News tagged with adverse effects

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Controversial halluclinogen Salvia study shows intense, novel effects in humans

In what is believed to be the first controlled human study of the effects of salvinorin A, the active ingredient in Salvia divinorum, a controversial new hallucinogen featured widely on You Tube and other internet sites, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

Terminator-style info-vision takes step towards reality

The streaming of real-time information across your field of vision is a step closer to reality with the development of a prototype contact lens that could potentially provide the wearer with hands-free information ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

New hybrid 'NOSH aspirin' as possible anti-cancer drug

Scientists have combined two new "designer" forms of aspirin into a hybrid substance that appears more effective than either of its forebears in controlling the growth of several forms of cancer in laboratory ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Chemical-munching mussels contaminating Great Lakes

Zebra mussels from the Caspian Sea, introduced to North America by accident, are becoming a veritable plague releasing toxic chemicals into the Great Lakes, Canadian biologists say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Spanish oil spill workers suffered chromosome damage: study

Spanish fishermen who took part in a clean-up operation after the Prestige oil tanker spill in 2002 have shown symptoms of chromosomal damage and respiratory problems, a study released Tuesday said.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Air pollutants from fireplaces and wood-burning stoves raise health concerns

With millions of people warding off winter's chill with blazing fireplaces and wood-burning stoves, scientists are raising red flags about the potential health effects of the smoke released from burning wood. Their study, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Solar industry responsible for lead emissions in developing countries

Solar power is not all sunshine. It has a dark side -- particularly in developing countries, according to a new study by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, engineering professor.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Led by advances in chemical synthesis, scientists find natural product shows pain-killing properties

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

A scientific 'go' for commercial production of vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms

A new commercial processing technology is suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of mushrooms and has no adverse effects on other nutrients in those tasty delicacies, the first study on the topic has concluded. The technology, ...

Chemistry / Other

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Researchers find high levels of toxic PCBs in Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal

University of Iowa researchers have found high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the deep sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. Scientists say the discovery is cause ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Emerging contaminants of concern' detected throughout Narragansett Bay watershed

A group of hazardous chemical compounds that are common in industrial processes and personal care products but which are not typically monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency have been detected throughout the Narragansett ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Forest-destroying avalanches on the rise due to clear-cut logging

Scientists with the UBC Avalanche Research Group have been studying the impact of clear-cut logging on avalanche terrain in British Columbia. Understanding avalanche behavior and its destructive potential is an important ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First comprehensive paper on statins' adverse effects released

A paper co-authored by Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of UC San Diego's Statin Study group cites nearly 900 studies on ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FDA BPA decision is a step forward, but more needs to happen, says MU expert

The FDA shifted its stance on bisphenol A (BPA) and said that exposure to the chemical is of "some concern" for infants and children. Previously, the agency's stance was the chemical posed no risk to humans; this stance was ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fats for health and beauty: Giving soybean oil a new role in serving society

Scientists today reported development of a new method for converting soybean oil into a highly effective bio-based sunscreen active ingredient that does not carry the potential health concerns of ingredients ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0