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Dallas Morning News - Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dec 31, 2006
Drevna’s confidence is probably well-placed. The politics surrounding environmental issues have proved hard to predict, largely because the potential economic effect of stronger regulation tends to scramble partisan loyalties. Democrats from auto-making states, for example, have fought efforts to require stricter miles-per-gallon rules for vehicles. These crosscurrents could cause the push for an aggressive environmental agenda to become an object lesson on the limits of what can actually be achieved in the Congress that will convene in January. Key to the enthusiasm among environmentalists is the impending change at the helm of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee… Environmentalists say that after years of fighting GOP attempts to roll back environmental laws, they now can go on the offensive. “It’s as if the winds have shifted and proponents of environmental controls finally have the winds at our backs,” said Frank O’Donnell of Clean Air Watch. The precarious nature of this shift was driven home recently when Sen. , underwent brain surgery.
Study finds `intriguing evidence’ of stents’ danger.
Free with registration - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - AccessMyLibrary.com - Dec 31, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Byline: John Fauber MILWAUKEE _ After months of alarm over the small but potentially fatal risk of blood clots forming in the coronary arteries of people who have been implanted with drug-coated stents, researchers say they may have discovered why the tiny devices can become deadly. Drug-coated stents may hinder the heart’s natural ability to form tiny collateral blood vessels that can salvage heart muscle by rerouting the blood supply, according to a new study. This little-understood process, which is known as nature’s bypass system, seems to be stunted by the medicine that coats the stents, but not by bare-metal stents, according to Swiss researchers whose study will be published Tuesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In a study of 120 patients, there was 30 percent to 40 percent less collateral blood vessel function in those implanted with the drug-coated stents, compared with bare-metal stents, six months.
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Providence Journal - Providence Journal (subscription) - Dec 31, 2006
There is no medical proof to support the claim that cooked food increases the risk of disease. In fact, some studies say just the opposite. A report in the Archives of Internal Medicine points out that vegetarians exhibit abnormally low bone mass, which may indicate an increased risk of osteoporosis. In addition, the study shows that the intake of calcium and vitamin D is abnormally low on a raw food diet. “Eating closer to nature can be seen as beneficial because few proponents of a raw foods diet are going to be consuming junk food,” explained David L. Katz, associate professor of public health at Yale. But he cautions that there are also hazards associated with eating a diet based purely on uncooked foods, including the fact that some nutrients are more readily available to the body when heated… A report in the Archives of Internal Medicine points out that vegetarians exhibit abnormally low bone mass, which may indicate an increased risk of osteoporosis. In addition, the study shows that the intake of calcium and vitamin D is abnormally low on a raw food diet. “Eating closer to nature can be seen as beneficial because few proponents of a raw foods diet are going to be consuming junk food,” explained David L. Katz, associate professor of public health at Yale. But he cautions that there are also hazards associated with eating a diet based purely on uncooked foods, including the fact that some nutrients are more readily available to the body when heated. These include lycopene, found in tomatoes, and carotenoid, found in carrots, both of which have been shown to protect against prostate cancer. Those who shun all cooked foods in favor of a raw diet are, according to Katz, “throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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ABS CBN News - Dec 31, 2006
What in my view as a journalist were the outstanding achievements in science and technology last year?My sources, as my readers have deduced by this time, are mainly the journals Science, Nature, Scientific American, Physics Today and from time to time specialized articles in medicine, neuroscience, astronomy and biotechnology courtesy of Google. At the top of my list are the space explorations by NASA and the European Space Agency. • The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe that gave us a detailed picture of the radiation that was left over from the Big Bang. It also provided the latest evidence that the early universe inflated from about the size of an atom to the size of a basketball in less than one-trillionth of a second.
Access To Prior Mammograms Helps Radiologists Detect Breast Cancer
Medical News Today - Dec 31, 2006
The other 80 mammograms had been reported as normal or benign. All cancers were visible in retrospect. The reviewers remained unaware of the pathologic nature of the lesions until the whole study was completed. Readers located abnormalities, estimated likelihood of malignancy for each finding and indicated whether prior mammograms were considered necessary. The results showed that without prior mammograms, many more suspicious findings were noted. Reading performance was significantly better when prior screening mammograms were available. The 12 radiologists reported 1,935 findings when prior mammograms were unavailable, for an average of 1… —————————-Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release. —————————-Radiology is a monthly scientific journal devoted to clinical radiology and allied sciences. The journal is edited by Anthony V. , School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va. Radiology is owned and published by the Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
Meet held on healthy living
Ahmedabad Newsline - Dec 31, 2006
The president of Nature Care Education Trust, S. Mittal delivered a lecture on staying healthy without the use of medicines. While lecturing on the causes of various ailments, he emphasised that many diseases could be cured with the help of proper diet and yoga.
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HNN Huntingtonnews.net - Dec 31, 2006
Trans fats increase the bad cholesterol that
can
lead to heart disease. They also lower so-called good cholesterol. According
to a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, eliminating
most
trans fats from Americans’ diets could reduce heart disease by up to 19
percent a year. Trans fats are found in both fried food and baked goods. Though some
occur
naturally in animal products, most arise from a process that turns
liquid
vegetable oil solid. On the package, the words “partially hydrogenated”
are
your clue to run away. (I’d save time, and just look for the word
“partially.
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