Morning News Run
March 16, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Morning News
Genetically Modified Corn Shows Liver and Kidney Problems In Rats – Scientific American
Greenpeace said a study it had commissioned that was published in the journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Technology showed rats fed for 90 days on Monsanto’s MON863 maize showed “signs of toxicity” in the liver and kidneys.
Drop ‘Kiss of life’, Urge Medics – BBC
Not only are bystanders less likely to help someone who has collapsed if they have to do mouth-to-mouth ventilation, many are unable to perform it properly. Chest compressions alone are just as good if not better in most cases, a Japanese study in The Lancet shows.
Survey: 40% in Japan Not Having Sex – ABC News
The secret behind Japan’s plunging birth rate? A record 39.7 percent of Japanese citizens ages 16-49 have not had sex for over a month up 5 percentage points from two years ago according to a survey published this week by the Japan Family Planning Association.
Vanderbilt Performs State’s First Stem Cell Heart Regeneration Therapy – Science Daily
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the first in the state to perform a novel therapy that uses bone marrow stem cells to stimulate regeneration of the heart muscle after a heart attack.
