Archive for April, 2007

Antioxidants may reduce noise-induced hearing loss

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - You might want to accompany that next rock concert with a few antioxidant cocktails, if new animal research is correct.

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Spike in neuroticism with age boosts death risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with neurotic traits who become even more neurotic as they grow older face a greater risk of death than their equally neurotic peers who either mellow with age or stay the same, research shows.

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Bike helmet laws help prevent head injuries

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Laws requiring bicyclists to wear helmets do increase helmet use, and may also reduce head injury rates among young bike riders, according to a report in The Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates health research.

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Workplace cancers cause 200,000 deaths a year: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 200,000 people die every year from cancers related to their workplaces, mainly from inhaling asbestos fibers and second-hand tobacco smoke, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

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Migrant death toll high despite US border crackdown

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tightening security on the U.S.-Mexican border has sharply cut arrests of illegal immigrants but scores are still dying as they attempt the perilous crossing through deserts and raging rivers.

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