| New Model For Investigating Tobacco/Oral Cancer Link Developed By NYU College Of Dentistry, Penn State Although tobacco use is widely understood to be one of the leading causes of oral cancer, research on the prevention of tobacco-related oral cancer in experimental animals has traditionally been limited to examining the impact of synthetic carcinogens manufactured especially for cancer research, rather than on observing the effects of carcinogens that occur in tobacco smoke... mnt.to |
Swingers risk sexual disease: Dutch study Swingers, or heterosexual couples who regularly swap partners, are an "at risk" group for sexually transmitted infections, researchers say. cbc.ca |
Back pain keeps Williams from premiers meeting Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has had to scratch plans to attend a premiers conference in Manitoba because of back pain. cbc.ca |
925 million people undernourished: UN The estimated number of chronically hungry people in the world has dipped considerably below the one billion mark, according to figures released by the United Nations. cbc.ca |
CFIA still implementing Listeria recommendations The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has made some changes to improve its monitoring of meatpacking plants but many of the recommendations made in the wake of the 2008 listeriosis outbreak that killed 23 people have yet to be implemented. cbc.ca |