A drug that is activated by light can be a quick, simple, and cheap treatment…
Month: December 2008
Clue To Safer Obesity Drugs: Mechanism Links Serotonin With Regulation Of Food Intake
Once hailed as a miracle weight-loss drug, Fen-phen was removed from the market more than…
Presence Of Gum Disease May Help Dentists And Physicians Identify Risk For Cardiovascular Disease
Individuals reporting a history of periodontal disease were more likely to have increased levels of…
Climate Change Wiped Out Cave Bears 13 Millennia Earlier Than Thought
Enormous cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, that once inhabited a large swathe of Europe, from Spain…
Australia: Environment Centre chief to lobby for 20pc emission cuts
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The incoming head of the Environment Centre says his first priority will…
United Kingdom: Energy firms refuse to pass on cost cuts
Guardian: Energy firms will refuse to pass on all of the savings they make on…
United Kingdom: There is no case for Heathrow’s third runway
Guardian: The decision last week by Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon to delay a ruling on…
Melting ice may slow global warming
Guardian: Collapsing antarctic ice sheets, which have become potent symbols of global warming, may actually…
Brazil: Ancient skills ‘could reverse global warming’
Independent: Ancient techniques pioneered by pre-Columbian Amazonian Indians are about to be pressed into service…
The hidden cost of our growing taste for meat
Guardian: To the European eye, accustomed to square hedgerows and neatly tilled arable land, the…