National Academies advisory: TCE health risks
...ther health risks associated with exposure to this environmental contaminant, often referred to as TCE. The report also looks at methods for assessing and characterizing the risks and whether enough data exists for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to complete a human health risk assessment. The report will...NIDA announces recommendations to treat drug abusers, save money and reduce crime
...hronic disease, co-occurring mental, emotional and environmental conditions that make relapse likely upon return to society, recommendations for the components of adequate treatment programs, cost-effectiveness of treatment, and the role of medication in treating offenders with substance abuse. ...Matrilin-3 gene discovered to prevent onset of osteoarthritis
...nown, but they are believed to be both genetic and environmental such as being overweight or suffering sports injuries. ...Slowing Alzheimer's disease by keeping mind and body active
...ered the pathways behind the protection offered by environmental stimulation in Alzheimer's disease, further confir...iversity Hospital Muenster examined the effects of environmental stimulation on the brain pathology of TgCRND8 mice. These mice, which express a mutant form of A=...Genetic variation linked to age-related macular degeneration
... "The effect of CFH is significantly influenced by environmental and genetic factors that determine the inflammatory response and activate the complement pathway." (JAMA. 2006;296:301-309. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org ) ...Protein potentially links diet, obesity and asthma
...e hypothesis proposes that childhood infection and environmental factors such as diet and airborne pollution contribute to a predisposition to this condition. Michael Rolph and colleagues from The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, now show for the first time that the protein aP2 is present in human epi...The brain, traffic and nano-circuits -- e-Science takes on major challenges
... Understanding the brain Mapping the detailed environmental impact of traffic Designing future generation nano-scale electronic circuits. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and other funding partners have awarded more than 13m to three, 3-4 year projects covering each of the...Disfiguring facial infection in young children can be prevented
...etection of the disease, while addressing poverty, environmental hygiene, perinatal health care, maternal and infant nutrition, and timely immunisation against endemic diseases, particularly measles." ...Variations in detoxifying genes linked to Lou Gehrig's disease
... in multiple genes interacting with each other and environmental exposures. The genes for human paraoxanases (PON ...veterans of the Gulf War, indicating a war-related environmental exposure to organophosphates and sarin in genetically susceptible individuals as a possible cause. P...Infections link with diabetes, suggests biggest study yet
A major study has added weight to the theory that environmental factors such as common infections may be a trigger... by infections. Conditions caused by more constant environmental factors produce clusters of cases in one place over a much longer time period. The results are pu...What leads to obesity in rural communities?
... first to examine the link between obesity and the environmental factors within rural communities. It builds upon p...School of Public Health research that examines the environmental features of a community that encourage physical activity, which is critical in the fight against obe...Developing natural immunity to asthma caused by research rats
...n and mucus membranes. It functions in response to environmental challenges and plays a role in allergic reactions to those challenges. "Laboratory animal workers may, at very high exposure, be experiencing a natural form of immunotherapy," said Dr. Jones. "Interestingly, this does not seem to be the case for o...New McGill research shows mice capable of empathy
...pain. Dr. Mogil generally explores the genetic and environmental influences that combine to govern reactions to pain. He holds the Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Pain (Tier 1)....Rutgers/EOHSI builds model to assess World Trade Center fallout
New Brunswick/Piscataway, N.J. The environmental and health consequences of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have been the subject of controversy almost from the beginning. Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have created a computerized model that will help pub...New fruit fly protein illuminates circadian response to light
...hen the body is attempting to resynchronize to the environmental light changes brought on by travel, namely from one time zone to another. A mutant fruit fly that possesses jetlag-like behaviors enabled senior author Amita Sehgal, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at Penn and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHM...Oral health of children and adolescents still reflects disparities
...stem, oral health services, and socio-cultural and environmental risk factors (e.g., the use of alcohol and tobacco products) did modify, to some extent, the effects of risk factors such as infrequent use of oral health services, and unhealthy habits, in teenagers. (Finland) A pilot questionnaire, the Adolescent ...Avoiding house dust mites and changing diet proves ineffective
... in a bid to explore the role of early exposure to environmental factors in the development of asthma. Published in the July 2006 edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology the study was designed specifically to test house dust mite (HDM) avoidance and dietary fatty acid modification as intervent...Hopkins researchers develop new quick tool to sort out insect bites in children
...ing from fungal infections, scabies, allergies and environmental contacts, to HIV-associated dermatoses. Reactions to a bite are often delayed, making it difficult to trace exposure. "SCRATCH could spare many children and their parents from going through invasive-not to mention expensive-procedures if pediatri...ESA donates mosaic of global images taken by Envisat to United Nations
...images taken by the MERIS instrument onboard ESA's environmental satellite which shows the entire planet 'in its true colours'. To produce the mosaic, a total of 1561 satellite orbit passes were used over the period May-November 2004. "Forests, desert, mountains and oceans are clearly visible. The mosaic shows the...Pesticide exposure associated with incidence of Parkinson's disease
...so deleterious. Also noteworthy, exposure to other environmental contaminants was not related to risk of Parkinson's disease. The study was limited by lack of detailed information about the duration, frequency and intensity of pesticide exposure. However, because of its prospective design, provides much stronger e...