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Tiny 'housekeeper' crabs help prevent coral death in South Pacific
10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!Tiny crabs that live in South Pacific coral help to prevent the coral from dying by providing regular cleaning "services" that may be critical to the life of coral reefs around the world, according to scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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- South Dakota's abortion ban is a threat to women's health
10-26-2006 · EurekAlert!
In this week's BMJ, a senior doctor raises serious concerns over abortion law in the US state of South Dakota.Earlier this year, South Dakota passed a bill which bans virtually all abortions in the state except for circumstances in which the procedure is necessary to "prevent the death of the mother." Under this new legislation, doctors face prosecution for the termination of any pregnancy in which maternal death is not clearly averted by its performance.
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- Earth from Space: Swains Island
01-12-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Swains Island, located in the South Pacific Ocean, is highlighted in this Proba image. This small coral atoll is comprised of an outer perimeter (approximately 13 km in circumference) of flat coral reefs and a 2.5 kmВІ ring-shaped landmass surrounding a shallow fresh-water lagoon in the centre that is closed off from the sea.
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- Tiny newborns face higher risk of death at community hospitals, Stanford/VA study finds
05-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
More than 20 percent of very small babies who died in California between 1991 and 2000 might have lived had they been born in different hospitals, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
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- Hazards of using crib bumper pads outweigh their benefits
09-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
Although bumper pads are theoretically designed to prevent injury to a baby while in the crib or bassinet, the risk of accidental death or injury to an infant from using them outweighs their possible benefits, according to a new study by pediatric researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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- Human deaths from shark attacks hit 20-year low last year
02-12-2008 · EurekAlert!
Fatal shark attacks worldwide dipped to their lowest levels in two decades in 2007 with the sole casualty involving a swimmer vacationing in the South Pacific, according to the latest statistics from the University of Florida.
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- Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa
01-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Medical ethics and other experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need be, are justified to contain a very deadly, highly-contagious and drug-resistant mutant strains of tuberculosis and to prevent "a potentially explosive international health crisis" brewing most dangerously at the epicenter of South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic. The new TB variations now defeat many of the world's existing drugs and pose "extreme risk."
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- Detaining patients is justified to contain deadly TB strain in South Africa say experts
01-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
A team of medical ethics and public health experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need be, are justified to contain a deadly, contagious, drug-resistant strain of TB in South Africa and to prevent "a potentially explosive international health crisis."
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- New south Florida nursery to focus on staghorn corals
11-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
In response to the need for efforts to protect and recover surviving populations of the threatened staghorn coral, Diego Lirman, PhD, and James Herlan at UM's Rosenstiel School have established an underwater nursery dedicated to the propagation of staghorn corals. The nursery will provide an opportunity to learn about growth and survivorship patterns, as well as how to stabilize corals damaged by natural disturbances or human activity.
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- Caffeine may prevent heart disease death in elderly
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- Should researchers wash their hands of hand washing?
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
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