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Hot Flashes: Marijuana Treatment

For those who want to nit pick, I know all about Estrogen, Progesterone, Soybean products and Tamoxiphen-- so adjust your girdles and keep reading.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Several years ago I wrote an article Endometriosis: Marijuana Treatment for Salem-News.com. One of the comments/responses was that it was also effective for HOT FLASHES.

I have been expecting for 3 years now other ladies to write in their comments, positive or negative. No responses!

How to Survive Nuclear Fallout From Japan`s Reactor Meltdown

Highly radioactive dust-like particles will be carried on the prevailing winds for hundreds or thousands of miles.

(CHICAGO) - With six reactors failing in Japan and at least two undergoing partial meltdown, concern has been raised about a massive radioactive cloud escaping and sweeping over the West Coast of the U.S.

As the crisis continues and the Japan Islands are being rocked by hundreds of strong aftershocks, the probability of a Chernobyl-like disaster escalates. If such an event does occur what can you do to protect yourself and your family?

Nuclear Nightmare: Japanese Reactor Meltdown Could Propel `Death Cloud` to US West Coast

This deadly, life-threatening substance can move throughout an environment with little or no difficulty.

(CHICAGO) - Some Japanese officials have admitted that Tokyo Electric's Fukushima Dai-Ichi atomic reactor No. 1 may experience a total meltdown. That disaster would be followed by the release of a deadly radioactive death cloud that would drift over the Pacific and poison the people of the U.S. West Coast.

A worried Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesman Yuji Kakizaki warned:“If the fuel rods are melting and this continues, a reactor meltdown is possible,” Kakizaki said.

The Two Faces of Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering differs from the ancient technique of artificial selection in that the manipulation of genetic material occurs in a manner that is totally unnatural.

(SALEM, Ore.) - On one side, the bio-engineering industry promises a utopian world of bountiful food, where sickness and human imperfections are a thing of the past.

Mystery of Two Suns in Chinese Sky Leaves Scientists Puzzled

The phenomena over China is something so rare that science has not had the opportunity to fully investigate its properties.

(CHICAGO) - A rare meteorological event occurring over the Chinese skies has left scientists scratching their heads. Two brilliant suns suddenly appeared in the sky.

One sun, the normal, bright cheerful one that warms the Earth and lights the countryside continued to slide towards the horizon as dusk approached. The other "sun" suddenly flared to life.

Strange, Gigantic Sublunar Chamber Found on Moon

No one really knows, but the consensus of scientific thought is that the chambers, caves and deep holes have been formed mostly by ancient lava domes and flows.

(CHICAGO) - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced the discovery of a "giant underground chamber" not far from the Lunar equator. The mysterious chamber is located in the Oceanus Procellarum region of the Moon.

The gigantic, sublunar cavern was spotted by India's Chandrayaan-1 space probe.

NASA: Small Nuclear War Could Reverse `Global Warming`

Many at NASA still subscribe to the idea of global warming, others point to the fact that the warming trend ended during 2007 and since then the Earth's climate has been gradually cooling.

(CHICAGO) - According to U.S. computer models a regional, limited nuclear war could set-off "unprecedented" worldwide cooling. Rainfall too might be affected.

This is the latest climate theory that owes much to the original promoter of nuclear winter, Dr. Carl Sagan. The pop-culture astronomer and astrophysicist who popularized the idea of a nuclear war thrusting the Earth into an extended Ice Age...

Researchers Discover How Cancer Cheats Immune System

BC Cancer Agency team finds clues in two lymphoma types.

(VANCOUVER, WA.) - BC Cancer Agency scientists have discovered that a single gene, CIITA, is implicated in almost 40 per cent of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphomas (a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and 15 per cent of all Hodgkin lymphoma cases.

The groundbreaking discovery in the international science and medical journal Nature, identifies for the first time a commonly-occurring gene fusion as a cause in primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, and as one of only a handful of times a specific gene has been implicated in the development of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Stem Cell Research Offers Hope for Cancer Cure

Deakin University is among the world's first institutions to exploit the possibilities offered by the latest revelations of the role stem cells play in the proliferation of cancers.

(SALEM, Ore.) - At Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, a conspicuous first has been achieved in the battle against cancer.

A technology leveraging stem cell research has been created which can target cancer in the body, using a chemical 'missile' known as an aptamer that has the inherent ability to deliver drugs to cancerous cells. Aptamers are macromolecules engineered to bind to specific target molecules.

The Enigma of the Giants

The Russians have their Almastis, in the Himalayas it is the 'Yeti', within China it is known as the 'Chaing Mi', there is the 'Mie Tie' of Malaysia, and the 'Kiboornee' of New Guinea...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Society's sphere of influence is like a campfire in the darkness, and we peer beyond the circle of light into the unknown.

Beyond where the roads have ended, and only the brave and curious continue into the shadows of the forest, there are furtive sounds that cannot be explained, and cunning movements we cannot follow.