Judge strikes down smoking ban in New York state parks
A US judge has ordered an end to a smoking ban imposed in public parks and beaches across New York state last February.
Oct 11, 2013
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Disrupting an antioxidant pathway prevents heart disease caused by reductive stress
University of Utah researchers have found that deficiency of an antioxidant response protein called nuclear erythroid-2 like factor-2 (Nrf2) delays or prevents hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a type of a heart failure in which ...
Oct 11, 2013
EU drug agency rejects French request on birth pills
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday rejected a French request to tighten prescription guidelines on types of birth-control pills linked with a relatively higher risk of blood clots.
Oct 11, 2013
Scientists help identify possible botulism blocker
U.S. and German scientists have decoded a key molecular gateway for the toxin that causes botulism, pointing the way to treatments that can keep the food-borne poison out of the bloodstream.
Oct 11, 2013
31 in Fla. infected by bacteria in salt water
State health department officials say 31 people across Florida have been infected this year by a potentially deadly, yet common bacteria that lives in salt water—and 10 of those people have died.
Oct 11, 2013
Targeted treatment plus chemotherapy could benefit women with ovarian cancer
Conventional chemotherapy could further extend life in some women with ovarian cancer when used in tandem with a new type of targeted treatment, a new international study shows.
Oct 11, 2013
CNIO researchers discover a new regulator of drug detoxication
Drug abuse and alcohol are some of the most frequent causes of liver damage, particularly in developed countries. Such kind of liver damage can cause irreversible liver failure and even cancer. Researchers from the Spanish ...
Oct 11, 2013
Prostate cancer: A change in circulating tumor cells detection has high potential in the prediction
A new study reveals that in the prediction of treatment outcome for castration-resistant prostate cancer, a change in circulating tumour cells detection might be more accurate than the change in prostate-specific antigen ...
Oct 11, 2013
