Putting a price tag on paradise
... also in terms of human welfare. Finally, once the risks are determined, people at all levels of society should work together to create incentives for protecting critical elements of ecosystem capital. "In a way, it's writing off certain species. If it benefits humanity directly, we'll save it. But what ha...Program shown to help non-alcoholics reduce drinking 66%
..., but not feeling completely comfortable about the risks that their level of drinking might bring," says Katherine Klykylo, MHSA, ACSW, who coordinates the program in the M-Fit Health Promotion Division of the U-M Health System. DrinkWise, which the U-M has offered since 1994, focuses on reducing alcohol i...Dietary patterns predict heart attack risk in middle-aged men
...intile 5 of the prudent pattern. In all cases, CVD risks other than diet such as smoking, family history or overweight had more of a negative impact on subjects who followed a Western diet pattern than on those who followed a prudent pattern. The study raises an ancillary interest in recent ecologi...Hopkins wins $14 million NIH grant for genetic cardiopulmonary disease research
...erlying causes and severity of these diseases, why risks vary, and why some people may be more responsive to specific medications," says Joe G. N. Garcia, M.D., director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Hopkins. The Hopkins team will use so-called DNA microarray technology in co...Searching for the secrets of drug-free transplants
...make patients more susceptible to infections. The risks associated with long-term immunosuppressive therapies are one of the key limiting factors of successful organ transplantation. The new project will enable further study of these patients, and potentially others, to determine how it is that their tr...Feds give $16 million to UNC-CH scientists studying waste site problems
...g to understand the human health and environmental risks associated with hazardous waste sites and to devis...and to improve both assessment of potential health risks and cleanup methods. Dr. Cass T. Miller, chair of environmental sciences and engineering, is develop......ncludes that these products can pose severe health risks and even kill some people, prompting an urgent nee...y the FDA reports. And with ephedra, the potential risks are not accompanied by any clear benefits." "We think, that as currently marketed, these supplements......lans and forecasts of operational results. Various risks may cause Millennium's actual results to differ ma...ities. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports filed by Millennium with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ......to have medical benefits, but also with recognized risks for causing cancer. The final version of this tenth report will be prepared by the National Toxicology Program headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health, for the Secretary of H......on to use MIRENA must include consideration of the risks of PID. The highest risk of PID occurs shortly after insertion (usually within the first 20 days thereafter). Please see the Prescribing Information for further information including Contraindications, Warnings and Precautions. For more information a...Heat kills inoperable liver tumors without initiating onslaught of harmful hormones
... Anderson clearly shows that the complications and risks of radiofrequency ablation of malignant liver tumors are significantly lower than with cryoablation of liver tumors," Curley said. "The work performed by Dr. Schell and colleagues at the University of Florida confirms what I have suspected, that is, ...Sea grant study indicates potentially harmful human viruses in coastal waters
...ts way into urban waterways. Because of the health risks associated with human waste, some groups are beginning to test their creeks and drainage culverts for signs of human contamination. The risk of contamination from human waste appears to be significant, according to a survey of 12 river mouths in Los ...World's biggest study of hormone replacement therapy
...the only evidence about the long-term benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy comes from less rel...ases is necessary to understand the true benefits, risks and cost of taking or not taking HRT for many years after menopause. "This will be a landmark trial ...Study: living near where pesticides used may boost fetal death due to birth defects
...h at the UNC School of Public Health. "The largest risks for fetal death due to birth defects were from pes..., just as earlier research has suggested. "The risks appeared to be strongest among pregnant women who lived in the same square mile where pesticides wer...Chemical flame retardant found in salmon
...ent and accumulate in animal tissues. Their health risks to humans and wildlife have not been fully assessed, although several studies indicate the risks may be similar to those of PCBs. The Lake Michigan salmon, collected in 1996, had an average PBDE c...Biosecurity net closes on marine invasions
...e environment. "The intention is to evaluate the risks from potential bio-invasions and then apply all the systems we know of to shrink the mesh and keep out unwanted visitors," he said. Dr Hayes, a marine scientist from the Australian national science agency, CSIRO, was speaking at the annual meeting ...Language can fuel, or abate, public fears about bioengineered foods
... good measure, on how their benefits and potential risks are explained to you. The words used, and the way...atters if the communication about the benefits and risks of science, such as biotechnology, is not built on the concerns, knowledge and values of the audienc...New egg-free flu vaccine called promising for those with egg allergy
...t of our vaccine is to improve it and minimize the risks which may appear." Among the older patients who received the new vaccine, significantly fewer adverse effects were observed compared to those who received conventional vaccines. In the younger group, no significant differences in adverse effect......the ongoing debate over the potential benefits and risks of biotechnology. Morning Session: "Plant Biotechnology: Potential of Transgenic Technologies" 8:55 a.m. to noon Alejandra Bravo, Ph.D., Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (AGFD 26) Maarten Chrispeels, Ph.D., University of Calif......become essential to determine if there are greater risks associated with eggs exposed to chemotherapy during or immediately before growth stages. Our study was designed to see whether, in mice, the stage of egg development at the time of exposure to cylophosphamide altered the risk to resultant conceptions...