Berkelouw Literary Dinner in aisles of Bookshop.
Following last months successful launch of The Second edition of The Wellness Zone. Local Author and publisher Dominique Finney spoke at the Literary Dinner at Berkelouw books Eumundi last Saturday night. Each guest lit a candle at the start of the Dinner for health. Followed by a [...]
Dr Maarten Stapper presents on GM
Friday 11th July 2008, Bardon, Brisbane
The need for vital answers to a looming world food crisis is giving the limelight to new agricultural technologies promising higher yields including Genetic Modification (GM).
Among many claims made by GM supporters are that the technology could be [...]
Central Asia’s child Aids tragedy
By Natalia Antelava
Central Asia correspondent, BBC News
Doctors who treated Bekhruzbek are now accused of infecting him with HIV
Dilfusa wept as she rocked her baby, Bekhruzbek, to sleep.
She had taken her son to hospital near their village in southern Kyrgyzstan because he had heat stroke.
Eight months later [...]
Antidepressants the secret weapon for US troops in war zones
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June 12, 2008
WASHINGTON: The US military says 12 per cent of combat personnel in Iraq and 17 per cent serving in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants [...]
Monkey cells used for bird flu vaccine
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June 12, 2008
WASHINGTON: A bird flu vaccine made from monkey cells instead of chicken eggs has been reported effective by corporate researchers.
The researchers, from drug company Baxter International, documented the use of monkey cells as a safe alternative for influenza vaccinations.
“Cell culture [...]
Society hard-wired for a fall
Europe correspondent Peter Wilson | June 14, 2008
SUSAN Greenfield is instinctively upbeat and optimistic.
A passionate advocate for taking science to the masses, the Oxford professor has been showered with honours in Britain and Australia for her ability to make science relevant to broader society, and she generally does [...]
‘Bulking up’ linked to heart disease risk in athletes
5:00AM Saturday June 14, 2008
“Bulking up” by athletes playing sports such as American football may lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, study findings suggest.
“Our work demonstrates a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome, an established cardiovascular risk factor, among retired National Football League (NFL) linemen,” said [...]
NZ sea sponge may be link to cancer cure
7:00AM Tuesday June 10, 2008
A New Zealand sea sponge may hold the key to an anti-cancer drug.
Victoria University cell biologist Professor John Miller has undertaken research to see how peloruside, a substance developed by sea sponges in the Pelorus Sound, might be used as a cancer-fighting drug.
Professor [...]
21 babies hit by deadly bug in hospital
5:00AM Thursday June 12, 2008
By Craig Borley
Auckland City Hospital. Photo / Herald on Sunday
Potentially lethal bacteria immune to a common antibiotic have infected 21 newborn babies at Auckland City Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
A similar outbreak at Wellington Hospital’s NICU in 2004 left three babies dead and more [...]
Baby in infected unit died
5:00AM Friday June 13, 2008
By Craig Borley
One of the 21 babies infected by potentially lethal bacteria at Auckland City Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit died in April, it emerged yesterday.
But the hospital could not say whether the staphylococcus aureus bacteria, immune to common antibiotic gentamicin, had any role. The bacteria is [...]
