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Can Coal and Clean Air Coexist in China?
Lundi 04 Août 2008 - 10:10 - 5 mois depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American CHONGQING--Coal powers China. In addition to producing about 75 percent of its electricity, the dirty, black rock is burned everywhere from industrial boilers to home stoves. More than 4,000 miners die every year digging up the fossil fuel, shortages abound forcing curbs in electricity use, and the country's transportation infrastructure creaks under the weight of distributing it across the country. [More] |
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Study: Restaurant Tobacco Bans Influence Teen Smoking
Mardi 06 Mai 2008 - 13:28 - 8 mois depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) BOSTON -- A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researcher... |
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PERSPECTIVE: FDA Regulation of Tobacco -- Pitfalls and Possibilities
Mercredi 30 Juillet 2008 - 06:55 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin After more than half a century of debate and discussion, it is likely that during the coming year, Congress will pass legislation bringing tobacco products under the regulatory authority of ... |
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Lack of Effectiveness of Cellulose Sulfate Gel for the Prevention of Vaginal HIV Transmission
Mercredi 30 Juillet 2008 - 06:55 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin Women-controlled methods to prevent male-to-female transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are needed. In this study of vaginally applied 6% cellulose sulfate gel conducted in India and Africa, 1398 women were randomly assigned to use the gel or placebo before sexual acts. Use of the gel did not prevent the acquisition of HIV or other sexually transmitted infections and may have increased the risk of HIV infection. |
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A Breath of Hope
Lundi 05 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 8 mois depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Derrick Farley, a 29-year-old Army sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., has seen many people die. He served in Iraq for three year-long tours of duty with only six-month breaks between them. He remembers driving trucks along the dirt roads of Tikrit, ever alert for telltale signs of a sniper or... |
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At High School, Pit Stops Add 21,000 Calories in Two Hours
Dimanche 18 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) At 10:59 a.m., Bladensburg High School's three vending machines are hungrily whirring, anticipating the first quarters of the day. |
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Camels Plagued by Parasites
Vendredi 01 Août 2008 - 14:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American Camels are like edible cargo vans, as useful for their sturdy backs as for their milk and meat. But a new study by Iranian researchers suggests the health of that country's fleet is in jeopardy. [More] |
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CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
Vendredi 16 Mai 2008 - 17:40 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) RENO, Nev. -- A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. |
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Sida : le taux de prévalence est plus fait en Afrique de l'ouest - XINHUA
Mercredi 03 Décembre 2008 - 19:39 - 1 mois depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - Google santé france DAKAR, 3 décembre (Xinhua) -- Le taux de prévalence du sida en Afrique est plus faible qu'en Afrique australe, selon un rapport de la Banque mondiale rendu public mercredi à Dakar, en marge de la 15e conférence contre le sida et les maladies ... |
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Rescue Can Bring Quake Victims New Danger
Vendredi 16 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 7 mois, 3 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) For people pinned in the wreckage after catastrophes such as this week's earthquake in China, a successful rescue often marks the beginning, not the end, of the danger. |
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