Oncology & Cancer
Water fluoride levels do not increase risk of bone cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Fluoride levels in drinking water do not lead to a greater risk of primary bone cancer, a new study has found.
Jan 23, 2014
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Health
Consumption of lead contaminated water may increase risk of miscarriages and fetal death
(Medical Xpress)—New research by Virginia Tech College of Engineering Professor Marc Edwards shows that fetal death rates in Washington, D.C., increased during two separate lead-in-water contamination events during 2000-2003 ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Health
Blow-up hospitals help Philippine typhoon effort
Inflatable field hospitals have been erected in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines city of Tacloban, part of a huge international relief effort to help millions hit by the storm.
Nov 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe warned on risk of cholera outbreak
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday warned that Zimbabwe's capital Harare was at risk of repeating a cholera outbreak five years ago that killed over 4,200 people.
Nov 19, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Copper intake makes tumors breathe
Copper imbalances have been associated with a number of pathological conditions, including cancer. Publishing in PNAS scientists at EPFL have found that copper in drinking water – given at the maximum levels permitted in ...
Nov 14, 2013
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Health
Nail keratin is reliable test for arsenic exposure from water
Millions of people worldwide consume drinking water that contains potentially unsafe levels of arsenic. Identifying those at greatest risk can be a challenge, especially in remote regions where water-quality testing and health ...
Nov 6, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Arsenic in India's water could cause resistance to visceral leishmaniasis treatment
(Medical Xpress)—Every year, visceral leishmaniasis infects about 500,000 people and kills about 41,000. Most deaths occur in India's Bihar region, where there is a high level of resistance to the antimony compounds used ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Lithium in drinking water reduces suicide rates – possibly also as a result of medicine residue
A study carried out back in June 2011 at the MedUni Vienna has shown that lithium contained in drinking water could reduce suicide rates. Previously, researchers had assumed that the majority of this lithium came from natural ...
Oct 24, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera kills 50 in northern Nigeria in a week
Cholera has killed 50 people in northwest Nigeria in the past week, health officials said Monday, in the latest outbreak of the disease which has claimed thousands of lives across the country since 2010.
Oct 21, 2013
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Health
Argentines link health problems to agrochemicals
Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides. His job was to keep the crop-dusters flying by filling their tanks as quickly as possible, although it often meant getting drenched in poison.
Oct 20, 2013
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