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| MSF Still Blocked In Maradi Despite A New Memorandum Of Understanding Ten weeks after Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of MSF is no longer providing any medical-nutritional treatment on site there. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Haiti: Survivors In Flooded Village Stranded With No Help A month after the last tropical storms and hurricanes hit Haiti, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have found a whole village partially submerged and its 2,400 remaining inhabitants stranded with no help. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Somalia: Surge In Wounded And Displaced As Violence Increases In Mogadishu The recent escalation in fighting in one of Mogadishu's most populated residential areas has resulted in a surge of wounded civilians and has once again displaced thousands of people. The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is treating some of the wounded and is providing basic relief supplies to newly displaced people. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| UN Calls For Unconditional Release Of 90 LRA - Abducted Children In The DRC Two weeks ago, the Lord's Resistance Army attacked a number of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and abducted 90 children from their schools. The SRSG and UNICEF call for the immediate and unconditional release of all of the abducted children, who were taken during simultaneous attacks on the Kiliwa, Duru, and Nambia villages in Orientale Province on 17 September 2008. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| 'Invisibility Cloak' To Protect Coastlines Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.Mathematicians at Liverpool, working with physicists at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille Universite have found that coastal defences could be made 'invisible' when water is guided through a special structure called metamaterial. | 05 Oct 2008 |
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| Fluorescent Proteins In The Brain Light Up During Individual Action Potentials Making It Possible To Track Nerve Cell Communication Thought processes made visible: An international team of scientists headed by Mazahir Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in optically detecting individual action potentials in the brains of living animals. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Study On Properties Of Carbon Nanotubes, Water Could Have Wide-Ranging Implications A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Electrifying Possibilities For Medical Implants Following Study Of Eel Cells Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper* by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Study Suggests Inter-Species Collaboration May Be Common In Many Ecosystems, Potential Agricultural, Medicinal Uses Humans living in communities often rely on friends to help get what they need and, according to researchers in the lab of Cameron Currie at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, many microbes, plants and animals benefit from 'friendly' associations too. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| NIH Funding For New Epigenomics Initiative The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces funding for the new NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program. Epigenetic processes control normal growth and development, and epigenomics is a study of epigenetic processes at a genome-wide scale. | 05 Oct 2008 |
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| Breast Cancer News | |
| In October, ACOG Co-Sponsors National Breast Cancer Awareness Month The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) will again serve as a national co-sponsor for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). ACOG is proud to work with NBCAM and other organizations at the forefront of women's health and breast cancer research to offer educational resources and services to help women prevent, detect, manage, and treat the disease. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Psychological Impact Of Gene Test For Breast Cancer Personal beliefs about inconclusive DNA testing for hereditary breast cancer are associated with cancer-related worry, and such beliefs are an especially strong predictor of whether women had been able to leave the period of DNA-testing behind, reports a study in the October issue of Genetics in Medicine, official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG). | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| HSP90 Inhibitor To Advance To Clinical Development - Prominent In Tumor Cells Where It Promotes Activity Of Proteins Controlling Growth And Survival Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq:EXEL) announced today that it has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for XL888, a novel anticancer compound. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| ASCO And Susan G. Komen For The Cure Launch Initiative To Combat Disparities In Cancer Care The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Susan G. Komen for the Cure are launching the Komen/ASCO Diversity in Oncology Initiative, a first-of-its-kind program to diversify the population of oncologists practicing in the United States and also improve access to and quality of cancer care for people living in medically underserved areas. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| In October, ACOG Co-Sponsors National Breast Cancer Awareness Month The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) will again serve as a national co-sponsor for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). ACOG is proud to work with NBCAM and other organizations at the forefront of women's health and breast cancer research to offer educational resources and services to help women prevent, detect, manage, and treat the disease. | 05 Oct 2008 |
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| Conferences News | |
| 19th International Symposium On Human Identification Features Advances And Applications In DNA Testing The expanding power of DNA analysis is a key focus of this year's 19th International Symposium on Human Identification hosted by Promega Corporation. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Sue Barker MBE Presents Awards At MDC National Conference The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's National Conference took place on 27 September at Birmingham's Hilton Metropole. Charity President, Sue Barker MBE, was there to present outstanding achievement awards to Muscular Dystrophy Campaign supporters from all over the UK. | 05 Oct 2008 |
