New study links low fish supply to increased bushmeat hunting
...ps, fisheries researchers and African leaders have blamed subsidized foreign fleets for helping to accelerate the downturn in the fish supply. The study notes that the European Union (EU) maintains the largest foreign presence off the coast of West Africa, with EU fish catches increasing 20-fold from 1950 t...'Lighter than air' breathing more than doubles COPD patients' exercise endurance
...ed of COPD worldwide in 2000; cigarette smoking is blamed for about 85% of cases. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. and is projected to rise to third place for both men and women by the year 2020. NHLBI says 12.1 mill...OHSU research shows vitamin C counteracts some negative impacts of smoking on unborn babies
...remature delivery, growth retardation and has been blamed for 5 percent to 10 percent of all fetal and neonatal deaths. Maternal smoking can also cause decreased pulmonary function and increased respiratory illness in offspring. Previous research by the Spindel lab demonstrated that nicotine is a key cause ...New book explains antibiotic resistance for a broad audience
...be antibiotics for flu and that patients are being blamed for demanding antibiotics when they shouldn't," says Abigail Salyers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who co-authored the book with Dixie Whitt of the same university. "It was this ambivalence and confusion that motivated us to come...Young athletes ignore skin cancer risk
... athletes who gave reasons for not using sunscreen blamed lack of availability, and 33 percent thought they didn't need it because of various misconceptions. Others said they didn't consider the weather hot enough for sunburn. However, said Dr. Adams, only 1 percent of the athletes said they didn't use suns...Attacks of King George III's madness linked to key metabolism molecule
...afflicted "Mad" King George III, the British ruler blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the Revolutionary War. The mental and physical symptoms of porphyria, a rare genetic blood disease which a number of modern researchers believe plagued King George intermittently throughout his tumultuous reig...Asthmatic cats may be allergic to humans, say vets
In a complete turnaround, instead of pets being blamed for causing allergies and breathing problems amongst people, human lifestyles are potentially triggering asthma attacks in cats. Cigarette smoke, dusty houses, human dandruff, pollen and certain types of cat litters can all create inflammation in cat...Research: Snails were overlooked contributors to marsh destruction
...ater and soil salinity levels -- all of which were blamed for stressing cordgrass and other marsh grasses beyond their limits. Silliman and four other authors of the Science paper don't dispute the drought's impacton what scientists call "bottom-up" factors such as increased salinity. But, they say, decades...Defusing a time bomb: Heart attack risk-detection technology developed at UH
...heart disease," Kakadiaris said. "Clinton himself blamed 'insufficient vigilance' and stressed the importance of repeated testing as a means of heart disease prevention." Supporting this line of thinking now called the "Clinton Syndrome" AEHA's mission is to identify "vulnerable patients" by advancing ...Declining snowpack cools off CO2 emissions from winter soils, says U. of Colorado study
...iwot Ridge." Levels of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere, blamed in part for rising temperatures in recent years, hovered around 250 parts per million for thousands of years. Since the Industrial Revolution, however, they have been steadily climbing and currently are approaching 380 parts per million. Atmospher...Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone
...ing of the twentieth century, that scientists have blamed for the gradual rise in recorded global temperature. Attempts to reverse global warming, such as the Kyoto Protocol, have centred on controlling and even reducing CO2 emissions. However, the most potent greenhouse gas is water, explains Shaidurov and...Coral death results from bacteria fed by algae
...anes resulting from global climate change are also blamed for coral death. "Anyone who has been to the tropics and has had the experience of diving on a coral reef will not deny the spectacular beauty of these systems," said Smith. "They support numerous species of animals and plants and many species ...Scientists to employ Arctic ice and polar bears to protect diversity of world's crops
...ecently in large areas of Bangladesh, where it was blamed for a 50 percent drop in yields. Ireland's tragedy unfolded because its farmers cultivated only a handful of potato varieties. But crop gene banks in South America safeguard diverse collections of wild and cultivated samples could be vital to develo...Overall Antarctic snowfall hasn't changed in 50 years
...ter rate than previously seen. Some observers have blamed global warming for the melting and for the increased calving of icebergs along the continent's margin. The 16 researchers from nine institutions in seven countries wanted to assemble a half-century-long record of snowfall back to the International ...Hair-pulling disorder caused by faulty gene in some families
...or mental illnesses. Such illnesses have long been blamed on a person's upbringing or life experiences, said lead study investigator Stephan Zchner, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and researcher at the Duke Center for Human Genetics. "Society still holds negative perceptions about psychiatric co...Families do not cause anorexia nervosa
...s a person's genetic risk." Families should not be blamed for causing anorexia. In fact, they are often devastated and suffer from the consequences of this illness." Anorexia nervosa is a serious and potentially lethal illness, with a mortality rate greater than 10 percent. It is characterized by the rele...ESA POLinSAR 2007 -- Imaging forests in 3-D
...eansing the atmosphere of major types of pollution blamed for the greenhouse effect and global warming. Producing accurate forest biomass estimates, and how they are changing over time, are a critical challenge to environmental scientists to whom national governments are turning for help in meeting their in...Nottingham scientist fights climate change
...mosphere of greenhouse gases such as CO2 is widely blamed for global warming. Greenhouse gases, generated by the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities, are so-called because they trap more of the Suns heat leading to the temperature increases associated with climate change. Martin Rees, Pres...Problem forgetting may be a natural mechanism gone awry
...kes room for new ones - differences perhaps better blamed on patterns of cell-to-cell communication than the number of birthday candles decorating the cake. A researcher with the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida has found that rats become forgetful because a routine part of the memory...Glucose triggers brain cell death in rats after hypoglycemic coma
...when the blood returns. That burst has always been blamed on oxygen, but it may be that glucose is the culprit. And it may depend on how much glucose is put in." In terms of clinical science, Swanson observes that "as clinicians, our first reaction when we see a patient in hypoglycemic coma is to give lot...