American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...ition to being explosive, TNT is toxic and a human health threat. Researchers knew that certain soil bacteria could metabolize and change trinitrotoluene (TNT) into nontoxic compounds. But those natural bacteria exist at levels too low to detoxify TNT. In the new study, researchers inserted a gene for a ...Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
...ject will assess a range of threats to coral reef health and identify regional environmental stress factors that make the reefs susceptible to disease, bleaching and death. The goal of the proposed WHOI-KAUST three-year fisheries and aquaculture project will be to develop an integrated bioeconomic mode...Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, study finds
...ects, immune system defects and many other serious health problems. Soil is contaminated by many chemicals and pathogens, which are passed on to humans through direct contact or via food and water. Increased soil erosion worldwide not only results in more soil being blown but spreading of disease microb...High blood pressure, low energy -- a recipe for heart failure
...thy. Those contrasting outcomes suggest that heart health greatly depends on ERR alpha. "The stress of a cardiac pressure overload asks heart muscle to manufacture more high energy compounds, and without ERR alpha, they can't do it," explains Kelly, the Tobias and Hortense Lewin Professor and Chief of the ...No evidence that widely prescribed statins protect against prostate cancer
...sterone, it was more likely attributable to poor health rather than the use of statins. Their findings ar...ican Association for Cancer Research. The public health significance is that our study provides evidence that statins may not have a clinically meaningful i...New study suggests Concord grape juice may provide protection against breast cancer
... grape juice may be of value in maintaining breast health by suppressing oxidative stress and inhibiting DNA damage to cells that can lead to the initiation of cancer, or in helping to slow the progression of breast cancer by slowing the multiplication of cancer cells. Diets high in natural antioxidants hav...Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams receives EPA research grant
...dies (CAPS). Particulate matter poses a serious health problem. Fifty thousand Americans are thought to die prematurely each year due to particle exposure and almost 70 million Americans live in areas that violate the federal standard. That standard was strengthened in September after scientists, armed w...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
...measured in more than 53,000 people during routine health exams in a major health maintenance program in Southern California. This approach provides over 90 percent statistical powe...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
...ls may lead to a better understanding of sex-based health discrepancies among some newborns. One study found that gender differences in the heart may help explain why infant girls are more likely to die following heart surgery. The other study has determined that the rapid accumulation of acid in newborn fe...Research aims to identify markers for menopausal women at risk for deadly blood clot
...us closer to defining risk profiles for a specific health issue. Our hope is that it can lead to tools that will allow doctors to provide hormonal therapy for their female patients that is commensurate with a womans risk for venous thrombosis. ...Inflammation may cause preterm labor and fetal deaths
...the U.S. each year and cost billions of dollars in health costs annually. Han added that the 30% increase in preterm births in recent decades makes it especially important to investigate novel ways of reversing this trend....What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
... the mineshaft, Payne explained. Today, coral reef health is considered a measure of environmental stability. When stressed by environmental conditions, the algae that inhabit the reef leave, and the reef loses color-and one reason why algae might leave is temperature. For example, when ocean temperatures r...Link between sunspots, rain helps predict disease in east Africa
...Smiths, N.Y. and colleagues, can be used by public health officials to increase measures against insect-borne diseases long before epidemics begin. The results are published online in the August 7 issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research. The scientists showed that unusually heavy rainfalls in East Af...Macho men are seen as bad choice for long-term love
...sity adds: Our research also found that it is mens health that conveys all round good qualities for partnership and personality. Our results contradict claims that machismo denotes fitness and disease immunity. Masculinity may buy you dominance but not necessarily tip top physical condition. Instead women s...Study: Sticking to the sand might not be such good, clean fun for beachgoers
...ater. Microbes that result in beach closures and health advisories when detected at unsafe levels in the o...s." Since 1990, the number of beach closures and health advisories throughout the United States has increased steadily, according to the NRDC. In 2005, the ......ill discuss the role of nitrogen fertilizer in the health of downstream ecosystems, in particular their potential sensitivity to climate change. Navin Ramankutty (McGill University) likens land use changes to fuel emissions in their potential to drive climatic changes. According to Ramankutty, local land ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...ing which commercial chemicals are potential human health threats. ARTICLE #5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, Aug. 6, 2007 Toward Toxicity Testing Without Animals: High-throughput methods from pharma could reduce need for animals when assessing toxicity of chemicals in the environment This story wi...Pregnant mothers join search for causes of autism
...nistrator for U.S. EPA Region 9, and Cindy Lawler, health science administrator for the NIEHS, will discuss their ongoing funding for and collaboration with the center to fund unique autism research. When: Wednesday, August 8, at 10 a.m. PDT. Where: UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute auditorium, 2825 50th St....Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
...here is that restoring bluefin tuna populations to health requires us to consider and manage activities one-fifth of the way around the world. ...... technology systems especially those known in the health care industry as computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems promise to improve health outcomes, reduce medical errors and increase cost efficiency, but hospitals adopting them must plan ...