TACT: Surprising, puzzling benefit from chelation therapy after MI
Los Angeles, CA (updated) - A randomized, double-blind trial of chelation therapy has suggested that the alternative-medicine mainstay may modestly improve clinical outcomes in patients after an acute MI, leaving its own...[more]
Pregnant Moms’ Flu Linked to Higher Risk of Autism Among Children
According to the latest research on flu vaccination during pregnancy, following current recommendations for influenza shots may help to lower rates of autism.Read more:...[more]
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Toxins in Outdoor Clothing
"All over the world, from secluded mountain lakes and Arctic polar ice to deep in the oceans, traces can be found of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs), pollutants with properties that are harmful to the...[more]
Bhariya Vigyan Sammelan and Expo 2012 Punjab, India
Science for Global Development - THE PUNJAB EXPERIENCE, a report of a visit, focused on environmental and people's health.[more]
Sri Lanka kidney disease blamed on farm chemicals
Thousands of people in the Asian island nation of Sri Lanka have been struck by a mysterious and deadly form of kidney disease. A new study points to a likely cause - pesticides and fertilisers.[more]