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 North America Information - December 1, 2008
| According to a new study, black tea consumption is inversely associated with the risk of ovarian cancer. The 15- year study based on Swedish women uncovered a dose-response relationship between tea consumption and incidence of ovarian cancer, based on women who drank tea versus those who didn't | | According to the Radiological Society of North America, (RSNA), heavy use of marijuana may put adolescents, who are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia, at greater risk of developing the brain disorder. Using a sophisticated brain imaging technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), researchers analyzed the brains of groups of adolescents: healthy, non-drug users; heavy marijuana smokers (daily use for at least one year); and schizophrenic patients | | Researchers are blaming today's obesity epidemic on the ineffectiveness of vaccines and other injections regularly given in the backside. Many medications are administered through injections into the muscles of the buttocks, including painkillers, vaccines, contraceptives and antinausea drugs. The rich supply of microscopic blood vessels in muscle speeds drug absorption into the system | | Due to a case of bird flu that has recently surfaced, poultry from mainland British Columbia has been banned from the United States. Canadian officials contend the case is not the virulent form in Southeast Asia, blamed for more than 60 human deaths. The governments of Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong announce they will take similar action | | Eight Children centers at Fort Campbell were presented with the IPM Institute of North America's Star Certification. The certification represents an honor culminating more than 20 years of Army efforts to integrate sound pest management policies and practices at its installations. Fort Campbell is the second Army installation to receive the tough certification | |
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