Level 6 Alert? and Stabilize Warming and More for Monday, May 4, 2009

Pinus ponderosa image licensed under Creative Commons by cm195902

WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5431di-us-flu-who-pandemic/


More than 1,000 swine flu cases worldwide: WHO


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-world-health119.html



Swine Flu Update: At Least 18 Countries Affected; Human-to-Pig Infection Reported In Canada


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503190223.htm


Halving Carbon Emissions To Stabilize Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502092019.htm

Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found In Forest Fire Smoke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430091057.htm

Pinus ponderosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponderosa_Pine

Alkaloid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaloid

Climate Change Threatens Unique Ecosystems of World's Largest Lake, Lake Baikal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501090925.htm

Lake Baikal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal

Global Warming Data Buried in Mud

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7454828

Researchers flag increasing levels of fresh water in Labrador Sea

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/04/labrador-sea-504.html

Labrador Sea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Sea

Brain Can Recognize Objects Much Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132231.htm

Man chooses grizzly bear as 'best man' at wedding

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066923

Ursus arctos horribilis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursus_arctos_horribilis

Wolves come off endangered species list in northern Rockies

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066925

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus

Mummified puppy found in Egyptian tomb

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30519834/

Isolated Birds Evolve 'Normal' Species Song

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503132617.htm

Mexico to review flu restrictions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032582.stm

China denies flu discrimination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8032157.stm

Mexicans defy swine flu advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032248.stm

Swine flu: mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

China bans Alberta pork after virus infects pig herd: media report

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/03/china-haltspork.html


Can masks help stop flu spread?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8024605.stm

Rare raccoon roundworm blinds teen

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30558815/

Procyon lotor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procyon_lotor

Toxocaridae (Raccoon roundworm)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxocaridae

Matrix Protein Key To Fighting Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429091336.htm

Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/tech-090504-seal-meat-mercury.html

How Mercury Emissions Reach Tuna And Other Seafood, And Why Mercury Contamination Is Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501195628.htm

Thunnus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunnus

Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

New Southern California Beetle Killing Oaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501154147.htm

Agrilus coxalis

http://cisr.ucr.edu/goldspotted_oak_borer.html

Quercus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_(genus)

Date Palm Genome Drafted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501162809.htm

Phoenix dactylifera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_dactylifera

Why Invasive Plants Take Over

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502082952.htm

Euphorbia esula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafy_spurge

Pueraria lobata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu

New Technique For Modifying Plant Genes Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132233.htm

Analysis Finds Strong Match Between Molecular, Fossil Data In Evolutionary Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428171004.htm

Backyard scientists use Web to aid research

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html

Ducklings tour White House

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/05/03/vonat.white.house.ducklings.cnn

More for Earth Day and Overpopulation the Worst Problem and More for Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Earth Day

http://www.earthday.net/

Ontario to mark Earth Day with cosmetic pesticide ban

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/04/21/ont-pesticides.html

Worst Environmental Problem? Overpopulation, Experts Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418075752.htm

Overpopulation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation

Features Of Early Martian Environment And Presence Of Water Drive Search For Life Forms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125214.htm

Polo pony deaths baffle US vets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8010121.stm

Are Cyclones Feeding Global Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420121421.htm

Rivers Losing Water Due to Climate Change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090421/sc_livescience/riverslosingwaterduetoclimatechange;_ylt=AgigKjoYRENA2VLrp_Q5vSYPLBIF

China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090421/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentdamenergy;_ylt=Aon6jPMMKB4D4jZATNtGgqsPLBIF

Critical Turning Point Can Trigger Abrupt Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420121335.htm

Oxfam warns of climate disasters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8009412.stm

Carbon Dioxide Snatched From The Air

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420121342.htm

Early Oxygen Rich Atmosphere? Origins Of Sulfur In Rocks Tells Early Oxygen Story

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144527.htm

Urban Centers With Most Polluted Air: North East Of Barcelona And South East Of Madrid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416105344.htm

