USGS Cautions Proper Use Of Pepper Spray To Avoid Bear Attacks
Red pepper spray, commonly used by people in bear country to ward offaggressive bear attacks...th urged that until further research is conducted, people who carryred pepper spray in bear country should not test-fire newly purchased red pepperspray near ...Low B Vitamin Levels Common In Many People Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Stroke Risk
... a European Concerted Action Project, examined 750 people with atherosclerosis or blockages in the blood ves...19 centers in nine European countries, showed that people with atherosclerosis or blockages who had lower folic acid levels may also be more likely to have he...Short-Course TB Prophylaxis Effective In HIV-Infected Individuals
...HO) estimates that more than 5 million people worldwide are co-infected with HIV and TB, and app...itzerland. Nearly 1,600 HIV-infected people participated in the study, a randomized trial comparing two months of daily rifampin (RI...Johns Hopkins Scientists Designing Compounds To Fight Malaria
...cal Society. At any given time, about 300 million people suffer from malaria,and as many as 3 million of them, mostly children, will die everyyear. The most severe form of the infection is caused by tinyparasites called Plasmodium falciparum, which are transmitted byfemale mosquitos feeding on human blood...."Discovering Biological Diversity" Is AAAS Topic For USGS Manager
... "Where once it was difficult for people on a singleuniversitystaff to share field work on a day-to-day basis, now we can reach outworldwide," Cotter said. "With the NBII and companion programs such as theInter-American Biodiversity Information Network, we have virtuallyinstantaneous global...Emerging Field Of Industrial Ecology
.... Not only will technology help feed 10-12 billion people inhabiting the planet,but it also is likely to be central to improving the overall quality of life,according to Thomas E. Graedel, professor at the Yale School of Forestry andEnvironmental Studies. Graedel, who teaches industrial ecology, is..."Genes, Vitamins, Homocyst(e)ine And Cardiovascular Diseases"
...ntration of homocyst(e)ine iselevated in 10-40% of people with heart attack, stroke or peripheralatherosclerosis (atherosclerosis in leg blood vessels). Thus, bloodhomocyst(e)ine may be a risk factor for atherosclerosis, in a similar fashion assmoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. ......ller. Such research may help explain why two people who eat the same foods canhave very different bloo...t attacks and strokes. "When a large group of people go on the same diet low in saturated fat andcholesterol, their LDL levels can vary widely," said Ron......heory of human origins, which holds thatall living people are descendants of a single common ancestor named Eve. Wolpoff and Caspari maintain that both the fossil record and genetic datasupport a multi-regional theory of human evolution. According to this theory,human populations evolved concurrently in va...$2 Million Dollar Grant Funds Salton Sea Web Site
...ze and analyze it, and then re-distributeit to the people making the decisions. We are uniquely qualified to undertakethis task because we have no stake in the outcome," said Krantz, who has workedon other major wetlands restoration projects as an environmental consultant overthe past 20 years. Jerry Lewis ...Genetics May Explain Much Age-Related Hearing Loss
...ader of the research group. "Then we found people with no loss, and we figured it was related to alow-noise environment. Now we believe that at least some age-related hearingloss is due to a genetic deficiency in antioxidant enzymes, such as SOD. If weare able to regulate the enzyme and modulate t...Hormone Control Of Rare Leukemia Sheds Light On Molecular Basis Of Cancer
...PL is abone marrow cancer that strikes about 3,000 people in the United States everyyear. "This study gets at the exact biochemical and genetic cause of theuncontrolled cell growth in this leukemia," says Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD,chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. "...Biotech Approach To Feral Cat Problem Devised
...ility of a sperm to fertilize the egg. While many people recognize Salmonella as a bacterium which causes disease in people and animals, Boyle says, the attenuated strain cannot cause disease. The Salmonella bacterium is es...Genetic Test For Alzheimer's May Improve Diagnostic Reliability
...es spends more than $100 billion a year caring for people with Alzheimer'sdisease. "The apolipopro...ons thatthe study was "done in a selected group of people who receive treatment inspecialized centers for Alzheimer's disease, and that the results do not app......riskfactor for Alzheimer's, is found most often in people who exhibit signs of thedisease after age 65. One...r,that the study was "done in a selected group of people who received treatment inspecialized centers for Alzheimer's disease, and that the results do not ap...Lactose-Intolerant People Should Drink More Milk, Expert Says
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Many people who claim to be lactose intolerant really aren't, ...s that dairy foods can be difficult to digest, and people who don't eat these foods often enough haven't acclimated themselves to the foods. According to the ...Leftover Fetal Cells May Affect Development Of Scleroderma
...ons." Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, affects people of all races, with anestimated incidence of 14.1 cases per million population worldwide. Its causeremains unknown. The disease is at least three times more common in women thanin men. The peak incidence occurs between ages 35 and 54. The course o...Drivers Should Pay More Of Environmental Costs, Report Says
...y two U of T civil engineers. "Our research shows people are prepared to pay a lot more for things related ...t and higher densities, then it will be easier for people to use public transportation," Soberman says. "Their trip lengths would be shorter which would mean ......ntly in dental plaque causing this disease. These people may be atincreased risk of getting heart disease and strokes if Porphyromanas gingivalisfrom their mouth gets into the bloodstream and clumps platelets similar to whatwe see in the laboratory." The researchers will present their findings at t...Pet-Owning Couples Are Closer, Interact More Than Pet-Less Couples, UB Study Shows
... scientist and author of the study. "We know that people who have many social interactions are healthier than people who don't. In this study, people who owned pets had significantly more interactions with other peop...