Saturday, July 4
Japan protests N. Korea missile launches
TOKYO, July 4 (UPI) -- Tokyo complained to Pyongyang Saturday as North Korea test-fired seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, officials said.
Friday, July 3
Study: Almost 4 percent of pig valves fail
ST. LOUIS, July 3 (UPI) -- Four out of 106 heart replacement valves from pig hearts failed, U.S. researchers found.
Bone marrow stem cells may help heart
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, in a study in mice, found bone marrow stem cells improve cardiac function.
Compound may help diabetic retinopathy
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a new, natural compound may stop diabetic retinopathy -- a leading cause of blindness.
Experts warn Scots against 'binge tanning'
EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 3 (UPI) -- Scotland has the highest skin cancer rate in the United Kingdom due to widespread unsafe tanning practices, British medical experts said.
Study: H1N1 flu spreads inefficiently
BOSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Influenza A H1N1, the swine flu virus, has so far spread from person to person less effectively than other seasonal flu viruses, U.S. researchers found.
Old monkey dead at Utah zoo
SALT LAKE CITY, July 3 (UPI) -- Officials at Utah's Hogle Zoo said a capuchin monkey thought to be among the world's oldest has died from cancer in its jaw.
WHO: H1N1 flu spreading, 'unstoppable'
CANCUN, Mexico, July 3 (UPI) -- The head of the World Health Organization said the spread of the swine flu worldwide is unstoppable.
Grill more fruit, vegetables, less meat
HOUSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. nutrition expert suggests grilling some vegetables and fruits for Fourth of July family barbecues.
Old gene mutations may cause cancer today
BEERSHEBA, Israel, July 3 (UPI) -- Gene mutations that once helped humans evolve and survive could increase the risk of cancer and other diseases today, researchers in Israel said.
U.K. officials fear H1N1 uncontainable
LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- Health officials in the United Kingdom say the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, may not be containable due to the rampant spread of the influenza infection.
NOW Foods recalls whey products
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- NOW Foods is recalling products containing whey protein concentrate because of possible Salmonella contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Older forests store more carbon
CORVALLIS, Ore., July 3 (UPI) -- Letting Pacific Northwest forests age longer would increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, researchers in Oregon said.
Genetically modified vines avoid virus
AACHEN, Germany, July 3 (UPI) -- Genetic engineering could make grapevines immune to a common virus that now results in smaller grapes and crop loss, German scientists said.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu reported
ATLANTA, July 3 (UPI) -- Health officials in Japan and Hong Kong said each had a H1N1 flu patient resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, days after a Denmark patient was resistant.
Butterfly offers lessons in climate change
OXFORD, England, July 3 (UPI) -- The reintroduction of the Large Blue butterfly to Britain offers lessons in helping plants and animals threatened by climate change, scientists said.
No DNA link between Etruscans, Tuscans
FLORENCE, Italy, July 3 (UPI) -- Modern Tuscans show no genetic relationship to the Etruscans who occupied the area during the Bronze Age, Italian researchers have found.
Obama plans energy talks with Russians
MOSCOW, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will seek Russian cooperation in preventing climate change through better energy technology in a Moscow visit, officials said.
Mass. clinic using robot to treat patients
BEVERLY, Mass., July 3 (UPI) -- Doctors at a Massachusetts Hospital are using New England's only medical robot to help diagnosis and treat patients at a hospital miles away from their offices.
New 'river blindness' drug shows promise
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 3 (UPI) -- A new drug to be tested in three African countries could greatly reduce cases of onchocerciasis, commonly called "river blindness," health officials said.
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