New contaminants threaten Ontario lakes and rivers: report

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/21/water-quality.html

EU commission urges fishing cuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8008939.stm

Nations must not 'snatch defeat from jaws of victory' by failing to save carbon markets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000156.stm

Ecological debt: No way back from bankrupt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988648.stm

Breastfeeding 'protects mother'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8008678.stm

Epilepsy: Exposure To Valproate During Pregnancy Can Impair A Child's Cognitive Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415172227.htm

Cancer brake 'could halt disease'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8007023.stm

Human Brains Make Their Own 'Marijuana'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420151240.htm

Humanized Mouse Infected With HIV Vaginally And Rectally Allows Testing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420103740.htm

Smoke From Cigarettes, Cooking Oil, Wood, Shift Male Cardiovascular System Into Overdrive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417084119.htm

Fears over web health revolution

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8008361.stm

First Broad-spectrum Anti-microbial Paint To Kill 'Superbugs'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420121425.htm

Food agency chief under fire at listeriosis probe

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/21/listeriosis-probe-cfia021.html


Damage To Forests From Climate Change Could Cost The Planet Its Major Keeper Of Greenhouse Gases, Study Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417084128.htm

Dramatic Baby Lemur Rescue

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7383252

Rejected baby kangaroo gets life-saving milk at Belgrade zoo

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090421/K042102AU.html

Lizards Bask In The Sun For A Vitamin D Boost

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420182224.htm

Lizard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard

Millions pledged to reverse bee decline

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/21/britain.bees.decline/index.html

Colony Collapse Disorder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder

Tulip Entered Europe Through Al-Andalus Five Centuries Earlier Than Believed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416105353.htm

Tulipa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip

Al-Andalus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Andalus

Mangrove Forests Save Lives In Storms, Study Of 1999 Super Cyclone Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414172924.htm

Mangrove forest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove_forest

Chemists Synthesize Herbal Alkaloid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415172239.htm

Club moss (Lycopodium serratum)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Moss


'Natural' Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria Protect Soybeans From Aphids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414110818.htm

Complex molecules seen in space

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8009014.stm

ethyl formate and n-propyl cyanide

Primitive Interstellar Dust Samples Provide Pre-solar Time Capsules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421080504.htm

Bottling moonshine... do lunar cycles affect the taste of wine?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8008167.stm

Best Intentions: Presence Of Healthy Food Can Lead To Unhealthy Choices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420170915.htm

Turmeric: India's 'Holy Powder' Finally Reveals Its Centuries-old Secret

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420123051.htm

Curcuma longa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric

Curcumin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin

Following the Bronze Age DNA trail from the Mediterranean to Wales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/8007969.stm

2 Calif. animal rights activists indicted

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_re_us/animal_rights_violence;_ylt=AodPM1o53ZzoELBFNXlUengPLBIF

Former astronaut: Man not alone in universe

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/20/ufo.conference/index.html

Edgar Mitchell

For Thursday, January 22, 2009

Industrialization Of China Increases Fragility Of Global Food Supply

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121122826.htm

Chinese milk scam duo face death

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7843972.stm

Scientists develop test for melamine in milk

Hobbit Is Not Human, Skull Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120144508.htm

Why cross-breeding poses a threat to Scotland's wild deer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7842458.stm

Inside Dubai's Camel Hospital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7840690.stm

New Portable Device Detects Salmonella In Under An Hour

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122080922.htm

Cleaner air 'adds months to life'



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7839336.stm

Is plague still a killer?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7837594.stm

Humans And Mice Express The Same Olfactory Preferences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121092401.htm

A billion frogs on world's plates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7845306.stm

Frogs Are Being Eaten To Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120195731.htm

Anura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog

Fish Out Of Water: New Species of Climbing Fish from Remote Venezuela Shakes the Catfish Family Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121122947.htm

