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Science & Tech News tagged with disease

Researcher Behind the Drug Gleevec
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, myeloid leukemia, study, medicine, humans, health, prevention, disease )

Dee
- 5 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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Study Finds Humans Still Evolving, and Quickly
Science & Tech  (tags: evolution, ancestors, humans, europe, asia, africa, agriculture, disease, genes, dna, cattle, nutrition, siciety, culture, science, technology, research, investigation, humans )

Tom
- 54 days ago - latimes.com
The pace of human evolution has been increasing at a stunning rate since our ancestors began spreading through Europe, Asia and Africa 40,000 years ago, quickening to 100 times historical levels after agriculture became widespread, according to a study.
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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
- 72 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.
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Everyone Can Heal
Science & Tech  (tags: world, energy, humans, protection, health, health, society, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, cancer, disease, health, humans, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, science, treatment )

Casey
- 87 days ago - healingourworld.net
Touch is the first tool we turn to when confronting pain. We react similarly to a stubbed toe and a broken heart, tenderly grasping the affected area. This need to apply physical contact is part of the innate healing instinct present within each of us.
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Facing a Diagnosis of Terminal Cancer
Science & Tech  (tags: death, disease, environment, family, Body-Mind-Spirit, ethics, health, healthcare, humans, illness, investigation, medicine, news, research, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning, risks, cancer, abuse, activists, americans, corruption, crime )

Wolfweeps
- 119 days ago - health.usnews.com
Leonardo da Vinci once said, "While I thought I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." While many people die unexpectedly with no clue that the end is coming, metastatic cancer patients and those with other terminal diseases often do
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Group Sounds Alarm on European Bee Industry
Science & Tech  (tags: Bees, pesticides, disease, pollination, food crops, crisis )

Suri
- 190 days ago - nytimes.com
Europe's beekeeping industry could be wiped out in less than a decade as bees fall victim to disease, insecticides and intensive farming, the international beekeeping body Apimondia said on Monday.
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Viruses Can Turn Harmless E. Coli Dangerous
Science & Tech  (tags: science, study, research, E. Coli, viral DNA, disease, humans )

Dee
- 200 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Apr. 22, 2009) -- For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse studied how viral DNA can be transmitted from pathogenic to non-pathogenic E. coli. Viruses that infect bacteria in this way are called bacteriophages.
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New Device Helps Control Disease-Causing Ticks
Science & Tech  (tags: science, Ticks, disease, scientists, entomologist, discovery, NewTechnology )

Dee
- 216 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Spring is finally here, and with it comes tick season. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are reporting the latest in a series of related studies on the effectiveness of an ARS technology that reduces tick populations.
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Fungus Devastates 'Chicken' Frog
Science & Tech  (tags: science, frogs, fungus, research, study, disease, risks, endangered, wildlife )

Dee
- 235 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Montserrat's "mountain chicken" frog has become the latest victim of the killer fungal disease that is devastating amphibians worldwide
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Criminalize Organic Farming? EXCUSE ME?! BILLS: HR 875 and S 425   video
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, ecosystems, humans, protection, pollution, nature, congress, constitution, corruption, dishonesty, government, ethics, dishonesty, politics, babies, cancer, children, disease, drugs, environment, family, food, healthcare, medicine, prevention )

Katia
- 239 days ago - youtube.com
PLEASE contact your representatives and Senators about this! This is being pushed by the drug companies.. No more ORGANIC food - pesticides required! Insecticides KILL OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS, ALLOWING us to be sick more often.. Take Action!
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Frog's Immune System Is Key In Fight Against Killer Virus
Science & Tech  (tags: health, research, science, disease, prevention, death )

Dee
- 248 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered how changes to a frog's immune system may be the key to beating a viral infection which is devastating frog populations across the UK.
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MMR Doctor Andrew Wakefield Fixed Data on Autism
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, children, diet, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, government, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, society, study, risks, treatment, discov )

Susan
- 274 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
THE doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism.
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Coal Ash Spill Reveals Risks, Lapses in Waste Regulation
Science & Tech  (tags: destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, habitatdestruction, humans, politics, pollution, science, suffering, nature, wildlife, abuse, americans, children, culture, dishonesty, family, health, humans, disease, research, risks, energy, technology )

Kathleen
- 304 days ago - truthout.org
"The coal ash spill in Tennessee last month is putting a spotlight on whether the ash from 450 other power plants around the country could be contaminating the nation's drinking water supplies."
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2012: The End Of The World, Or A New Beginning?
Science & Tech  (tags: 2012, famine, disease, war, world, u.s., climate, climate-change, endangered, energy, environment, globalwarming, humans, nature, oceans, research, concept, history, health, interesting, science, society, technology, apocalypse )

SirRobert
- 305 days ago - longislandpress.com
Even hardened skeptics would agree that Earth has been ravaged since the beginning of the 21st Century, by tsunamis, hurricanes, famine, disease and war, but seemed to accelerate within this past decade.
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African Thicket Rat Malaria Linked To Virulent Human Form
Science & Tech  (tags: rats, malaria, disease, africa, humans, scientists, investigation, interesting )

Ingrid
- 307 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Even though the most deadly form of malaria for humans, Plasmodium falciparum, has been linked to malaria found in chimpanzees, this group has been fairly isolated on the malarial family tree--until now.
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