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UN agency questions wider use of biofuels Affectez un tag à cette news
The United Nations food agency has called for a review of biofuel subsides and policies, noting that they had contributed significantly to rising food prices and the hunger in poor countries.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 19:07:48

Cold remedy labels warn: Not for small children Affectez un tag à cette news
Manufacturers of pediatric cough and cold medicines voluntarily agreed to change their products' labels.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 19:07:48

3 awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for subatomic discoveries Affectez un tag à cette news
An American, Yoichiro Nambu, 87, won half of the prize for the discovery of a mechanism called spontaneous broken symmetry. Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan shared the prize for discovering the origin of the broken symmetry that predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 16:07:51

Preventive medicine or overdiagnosis? Affectez un tag à cette news
The medical model for prevention has become less about health promotion and more about early diagnosis. And this approach is costly.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 16:07:51

Citizen enforcers take aim at Wall Street Affectez un tag à cette news
The urge to punish that helped delay the passage of Washington's economic rescue plan is more than Wall Street loathing: it's based in instincts that have had a protective effect on communities.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 16:07:51

Effort to mate two elderly China turtles ends without offspring Affectez un tag à cette news
The fate of the Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle is especially dire because only one female is known to exist - an 80-year-old turtle.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 16:07:51

Are bad economic times good for health? Affectez un tag à cette news
Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But does the economy also affect your health?Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 16:07:51

HIV spreads in China Affectez un tag à cette news
A new study finds that the virus that causes AIDS has spread to all provinces and beyond the country's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 13:07:08

Citizen enforcers take aim at Wall Street Affectez un tag à cette news
The public urge to punish is more than loathing: It's based in instincts that have had a protective effect on communities throughout human history.Health & Science - International Herald Tribune, 2008-10-07 13:07:07