A Pest That Knows No Borders: Balkan States Consider Sterile Insect Technique Against Mediterranean Fruit Fly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121122940.htm

Ceratitis capitata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_fruit_fly

Global Warming is Real - For Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Scientists Agree Global Warming Is Real

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210532.htm

Bird flu kills two Indonesians

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28771897/

China warns of 'grim' fight against bird flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28759857/

General Mills, Kroger pull peanut butter items

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28749159/

Number sickened by salmonella climbs to 485

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28761177/

Japan study group says cloned animals safe for food

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/hl_nm/us_food_cloning_japan;_ylt=AvVZJFkyDlkcxF_RTnJZ.b8PLBIF

Animal rights campaigners jailed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7837064.stm

Scientists 'See' Cell Molecules More Clearly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210535.htm

Welsh bird numbers declining

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7841295.stm

Europe’s Aquatic Birds Will Seek New Nesting Sites In Face Of Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121092357.htm

Plenty spent on endangered species list's tortoise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_re_us/desert_tortoise_money;_ylt=Am2Hje0qy.zcpw6gWEWip70PLBIF

Gopherus agassizii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Tortoise

Mistaken Identity: Texas State Dinosaur Needs Name Change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090114/sc_livescience/mistakenidentitytexasstatedinosaurneedsnamechange;_ylt=AoqgA7CZYPDTdMg_1aqnP9kPLBIF

Paluxysaurus jonesi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paluxysaurus_jonesi


Reptile Fossil Reignites Debate Over New Zealand Submergence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121092403.htm

Nile run-off 'boosts fish stocks'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7840034.stm

Little dung beetle is big chopper

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7840404.stm

Hungry Liberian army worms invade

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7842167.stm

New Findings On The Evolution Of Parasitism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090113074425.htm

For Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Budorcas taxicolor image licensed under Creative Commons by suneko

Fears for Bhutan national animal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7813805.stm

Budorcas taxicolor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takin

Rare frog filmed for first time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7814913.stm

Turtle retires to the seaside

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7815981.stm

Pink iguana rewrites family tree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7811875.stm

Journey Of A Green Turtle From Indonesia Into Australian Opens Mystery Of 'Oceanic Superhighway'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090104094116.htm

Light Pollution Can Kill Animals: Polarized Light Leads Animals Astray

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092714.htm

Four, Three, Two, One . . . Pterosaurs Have Lift Off

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106161514.htm

Concern for California's pelicans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7815969.stm

Pelecanus occidentalis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_pelican

US vows 'huge' marine protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7812786.stm

Rules on killing ravens relaxed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7813429.stm

Corvus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven

Parrot paradise? World's biggest parrot colony faces growing pressures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7721889.stm

Male Crickets With Bigger Heads Are Better Fighters, Study Reveals, Echoing Ancient Chinese Text

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092718.htm

Gryllidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_(insect)

Genetic Roots Of Cacao Trees Traced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193212.htm

Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229200736.htm

Amazon Deforestation Trend On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090104093542.htm

Researchers Create Car Parts From Coconuts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106113005.htm

China issues bird flu alert after woman dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28540254/

Drug created from genetically engineered goats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28540855/

Diet pills from Brazil pose big health risks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28539431/

Motorola phone made from recycled bottles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28529493/

Double Take: Woman Has Two Wombs

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/story?id=6588895&page=1

For Saturday, January 3, 2009

Porcupine image licensed under Creative Commons by sixlegs

More Polar Bears Going Hungry

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6567708&page=1

On Elephant Sanctuary, Unlikely Friends

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/assignment_america/main4696340.shtml

Elephants give up treats and lose 11,314 pounds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_fe_st/odd_jumbo_diet;_ylt=AtrZKQnBDiRzPQgJFv_o3SAPLBIF

New Breeding Ground For Endangered Whales?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231174309.htm

Bolivia cracks down on rabies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7809228.stm

Porcupine Plague Causes $100K In Damage In Colo.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/ap/strange/main4696268.shtml

