Chickens look out of their pen at a chicken wholesaler in a downtown neighborhood Thursday June 5, 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia. A 15-year-old girl died of bird flu last month, becoming Indonesia’s 109th victim, but the government decided to keep the news quiet. It is part of a new policy aimed at improving the [...]
Serotonin plays a key role in regulating emotions such as aggression and impulsivity during decision making, according to British research appearing Thursday in the United States.(Science)
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Serotonin plays a key role in regulating emotions such as aggression and impulsivity during decision making, according to British research appearing Thursday in the United States.
Neurologists and psychiatrists [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The United States has missed crucial
opportunities to improve the safety of fresh produce, and this
week's foodborne outbreak in tomatoes is a renewed call for
reform, Rep. Rosa DeLauro said on Thursday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday a
salmonella outbreak in at least nine states appears to be
linked to consumption of certain types [...]
U.S. President George W. Bush (C) talks to reporters as he meets with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington June 5, 2008. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
U.S. President George W. Bush on
Thursday pressed fellow rich nations to make good on their
pledges to provide $60 billion [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Hispanic workers in the United
States are killed at work at a 25 percent higher rate than
other U.S. workers with many deaths coming in construction,
federal health officials said on Thursday.
Hispanics disproportionately take dangerous jobs like
construction. Some may hesitate to speak up about safety
hazards and may accept risky tasks for fear of being fired, the
U.S. [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Two Scandinavian studies
indicate that moderate alcohol consumption may lower the risk
of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Henrik Kallberg, at the Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm, and his associates evaluated data from a study in
Denmark comparing 444 people with rheumatoid arthritis to 523
similar people without arthritis (controls), and a study in
Sweden involving 1204 rheumatoid arthritis cases [...]
NEW YORK - Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve [...]
A girl explores a huge model of the brain displayed at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum August 27, 2003. Serotonin, the brain chemical linked to mood, plays a key role in regulating emotions such as aggression, British researchers said on Thursday. (Claro Cortes/Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) -
Serotonin, the brain chemical linked to
mood, plays a key role [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
In the 1980s and early 1990s,
several studies found lower survival rates for African
Americans and Asians who had a liver transplant, but now
outcomes are comparable for Caucasians, African Americans,
Hispanics, and Asians, new research indicates.
According to the report that appears in the Journal of the
American College of Surgeons, this is the first study [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
People with milder asthma
symptoms tend to fare better in the long-term if they start
using inhaled steroids early on, a new study suggests.
General guidelines suggest that people with mild but
persistent asthma use inhaled corticosteroids on a daily basis
to help control their symptoms. The steroids work by reducing
inflammation in the airways, helping to [...]