Increase in childhood leukaemia may be part due to increased light at night
...r initiation as well as cancer progression. "As an anti oxidant, in many studies melatonin has been shown to protect DNA from oxidative damage. Once damaged, DNA may mutate and carcinogenesis may occur." A number of studies have shown that people in occupations that expose them to LAN (i.e. night workers...New test may diagnose heart disease risk better
...sed blood samples to see whether patients' HDL was anti or pro-inflammatory. The testing was repeated in the high-risk patients after six weeks of daily 40-milligram treatments with a statin called simvastatin (Merck's Zocor). Researchers found that the inflammatory properties of HDL better differentiated...Screening the controversy continues
...re flawed polarised discussion between the pro and anti screening camps, Dr Chris de Wolf, a consultant in cancer screening services from Geneva University, told the briefing. "Polarisation brings in emotional elements and this is blurring scientific objectivity. It is important in the current discussion ...1930s Fascism Spawned Public Health Initiatives
...ed in the world, as were many other aspects of the anti tobacco effort." Proctor believes that the recognition of the dangers of tobacco was fosteredby a political climate stressing the virtues of racial hygiene and bodilypurity. In racial hygiene journals, smoking was associated with rebellion, jazza......combining drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants, anti convulsants and/orpainkillers, and using common-sense approaches like avoiding tight shoes. Co-researchers on the study were Constantin Yiannoutsos of HarvardUniversity, David Clifford of Washington University in St. Louis, GiovanniSchiffi...