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Fringe autism treatment could get federal study
Associated Press WriterPressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine. The treatment removes heavy metals from the body and is...Tags: Diseases, Pennsylvania, Health Treatments, National Institutes of Health, Illnesses
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Researchers push to test chelation as autism remedy
Associated Press WriterPressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine. The treatment removes heavy metals from the body and is based...Tags: Diseases, Pennsylvania, Health Treatments, National Institutes of Health, Illnesses
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Animal-rights activists hound scientists at home
The Associated PressIn the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a toxicology professor, their faces covered with scarves and hoods despite the warm spring weather. One scrawled "killer" in chalk on...Tags: Animals, Health and Safety at School, California, Demonstration, Medical Research
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Volkswagen mulls South for next auto plant
Associated Press WriterIf Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing. The South offers automakers ample highway and...Tags: BMW AG, Labor Disputes, California, Nissan Motor Co., Unions
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Michigan stem cell research proposal advances
Associated Press WriterSupporters of a ballot measure that would loosen Michigan's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research took a big step toward placing it on the November ballot. The Stem Cell Research Ballot Question Committee said Monday it turned in more than 570,000...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Diseases, Referenda, Medical Specialization, California
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National study details abuse in teen relationships
Sun reporterOne in five young teenagers knows a friend who has been physically abused by a boyfriend or girlfriend, and 40 percent of children ages 11 and 12 say a friend has suffered verbal abuse in a relationship, according to the results of a national survey...Tags: Lawyers, California, Sex, Rhode Island, Family
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Monitor National Marine Sanctuary scientists to play role in upcoming expedition
247-4783Scientists from the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary will play a key role in an offshore expedition this month as researchers from several different agencies combine to survey the wrecks of three German submarines located in the Atlantic Ocean off the...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Maritime Accidents, Outer Banks, Tourism and Leisure
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Gas-saving products boosted by high fuel prices
AP Business WriterWith fuel prices soaring, sales of products designed to boost gas mileage are also rising -- even though the government says they're not worth the money. The products range from devices that fit inside an engine's air intake valve to fuel additives....Tags: Sales, Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Environmental Politics, Car Engine Repair
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No bond for man who bought deadly blowfish toxin
AP Legal Affairs WriterA man who allegedly bought a puffer fish toxin 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide while posing as a research doctor said after his arrest that he contemplated using it to poison himself, an FBI agent testified Monday. FBI agent Mark Mahoney also...Tags: National Government, Lawyers, Government, Defense, Court Administration
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NBC sees Olympics as research mecca
AP Television WriterNBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8. Besides giving advertisers a clearer picture of how much consumers are paying...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, NBC, Tools and Hardware, Consumer Electronics Industry, Beijing Games
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