PETA Calls On Feds to Pull Funding for Deadly Dog Experiments at Ohio State Univ

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on  the director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a branch of the National Institutes of Health,...

Cancer-Killing Virus May Be The Answer For Patients With KRAS Mutated Tumors

Calgary, AB (RPRN) 7/28/2009--According to the American Cancer Society, about 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2009.  These patients are widely treated with a drug regimen that...

‘Angels and Demons’: Good vs. Bad in Prescription Medication

by Andrea Frascione, staff writer WASHINGTON, D.C. (RPRN) 7/22/2009 - In the wake of Michael Jackson’s death and much regretted untimely passing of Heath Ledger on January 2008 and of Anna...

Going Batty, Helpful Hints on Beating Summer Bugs

By Andrea Frascione, staff writer N-B., CANADA (RPRN) 7/06/2009 - You are relaxing peacefully in a hammock amid a beautiful, lush forest replete with moist, sweet-smelling coniferous vegetation when along comes...

Innovative New Book Highlights the Threat of Climate Change

LONDON (RPRN) 6/25/2009--Dr. Tammy Boyce, formerly of Cardiff University and now at The King’s Fund, London and Dr. Justin Lewis of Cardiff University have co-edited a groundbreaking new study on...

White Light For Green Architecture Is Changing California

Sustainable Architecture Is Changing the Face of Way Homes Are Built in California By Andrea Frascione, staff-writer BIG SUR, CA (RPRN) 6/23/2009 - Scientifically speaking, white light is created by the presence...

Published Study Shows Novel Compounds May Help Protect Against Respiratory Depression

Irvine, CA – (RPRN) 6/22/2009 -- A paper that appears in the June 2009 issue of Anesthesiology details how AMPAKINE CX717, a Phase II compound created by Irvine, California-based neuroscience...

Green Tea May Affect Prostate Cancer Progression

Phase II study showed effects of short-term green tea use on prostate cancer; Green tea reduced incidence, progression of prostate cancer; Right combination of polyphenols can slow prostate cancer growth Philadelphia,...

Heartburn Meds May Lead to Bone Breaks Says New Study

NEW YORK (RPRN) 6/4/2009--Older patients may have to pass on the heartburn drugs to spare their bones from fractures according to a new study. According to a presentation at this...

Scientist Lovelock Believes It's Too Little, Too Late For the Environment

By Andrea Frascione, staff writer MONTREAL (RPRN) 6/4/2009--In his latest book, The Vanishing Face of Gaia, English scientist-author, James Lovelock, discusses the very real possibility that there is absolutely nothing we...