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| Depression News | |
| Electromagnetic Biomarker Could Minimize Trial-And-Error Prescribing For Depression Images of the brain's fastest signals reveal an electromagnetic marker that predicts a patient's response to a fast-acting antidepressant, researchers have discovered."Such biomarkers that identify who will benefit from a new class of antidepressants could someday minimize trial-and-error prescribing and speed delivery of care for what can be a life-threatening illness," said Carlos Zarate, M. | 05 Oct 2008 |
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| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Pregnant Women Reminded To Get Flu Vaccination The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reminds women, including those who are pregnant, to get their annual vaccination for the upcoming influenza (flu) season which runs from October through mid-May in the US. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Rethinking Who Should Be Considered 'Essential' During A Pandemic Flu Outbreak Not only are doctors, nurses, and firefighters essential during a severe pandemic influenza outbreak. So, too, are truck drivers, communications personnel, and utility workers. That's the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins University article to be published in the journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News |
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| Genetics News | |
| 19th International Symposium On Human Identification Features Advances And Applications In DNA Testing The expanding power of DNA analysis is a key focus of this year's 19th International Symposium on Human Identification hosted by Promega Corporation. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Psychological Impact Of Gene Test For Breast Cancer Personal beliefs about inconclusive DNA testing for hereditary breast cancer are associated with cancer-related worry, and such beliefs are an especially strong predictor of whether women had been able to leave the period of DNA-testing behind, reports a study in the October issue of Genetics in Medicine, official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG). | 05 Oct 2008 |
| NIH Funding For New Epigenomics Initiative The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces funding for the new NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program. Epigenetic processes control normal growth and development, and epigenomics is a study of epigenetic processes at a genome-wide scale. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Gout News |
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| Headache / Migraine News |
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| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| Breast Cancer Patient Can No Longer Afford To Save Her Own Life "We had major medical health insurance when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987," recalls Leslie Elder of West Palm Beach, Fla. "After a radical mastectomy, I was again diagnosed with breast cancer and had another radical mastectomy in 1992. | 05 Oct 2008 |
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| Hypertension News |
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| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Too Many Calories Send The Brain Off Kilter An overload of calories throws critical portions of the brain out of whack, reveals a study in the October 3rd issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. That response in the brain's hypothalamus - the "headquarters" for maintaining energy balance - can happen even in the absence of any weight gain, according to the new studies in mice. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Study Suggests Inter-Species Collaboration May Be Common In Many Ecosystems, Potential Agricultural, Medicinal Uses Humans living in communities often rely on friends to help get what they need and, according to researchers in the lab of Cameron Currie at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, many microbes, plants and animals benefit from 'friendly' associations too. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News |
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| IT / Internet / E-mail News |
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| Lupus News |
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| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| FDA Clearance Of World's First Catheter With Subcutaneous Securement System, Interrad Medical Interrad Medical, Inc. a privately held medical device company, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its SecurAcath(TM) PICC with Subcutaneous Securement System. Interrad Medical has developed a completely new and innovative method for catheter securement called SecurAcath. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Electromagnetic Biomarker Could Minimize Trial-And-Error Prescribing For Depression Images of the brain's fastest signals reveal an electromagnetic marker that predicts a patient's response to a fast-acting antidepressant, researchers have discovered."Such biomarkers that identify who will benefit from a new class of antidepressants could someday minimize trial-and-error prescribing and speed delivery of care for what can be a life-threatening illness," said Carlos Zarate, M. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Study On Properties Of Carbon Nanotubes, Water Could Have Wide-Ranging Implications A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Electrifying Possibilities For Medical Implants Following Study Of Eel Cells Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper* by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Malpractice / Litigation News | |
| Medicare Publishes Billing Edits To Reduce Payment Errors The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that, it will publish most of the edits utilized in its Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) program to improve the accuracy of claims payments. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Nurse Convicted For Cocaine Possession Struck Off Nursing & Midwifery Council Register A nurse who was convicted at Leicester Magistrates Court for possession of 2.14g of cocaine in February 2007 was struck of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register at a hearing in London on 26 September 2008. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Medical Students / Training News |
