Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 16 December 2007

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Sunday 16 December 2007

Contaminated Reservoir To Be Emptied In Los Angeles

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Levels of bromate, a carcinogen, have become so high in the Silver Lake and Elysian reservoirs that authorities are having to drain over 600 millions of gallons of water. Bromate levels have risen due to combination high...
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ScienceDirect To Host French-Language Journals From Elsevier Masson
Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, has announced that 45 French-language medical journals from Elsevier Masson will be available on ScienceDirect beginning January 3, 2008...
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New Book Examines Disability In Islamic Law
This book, written by Dr. Vardit Rispler-Chaim of the Department of Arabic language and literature of the University of Haifa, analyzes attitudes to people with various disabilities based on Muslim jurists' works (fiqh) in...
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Other Medical and Health News for 16 December*

UQ Health And Medical Researchers Recognized In Awards

Intensive Care Quality Of Sleep Improved By New Drug, Reports Study

Safe Carrying Of Heavy Babies May Have Justified Upright Walking

Molecular Pathway Appears Crucial In Development Of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Can Interacting Pathogens Explain Disease Patterns?

RAND Study Outlines Passenger-Rail Systems Which Cost-Effectively Prevent Terrorist Attacks

Korea Research Foundation Eyes Entry Into ESFls EUROCORES, Research Networking Programs

3rd European Conference On Sensory And Consumer Research In September 2008

New Model Revises Estimates Of Terrestrial Carbon Dioxide Uptake

New Hope For Deadly Childhood Disease

A Contemporary Prognostic Nomogram For Men With Hormone Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A TAX327 Study Analysis

Beyond The Abstract - Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs In The Treatment Of Genitourinary Malignancies: Focus On Clinical Data

Oncologic Outcomes Of Extravesical Stapling Of Distal Ureter In Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy

Bladder-sparing, Combined Modality Approach For Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Case Control Study Of High Risk Occupations For Bladder Cancer In New Zealand

Adaptive Therapy For Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Selection Trial Of Four Regimens

Does Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Accelerate The Development Of Frailty In Older Men With Prostate Cancer? A Conceptual Review (p NA)

Total Phalloplasty Using A Musculocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi Flap

Role Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Assessment Of Posterior Urethral Distraction Defects

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