Natural Medicine: High-fructose corn syrup and children
Natural Medicine: High-fructose corn syrup and children.

Natural safe products
Everyone in Cindy Kochendorfer?s family has asthma. Since she has rid her home of chemical-laced cleaning products, their asthma symptoms have improved dramatically and ? they have been able to decrease the amount of prescription medicine they use.

Efforts to properly dispose of medicine increase
Campaigns to clear out cupboards are gaining momentum as trace amounts of drugs are being found in the water supply, from what people drink, to what they bathe in, to what they and Michigan's critters splash around in during the summers.

UTMB layoffs included 127 faculty
GALVESTON ? Experts in molecular medicine, researchers on infectious diseases and well-known surgeons were among the 127 UTMB faculty members laid off.

New Approaches Make Retinal Detachment Highly Treatable
In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading ophthalmologist writes that a high probability of reattachment and visual improvement is possible by using one of three currently available surgical techniques.

Flora and fauna
Science fans have a natural selection of learning opportunities this week as The Academy of Science of St. Louis holds free seminars on medicinal plants and evolution.

Opening up the last part of the spectrum
(PhysOrg.com) -- New European research on the last, hidden part of the electromagnetic spectrum is producing new, safe and non-destructive tests for medicine, security and industrial quality control.

Weather factors cause dry skin
Dr. Mary Jo Fisher has been with Cox Family Medicine Residency for 14 years.

Armchair Survivalist offers advice
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho » The Armchair Survivalist believes the nation is falling into chaos, and he wants to help. He offers practical advice for dealing with riots, wars, natural disasters and food shortages, which he says are imminent because of the worldwide economic meltdown and the

Safer Ways to Keep Little Ones Healthy This Winter
(ARA) - Concerns over children's cold remedies have many parents thinking twice before opening the medicine cabinet to treat their little one's cough or cold.

Red Yeast Rice
Red yeast rice is a traditional Chinese substance made by fermenting a type of yeast called Monascus purpureus over rice. Various formulations of this product have been used in China since at least 800 AD as a food and also as a medicinal substance within the context of Traditional Chinese Herbal medicine . This ancient preparation contains naturally occurring substances similar (and, in some ...

Some vets exploring Chinese healing - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times
TUCSON, Ariz. ? Can ancient Chinese healing rites help Iraq war veterans cope with combat trauma? A Tucson-area therapist believes they can, and is offering free treatments for local Iraq vets to test an approach that involves tapping on the acupuncture points used in Chinese medicine.

World AIDS Day 2008: Much accomplished, much to do
When we commemorated the first World AIDS Day on December 1, 1988, we had little to celebrate.

Federal conservationist gives Rhode Island top marks
Roylene Rides at the Door, a Native American, is about to end a three-year stint at the Department of Agriculture?s Natural Resources Conservation Service office here.

Arab science
A thousand years ago, the Arab world was one of the world's great intellectual centres. Arab and Muslim scholars made advances in almost every field of science, math, astronomy, medicine, optics and philosophy.

Docs to Patients: No More Drug Samples
Physicians are stopping free samples to avoid perceived drug company influence.

Susan Pond citation
CITATION Award of a Doctor of Medicine honoris causa to Dr Susan Pond, AM at the UQ Biological and Chemical Sciences Faculty gradution ceremony at 2pm at the UQ Centre, Union Road, St Lucia

Doctors ditch drug samples to avoid influencing treatment
Who doesn't like freebies, especially when it comes to pricey pills? But studies show that free medication samples can have hidden costs.

Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter
Blasting a gold target with high-powered lasers creates huge amounts of antimatter, reported scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at a conference last week.

Plant City 7 Year Old Now Nationally Ranked Surfer
Joey Putnall, a second-grader at Jackson Elementary in Plant City, has courted the waves since he was knee-high to a sand flea and the only thing dragging him down was a soggy diaper.