.
Genetic engineers made DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) a long molecule wrapped tightly within the nucleus of every living cell, the king of their realm, the oracle whose message might even lead bioengineers to make men.
Genetic engineering claims that DNA alone is the key to inheritance, with each DNA segment, gene, developing a protein for a specific trait. Yet one gene may produce hundreds and thousands of different proteins. The Human Genome Project discovered that humans have about 30,000 genes but 100,000 proteins. Also, it's not DNA alone but DNA genes and protein-based processes working together that pass on traits of inheritance.
Researchers using positron emission tomography (PET) have validated a long-held theory that individual personality traits - particularly reward dependency - are connected to brain chemistry, a finding that has implications for better understanding and treating substance abuse and other addictive behaviors.
In a study to identify biochemical correlates of personality traits in healthy humans, researchers focused their investigation for the first time on the role of the brain's opioidergic (or endorphine) system - specifically, the connection between an individual's level of reward expectancy and the brain's ability to transmit naturally occurring opiates. The study included 23 males with no history of substance abuse who were administered Fluoro-ethyl-diprenorphine - a radiolabeled chemical that binds readily to the brain's naturally occurring opiate system - and then underwent a PET scan.
In a study to identify biochemical correlates of personality traits in healthy humans, researchers focused their investigation for the first time on the role of the brain's opioidergic (or endorphine) system - specifically, the connection between an individual's level of reward expectancy and the brain's ability to transmit naturally occurring opiates. The study included 23 males with no history of substance abuse who were administered Fluoro-ethyl-diprenorphine - a radiolabeled chemical that binds readily to the brain's naturally occurring opiate system - and then underwent a PET scan.
Individuals with low levels of vitamin D appear to have a higher risk of death from all causes, according to a report in the August 11/25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Several studies have suggested that vitamin D deficiency contributes to cardiovascular disease, cancer and death, according to background information in the article. The optimum blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) has been suggested to be 30 nanograms per milliliter or higher. Approximately 41 percent of U.S. men and 53 percent of U.S. women have levels lower than 28 nanograms per milliliter.
Several studies have suggested that vitamin D deficiency contributes to cardiovascular disease, cancer and death, according to background information in the article. The optimum blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) has been suggested to be 30 nanograms per milliliter or higher. Approximately 41 percent of U.S. men and 53 percent of U.S. women have levels lower than 28 nanograms per milliliter.
Face beet-red, fists balled up, and back arching, the 6-week-old baby lay on the exam table screaming.
Had I not had my own baby with colic, I would hardly have believed a baby could cry that hard for hours on end, setting everyone's nerves on edge. The baby's mother came to me for advice on whether to medicate her baby.
She had searched the Internet and talked to several neighbors who all recommended Zantac, an acid blocker normally prescribed for adults with heartburn. The data on Zantac as a treatment for colic were mixed, and my own experience with my patients was not convincing. But I could hardly blame the mother for wanting some relief - any relief - from this distressing situation.
Had I not had my own baby with colic, I would hardly have believed a baby could cry that hard for hours on end, setting everyone's nerves on edge. The baby's mother came to me for advice on whether to medicate her baby.
She had searched the Internet and talked to several neighbors who all recommended Zantac, an acid blocker normally prescribed for adults with heartburn. The data on Zantac as a treatment for colic were mixed, and my own experience with my patients was not convincing. But I could hardly blame the mother for wanting some relief - any relief - from this distressing situation.
The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) today announced landmark research finding that one in every 200 people has a DNA mutation that could potentially cause a mitochondrial disease in them or their offspring. Mitochondrial disease is a devastating and often fatal disease, and mitochondrial disorders are at the core of many well known diseases and chronic illnesses, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and autism spectrum disorders. This research, which was partially funded by UMDF, was conducted by Patrick Chinnery, MBBS, PhD, MRCPath, FRCP, Wellcome Senior Fellow in Clinical Genetics and professor of neurogenetics at Newcastle University in the UK. Dr. Chinnery's findings are published in the current issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
In mid-July, sources in mainland China reported that approximately 20 days ago, a man suddenly died from an unidentified disease in Wanjiakou Village, Xiaoguan Town, Wendeng City, Shandong Province. His entire body turned dark purple, and he bled from his mouth, nostrils, ears, and eyes just as he died.
Shortly after the man died, two other men who had been in contact with him, died showing the same symptoms. Villagers who had left the village to work said, "Three people died 10 days ago. Six or seven more are being treated in the Wendeng Central Hospital. People have been to the area to investigate, but they are unable to classify the disease."
Shortly after the man died, two other men who had been in contact with him, died showing the same symptoms. Villagers who had left the village to work said, "Three people died 10 days ago. Six or seven more are being treated in the Wendeng Central Hospital. People have been to the area to investigate, but they are unable to classify the disease."
