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OPEN WIDE Swedish company Medi Team has produced a gel, called
Carisolv, which has the ability to painlessly dissolve dental
caries in seconds without affecting the healthy part of the
tooth.
DON'T INHALE Nicotine junkies could pop a pill to overcome their
dependence. A medicine is to be developed by researchers at the
Pasteur Institute in Paris, who have found which component of
the brain leads to addiction.
HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU Wine lovers can drink a toast to
researchers in Texas, who found that imbibers are 20% less
likely to develop age-related blindness than abstainers.
Sources: New Scientist; Nature; Journal of the American
Geriatrics Society
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BREATHING DIFFICULTIES One in three of Britain's children is an
asthma sufferer. The incidence of asthma among 16-year-olds has
risen by 70% over a 12-year period, with country dwellers
suffering more than their city cousins.
TAINTED WATER Outbreaks of cholera are spreading through East
Africa. Above average rainfall has contributed to onsets of the
disease in Nairobi, Zanzibar and Kampala.
GOING DUTCH An epidemic of whooping cough has swept the
Netherlands despite a vaccination rate of 96%. Health
authorities hope an improved vaccine will help.
Sources: British Medical Journal, 1 & 3; World Health
Organization
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