“A new study led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has shown that antibiotics can also reduce […]
Category: ContraRisks
Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer
“The sugar industry did not disclose evidence of harm from animal studies that would have (1) strengthened the case that the CHD risk of sucrose is greater than starch and […]
Studies Yield Clues to Roots of Gulf War Illness
“Around 200,000 veterans (up to 32% of those deployed) of the 1991 Gulf War (GW) suffer from GW illness (GWI), which is characterized by multiple deficits in cognitive, emotion, somatosensory […]
Gulf War Syndrome May Be Contagious, Survey Shows
Responses from the first 400 of a planned 1,000 servicemen and women to be polled has found that some of the symptoms, known collectively as Gulf War syndrome, also have […]
MRI Contrast Agents Accumulate in the Brain
“Emerging research suggests gadolinium-based contrast agents, injected in a patient’s veins to brighten tissues in MRI images, accumulate in the brain.”
Washington State University Researchers Complain of Industry Influence
“Thirty faculty members of Washington State University’s (WSU) Agriculture, Human and Natural Resources College say administrators there are bending to the influence of industry in setting research and employment priorities, […]
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
“According to a new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the common practice of growing influenza vaccine components in chicken eggs disrupts the major antibody target site […]
Exposure to Glyphosate, Chemical Found in Weed Killers, Increased Over 23 Years
“Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has increased […]
Researchers find evidence of DNA damage in veterans with Gulf War illness
“In blood tests, researchers observed more lesions and more mitochondrial DNA—that is, extra copies of genes—in veterans with Gulf War illness, relative to controls without the illness, suggesting excess DNA […]
Common Acid Reflux Medications Promote Chronic Liver Disease
“Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered evidence in mice and humans that stomach (gastric) acid suppression alters specific gut bacteria in a way that […]