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How a Glass of Vino Helps the Heart: What We Know, What We Don’t No doubt, most Americans have tilted back a couple of glasses of red wine, priding themselves on the idea that heart-healthy ingredients, like resveratrol, flood each sip. The compound is revered for its believed ability to protect blood vessels, reduce bad-cholesterol levels [...]
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Harvard Thinks Green: Why Physicians Must Protect the Global Environment. … … Dr. Eric Chivian from Harvard Medical School, the Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, named by Time Magazine in 2008 as “one of the most influential people in the world” and a recipient [...]
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UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bundchen Backs ‘Small is Beautiful’ Energy Solutions on First Mission to Africa Gisele visits UNEP Headquarters – Describes her experience in the field. … … On her first official visit to Africa, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and iconic face of fashion, Gisele Bündchen, went to the grassroots level in Kenya to experience [...]
Somalia requires continued assistance despite gains against famine – UN official Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Mark Bowden briefs correspondents. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine The top United Nations relief official in Somalia said today that international humanitarian support last year in the face of drought and famine in the country succeeded in saving numerous lives, but the [...]
India on track to become polio-free, says UN health agency Children with polio at the Amar Jyoti Research Centre, Delhi, India. Photo: WHO/P. Virot … UN agencies hail key role of national efforts as India reaches a milestone United Nations, New York, January 2012 – With no registered polio cases over the past year, India [...]
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UCSF, Sanofi Collaborate to Find New Diabetes Cures Matthias Hebrok, PhD, directs the UCSF Diabetes Center, which has rapidly accelerated the pace of research and clinical care in diabetes since 2000. The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has signed an alliance with international pharmaceutical company Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) to share expertise [...]
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College Athlete with Prosthetic Leg Pursues Paralympics … Athlete Turned Amputee Chases Paralympic Dream with Help of UCSF Doctors After a tumor crippled his right femur, Ranjit Steiner opted for a transfemoral amputation. Once a star athlete in high school, Steiner has set his sights on qualifying for the Paralympics. This slideshow features interviews with [...]
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Study Offers Clue As to Why Alcohol is Addicting UCSF Gallo Scientists Show That Drinking Releases Brain Endorphins … Drinking alcohol leads to the release of natural brain opioids in humans (Video) Drinking alcohol leads to the release of natural opioids in areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward, according to [...]
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Violence against women: Prevention, protection and empowerment in Haiti Among the many peacekeepers deployed by the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti and assigned to protect the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from insecurity, nearly 500 are women. Photo: Hadrien Bonnaud It is a lesser known reality of the earthquake that devastated Haiti [...]
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Good news for marathoners Underlying heart disease blamed for increased reports of cardiac events “The general consensus — based on intense media coverage of cardiac arrests that happen during these races — has been that the risk was very high. But we found that the risk of cardiac arrest for marathon and half-marathon runners is [...]
