http://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency - Health & Science News Feed en Copyright 2009, MercoPress. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:53:14 -0800 Expression Engine http://www.mercopress.com/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif http://en.mercopress.com/ http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/papua-new-guinea-cannibal-tribe-could-hold-clue-to-mad-cow-disease?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/papua-new-guinea-cannibal-tribe-could-hold-clue-to-mad-cow-disease Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism. Health & Science, International Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:29:14 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/passion-mousse-containing-viagra-an-instant-success-in-gastronomy-fair?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/passion-mousse-containing-viagra-an-instant-success-in-gastronomy-fair A dessert under the name of “Passion mousse made out of Viagra and Mburucuyá (Passion flower) fruit, the inspiration of four gastronomy students has been the great success at Bogotá, Colombia, national Gastronomy Fair which closed this week. Health & Science, Latin America Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:44:07 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/chile-in-select-group-of-eleven-countries-with-insignificant-mad-cow-risk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/chile-in-select-group-of-eleven-countries-with-insignificant-mad-cow-risk Beginning Tuesday Chile belongs to the select group of eleven countries who have insignificant risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. This places Chile among the nations with the best sanitary conditions on the planet. Health & Science, Politics, Latin America Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:28:13 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/17/plan-to-recover-two-crates-of-shackletons-whisky-buried-in-antarctica?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/17/plan-to-recover-two-crates-of-shackletons-whisky-buried-in-antarctica Explorers are planning to recover a rare batch of whisky lost during explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated voyage to the South Pole a century ago. Two crates of the now extinct “Rare Old” brand of McKinlay and Co whisky have been buried in the Antarctic ice since Shackleton was forced to abandon his polar mission in 1909. Health & Science, Antarctica, International Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:05:16 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/14/nasa-announces-discovery-of-significant-amount-of-water-in-the-moon?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/14/nasa-announces-discovery-of-significant-amount-of-water-in-the-moon It's official: There's water on the moon—and a "significant amount" of it, too, members of NASA's recent moon-crash mission, LCROSS, announced Friday. In October, NASA crashed a two-ton rocket and the SUV-size LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) into the permanently shadowed crater Cabeus on the moon's South Pole. Health & Science, International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:19:23 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/11/glaxo-donates-50-million-doses-of-h1n1-virus-vaccine-to-who?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/11/glaxo-donates-50-million-doses-of-h1n1-virus-vaccine-to-who The international laboratory GlaxoSmithKline has promised to donate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) under an agreement signed at WHO headquarters in Geneva. Health & Science, International Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:15:18 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/11/buenos-aires-hosts-conference-on-clowns-and-patch-adams-doctors?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/11/buenos-aires-hosts-conference-on-clowns-and-patch-adams-doctors Some 400 clowns and doctors skilled at clowning took part in an international conference in Buenos Aires to present scientific evidence, backed by their own experience, to show why laughter was healthy Health & Science, International Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:43:32 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/10/phytoplankton-flourishes-in-antarctic-open-areas-of-water-where-ice-retreat?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/10/phytoplankton-flourishes-in-antarctic-open-areas-of-water-where-ice-retreat Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. Environment, Health & Science, Antarctica Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:37:37 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/09/first-recorded-case-of-h1n1-flu-transmitted-to-cat-by-pets-owner?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/09/first-recorded-case-of-h1n1-flu-transmitted-to-cat-by-pets-owner A 13 year old cat came down with the H1N1 virus flu in the state of Iowa, in the US Mid West, the first case so far proved and evidence that humans with the flu virus can spread it to pets. Health & Science, International Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:10:06 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/09/want-to-buy-fish-rich-in-omega-3-try-your-nearest-austrian-chemist?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=health-science http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/09/want-to-buy-fish-rich-in-omega-3-try-your-nearest-austrian-chemist Austrian chemists will commence selling fish in order to raise awareness of the health benefits of a diet rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. As of this Monday, the clients of 15 shops of the Central European country will be able to buy fish along with the typical medications. Fisheries, Health & Science, International Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:06:11 -0800