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Pulling apart poor research linking alcohol consumption and cancer - International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 188
2016-06-28 14:04:46| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Previous scientific research has shown that heavy alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for upper aero-digestive cancers, and even light drinking increases slightly the risk of breast cancer in women. A recent study is based on a very small number of cases of cancer in New Zealand, tabulated separately for Maori and non-Maori subjects. The research applies estimates of alcohol effects from other population-based studies.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Research Monitors Genetic Diversity of European PRRSV
2016-06-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EUROPE - The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus mutates rapidly, especially European strains, creating a challenge for diagnostic laboratories to monitor the disease. Today, Thermo Fisher Scientific presented research at the Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress showing the genetic diversity of the PRRS virus and how the company is monitoring and evolving its diagnostic tools to ensure highly accurate results.
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Storm-Related Research and Scientific Learning Soars in Hurricane Sandy's Wake
2015-10-28 13:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: As someone who came to New Jersey specifically to study sea-level rise and catastrophic storms, Ben Horton felt superstorm Sandy had presented him with a gift, albeit a grim one. There was so much interest in science explaining why Sandy caused so much damage late in the hurricane season, said Mr. Horton, a British native who is a professor of sea-level research at Rutgers University. It provided a focus for us. Three years since Sandy caused historic damage to the region, scientific learning...
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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 173: Alcohol and the risk of acute myocardial infarction
2015-10-15 16:12:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A recent paper presented prospective data from a large population-based cohort from rural Norway, a region with typically-light alcohol consumption and many abstainers who were not ex-heavy drinkers.
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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research Critique 172: Alcohol and the risk of developing diabetes
2015-10-08 14:48:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Prospective cohort studies for decades have tended to show that the risk of developing Type II diabetes mellitus is reduced among moderate drinkers in comparison with non-drinkers.
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