Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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Chemistry World September 18, 2012 Andy Extance	UK university lab shut after student poisoning Police say that they are 'investigating all scenarios' after a University of Southampton PhD student was taken to hospital with highly toxic thallium and arsenic species in their body. Thallium salts have long been used in malicious poisonings thanks to their flavourless, colorless nature.
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Ian Le Guillou	Hope for autism treatments Two reports in Science over the past week point the way to potential treatments for some forms of autism.
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Ben Comer	You Tell Me Specialized knowledge about disease and treatment is no longer the exclusive province of practicing physicians. For biopharmaceutical manufacturers, patient feedback can help to elucidate an unmet need.
Chemistry World September 12, 2012 Jon Evans	Drawing maps to hunt for biological gold Pharmaceutical companies should pay more attention to traditional medicine, say UK researchers. This follows their discovery that genetically-similar plants have traditionally been used to treat the same conditions in widely separated parts of the world.
Chemistry World September 12, 2012 Helen Bache	Stopping obesity in its tracks US researchers have discovered that giving conjugated linoleic acid to young mice can prevent the development of obesity by increasing their level of physical activity.
IEEE Spectrum September 2012 Emily Waltz	How I Quantified Myself Can self-measurement gadgets help us live healthier and better lives?
AskMen.com August 22, 2012	Male Fertility Age Older men have a greater chance of having offspring who develop autism or schizophrenia, the study found. The older you are, the more random mutations in your genetic material. Yikes.
AskMen.com August 21, 2012 Dave Golokhov	Pan-Fried Meat Men who consumed more than 1.5 servings of pan-fried meats per week boosted their risk of advanced prostate cancer by 30 percent and those who bumped up their servings to 2.5 were in the 40 percent range.
Chemistry World August 15, 2012	The latent threat of tuberculosis Although TB was close to being eradicated in the developed world, it is a major problem in developing countries. With drug-resistant strains on the increase, Clare Sansom outlines the latest in the fight against this killer disease
Food Processing August 2012 Diane Toops	New Research Suggests Doubling Vitamin C Intake For A Healthier Heart Oregon State's Linus Pauling Institute finds evidence that higher levels of vitamin C can help reduce the chronic diseases that today kill most people in the developed world.
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