Chemical may cause muscle disease
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Scientists say a defect in a key protein may cause the muscle-wasting disease muscular dystrophy.
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Scientists find a supplement can stop the muscle wastage associated with extended periods of physcial inactivity.
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A study finds that many of them are high in phthalates EM] chemicals that have been linked to adverse health effects in high doses
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Exposure to a chemical found in shampoos and hand lotions and used in industry could be harmful to humans. A new study says methylisothiazolinone (MIT) inhibited the development of certain
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Bayer AG may have known its withdrawn cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol caused a high rate of a serious muscle condition more than a year before it added a warning to its label, according to a prominent medical journal.
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There is an apparent link between a commonly used agricultural pesticide and lung cancer, and caution should be exercised when using the product, government scientists say in a study released today.
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The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died, the government warned Friday
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A treatment for muscular dystrophy may be within view after US scientists reported Sunday they used stem cell transplants to improve muscle function in mice afflicted with the disease.
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Elevated mercury levels may be associated not only with neurological problems but with cardiovascular disease among adults as well.
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Exposure to perchlorate, a widely used industrial chemical found in U.S. drinking water, may prevent some women's thyroid glands from functioning properly, a government study has found.
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About a quarter of Britons may suffer  from a winter deficiency of vitamin B which can increase the  risk of muscle weakness, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis and  certain types of cancer, health experts said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, regular users  of vitamin E were at decreased risk for death from Lou Gehrig's  disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),  compared with nonusers.
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Scientists have found a molecule they believe will protect and promote the survival of heart cell muscles, raising hopes of a treatment to repair the damage after a heart attack.
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The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor Myobloc have been linked to some deaths and other severe side effects suggestive of botulism, the government warned doctors Friday.
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Officials are trying to figure out why workers at a meat plant were stricken with a strange neurological illness.
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Farmed salmon have been found to accumulate much higher levels of chemical flame retardants than their wild counterparts, raising alarm that they might pose an increased cancer risk.
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The chemical compound in the abortion pill RU-486 blocked formation in mice of breast tumors caused by a mutant gene blamed in many women's breast and ovarian cancers, researchers found.