Archive for September, 2008
Vitamin ‘may blunt cancer drugs’
Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests.
Antisocial behaviour hormone link
Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol have been linked to antisocial behaviour in adolescent boys.
Chinese arrests over milk scandal
Police arrest 22 people suspected of introducing the toxic chemical melamine into the food chain in China.
Iraqi doctors to be allowed guns
The Iraqi government says it will allow doctors to carry guns after medics complain of being targeted.
Penicillin bug genome unravelled
Researchers decode the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin, ahead of the 80th anniversary of its discovery.