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| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| Medicare Publishes Billing Edits To Reduce Payment Errors The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that, it will publish most of the edits utilized in its Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) program to improve the accuracy of claims payments. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Men's health News |
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| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News |
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| MRSA / Drug Resistance News |
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| Multiple Sclerosis News | |
| Developments In Technology May Help Diagnose MS In The Future Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed a hand-held device that they claim can test for serious conditions including multiple sclerosis (MS), using a tiny sample of blood or urine. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News | |
| Sue Barker MBE Presents Awards At MDC National Conference The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's National Conference took place on 27 September at Birmingham's Hilton Metropole. Charity President, Sue Barker MBE, was there to present outstanding achievement awards to Muscular Dystrophy Campaign supporters from all over the UK. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Fluorescent Proteins In The Brain Light Up During Individual Action Potentials Making It Possible To Track Nerve Cell Communication Thought processes made visible: An international team of scientists headed by Mazahir Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in optically detecting individual action potentials in the brains of living animals. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Long Beach Memorial RNs Settle Groundbreaking Contract Registered nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC), one of the largest hospitals in the West, yesterday reached a tentative agreement with hospital officials on a new collective bargaining contract that addresses the nurses' key priority for patient safety protections along with substantial gains in nurse rights and compensation that will allow the hospital to continue recruiting and retaining RNs. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| NMC Responds To House Of Lords Inquiry Into New Draft EU Directive On Patients' Rights NMC responds to House of Lords inquiry into new draft EU Directive on Patients' Rights The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulator for all nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, has responded to a House of Lords Committee inquiry into the proposed EU Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Nurse Convicted For Cocaine Possession Struck Off Nursing & Midwifery Council Register A nurse who was convicted at Leicester Magistrates Court for possession of 2.14g of cocaine in February 2007 was struck of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register at a hearing in London on 26 September 2008. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| MSF Still Blocked In Maradi Despite A New Memorandum Of Understanding Ten weeks after Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of MSF is no longer providing any medical-nutritional treatment on site there. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Pharmacy Profession Supports Calls For Publicly Funded Weight-Loss Programs The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has supported calls for publicly funded weight-loss programs to be made available to all Australians. The Federal Parliament's House Standing Committee on Health and Ageing has been conducting its 05 Oct 2008 | |
| Too Many Calories Send The Brain Off Kilter An overload of calories throws critical portions of the brain out of whack, reveals a study in the October 3rd issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. That response in the brain's hypothalamus - the "headquarters" for maintaining energy balance - can happen even in the absence of any weight gain, according to the new studies in mice. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News |
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| Parkinson's Disease News |
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| Pediatrics / Children's Health News |
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| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News |
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| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| State Legislative Proposals Restricting Access To Generic Medicines Would Increase Costs $29 Billion Over 10 Years - New PCMA Research Legislative proposals to exempt certain classes of drugs from generic substitution laws would increase costs by more than $29 billion over ten years if enacted nationally and provide no safety or clinical benefit for patients, according to a study conducted by the healthcare consulting firm Visante for the 05 Oct 2008 | |
| CSHP Selects Jay Rho As 2008 Pharmacist Of The Year And Mirta Millares For Distinguished Service, California Drs. Veronica Bandy, Daniel Dong and Maria Serpa Designated as 2008 Society Fellows and Darren Besoyan to Receive Technician Achievement Award. At a time when an increasing number of Californians are managing their health with daily medications and pharmacists are playing a growing leadership role in patient care, the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) has recognized several of its members for their outstanding professional dedication with its highest honors. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Pharmacy Profession Supports Calls For Publicly Funded Weight-Loss Programs The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has supported calls for publicly funded weight-loss programs to be made available to all Australians. The Federal Parliament's House Standing Committee on Health and Ageing has been conducting its 05 Oct 2008 | |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Pregnant Women Reminded To Get Flu Vaccination The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reminds women, including those who are pregnant, to get their annual vaccination for the upcoming influenza (flu) season which runs from October through mid-May in the US. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News |
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| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News |
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| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Experts Find Loss Of Control Leads People To Seek Order, Answers New research published in the journal Science explains why individuals seek to find and impose order on an unruly world through superstition, rituals and conspiratorial explanations by linking a loss of control to individual perceptions. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Public Health News | |
