Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Head to head: Are antidepressants overprescribed? Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Does this reflect overmedicalisation or appropriate treatment? Two experts debate the… Read More ›
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Researchers develop cocktail of bacteria that eradicates Clostridium difficile infection ( 100%!!! )
Contact: Aileen Sheehy press.office@sanger.ac.uk 0044-012-234-96928 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute C’est difficile In a new study out today, researchers used mice to identify a combination six naturally occurring bacteria that eradicate a highly contagious form of Clostridium difficile, an infectious bacterium… Read More ›
Frankenstein’s dream brought to life as scientists say electricity could be used to regrow limbs
Aberdeen University researchers observed flatworms using electricity to regrow a head Electric field tells growth cells where to migrate By Sam Shead PUBLISHED:12:51 EST, 9 September 2012| UPDATED:13:35 EST, 9 September 2012 Experiments with echoes of Frankenstein suggest electricity could… Read More ›
Pheromone from the summer cypress Killed Mosquitoes (West Nile virus) in trials Everytime
*Reposted at Request, data known since 1999…. The government will not justify the expense in regards to human life and the environment…Engineering Evil Contact: Claire Bowles claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk 44-171-331-2751 New Scientist A burning bush could smite New York’s mosquitoes An ornamental bush… Read More ›
One in a hundred children are ‘psychopathic’, warn researchers – and they say there is nothing parents can do to control them
Scientists say affected children lie, cheat, manipulate and commit acts of remorseless cruelty Traditional punishments have no effect on their behaviour By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:11:49 EST, 30 August 2012| UPDATED:15:22 EST, 31 August 2012 Around 1 per cent… Read More ›
