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Breathing in air pollution from traffic fumes can raise the risk of potentially deadly blood clots, a US study says.
Exposure to small particulates - tiny chemicals caused by burning fossil fuels - is known to increase the chances of heart disease and..
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Polar bears in Canada are at risk from climate change but not threatened with extinction, a panel of experts has advised the Canadian government.
The government should develop a plan to protect the country's estimated 15,000 polar bears, the panel said..
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Scientists have identified genetic variations that raise the risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers.
And there is also some evidence to suggest that they may make carriers more addicted to tobacco.
Three research teams, writing in the jo..
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Two couples whose families have been ravaged by breast cancer are to become the first to screen embryos to prevent them having children at risk of the disease, The London Times reported.
Tests will allow the couples to take the unprecedented step of se..
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Exclusively breastfeeding until a baby is six-months old can significantly reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission, an African study says.
The South African researchers compared solely breastfed babies with those also given formula or solid..
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Nations should avoid planting biofuel crops that have a high risk of becoming invasive species, a report warns.
A study by the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) said only a few countries have systems in place to assess the risk or contain an out..
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Hundreds of UK power substations and water treatment plants are potentially at risk from flooding, a confidential government study suggests.
BBC News has seen the conclusions of research commissioned after the devastating floods of 2007.
Yorkshire a..
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Three more genes that raise bowel cancer risk, including one affecting only some races, have been identified.
UK scientists found one of the genes increased risk in people of European descent, but not Japanese people, reports the journal Nature Genetic..
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Heavy mobile phone use may be linked to an increased risk of cancer of the salivary gland, a study suggests.
Researchers looked at 500 Israelis who had developed the condition and compared their mobile phone usage with 1,300 healthy controls.
Those..
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The government must develop a long-term strategy to manage the UK's growing flood risk, insurers have warned.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) wants a comprehensive assessment of flood risk and a programme of "sustained" long-term investment...
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Britain's native toads are at risk from a deadly infection that has driven many of the world's amphibians to extinction, say UK scientists.
The fungal disease is currently confined to Kent, where it was brought in by imported frogs.
But if it spread..
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A newly developed blood test can identify those at risk of Alzheimer's disease up to six years before symptoms would become apparent, researchers say.
The test identifies changes in a handful of proteins that cells use to convey messages to one another..
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Restrictions on moving livestock to markets in areas classed as being low risk for foot-and-mouth are to be eased next week, Defra has said.
Farmers in England and Wales will be able to move their livestock from Thursday, 4 October as long as the situa..
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The northern end of the Bay of Bengal could be at risk of giant earthquakes and tsunamis in the coming decades, an Australian study concludes.
Such events have been thought unlikely there, in contrast to the area further south where the 2004 tsunami be..
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Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.
The team of international researchers hope their work, published in Nature, will lead to new treatments.
Studying more than 2,000 children, the..
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The UK says it still believes the private sector should share the risk and the cost of developing Europe's satellite-navigation system, Galileo.
The multi-billion-euro project has been beset with delays and a budget overrun.
And in May, the European..
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Large parts of the US city of New Orleans are still at risk of flooding in a major storm, a report has found.
Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina lashed the US Gulf Coast, $1bn (�502m) has been spent to fix hurricane-protection systems.
But m..
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Scientists are working on ways to cut the risk of blood clots following treatment to unblock clogged arteries.
Stents, which are tiny tubes used to hold open the diseased blood vessels of heart patients, can themselves become blocked following treatmen..
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Air pollution may be a bigger risk to health than exposure to radiation, such as that after the Chernobyl disaster, a study suggests.
Researchers examined the health impact of the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and the atomic bombs drop..
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