Health & Science

Friday, February 11th 2011 - 05:57 UTC
Australian study links sunlight exposure and vitamin D with multiple sclerosis

An Australian study published in the February issue of Neurology provides additional evidence for a potential role for low levels of sunlight exposure and vitamin D as triggers for multiple sclerosis.
Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 06:39 UTC
Uruguay has the highest per capita milk consumption: 230 liters annually

Uruguay has the highest per capita consumption of milk in Latin America averaging between 225 and 230 liters. This compares favorably with Argentina’s 220 liters, Brazil’s 110 and Chile’s 100.
Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 21:00 UTC
Russian chartered polar vessel supports Argentine Antarctic 2010/11 campaign

Argentina in this 2010/11 campaign has been supplying Antarctic bases and stations with support from a Russian polar vessel equipped with an icebreaking bow and its own Navy units.
Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 16:25 UTC
Argentina recovers free of FMD status along the “border belt”

Argentina recovered the status of free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination in the “high vigilance” area along the so called “border belt” which limits with Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.
Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 15:43 UTC
As FMD ravages Korea, US beef and pork exports soar

United States beef is enjoying a huge turnaround in Korea with exports making a sharp leap thanks to the devastating foot-and-mouth (FMD) outbreak in the Asian peninsula, according to industry data released this week.
Monday, February 7th 2011 - 21:43 UTC
Antarctica’s Lake Vostok keeps its secret sealed for another year

A Russian team drilling toward Lake Vostok, a pristine freshwater lake buried 3,750 meters under the Antarctic ice had to conclude its task and will have to wait for the next season to finish off the job.
Monday, February 7th 2011 - 18:13 UTC
Chile, Venezuela and Argentina among the three most overweight in South America

A recent international study found that Chile is among the three most overweight countries in South America and that Chile’s women have the second highest body mass index (BMI) on the continent. Chile’s men have the third highest.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 08:33 UTC
One in three adults worldwide overweight and one in nine obese

“Obesity rates have doubled worldwide since 1980,” according to a study published Friday as part of a series in the Lancet that also looked at global blood pressure and cholesterol trends.
Friday, February 4th 2011 - 23:13 UTC
Paraguay recovers full status of free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination

Paraguay recovered full status of “country free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination” following the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) decision to lift the “high vigilance zone” over 1.2 million cattle.
Thursday, February 3rd 2011 - 23:15 UTC
India mounting a third research station in Antarctica

Work on India’s third research station in Antarctica for undertaking studies on various subjects, including climate change, is on track and will be completed in two years, a top scientist said Wednesday.