12.29.07

Report: British doctors oppose abortions

Posted in Health at 3:05 pm by heaven

A survey suggests four out of five British doctors oppose a government plan to let them perform medical abortions in their family practices. Only 14 percent of the 2,175 doctors interviewed were willing to provide medical abortions using drugs in early pr...

Boomers planning to get ‘old’ at age 78

Posted in Health at 5:37 am by heaven

Baby boomers, who once advised each other not to trust anyone over 30, say on average, they will get old at age 78, a U.S. survey found. The MetLife Mature Market Institute survey polled boomers born in 1946 -- who can now apply for regular retirement b...

New fast-acting antidote to cyanide poison

Posted in Health at 5:11 am by heaven

University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VA Medical Center researchers have discovered a new fast-acting antidote to cyanide poisoning. Principal investigator Steven Patterson of University of Minnesota said current cyanide antidotes work slowly and are in...

Inflammation, cancer susceptibility linked

Posted in Health at 3:53 am by heaven

A U.S. researcher studying a cancer-targeting molecule called TRAIL unexpectedly found a connection between inflammation and cancer susceptibility. Dr. Wafik S. El-Deiry of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been studying the cancer-tar...

Study: Violent images promote violence

Posted in Health at 2:30 am by heaven

Exposure to violent images in media increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior, with violent video games a special concern, a U.S review found. Douglas Gentile, Muniba Saleem and Craig Anderson of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State Un...

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