Military bases can benefit by addressing sprawl issues and biodiversity
... As a whole, the Defense Departments attempts to remedy this problem have proved beneficial to the military, the environment, and the overall quality of life of these communities, said Beth Lachman, a RAND research analyst and the lead author of the report. However, more can and should be done in terms of...Canadian paper innovation holds promise for improved global health safety
...samples to a lab, diagnose the problem and get the remedy into the field." The prevalence of food-, air- and water-borne illness is well documented. For example, there is an estimated: 76-million food-borne illnesses annually in the United States, resulting in over 325,000 hospitalizations, 5,000 deat...Egyptians, not Greeks were true fathers of medicine
...and pomegranate was used to eradicate tapeworms, a remedy that remained in clinical use until 50 years ago. "Many of the ancient remedies we discovered survived into the 20th century and, indeed, some remain in use today, albeit that the active component is now produced synthetically," said Dr Campbell. ...$4.4 million NIH grant renews Echinacea and St John's wort research at Iowa State
...North America Has a long history of use as a folk remedy for a wide range of ailments, including insomnia, depression, headache, rheumatism and gastritis. It also is applied externally for treatment of wounds. In 2004, sales were $9 million Studies have shown it to be comparable to standard antidepressa...Vitamin extends life in yeast, Dartmouth Medical School researchers find
...h safer than most drugs, and to be a more specific remedy than most vitamins. Though aging itself is not a disease, Brenner anticipates applications in conditions associated with aging including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic syndrome, and elevating good cholesterol. There are also indications t...Pioneering research on sleeping sickness wins MERIAL Award for Parasitology
...ng sickness, is not at all effective, and the only remedy that works in all stages of infection is based on arsenic, which has severe side effects and can be deadly itself. So, Stefan Magez and his colleagues are seeking a possible alternative medicine. An important role for TNF Since 1992, this Flemis...Gene profiling predicts resistance to breast cancer drug Herceptin
...some tumors are resistant and may point to ways to remedy that," said the studys lead author, Lyndsay Harris, M.D., associate professor and Director of the Breast Cancer Disease Unit at Yale University Medical Center. If additional studies validate these findings, it may be possible to select those patien...Woven scaffolds could improve cartilage repair
...ch team. "We don't currently have a satisfactory remedy for people who suffer a cartilage-damaging injury," Guilak said. "There is a real need for a new approach to treating these injuries. One of the beauties of this system is that since the cells are from the same patients, there are no worries of adver...ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
...te is the major ingredient in the over the counter remedy Kaopectate). But one day, they ran out of clay and moved over to another mountain and people began dying. We wanted to know why." The key to clay's variable nature seems to be its structure. "Clay is a mineral; it has a crystalline structure that i......kers to create pathogens that evade or resist each remedy as fast as it is developed. "Based on the former soviet model, it takes three to four years to engineer a drug-resistant or more virulent pathogen," he says. "It takes 10 to 15 years to develop a vaccine and have it approved." Jonathan tucker of the ...Progress in battle against life-threatening acute allergy
...ction of adrenalin is currently the only effective remedy known for this condition. But adrenalin often has no, or insufficient, effect on the cardiovascular collapse that is a consequence of the allergic shock. Anaphylaxis occurs fairly frequently and strikes up to 15% of the population. It can be caused......ease is also available in Germany . A household remedy millennia old is being reinstated: honey helps the...urg and Berlin, the Bonn medical staff now want to remedy this. With the Woundpecker Data Bank, which they have developed themselves, they will be recording a...Researchers find cause of frontotemporal dementia
... This discovery does not directly result in a new remedy for FTD patients − a lot more research is needed for that. But this finding does offer the prospect of a new treatment for FTD and possibly also for other diseases of the brain that entail the dying off of brain cells − like Alzheimer's d...New treatment for specific type of leukemia
...of the scientific journal PNAS. Resistance to the remedy In the fight against CEL (and other forms of leuk... Sorafenib is already on the market in the US as a remedy for kidney tumors. This new research indicates that, to be able to treat certain forms of leukemia (...Ethnobotanist says non-regulated herbs pose risks
... be in place to save lives. Currently, the herbal remedy trade attempts to self-regulate. But the trade has no power to enforce stringent guidelines or punishments upon dealers who are not following safety requirements or are peddling products that are not exactly what they claim to contain. Additionally,...Environmentalists' 'marine reserve' proposals misguided, report suggests
... fisheries management. There is a critical need to remedy this information deficit."...Landmark FSU study of hepatitis C virus solves mystery that has stymied quest for cure
... they then adapted an existing cell technology to remedy the problem right in the test tube. The Tang-Nelson study and a description of the innovative technologies they devised to enable and track it will appear in the Feb. 8 edition of the Journal of Virology. "Our findings could prove critical to researc...Grant allows ASU archaeologist to study how environment influences evolution
...ent that drove the evolution of modern humans. To remedy that situation, Marean, who recently received a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, is bringing archaeologists together with scientists specializing in caves, ancient dune systems, chemical dating methods and other topics relevan...South African geraniums effective in treatment of adults with acute bronchitis
...t clinical trial in Europe showed that EPs 7630, a remedy made from the roots of Pelargonium sidoides--a species of geranium unique to South Africa, is an effective alternative treatment of acute bronchitis. The results were published in the November 2005 issue of EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing...Joslin Diabetes Center study shows benefits of online discussion boards
...e says. While face-to-face support groups can help remedy isolation, for many people coming into a new group can be a "very anxiety-provoking experience," Zrebiec says. "Entering a group via the Internet can feel much less threatening and gives people an opportunity to talk about themselves in a much more a...