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Colorado State University Veterinarians Offer Pet Care Tips During Summer Months
The following are helpful tips to pet owners offered by veterinarians at Colorado State University?s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The paragraphs can be used alone as filler or in a group as a set of tips. If you need additional information, please contact Dell Rae Moellenberg at 970-491-6009 or DellRae.Moellenberg@colostate.edu. If you?d like to attribute the information, please attribute it to Colorado State University?s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
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10,000 Australians Demand Bowel Cancer Screening - New Research Shows Nine In Ten Can Survive Bowel Cancer If Found Early
A community-based Cancer Council advocacy campaign has motivated 10,000 Australians to call for expansion of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, amid new research showing 93 per cent of bowel cancer patients can survive if diagnosed early.
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Certain Research Could Remain Limited Under New Stem Cell Rules, New York Times Editorial States
The "good news" about the Obama administration"s final guidelines for federally funded embryonic stem cell research is that "government money will pay for a lot more research than was possible under the Bush administration"s cramped and ideologically driven restrictions," according to a New York Times editorial. However, "some of the most promising future research could still be denied public support," the editorial continues.Under former President George W. Bush, federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was limited "to a mere 21 lines that had been derived with private money from surplus embryos at fertility clinics before mid-2001," the editorial states. The new guidelines allow scientists "to use new stem cell lines provided they come from surplus fertility embryos that were donated under strict ethical rules," according to the editorial. It adds, "Those rules stipulate that donors must be fully informed that any embryo donated for research would be destroyed in the process and that there are other choices for disposing of surplus embryos." In addition, donors must "give written consent at the time of donation, have the right to change their minds and must not receive payment for the donation or expect medical or financial benefits later," the editorial notes.The editorial continues that NIH, "[f]earing controversy, ... decided to deny support to research using lines that might eventually be created in the laboratory by "therapeutic cloning" to match specific patients with specific diseases." It adds, "Such cells could provide a valuable way to study the early stages of a disease and to derive stem cell implants that would not be rejected by a patient"s immune system." The editorial states that NIH officials argued that scientists have yet to successfully derive human embryonic stem cells from therapeutic cloning and that "there is no strong public sentiment for moving beyond the use of surplus embryos that would otherwise be discarded." The editorial concludes, "The agency will need to reconsider those judgments as science and ethical thinking evolves. For now, the administration seems determined to follow congressional and public opinion rather than lead it" (New York Times, 7/8).
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Folic Acid May Improve Asthma, Allergies

Folic acid, or vitamin B9, may help treat allergic reactions and allergy symptoms, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children"s Center. Folate occurs naturally in food while folic acid is the synthetic form of this vitamin. s include cereals, baked goods, leafy vegetables, asparagus, fruits, legumes, yeast, mushrooms and organ meat (such as beef liver or kidneys). Previous studies have noted a potential link between folate and inflammatory conditions such as heart disease. In the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers reviewed medical data from in 8,083 patients ages 2-85 who participated in the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). During the study, serum folate levels and total IgE levels were measured. IgE, or immunoglobulin E, is a class of antibodies that mediates allergic reactions. The authors also recorded asthma and respiratory symptoms. Higher levels of folate were linked to lower IgE levels, fewer reported allergies, less wheezing and a lower likelihood of developing asthma. People with the lowest folate levels (less than eight nanograms per milliliter of blood) had a 40 percent increased risk of wheezing, 30 percent increased risk of having elevated IgE levels, 31 percent increased risk of allergic symptoms and a 16 percent higher risk of asthma compared to those with the highest levels of folate (above 18 nanograms per milliliter of blood). However, additional research is needed to confirm these early findings and to determine exactly how folate may work. The researchers plan to compare the effects of folic acid to placebo in people with allergies and asthma. References: 1. Natural Standard: The Authority on Integrative Medicine. http://www.naturalstandard.com. Copyright © 2009. 2. Matsui EC, Matsui W. Higher serum folate levels are associated with a lower risk of atopy and wheeze. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Apr 29. View Abstract Natural Standard


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