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...current study is the first to take a comprehensive look at how deployment affects child neglect and emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Backed by funding from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the researchers harvested data from the U.S. Army Central Registry of 1,771 families worldwide with at least one instance of child neglect or abuse between Sept. 2001 and Dec. 2004, a period during which many soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. The results show that a staggering 1,858 parents had maltreated their children during that period - boys and girls in equal numbers, with...
...risk from prolonged exposure to chemicals. The National Institute of Environmental Health Services reports that in high concentrations, perchloroethylene (PCE) - the dry-cleaning chemical used as the primary solvent in more than 90% of the estimated 50,000 dry cleaning stores in the U.S. - can harm the central nervous system. According to the Centers for Disease Control, studies show that PCE may be a factor in the increased risk for cervical cancer among female dry-cleaning workers. Tom Kelly, director of the indoor environments division of EPA, confirmed that PCE may be dangerous, particularly in residential buildings...
...such central joint commitments as Iraq and Afghanistan, there is likely to be little change in policy. Brown said Monday that his government will report to Parliament on Iraq when it returns to session in October, setting the stage for a change in the posture of British troops in Basra. Will he pull out all 5,500 British troops? Unlikely. "We know we are in a common struggle and we know we have to work together, and we know we got to use all means to deal with it," said Brown. At the end of the press conference, a jovial...
...thanks to work done in Hafler's lab, however, they've known that MS sufferers have hyperactive T cells - cells that cruise the body looking for bacteria, viruses and other pathogens - a condition that triggers an inflammatory response and destroys the protective myelin sheath around nerve cells in the central nervous system, which connects the brain and body. This can lead to gradual nerve damage and weakening of the muscles in the arms as legs, as well as problems with vision...
...Friday's bombing occurred after yet another violent struggle for control of the controversial Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in central Islamabad, which has become a symbol of the extremist anti-Musharraf movement in the country. Government forces stormed the mosque in early July to dislodge hundreds of armed militants who had assembled there to call for the implementation of Islamic law in Pakistan. The raid, though eventually successful, left dozens of people dead and sparked a wave of attacks across the country against government security forces...