Alcohol abuse increases the risk of suffering from pneumonia
...ients in the group of alcohol abuse was of 80 g in man and 60 g in women, the equivalent of 2 or 3 beers and 3 or 4 cups of wine. Results are especially relevant since alcohol is the more abused drug in Spain, and causes a total of 12,000 deaths every year. In addition, pneumonia is a very frequent disea...Australian of the Year wins top American honour
...medal with German scientist Harald zur Hausen, the man who first linked the skin wart virus, human papilloma, to cervical cancer in the 1970s. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) causes abnormal cells or tissue growth on the feet, hands, vocal cords, mouth and genitals. About 60 types of HPV have been identifi...Drinking or playing? Men's health and masculinity
... the game in an effort to compensate for not being man enough to play in it. The study, made up of in-depth interviews with thirty-one 18-21 year olds in inner London, investigates what young men consider to be masculine behaviour and how this affects their health. Dr Richard de Visser, lead researcher...Fake malaria drug implicated in Burmese man's death
A 23-year old man in Burma with malaria died because the medicine he...ewton and colleagues conclude that the 23-year old man died from being given fake artesunate. "Counterfeit artesunate continues to circulate on a vast sca...Researchers offer clues to how leaf patterns are formed
... would behave like man--build the streets on which man himself would travel," said Scarpella. "However, the theory argued that in each individual vein auxin could only run one way at any given time, making them sort of alternate one-way streets." By labeling the protein that transports the hormone auxin ...LIAI finding gives boost to bioinformatics use in fighting disease
...sponse to one of the most complex viruses known to man the vaccinia virus, which is used in the smallpox vaccine. Immune responses, which are essentially how the body fights a disease-causing agent, are a crucial element of vaccine development. "We are excited because this further validates the imp...IVF identity fraud: A phenomenon that puts patients, children, and clinics at risk
... the choice of parenthood. Sperm from a younger man could be substituted for an older one, for example, while maintaining the pretence that the older man will be the legal father. Among the problems that could arise if identity fraud is practised, said ...Brain-computer link lets paralyzed patients convert thoughts into actions
...atient, Matthew Nagle, a 25-year-old Massachusetts man with a severe spinal cord injury, has been paralyz...te technology. The second patient, a 55-year-old man with a similar injury, had the sensor implanted by surgeons at the University of Chicago in April 20...SNM honors outstanding contributors
...te an honor to deliver a lecture named for a great man who is credited with developing the gamma camera a...r a lecture on an educational topic in memory of a man who was passionate about education," she added. "Before his untimely death, Dr. Lull and I were work...Joslin awards Victory Medal to New York man living 75 years with type 1 diabetes
...ry Award Medal this Sunday, Aug. 13, to a New York man for living 75 years with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. Robert L. Bates of New Windsor, NY, will be awarded the medal at his 80th birthday celebration at the Thayer Hotel at West Point, NY. The hotel coincidentally is commemorating its 80th an...Widespread elephant slaughter discovered in Chad
...nly about 150 feet above the camp, I could see the man shooting at us." No one was hurt. Zakouma National Park in southeastern Chad makes up part of a Texas-sized region of central Africa that until the 1970s was one of the continent's most intact wilderness areas, abundant in wildlife. The general regi...'Stress and the city': Urban birds keep cool
...obe. The sparrow is now so closely associated with man that its original niche is unknown, whereas the European blackbird was - as little as 200 years ago - a reclusive forest dweller. These species seem to profit, for instance, by the warmer microclimate and additional anthropogenic food supply in citie...Sensitive and specific biomarker for early detection of prostate cancer identified
...ill, relies on subjective judgment. As a result, a man who has prostate cancer can have both a normal PSA and DRE. Conversely, an individual with a high PSA and an abnormal DRE could be cancer-free. "There is a great need for a test that increases the sensitivity and specificity of those two other test...Carnegie's Joseph G. Gall wins 2006 Lasker Award
...ures in the GV, called Cajal bodies, named for the man who described them 100 years ago, Spanish neurobiologist and Nobel laureate Ramn y Cajal. Allan Spradling, department director of Carnegie's Department of Embryology commented on Gall's influence: "Joe Gall stands out especially because of the wa...Boat paint to blame for Norfolk Broads' desolation
...st toxic substance ever introduced deliberately by man into the aquatic environment," explains Dr Sayer. "In freshwaters, once TBT is released from an antifouling coating it is rapidly absorbed by bacteria and algae, and eventually works its way up the food chain. Within a short period of time after th...Mars mission Risk 29: Scientists research ways to reduce radiation-induced brain damage
... lost on arrival. As part of a new push to put a man on Mars, NASA has sketched out a roadmap laying out 45 risks to astronauts in a space mission that is likely to last two years. Those risks include accelerated bone loss, motion sickness, the inability to treat minor illnesses, an inadequate quantity...What animals can tell us about hemorrhage, organ transplants and aging
...mber 25, 2006) The stereotype of a scientist as a man in a white lab coat hunched over a microscope in a laboratory is far from real life. Consider the scientists who will meet at The American Physiological Society's conference, Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity, taking place October 8-...NASA satellite data helps assess the health of Florida's coral reef
...ys to prevent it so that the impact of climate and man on these vital ecosystems can be minimized....Sequencing of the oyster mushroom genome
... similar to some of the contaminant compounds that man releases into the environment, such as certain colorants or oils and by-products of the timber industry such as pulp and paper. Thus, the study of the functioning of the oyster mushroom and of its strategies for adapting to its growth environment a......of a pregnancy go down about 10% for each year the man had the vasectomy. Only time will tell if it's the same for the IVD." John, a 25-year-old in Rhode Island, doesn't mind the uncertainty about reversibility. "My fiance and I agree that we don't want children. I've thought about vasectomy, but someh...