WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Nov. 2, 2011 – The poor safety profile of the smoking-cessation drug varenicline (Chantix™) makes it unsuitable for first-line use, according to a study published in the Nov. 2 edition of the journalPLoS One, an online publication of the Public Library of Science.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinicresearchers have discovered why measles, perhaps the most contagious viral disease in the world, spreads so quickly. The virus emerges in the trachea of its host, provoking a cough that fills the air with particles ready to infect the next host. The findings may also help in the fight against ovarian, […]
COLLEGE STATION, Nov. 2, 2011 — Did climate change or humans cause the extinctions of the large-bodied Ice Age mammals (commonly called megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth? Scientists have for years debated the reasons behind the Ice Age mass extinctions, which caused the loss of a third of the large mammals […]
London – Governor Sean Parnell promoted one of Alaska’s top exports during a trip to the United Kingdom this week – seafood. The governor and representatives from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute met with key customers in London.