Morning News Run
May 7, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
Woman’s 11-stone legs may be lost – BBC
Mandy Sellars, 32, from Lancashire, suffers from Proteus syndrome, a condition also thought to have affected the “Elephant Man”, Joseph Merrick.
Drug-resistant bacteria can’t resist maggots – Ars Technica
Two issues: how to reduce the use of antibiotics (in order to cut down further selective pressures) and how to treat the resistant bugs that are already infecting people. Some recent research takes an approach to both of these issues that’s been suggested by some work in other fields: maggots.
Disfiguring skin disease plagues Afghanistan – Reuters
The most common form of [leishmaniasis] is not fatal but it causes untold misery. Victims with scarring on their faces are stigmatized: children are excluded at school and girls often won’t be able to find husbands.
Less Sun Is Better Than Using Sunscreen – Science Daily
Avoiding direct sunlight and wearing clothes which stop harmful UV rays from reaching the skin, rather than sunscreen, are the best ways of avoiding skin cancer and the aging effects of the sun.
Too ‘Kewl’ for School: Making Science Click – NPR (Audio & Copy)
Who says science can’t be, like, cool? Natalie Angier certainly thinks so, and in her new book The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times refutes the idea that science is impossible, impenetrable, and above all, uncool.
