Meltdown: Despite the Fear, the Health Risks from the Fukushima Accident Are ...
http://science.time.com/2013/03/01/meltdown-despite-the-fear-the-health-risks-from-the-fukushima-accident-are-minimal/
An anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo in April 2012. Japan is likely to begin restarting its shutter atomic plants. Email · Print; Share.
Same Genetic Basis Found in 5 Types of Mental Disorders
http://www.kvue.com/news/193997911.html
The psychiatric illnesses seem very different - schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Facebook, Google geeks 'hack' into cancer research problem with mobile game
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9902223/Facebook-Google-and-Amazon-join-fight-against-cancer.html
Playing video games on mobile devices could help researchers solve riddles in mountains of genetic tumor data. And Cancer Research UK has enlisted programming talent from Amazon Web Services, Facebook ($FB) and Google ($GOOG) to help craft a ...
Scientists Rope Bacteria Into Important Job Of Preventing Acne
http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/03/scientists-rope-bacteria-into-important-job-of-preventing-acne/
OK, so zits aren't exactly the most pressing issue in the medical community, but nobody enjoys them and they are painful and uncomfortable.
FDA staff say calcitonin salmon cancer risk appears plausible
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/us-fda-calcitonin-idUSBRE9200M920130301
Fri Mar 1, 2013 9:26am EST. (Reuters) - Staff reviewers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that a potential increased risk of cancer with drugs containing calcitonin salmon appears plausible.
J&J Profit Pursuit Led to Defective Hip, Lawyer Argues
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1316378-jj-under-suspicion-launching-defected-hip
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)'s pursuit of profit led it to sell a defective metal-on-metal hip that failed faster than any similar device, a lawyer argued at the first of 10,750 lawsuits over the recalled implant to go to trial.
Availability of sugar influences rate of diabetes, study says
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4135/20130228/availability-sugar-tied-higher-rates-diabetes-2.htm
Researchers studying 175 countries find that a 150-calorie daily increase in the availability of sugar raises the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes by 1.1%.
Eating Helps Dementia Patients Avoid Depression
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Geriatrics/Dementia/37602
Eating Helps Dementia Patients Avoid Depression. By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today. Published: February 28, 2013. Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Plastics Chemical BPA Tied to Higher Asthma Risk in Kids
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/13221/20130228/high-levels-bpa-chemicals-found-organic-foods-uw-study.htm
FRIDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children exposed to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may run a higher risk of developing asthma, a new study suggests.
Anti-Polio Campaign Gets Big Cash Infusion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323293704578330504083902778.html
The eradication of polio is tantalizingly close, and two of the world's biggest public-health philanthropists, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates, are joining forces to get the job done.
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