Overloaded Backpacks Can Injure Kids: Experts
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, HealthDay NewsAs the school season starts, experts warn that overloaded backpacks often result in back injuries among children.
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Another Bust for Alzheimer's Drugs
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comAlthough Eli Lilly's anti-amyloid compound fails to slow decline in two large trials, patients with mild forms of the disease show some benefit
New Cells for ALS Patients
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comSurgeons have transplanted a second dose of neural cells into a patient's spinal cord in a pioneering trial.
How Armstrong Could ‘Get Away With Stuff With Everybody Looking’
• Brian Alexander via WIRED.comSeven years ago, Don Catlin, then head of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory and the man who, for all practical purposes, created sports drug testing in the United States, told me “you can get away with stuff with everybody looking right at you.”
Scientists Turn Adult Red Blood Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comDespite the ethical and political differences they incite, stem cells are still a miraculous medicine, potentially able to change into whatever a sick body needs them to be.
Paralympic Athletes Try to Get a Performance Boost By Hurting Themselves
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comWe've heard of odd rules put in place (marijuana use comes to mind) to keep Olympians and Paralympians from gaining an unfair advantage, but this is odd and more than a little scary:
Electronic Sutures Can Check For Infections and Even Help Wounds Heal
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comStitches deserve a makeover. We've been using them in some form for thousands of years. So while they've stood the test of time, a researcher from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is wrestling surgical sutures into the future
Giving babies antibiotics could lead to obesity: study
• The RawStory.comGiving babies antibiotics before the age of six months could cause them to be chubby children, according to a study published Tuesday.
California district teaches students to ‘get plenty of rest’ to prevent STDs
• Eric W. Dolan via The RawStory.comA coalition of groups have brought a lawsuit against the Clovis Unified School District in California, claiming their abstinence-only sex education program violates state law.
Study finds microbes manipulate your mind
• Mo Costandi, The Guardian“The thought of parasites preying on your body or brain very likely sends shivers down your spine. Perhaps you imagine insectoid creatures bursting from stomachs or a malevolent force controlling your actions.
6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi
• The RawStory.comA powerful 6.3-magnitude quake shook Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province on Saturday, damaging buildings and injuring at least three people.
Brain Scans Reveal Why Some Older People Are Immune To Memory Loss
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rachel RettnerElderly people with exceptional memory abilities have brains that look decades younger than their actual age, according to a new study.
Gene Control, Delivered Directly to the Brain
• Susan Young via TechnologyReview.comThe technique could help patients with currently untreatable diseases such as Huntington's.
DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive
• ScienceNow via WIRED.comWhen it comes to storing information, hard drives don’t hold a candle to DNA. Our genetic code packs billions of gigabytes into a single gram.
Bill Gates kicks off search for toilet of the future
• The RawStory.comMicrosoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates on Tuesday launched a search for a new toilet better suited to developing countries.
Dallas launches chemical warfare on mosquitoes amid historic West Nile outbreak
• Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.comAmid one of the worst outbreaks of West Nile virus ever seen in the U.S., officials in the Dallas area of north Texas have declared war, launching all-out chemical warfare on mosquitoes.
U.S. Army reports suicides more than doubled
• The RawStory.comSuicides among US Army soldiers more than doubled in July compared to June, the Pentagon said, the latest evidence of a worrisome trend that has vexed military leaders.
Harvard Study Confirms Fluoride Reduces Children's IQ
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Joseph MercolaA Harvard meta-analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that water fluoridation significantly lowers IQ scores in children, and may be a neurotoxicant that affects brain development
Mitt Romney’s Abortion Business Made Him $50M
• NowPublicAs Republicans get fired up over Mitt Romney's VP pick, maybe they should consider the skeletons he has in his closet (or should I say the aborted babies he profited off of when he owned Stericycle).
Millions of gallons of raw sewage pumped towards Manhattan
• http://rt.comA broken pipeline is forcing millions of gallons of raw sewage in New York to bypass a treatment facility and instead be sent right into the Hudson River — and just in time for the Big Apple’s first ever Ironman triathlon!
There is 'no safe dose of radiation' from TSA naked body scanners
• http://www.naturalnews.com, by: J. D. HeyesBesides the fact that they are being operated by an agency that demonstrates on a daily basis a disdain and disregard for discretion, privacy, and professionalism, the Transportation Security Administration's full-body backscatter x-ray machines are
Too little too late? US to clean up Agent Orange in Vietnam
• http://www.rt.com/news/agent-orange-vietnam-cleaniThe Vietnam War ended over 35 years ago, but not before some 1 million people died.
How NFC Radios Will Help the Visually Impaired to See
• Corinne Iozzio via PopSci.comThe day I entered public school, I was classified as visually impaired. I have a rare genetic syndrome known as achromatopsia. I’m color blind and light sensitive, my distance vision is flat-out awful. Even corrected, it’s closer to 20/100 than 20/20
Scientists unravel ‘other’ malaria parasite’s DNA code
• The Raw Story.comScientists said Sunday they had unraveled the genetic codes of parasites responsible for the bulk of malaria cases outside Africa, and found they were scarily diversified and may be harder to kill.
Louisiana charter school kicks pregnant students out of class
• Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.comThe American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana on Monday warned a public K-12 charter school in Louisiana that its policy violated federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.
Rep. Kucinich proposes warning labels for cell phones
• Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.comRep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced legislation last week that would require radiation warning labels for cell phones.
Pfizer, Johnson drop tests for new Alzheimer drug
• The Raw Story.comPfizer and Johnson & Johnson said Monday they had given up tests of a new therapy to treat Alzheimer’s disease, saying the treatment did not measure up to expectations.
Recipe: Homemade Eco-Friendly All Natural Deodorant
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Lissa ButlerWith summer well upon us, deodorant is essential.
Natural Remedies for High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Jordan & Kyla MillerAbout 74 million (1 in 3) American adults (20 and over) have high blood pressure (hypertension).
7 Climate Change Diseases to Ruin Your Monday
• http://www.motherjones.com, By James WestClimate change is creating favorable conditions for several (unpronounceable, gross) diseases.
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