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Holding breath for several minutes elevates marker for brain damage(American Physiological Society) Divers who held their breath for several minutes had elevated levels of a protein that can signal brain damage. However, the appearance of the protein, S100B, was transient and leaves open the question of whether lengthy apnea (breath-holding) can damage the brain over the long term.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, August 04, 2009Spleen Gives Heart A Leg Up[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]Poor old spleen, it never got the recognition it deserved. Until now. Scientists had known that the spleen is part of our immune systems. But it was considered expendable, an organ we could live fine without, if we had to, nothing crucial. Now researchers in Boston say that the spleen actually helps mend damaged hearts. The study was published in the July 31st issue of the journal Science. [More] Presented By: Drain the Ocean - Sunday August 9 9P e/p This is a world you have never seen before, a world normally hidden under miles of water...the landscape of the ocean bed. Click to learn more www.natgeotv.com/draintheocean Ads by Pheedo
Scientific American Tuesday, August 04, 2009Malaria may have come from chimpsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Malaria may have jumped to humans from chimpanzees much as AIDS did, U.S. researchers reported on Monday in a study they hope could help in developing a vaccine against the infection.
Reuters Tuesday, August 04, 2009Plague outbreak takes third life in ChinaBeijing - An outbreak of pneumonic plague in north-west China has claimed a third victim, local health authorities reported, as they continued to cordon off a town. The man was identified as Danzhi, 64, from Ziketan town, in the Hainan Tibetan Autono...
Earth Times Tuesday, August 04, 2009Handwashing, facemasks to prevent flu spread at homeHONG KONG (Reuters) - Frequent handwashing and the wearing of face masks at home can help reduce the transmission of influenza viruses within the household if the measures are implemented in good time, a study in Hong Kong has found.
Reuters Tuesday, August 04, 2009A Heavier Warning: Cigarette Boxes Will Soon Display Evidence of Ill EffectsComing soon to the lives of American smokers: cigarette labels that go far beyond a simple warning.
Washington Post Tuesday, August 04, 2009U.S. Rethinking Use of School Closings to Combat Swine FluThe Obama administration is finalizing guidelines that would scale back when the federal
government recommends closing schools in response to the swine flu pandemic, several
people involved in the deliberations said Monday.
Washington Post Tuesday, August 04, 2009Doctors Know That Rationing Medical Care Is Standard PracticeA seasoned pulmonologist shakes his head. "Let's face it, we already ration care." And, pausing ever so slightly, he begins his story. "This family of an 80-year-old gentleman came to me a few days after he was admitted into the ICU. He had end-stage emphysema. 'We had a family conference last ni...
Washington Post Tuesday, August 04, 2009Chinese town in quarantine after plague outbreak claims two livesCHINA has sealed off a remote farming town after two
people died and ten others fell ill with pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can kill in 24 hours if left untreated.
Scotsman Tuesday, August 04, 2009Death of dentures as patients grow own teethDENTISTS in the future could be able to make their
patients grow new teeth by planting tooth "seeds" in their jaws.
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