Monday, October 24, 2005

THOSE BAGEL SLICERS THEY SELL AT THE KITCHEN STORE AREN'T VERY GOOD EITHER.

Antibacterial soap isn't a wonder, experts say

WASHINGTON -- Popular antibacterial soaps and washes offer no more protection than regular soap and water, a federal advisory panel said Thursday, telling companies to prove their products are better if they expect to continue making claims to the public.

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Thursday, October 20, 2005


DARN, I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO FIND A NEW HOBBY.

Inhaling gasoline can cause brain damage, experts say

The agonizing death of a Hallandale Beach teenager from burns resulting from a group's attempt to get high by sniffing gasoline highlighted a dangerous practice that all too often goes unnoticed by parents.

Seventeen-year-old César García was sniffing gasoline out of a plastic gas can with his friends on Monday when one of them, 20-year-old Phillipe Sánchez, leaned over to ignite a pool of gasoline that had dribbled onto the floor, police said.

The ensuing blaze burned down the teen's mobile home and left him with second- and third-degree burns covering 80 percent of his body. He died the next day. Sánchez, who also sustained serious burns, is in jail on arson and second-degree murder charges.

One question that remained unanswered: Why would Sánchez ignite the highly flammable substance they were inhaling?

A person high on inhalants is usually out of touch with reality, uncoordinated, slow and out of control, experts say.

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Thursday, October 13, 2005

IMPRESSIVE TITLE, WONDER IF THE BENEFITS ARE ANY GOOD

Experts call for creating US bird flu czar

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent Thu Oct 13, 9:36 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States needs a top official, backed by authority and cash, to prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic, experts said on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

I THINK I'LL STICK TO POLAND SPRING, JUST THE SAME

Floodwater Not as Toxic As Feared, Experts Say

Metals Seen as Chief Hazard In Survey of New Orleans

The floodwater that covered New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was not unusually toxic and was "typical of storm water runoff in the region," according to a study published yesterday.

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I'M VERY BUSY JAMMING CIA RADIO WAVES AND GOING TO THE GUN CLUB, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH OUT FOR MY COWORKERS

Experts say watch out for trouble in co-workers' lives

Following the second workplace shooting in three months in Anne Arundel County, local security consultants, human resources executives and conflict mediators are reiterating advice they always provide: Co-workers and supervisors should look out for signs of trouble in each other's personal lives.

"You can usually do something to head this off," said William Brill, a security consultant based in Annapolis. "Usually someone knows that something is going wrong."And when something does go wrong, personal affairs can come crashing into the workplace, sometimes with tragic consequences.

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

POOR SHERYL CROW

In a bluntly worded editorial with ..., Dr. Steven Schrader, a reproductive health expert who studies cycling at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, said he believed that it was no longer a question of "whether or not bicycle riding on a saddle causes erectile dysfunction."

Instead, he said in an interview, "The question is, What are we going to do about it?"

The studies, by researchers at Boston University and in Italy, found that the more a person rides, the greater the risk of impotence or loss of libido. And researchers in Austria have found that many mountain bikers experience saddle-related trauma that leads to small calcified masses inside the scrotum.

This does not mean that people should stop cycling, Dr. Schrader said.

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