| State Legislative Proposals Restricting Access To Generic Medicines Would Increase Costs $29 Billion Over 10 Years - New PCMA Research Legislative proposals to exempt certain classes of drugs from generic substitution laws would increase costs by more than $29 billion over ten years if enacted nationally and provide no safety or clinical benefit for patients, according to a study conducted by the healthcare consulting firm Visante for the 05 Oct 2008 | |
| HSE Issues Safety Alert On Gas Appliance Flues In Ceiling Voids, UK The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert aimed at builders and developers, managing agents, landlords and occupiers of residential properties with gas central heating boilers sited on internal walls. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Construction Firms Must Act On Advice Warn HSE, UK The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded construction companies that if they ignore advice about risks they are likely to face prosecution. The reminder follows the prosecution of a Lancashire property developer after it failed to act on a series of warnings about poor security and lack of systems for managing site traffic. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Survey Finds Concerns About Economy May Increase Incidence Of Home Fires The American Red Cross and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) today released results of a survey showing the majority (79%) of Americans are concerned about the rising cost of heating their homes, and many will use an alternative heating source to reduce their bills this winter. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Critical Health Risks From Plastic Revealed By 6 Environmental Research Studies Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. A special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Research, "A Plastic World" provides critical new research on environmental contaminants and adverse reproductive and behavioral effects. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Rethinking Who Should Be Considered 'Essential' During A Pandemic Flu Outbreak Not only are doctors, nurses, and firefighters essential during a severe pandemic influenza outbreak. So, too, are truck drivers, communications personnel, and utility workers. That's the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins University article to be published in the journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News |
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| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| HSP90 Inhibitor To Advance To Clinical Development - Prominent In Tumor Cells Where It Promotes Activity Of Proteins Controlling Growth And Survival Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq:EXEL) announced today that it has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for XL888, a novel anticancer compound. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| FDA Clearance Of World's First Catheter With Subcutaneous Securement System, Interrad Medical Interrad Medical, Inc. a privately held medical device company, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its SecurAcath(TM) PICC with Subcutaneous Securement System. Interrad Medical has developed a completely new and innovative method for catheter securement called SecurAcath. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News |
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| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Rare Books Benefit Common Disease Rare books and asthma may be unlikely bedfellows, but this month asthma education is set to benefit when the 35th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair comes to Malvern Town Hall. For three days only (Oct 24 to 26) the historic town hall will be transformed into an old world library-cum-bookstore as leading Australian and international booksellers share their wares - and knowledge - with members of the public. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Schizophrenia News |
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| Seniors / Aging News | |
| MPS Urges Doctors To Remain Vigilant For Signs Of Elder Abuse With the elderly community set to be celebrated on International Day of Older Persons (1 October), a leading professional indemnity provider is urging its members to remain alert to potential indicators that senior citizens have been abused. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News |
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| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News |
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| Smoking / Quit Smoking News |
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| Sports Medicine / Fitness News |
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| Statins News |
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| Stem Cell Research News |
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| Stroke News |
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| Transplants / Organ Donations News |
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| Tropical Diseases News |
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| Urology / Nephrology News |
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| Veterinary News |
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| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Haiti: Survivors In Flooded Village Stranded With No Help A month after the last tropical storms and hurricanes hit Haiti, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have found a whole village partially submerged and its 2,400 remaining inhabitants stranded with no help. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| 'Invisibility Cloak' To Protect Coastlines Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.Mathematicians at Liverpool, working with physicists at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille Universite have found that coastal defences could be made 'invisible' when water is guided through a special structure called metamaterial. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Critical Health Risks From Plastic Revealed By 6 Environmental Research Studies Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. A special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Research, "A Plastic World" provides critical new research on environmental contaminants and adverse reproductive and behavioral effects. | 05 Oct 2008 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News |
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