Articles in the Category: Diseases
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biology, Consumer Safety, Discoveries, Diseases, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Uncategorized, Video on 07 21st, 2011 | 1 Comment
Real Science and Girls Dominate Google Science Fair
Gender stereotypes about math and science abound. Boys are known for performing better in math and science while girls tend to excel in history and language arts. Though the U.S. still leads the world in scientific discovery and vision, another stereotype is that the U.S. education system is failing...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Plants, Space, Video on 07 11th, 2011 | No Comments
Last Shuttle Crammed with Science Experiments
When the final mission of the U.S. space shuttle program blasted off flawlessly on Friday, over one million onlookers gathered in Florida for the launch. Tens of millions more watched on television. But what they couldn’t see amid the liftoff fire and smoke was all the science that was en route...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Video on 06 28th, 2011 | No Comments
Nuclear Power Plants Under Threat
The record snow pack melt combined with cool, heavy spring rains forced reservoirs in northern states to release extra water into rivers, creating a big flood which is now surging south, from North Dakota to Nebraska where the Missouri River is over its banks and threatening two nuclear power plants.
The...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 14th, 2011 | No Comments
FDA Slathers Sunscreen Labels with More Protection
For over 30 years the Food and Drug Administration has been wrestling with the rules governing suntan lotion. About five years ago, the federal agency began urging sunscreen companies to give consumers better information about sun protection products.
Now, the FDA is announcing new rules this week that...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 06 6th, 2011 | No Comments
Bean Sprouts Blamed for E. Coli Outbreak
Update:
Preliminary tests prove negative for E. coli in bean sprouts from an organic farm in the Uelzen district of the German state of Lower Saxony. 23 out of 40 sprout samples from the farm came back negative for the bacteria. 17 samples are undergoing further testing which won’t be available...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment
E. Coli Outbreak Strikes European Veggies
As of Wednesday afternoon officials said 17 people had died in Germany and one in Sweden. A recent E. coli outbreak across Europe is believed to have started in northern Germany but it appears to be causing people to fall ill all around the world, including two cases in the U.S.
The unusually virulent...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Environment, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 06 1st, 2011 | No Comments
Cell Phones Dial Up Fresh Radiation Concern
For years scientists have argued that cell phones could be harmful to our health. But it wasn’t until last year that the first long term study suggested a relationship between prolonged cell phone use and brain cancer. And even that preliminary finding didn’t get people to turn off their...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Discoveries, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Video on 05 23rd, 2011 | No Comments
Lower Cholesterol with Tomatoes
Cooked tomatoes and tomato products could possibly be more effective than medication in the fight against high cholesterol and blood pressure.
Doctors used to say, “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.” That was the cure all for patients. Now the pharmaceutical companies have a pill...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 05 16th, 2011 | No Comments
Neuroscience is the Next Frontier for Patrick Kennedy
Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is trying to unite neuroscientists, government and advocacy groups to improve funding and research in brain science.
On the 50th Anniversary of his uncle John’s moonshot speech that launched the space age, leading scientists, philanthropists and...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Video on 05 4th, 2011 | No Comments
How to Reduce Exposure to Mercury in Fish
Mary Ann Hitt, Beyond Coal Campaign Director with the Sierra Club with information on toxic mercury in fish. Emission from coal-fired power plants is the leading cause of mercury pollution and subsequent bio-accumulation in seafood. The heavy metals spew into the air and then settle in the...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Video on 05 4th, 2011 | 2 Comments
Armadillos Source of Leprosy in the South
After a mysterious outbreak of leprosy began a few years ago, researchers began looking for a cause. In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists discovered that the armadillo is one of the few animals that carries the bacteria that causes leprosy.
Every year, there...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biology, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Inventions, The Brain, Video on 04 27th, 2011 | No Comments
Neural Stem Cell Treatment Sees a Future
The key to successful stem cell research and treatment is being able to create stable, self-renewing stem cells. For years, scientists have been able to make massive quantities of stem cells to enhance brain activity. The problem was that when they tested their treatments in mice, the stem cells often...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Video on 04 25th, 2011 | 1 Comment
Staph Bacteria Found in Half of Grocery Store Meat
A new report estimates that half the meat and poultry sold in the supermarket may be tainted with the staph germ.
A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases recently found a startling amount of staphylococcus bacteria in grocery store meat. The study included 136 samples from 80 different...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Earthquake, Environment, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 03 16th, 2011 | No Comments
Radioactive Threat Real in Japan: What to Know
The radiation levels at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant continue to fluctuate. Overnight, the spike in radiation levels forced the remaining workers out of the plant for a short time. Police are planning to use water cannons normally reserved for crowd control to keep nuclear fuel...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 03 9th, 2011 | No Comments
Reading Dyslexia Differently
Scientists studying the brains of dyslexic children say they can now accurately predict which child will overcome their disability and which will continue to struggle to read throughout later life.
A Stanford University research team has been using brain scans on children with dyslexia and they can...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Video on 02 25th, 2011 | No Comments
Man’s Stem Cells Save His Heart
Stem cells are changing medicine. Every day it seems like there is a new story of a person whose life was spared thanks to advances in stem cell research.
Now, John Christy, a Vietnam veteran, becomes the first person in the U.S. to have his own bone marrow stem cells harvested to save his heart.
He...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Nanotechnology, Video on 02 24th, 2011 | No Comments
Bedside Cancer Scanner Speeds Diagnosis
A hand-held scanner that can detect cancer at a patient’s bedside using just a speck of tissue has been created by scientists from Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The device, about the size of a desk telephone, is the world’s smallest cancer diagnostic system, according...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Politics, Scientainment, Video on 02 21st, 2011 | No Comments
A Comedic Take on an Unrecognizable Earth
Scientists say the growing number of people on the Earth could lead to a food crisis by 2050 and reshape the planet. Now@9 viewers and Actor/Comedian Hal Sparks discuss the idea.
The conversation was sparked by this weekend’s American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Washington...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Video on 02 18th, 2011 | No Comments
Cola Color Could Cause Cancer
From the front line of the food wars comes a new warning for those who regularly consume beverages and condiments that contain caramel coloring.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is asking the FDA to ban all food products with an artificially dark color, including Coke, Pepsi and other cola...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Video on 02 11th, 2011 | No Comments
HIV Cure Leads to Treatment
It sounds backwards; HIV cure leads to treatment. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? In this case, an accidental cure in one man of the debilitating autoimmune disease has given new hope to a new genetically-engineered treatment.
Sangamo Biosciences Inc. is developing a new form of gene therapy...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Video on 02 10th, 2011 | No Comments
Supplement Snake Oil, Not Science
Tony Ford may call himself a ‘technician,’ but in reality he’s more like a flimflam man: A purveyor of potions. A glorified vitamin salesman.
But he is one of thousands of independent sellers of L-Arginine, the latest miracle health cure, said to cure stroke, cancer, diabetes, reverse...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Politics, Video on 02 4th, 2011 | No Comments
Bill Gates Puts Polio on Notice
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is increasing his foundation’s commitment to eradicating Polio. At last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Gates pledged $100 million to a global effort that appears close to eliminating the disease. Gates joins Rotary International’s...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Scientainment, Video on 01 14th, 2011 | No Comments
IBM Computer v. Jeopardy Champs
In Jeopardy’s! 47 year history, there has NEVER been a contestant like Watson. And who knew the first public face-off between man and machine would be a TV game show.
Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter represented humanity in a demonstration of intellectual prowess against a new...