Hystricomorpha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hystricomorpha

Erethizon dorsatum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Porcupine

Fast-growing fish farming can help the environment, researcher says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/02/aquaculture-benefits.html

Smokers with family history of aneurysm are at 'extremely high risk'

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/31/stroke.html

Common Oral Osteoporosis Drugs Linked To Serious Jaw Necrosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101135207.htm

Bisphosphonate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphosphonate
Trying To Eat Less Becomes More Important To Fend Off Middle-Age Weight Gain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090102163237.htm

New Model For Nuclear Pore Complex Backed By Structural Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081227224147.htm

China milk scare in U.S.: Adopted kids tested

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28471558/

For Friday, January 2, 2009

Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia image licensed under Creative Commons by Leonard Low

A 4-D View Of Fido In The Womb

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/earlyshow/main4695970.shtml

Deciphering Dolphin Language With Picture Words

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231005531.htm

Study: Hawaii's pygmy killer whales stay close

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28464492/

Feresa attenuata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_killer_whale

Coral reef growth is slowest ever

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7807943.stm

Great Barrier Reef coral in crisis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28436388/

'Ghost-like' white stag spotted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7238534.stm

Escaped beaver fells river trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7805128.stm

US alligator found far from home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7805080.stm

Killer Mice Bring Albatross Population Closer To Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228192127.htm

Diomedea dabbenena

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_albatross

New Park Protects Penguins And Other Marine Life In Argentina

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101090053.htm

How The Spider Spun Its Web: ‘Missing Link’ In Spider Evolution Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231130944.htm

Sharks have wimpy bites, study finds

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bt55v-us-sharks-bite/

Origin Of Species In Oceans Challenged

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231175357.htm

Aquaculture's Growth Seen As Continuing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090102082248.htm

Plants 'more important than ever'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7805804.stm

New Winter Wheat Ready For Prime Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101085340.htm

Across The Americas, Squash And Gourd Bees Are Superb Pollinators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101085030.htm

China finds major dinosaur site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7806062.stm

Bacteria In Ice May Record Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231131813.htm

Six North American Sites Hold 12,900-year-old Nanodiamond-rich Soil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101172136.htm

Diamonds linked to N. America comet explosion

Arctic target of international tug-of-war

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/02/arctic.rights.dispute/index.html

China dairies offer text apology

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7807637.stm

Chinese police detain tainted milk activist

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/02/china-milk.html

Antibiotics before infections save lives: study

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bu4qu-us-antibiotics-treatment/

Fosamax Side Effect Reports Scare Patients

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ActiveAging/story?id=6558069&page=1

Alendronic acid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosamax

Celgene warns that anticlot drug linked to deaths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_bi_ge/celgene_drug_warning;_ylt=ApIpr4TEqsEiMahUGuuAUsGs0NUE

Cold med ingredient may treat prostate cancer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28470061/

Noscapine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noscapine

Evidence of 'risk-taking' brain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7802751.stm

Preemies at risk for mental disorders as teens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28469753/

FDA recalls chemical agent used in eye surgery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28470009/

AMO says FDA approves surgical agent Healon D

http://ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/amo-says-fda-approves-surgical-agent-healon-d.htm

'Bug' could combat dengue fever

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7804326.stm

Dengue fever

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever

Grape-seed Extract Kills Laboratory Leukemia Cells, Proving Value Of Natural Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231005257.htm

Put diet on hold to avoid the flu, says study

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7807848.stm

Toxicity Mechanism Identified For Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090101172138.htm

Structure Of New Botulism Nerve Toxin Subtype Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222163049.htm

Botulinum toxin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism_toxin

Link To Severe Staph Infections Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223172709.htm

High-fat Diet Can Disrupt Our Biological Clock

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228191054.htm

From Rare Bugs To Test Tube Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231131521.htm

Device keeps donor organs fresher

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7805894.stm

Antifreezes Preserve Organs For Transplants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222081214.htm