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| July |
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| Blood Substitutes |
| Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers |
| Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| Human blood is a heterogeneous mixture of cells suspended in liquid plasma, which is itself a solution of functionally interacting proteins in an electrolyte buffer. The risks of allogeneic transfusion extend beyond... |
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| Health and Safety Tips for Your Summer Vacation (2009) |
| Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| Whether you are traveling around the world or relaxing at home, a safe, healthy vacation will add to your enjoyment. Here are some health and safety tips to keep in mind when planning your summer vacation. |
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| March |
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| Nuclear Energy and Health, And the Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation Hormesis |
| By Jerry M. Cuttler, D.Sc., P.Eng. and Myron Pollycove, M.D. |
| Posted: Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| Energy needs worldwide are expected to increase for the foreseeable future, but fuel supplies are limited. Nuclear reactors could supply much of the energy demand in a safe, sustainable manner were it not for fear of potential releases of radioactivity. Such releases would likely deliver a low dose or dose rate of radiation, within the range of naturally occurring radiation, to which life is already accustomed. The key areas of concern are discussed. Studies of actual health effects, especially |
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| Obesity and Food Technology |
| Posted: Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| Obesity is one of today’s leading health concerns for both adults and children. It is responsible for at least 100,000 deaths per year in the United States, placing it second only to cigarette smoking as an underlying cause of death. Obesity increases the risk of multiple health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, several types of cancer, stroke, liver disease, osteoarthritis, chronic kidney disease, some gastrointestinal disorders, sleep apnea, asthma, and reproductive problems. |
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| February |
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| The Great Apple Scare: Alar 20 Years Later |
| Posted: Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| A cancer scare in early 1989 caused millions of consumers throughout the country to stop buying and eating apples and apple products. The fear was that apples were being sprayed with a cancer-causing chemical. Children, in particular, were thought to be at especially high risk. (Rosen 1990, Sewell 1989) The case remains to this day one of the supreme examples how a combination of environmentalists, “public interest” lawyers, publicists, and members of the news media can foist a |
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| Obesity and New Pharmaceutical Approaches |
| Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| The endocrinologist David Ludwig calls his patients, the seven-member G family, “a microcosm of 21st-century America.” One of the parents is overweight and the other is obese, wrote the Harvard Medical School professor and director of the Optimal Weight for Life Clinic (Ludwig 2007). |
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| Counterfeit Drugs: Coming to a Pharmacy Near You |
| Update for 2009 |
| Posted: Monday, February 2, 2009 |
| Counterfeit drugs, including fake, substandard, adulterated or falsely labeled (“misbranded”) medicines, have become a real and growing threat to global health. Increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting rings, often involving organized crime, are slipping their fakes into the legitimate drug supply of countries around the world. The problem is especially serious in developing countries, where hundreds of thousands die from ineffective medicines, and millions more from the |
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