Dale Baker, a third-generation exterminator, recalls how his grandfather, who founded the Ohio-based JT Eaton pest control company in 1932, once battled infestations of bedbugs that American GIs were bringing home from…
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3rd Massachusetts horse dies of mosquito-borne virus
State health officials say a third horse has died in Massachusetts this summer because of mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis. The 3-year-old horse from Lancaster is the second to die in Worcester County….
Research may puzzle out HIV transmission by sexual contact
The virus that causes AIDS may undergo changes in the genital tract that make HIV-1 in semen different than what it is in the blood, according to a study led by researchers…
Oregon Dairy Recalls Milk, Juice Products Tainted with Salmonella
Umpqua Dairy Products Co. has recalled certain milk and drink products sold in Oregon, southwest Washington and northern California after a strain of salmonella bacteria that has sickened 23 people was linked…
ClinTec International announces partnership with Elephant Capital
ClinTec International, a global Clinical Research Organisation (“CRO”) announces financial and strategic partnership with Elephant Capital plc., a London AIM market listed private equity firm. With an investment of £8 Million GBP,…
New Study Sheds Light On Recovery From Intoxication
A new study shows the impact of alcohol intoxication on reasoning and problem-solving abilities and may explain why some people feel they have recovered enough to drive after drinking. The research, led…
Bad habits raise teen headache risk
Overweight teens who smoke and exercise infrequently are three times more likely to get headaches and migraines than teens with healthier lifestyles, Norwegian researchers said. More than half of the teens in…
Contraceptive Ella Gets a Nod from FDA
Ella, the newest morning-after pill has received the approval of the Food and Drug Administration as per the June memorandum released joining several other contraceptive drugs in the market. Ella’s manufacturers maintain…
Brain Trauma In Sports May Cause A New Disease That Mimics ALS
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have announced that they have provided the first pathological evidence…
Cancer strategy: Easing the burden
By the time doctors diagnosed Jim Windhorst with lung cancer, the disease was already on the march, gnawing through vertebrae and ribs. He got the standard treatments, chemotherapy and radiation, but was…
Appeals court declines to say if local authorities can ban pot dispensaries
The dispute over Anaheim’s 3-year-old ban on medical marijuana outlets is sent back to the lower court. But the judges do reject the city’s position that U.S. law trumps California’s laws on…
Xradia Introduces UltraXRM Microscope: Ground-Breaking 3D X-Ray Imaging For Laboratories
A new lab-based computed tomography (CT) system, capable of delivering synchrotron-like 3D imaging at 50 nanometer resolution within a laboratory setting, was announced by Xradia, Inc. The UltraXRM-L200 is the newest addition…
Drug Industry: A Market for Harm?
According to an analysis presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, the pharmaceutical industry is a “market for lemons” where products are less safe and effective than consumers…
Cancer Patients Live Longer With Palliative Care
Offering palliative care, including pain management and counseling services, soon after diagnosis can help people with advanced lung cancer live longer and with a better quality of life, a study shows. The…
Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia
The ancient Chinese practice of tai chi may be effective as a therapy for fibromyalgia, according to a study published on Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine. A clinical trial…