Welding rod makers cleared by jury

Tuesday 7th of September 2010 09:49:46 AM
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CLEVELAND - A jury on Tuesday found makers of welding rods were not liable for the health problems of a former civilian worker at a Navy base in a ruling that could influence thousands of other cases that allege welding fumes cause neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Ernesto G. Solis, 57, claims years of exposure to welding fumes at his job at a Navy base in Corpus Christi, Texas, damaged his health because of exposure to manganese within welding rods. Scientific research has been at odds over whether such exposure can lead to Parkinson's, which diminishes movement and speech....

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MAD COWS OR MAD SCIENTISTS?

Tuesday 7th of September 2010 09:49:46 AM
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July 24, 2002 MAD COWS OR MAD SCIENTISTS? THE SUPPRESSION OF ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS By David CroweThe smoke and flames from funeral pyres for hundreds of thousands of British cows are fading into distant memory, but the fear of this disease affecting livestock or wildlife continues to circulate the globe. Most people do not realize that there is a non-infectious explanation for Mad Cow disease and other spongiform encephalopathies and chronic wasting diseases. This is due to the reluctance of scientists, health and agriculture bureaucrats and most of the media to question a theory that affects public health once it is...

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Manganese Blocks HIV Replication

Tuesday 7th of September 2010 09:49:46 AM
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home · scinews · mednews · biznews · lifenews · search · contact Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions 26-Apr-02 Manganese Blocks HIV Replication; Potential New Class of HIV Treatments Library: MED Keywords: MANGANESE HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE ENZYME Description: Johns Hopkins scientists have found that simply increasing manganese in cells can halt HIV's unusual ability to process its genetic information backwards, providing a new way to target the process's key driver, an enzyme called reverse transcriptase. (Molecular Cell, 26-Apr-2002) April 25, 2002 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions' news releases are available on an EMBARGOED basis on Newswise at http://www.newswise.com and from the Office of Communications and Public Affairs' direct e-mail news release service. To...

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