Morning News Run
May 14, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
CPR Study to Test Emergency Treatment, Sans Patient Permission – WIRED
If you were to collapse from cardiac arrest in several regions of the United States and Canada, you could be enrolled, unwittingly, in a controversial clinical trial testing CPR methods. No one knows if the research will result in better emergency care or kill more patients than standard CPR treatments, but the only way to get out of the study is to wear a wristband saying you don’t want to be a human guinea pig.
Vitamin D ‘may help ward off TB’ – BBC
A dose of vitamin D may help ward off tuberculosis, research suggests. A study of 131 people found the vitamin helped to boost the ability of the body to inhibit the growth of bacteria that causes the respiratory disease.
The Encyclopedia of Life – NPR (Audio)
This week, scientists announced a new effort to create an online encyclopedia of life. Pulling information from labs, libraries and museums around the world, project organizers aim to make a multimedia Web page for every known species on the planet. Gary Borisy, a project leader, discusses the effort.
The face, not the body, attracts a mate – News Scientist
Body builders and gym buffs, look away now. It appears that the opposite sex is much more interested in your face than your bulging biceps or elegant figure, especially if you’re a man. At least that’s the upshot of the first study to assess how much faces and bodies contribute to someone’s overall attractiveness.
Drop in U.S. mammography rate worries cancer experts – Reuters
U.S. women are getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer at declining rates, according to a study describing a trend that experts fear may portend a reversal of progress against the deadly disease.
