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Science & Tech News tagged with Health

Radiation Leak at Three Mile Island
Science & Tech  (tags: radiation, nuclear power, news, health, pennsylvania )

Panthera
- 4 days ago - abclocal.go.com
Approximately 20 workers were treated for radiation exposure after a radiation leak inside the containment building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon. It is believed no radiation escaped the building.
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National Medical Research Day: Celebrating the Importance of ARRA Funding for Iowa and Beyond
Science & Tech  (tags: science, medicine, health, research, humans, non humans, discovery, illness, disease, healthcare, prevention, protection, treatment, medicine )

Dee
- 7 days ago - icts.uiowa.edu
National Medical Research Day, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges, was held on October 21, 2009. The event celebrated the importance and impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and biomedical research.
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Researcher Behind the Drug Gleevec
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, myeloid leukemia, study, medicine, humans, health, prevention, disease )

Dee
- 22 days ago - nytimes.com
Dr. Brian J. Druker, 54, an oncologist at Oregon Health and Sciences University and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, is one of three winners this year of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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Giving Sight By Therapy With Genes
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, study, humans, health, retinal diseasetreatment, prevention )

Dee
- 22 days ago - nytimes.com
By the time Corey Haas was 7, the retinal disease he was born with had already stolen much of his vision. "He always clung to me or my wife," said Corey's father, Ethan Haas.
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Good Dog, Smart Dog
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, investigation, animals, dogs, canine, intelligence, health, humans, illness, seizure. alert, epilepsy, anxiety, depression, phobias, interesting, research, prevention, protection )

Tom
- 24 days ago - nytimes.com
The ability of dogs to tune in to needs of psychiatric patients, turn on lights for trauma victims afraid of the dark, remind owners to take medication and interrupt suicide attempts and self-mutilation, has lately attracted the attention of researchers.
14 comments
Don't Let the Real Monsanto Bill Get Through Congress.- Take Action !
Science & Tech  (tags: monsanto, congress, GeneticEngineering, world, environment, health )

Tierney
- 25 days ago - food.change.org
An effort to fight global poverty and hunger may become a Trojan Horse to force genetically engineered crops on countries and farmers that do not want them.
17 comments
Beware: Genetically Modified Omega 3 Oils to Appear in Foods
Science & Tech  (tags: business, GeneticEngineering, health, monsanto, food safety, soy, omega3 )

Karen
- 26 days ago - examiner.com
Monsanto, the company which spent an astounding eight million dollars last year on lobbying, is planning to flood the food market with poor quality omega 3 oils from its genetically modified (GM) soy beans.
21 comments
Keeping Up To Date on Nano Planning
Science & Tech  (tags: human rights, health, RFID Technology, H1N1 flu shots, pharma, 2010 )

Feisty
- 31 days ago - loveforlife.com.au
An employee at a drug company in Vienna states that the swine flu injection needles indeed contain nano particles which cannot be detected with the naked eye. http://www.nanopharmaceuticals.org & http://www.novavax.com offer more info on nanos in drugs.
1 comment
Tell USDA: Keep Nanotech OUT of Organic!-Take Action!
Science & Tech  (tags: nanotechnology, safety, science, health, organic, GeneticEngineering )

Tierney
- 41 days ago - ga3.org
USDA's National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is voting on whether nanotechnology should be banned from use in Organic products. Thanks to your overwhelming outcry
11 comments
If We All Do Compact Fluorescent Bulbs, the Mercury Will Drop
Science & Tech  (tags: world, research, CFL, investigation, health, environment, humans, interesting, technology )

Daphna
- 63 days ago - treehugger.com
Today's compact fluorescent lights are now light-years ahead of their ancestors of just a few years ago, in terms of the range of styles available and their lower price points. True, LED lighting is nipping at the heels of the lighting industry, solving a
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High-Tech Glasses Help the Nearly Blind See
Science & Tech  (tags: health, NewTechnology, blindness, macular degeneration )

Karen
- 74 days ago - cbc.ca
An Ottawa company is developing computerized glasses that help people with severe visual impairments see -- as well as zoom in on and replay what they saw with the press of a button.
4 comments
Boy Conceived Using New Test Born
Science & Tech  (tags: Oliver, IVF treatments, Miscarriages, Polar Body, Health, Technology )

Alisa
- 83 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The first baby conceived with the help of a new egg screening technique which could offer hope to women for whom IVF has repeatedly failed has been born.
1 comment
Mercury Found in All Fish Caught in U.S.-Tested Streams
Science & Tech  (tags: u.s., geological, survey, mercury, fish, freshwater, streams, discovery, investigation, science, research, health, habitat, ecosystems, nature, environment, pollution, health, risks, warning, disease, illness, coal, mining, safety, food )

Tom
- 89 days ago - usatoday.com
The U.S. Geological Survey's research marks its most comprehensive examination of mercury contamination in stream fish. The study found that 27% of the fish had mercury levels high enough to exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe.
9 comments
"The Penultimate Trump" - By: Dr. Robert C.W. Ettinger
Science & Tech  (tags: RobertC.W.Ettinger, science, research, tech, technology, story, life, death, cryonics, society, future, world, trump, interesting, speculation, civilization, resurrection, life-after-death, rebirth, concept, medical, health, mystery )

SirRobert
- 89 days ago - cryonics.org
A chilling story with a smash-hit ending! Follow the life of Harley D. Haworth who has everything, except a trump card against death. Gambling his vast fortune he turns the tables on the grim reaper of finality, entering a strange and different world~~~~
16 comments
The Evolution of Transhumanism Into Transtopia
Science & Tech  (tags: transhumanism, transtopia, evolution, cryonics, science, tech, technology, research, design, concept, humans, world, future, environment, psychology, biology, physics, history, society, culture, genetics, physiology, GeneticEngineering, health, medicine )

SirRobert
- 91 days ago - transtopia.org
Transhumanists seek things like intelligence augmentation, increased strength and beauty, extreme life extension, sustainable mood enhancement, and the capability to get off-planet in order to explore the universe.
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