Archive for October, 2008
Your Genome — for Five Thousand Dollars?
p>Starting next spring, a complete human-genome sequence can be ordered for $5,000 through a new service announced by Mountain View, California startup Complete Genomics. This stunning price drop (sequencing currently costs about 20 times that amount) could completely change the way that human genomics research is done, and open up new possibilities in personalized medicine. [...]
Do You Suffer From These Allergic Reactions?
p>b>Cell Phones p>In recent years, dermatologists have begun to see an increasing number of contact dermatitis patients who are allergic to their cell phones — or more specifically the nickel in their cell phones. p> p>b>Chairs, Flutes and Other Items With Nickel p>The unexpected allergic reactions to nickel don’t stop at cell phones. The number [...]
A Closer Look at the Health Risks Posed by Drugs in Your Drinking Water
p>Scientists say that there are traces of prescription drugs in the water coming from many people’s faucets — everything from antidepressants to heart medication to birth control pills to caffeine. p>While the long-term health risks are unclear, there is evidence that medicines in the water, as well as hormones and chemicals, have negatively affected frogs [...]
Hypertension Rates are Soaring in the United States
p>Researchers from the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have revealed that the number of Americans treated for high blood pressure has dramatically increased. The main cause of the increase is obesity. p>A study processing data gathered on more than 30,000 people showed that the number of hypertension patients increased from 50.3 percent to [...]
Men’s Brains, Women’s Brains
Laughyourway.com brings you this hilarious video by Mark Gungor, about the differences between men’s brains and women’s brains.img src=”wild>/aggbug.aspx?PostID=71031″ width=”1″ height=”1″>br>a runat=”server” href=’/blogs/public_blog/Men-s-Brains–Women-s-Brains-71031.aspx#comments’> img runat=”server” border=”0″ alt=wild> wild>/img>/a>