Racial clues in bowel cancer find
There may be racial diferences in susceptibility to bowel cancer, BBC News reports here: Three more genes that raise bowel cancer risk, including one affecting only some races, have been identified.
March 31, 2008
March 29, 2008
Massive Computer Centers Worse than Air Traffic
Spiegel Online reports here: There’s been a lot of hand-wringing lately about how much air traffic contributes to global warming. An even more damaging culprit, however, has recently been found: the Internet. Computer centers consume massive amounts of energy, and their use is growing astronomically. Creative solutions are being sought — and found.
March 28, 2008
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Procedure
HealthDay News reports here at Yahoo News: The use of a less invasive form of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during breast cancer surgery increased substantially in the United States from 1998 to 2005, researchers say. However, there are still disparities in terms of which women receive the therapy.
EU threatens ban on Italian mozzarella
AP reports here at Yahoo News: BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union ordered Italy on Thursday to take "urgent measures" to make sure mozzarella tainted with dioxin does not end up on store shelves, warning that otherwise it would impose an EU-wide ban on the popular cheese.