Archive for September, 2008

Vitamin ‘may blunt cancer drugs’

September 30, 2008 at 11:42 pm · Filed under Health

Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests.

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Antisocial behaviour hormone link

September 30, 2008 at 11:41 pm · Filed under Health

Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol have been linked to antisocial behaviour in adolescent boys.

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Chinese arrests over milk scandal

September 30, 2008 at 3:42 pm · Filed under Asia-Pacific

Police arrest 22 people suspected of introducing the toxic chemical melamine into the food chain in China.

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Iraqi doctors to be allowed guns

September 30, 2008 at 9:52 am · Filed under Middle East

The Iraqi government says it will allow doctors to carry guns after medics complain of being targeted.

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Penicillin bug genome unravelled

September 29, 2008 at 11:05 pm · Filed under Health

Researchers decode the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin, ahead of the 80th anniversary of its discovery.

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