Study links breast cancer risk to epigenetic changes related to race, smoking and birth size
LOS ANGELES -- Women can encounter environmental factors that increase their risk of breast cancer at various periods of their physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause. These non-inherited, or epigenetic, changes in DNA can correlate with risk factors for breast c...Consumer nail gun injuries spike
... Ph.D., an associate professor of occupational and environmental medicine and author of the new report. She has long studied nail gun injuries among construction workers, but she says this is the first such analysis of injuries among consumers. "The increases in injuries are likely related to availability of the...Satellite images aid implementation of agricultural reforms
... assist in the cross compliance measures a set of environmental and animal welfare standards that farmers have to ...n some countries, states farmers must establish an environmental cover for a buffer width, stipulated by the country itself (e.g. 5 metres), around waterways on all ...Bovine tuberculosis could spread by human-human contact
...ease was probably due to a combination of host and environmental factors. Prospective surveillance and DNA fingerprinting identified the cluster, enabling health protection teams to set up control measures and prevent further transmission." In an accompanying Comment, Charles O Thoen (College of Veterinary Medic...Richard Mayeux awarded AAN Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's research
...a complex mixture of altered genes and exposure to environmental factors. "Winning this award and being included in...nderstanding how variations in genes interact with environmental factors will help to create risk profiles and design better treatments for Alzheimers disease, inclu...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 4, 2007
... the article. Improvements in medical diagnostics, environmental systems and energy conversion are anticipated to be among the many payoffs emerging from the expanding nanotech pipeline, according to the article. ARTICLE # 5 EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, April 9, 2007 "Building up nanotech research" Thi...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
...here Programme (IGBP), an international network of environmental scientists. This quest for adaptation strategies opens a new chapter in global environmental change research that requires not only continued development of sophisticated climate models (and un...Kennedy Krieger Institute launches first national online autism registry
...e engaged online, providing valuable genealogical, environmental and treatment data without having to leave their home or office. By the end of the year, IANs goal is to have the largest pool of family-provided data on autism, enabling researchers to explore hypotheses and search for parallels among affected chil...London asthma sufferers get space-based help
...rmation sources to develop an independent European environmental monitoring capacity from planetary to local scales. The airTEXT service works by combining satellite data from ESAs Envisat on regional air quality forecasts provided by PROMOTE with information on local road traffic patterns and monitoring statio...New treatment possibilities for fatal genetic disease
...th this investigation and also Dr Anthony Hannan's environmental enrichment research, which has shown that physical and mental stimulation, can delay the onset of the disease and slow the progression of symptoms. By tackling HD from two different angles, the Florey researchers hope to accelerate their discoverie...Who gets heart failure? Race takes back seat to diabetes and high blood pressure
...od pressure, two conditions rooted in genetics and environmental surroundings, play a much greater role than race a...risk factors and the role played by biological and environmental factors....Cornell researcher helping develop quick, cheap HIV/AIDS test
...ner, Cornell associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, has been awarded an initial $386,000 (subject to annual renewal for four years) from the consortium to determine a way to simply assess the critical HIV/AIDS immune system factors -- CD4 T-cell count, or CD4+ T-lymphocytes count -- in th...Sustainability of energy, food and water theme of ACS national meeting
...wing concern about losing some of the economic and environmental benefits of this technology because of increasing resistance of weeds to glyphosate. A two-day symposium that starts on Sunday features industry and academia scientists who will discuss the impact of these transgenic crops on the economy, health and ...Organic is healthier: Kiwis prove that green is good
...her on the same farm at the same time, in the same environmental conditions. Kader added: [previous] studies did not include phenolic compounds in the comparison. The two categories of kiwifruit showed other differences which Kadel believes are most likely due to the fruits having to be able to survive against ...First greenhouse gas animations produced using Envisat SCIAMACHY data
...dioxide. With climate change being the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today, numerous studies and results on greenhouse gases will be presented at the 2007 Envisat Symposium in Montreux, Switzerland, from 23 to 27 April....Biosand filter reduces diarrheal disease in Dominican Republic villages
... to it now," said Mark Sobsey, Ph.D., professor of environmental sciences and engineering at UNC's School of Public Health. "We can tremendously improve people's health and quality of life if we can help them get a reliable source of clean drinking water. Our study shows that simple biosand filters actually do imp...Americans still not eating enough fruits and vegetables, according to 2 recent studies
...d action to better understand the sociocultural or environmental factors that anchor these persistent differentials and identify approaches to effect change while building on strengths of current dietary patterns where possible." Emphasizing the need to encourage proper diet, Linda C Nebeling, PhD, MD, RD, FADA...New cigarette designs don't offer lower predicted cancer risks
...onal cigarettes," said Pankow, Ph.D., professor in environmental and biomolecular systems at OHSU's OGI School of Science & Engineering, and a member of the OHSU Cancer Institute. "People have known for a long time that there are carcinogens in tobacco smoke, but if you look at the levels in conventional cigaret...First ozone and nitrogen dioxide measurements from MetOp-A
...the Arctic and Antarctic regions, is of particular environmental concern. The resulting increased levels of ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface of the Earth can cause serious damage to human health, agriculture, forests and water ecosystems. High levels of atmospheric pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide pro...Obesity and environmental chemicals -- New research probes potential link
... of death and injury by fire, they are an emerging environmental chemical and an emerging concern, as their impact on the human body becomes documented. Their persistence in the environment has PBDEs compared to now-banned toxins like PCBs and DDT; the use of two types of PBDEs is prohibited in European Union cou...