Science
Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Severely Obese Teens, Study Finds Weight-loss surgery was more
effective at slimming severely obese teens and improving their
health than two years of diet and exercise, a study found.
Thirdhand Smoke Forms Cancer-Causing Indoor Residue That Lasts, Study Says Tobacco smoke contamination lingering
on furniture, clothes and other surfaces, dubbed thirdhand
smoke, may react with indoor air chemicals to form potential
cancer-causing substances, a study found.
Pfizer, Medivation Drug May Help Huntington's Disease Patients A 27-year-old hay fever treatment
being studied by Pfizer Inc. and Medivation Inc. for Alzheimer’s
disease may also help patients with Huntington’s disease.
Cadiz Study Shows Enough Desert Water to Provide for 400,000 Californians Cadiz Inc., the owner of thousands of
acres of California desert, said a study shows there’s more
water under its land than the company previously estimated,
giving it enough to supply 400,000 people.
Sanofi Speeds Swine Flu Vaccine Expirations to Mid-February After Recall Sanofi-Aventis SA shortened the
expiration of its 12 million pre-filled swine flu shots by as
much as 16 months to ensure the potency of the vaccine doesn’t
decline.
Fecal Odor May Lead to Faster Test Outcome for Diarrhea Bug, Doctors Say A new device that sniffs out
malodorous bacteria in stool samples may yield the first rapid
test for a potentially lethal diarrheal disease spreading
across North America and Europe.
Glaxo Ends Depression Research, Begins Developing Rare-Disease Treatments GlaxoSmithKline Plc will halt
research into drugs for depression and pain and begin making
treatments for rare diseases as the U.K. company tries to
squeeze more products out of its laboratories.
Biotechnology Group Objects to U.S. Proposal to Restrict Gene Patents The Biotechnology Industry
Organization, the lobbying group for U.S. biotechnology
companies, released a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius objecting to provisions of a proposed
policy on the patenting of human genes.
El Nino Warming May Fade, Removing Block to Active 2010 Hurricane Season The El Nino warming phenomenon will
likely fade in the Pacific sometime in the next six months, the
U.S. Climate Prediction Center said today, increasing the
chances of an above-average hurricane year in the Atlantic.
Brain-Damaged Patient Reaches Outside Vegetative World by Mapping Thoughts A man in Belgium, presumed for five
years to be in a vegetative state, communicated with doctors
through a brain scan that mapped his thoughts, a tool that may
offer some people who cannot move or speak a line to the outside
world.