Bald eagle populations facing hazards from old and new environmental chemicals The Examiner | Bald eagles are an indicator of environmental health. Eagles dominate local food chains along rivers and lakes. As top predators they retain the highest, most damaging concentration of environmental contaminates. After DDT was banned in the 1970s, many scientists expected eagle populations to make...
People who drink moderately, outlive those who don't drink at all The Examiner | Before everyone starts running to the closest liquor store, let's take a look at why moderate drinkers outlive nondrinkers. It seems to be the case in European countries where people have less cardiac problems then in the U.S. The children are taught to have wine with every meal from a young age....
Bald eagle populations facing hazards from old and new environmental chemicals The Examiner | Bald eagles are an indicator of environmental health. Eagles dominate local food chains along rivers and lakes. As top predators they retain the highest, most damaging concentration of environmental contaminates. After DDT was banned in the 1970s, ...
People who drink moderately, outlive those who don't drink at all The Examiner | Before everyone starts running to the closest liquor store, let's take a look at why moderate drinkers outlive nondrinkers. It seems to be the case in European countries where people have less cardiac problems then in the U.S. The children are tau...
Blackcurrant juice can 'prevent aches and pains of exercise' The Daily Mail | Scientists believe flavonoids play a role in reducing the stress of exercise on the body, but are unsure of the exact mechanism | Drinking blackcurrant juice can help prevent aches and strains during exercise, a new study shows. | In tests, volunte...
Formula milk puts babies' health at risk: Study The Times Of India LONDON: In one more reason why mothers should breastfeed their babies as long as possible, scientists in UK have found that formula milk contain 40 times more aluminium than breast milk, potentially putting the toddlers' health at risk. | Researchers...
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Stephen Hawking is a great mind but not a master of debate London Evening Standard Ever since publication of his Brief History of Time in 1988, Professor Stephen Hawking has been a brilliant purveyor of hyperbolic sound-bites. | He argued in that fantastic best-s...
Clue to birth problems of older women The Daily Telegraph Scientists have a taken major step towards understanding why older women are more likely to produce abnormal eggs, increasing the risk of infertility, miscarriage and birth defects...
Organic strawberries 'are more nutritious' DNA India | Scientists have revealed that organic strawberries are both tastier and better for health. | Naturally produced strawberries also have a longer shelf life and a richer, fruitier flavour, according to the researchers. | 'We show that you can hav...
Organic strawberries ‘are more nutritious’ Zeenews London:Scientists have revealed that organic strawberries are both tastier and better for health. | Naturally produced strawberries also have a longer shelf life and a richer, fruitier flavour, according to the researchers. According to them, they ha...
Working Animals (Part Three): Lab experiments and Billy Jo, HIV research chimp The Examiner | To observe Labor Day, an annual holiday honoring the contributions of America’s workers, Animal Policy Examiner spotlights working animals in a special series of articles. | “The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen,” wrote Claude Bernard in 1865. Kno...
Witness recants statements in Anna Nicole case Herald Tribune | LOS ANGELES - A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial has recanted statements critical of the former model's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern, a defendant in the case. AC = 1234 | --> | Ford Shelley testified Friday in Los Angeles that he never saw Smith abuse drugs, never saw Stern force medication on her, and believes Stern sho...
