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Friday 10 August 2007

Health matters...

A few health-related news stories from Chemistry World:

Green Tea's secret tunnelling revealed - 23 April 2007

Scientists have used quantum mechanics to work out why green tea is good for you. The health benefits of the brew are all down to a quirk of the quantum world known as tunneling, they say.

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Molecular probe identifies patients at risk of Alzheimer's - 21 December 2006

A new molecule could provide an early warning system for Alzheimer’s disease, US researchers hope.

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Shampoo Chemical study 'flawed' - 07 August 2006

A US scientist has suggested that pregnant women should avoid using shampoos and other cosmetics containing the chemical diethanolamine (DEA), after finding that it inhibited brain development in mouse foetuses. But the research, reported by news outlets around the world, has been slammed by a leading toxicologist.

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Industrial solvent in cancer probe - 28 July 2006

The cancer risk posed by trichloroethylene (TCE) should be reassessed, according to a report from a US National Academies ’ National Research Council committee.

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