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• 1 out of 4 breast cancers ‘not life threatening’, says Oz study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Melbourne, Nov 11 (ANI): A new Australian study has suggested that almost one in four invasive breast cancers in women of ages between 50 to 69 years is not fatal.The research has further heated up the question: what part of abnormalities picked up by the mammogram tests can actually threaten life?Epidemiologist Dr ...
  18 hours ago

• A Hunt for Seeds to Save Species, Perhaps by Helping Them Move

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  FLOWERING Native plants like black-eyed Susans are growing in what had been a vacant Chicago lot.
  2 days ago

• Baltimore Woods Native Planting with SOLV

  
  Portland Sentinel — Authority: 144
  Featured Teaser:  volunteers wanted Teaser Image:  When:  12/05/2009 - 9:00am On Dec. 5 Friends of Baltimore Woods and SOLV will ...
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• 15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

  
  Alan Gregory's Conservation News — Authority: 127
  Ouch. It hurts just to read this feature
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• Feral Pigs Invading Allegany State Park

  
  New York Outdoors Blog — Authority: 139
  by Gary Borek via the FLT email list: The DEC has confirmed that feral pigs (wild boar) are invading Allegany State Park. Park Manager Brad Whitcomb is concerned wild hogs could gain a foothold in the park and damage the local ecosystem the way they have in parts of the South. “When they go to the wild they ...
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• Invasive species not so bad?

  
  Denim and Tweed — Authority: 419
  Over on Slate , Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow says some conservation biologists are starting to question the importance of preventing species invasions: Certainly, they say, non-native plants and critters can be terribly destructive—the tree-killing gypsy moth comes to mind. Yet natives such as the Southern Pine Beetle ...
  4 days ago

• Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

  
  The Backyard Arthropod Project — Authority: 106
  This beetle was photographed back in August. I’m not sure whether to classify this as a “found in house” or “found in yard”, because this particular one was hanging out on the doorjam and was most likely trying to get in when it died there. Most summers, we get significant eruptions of them, although [...]
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• Mexico, U.S., Canada to protect wilderness across borders

  
  NatGeo News Watch — Authority: 131
  Canada, Mexico, and the United States have become the first countries to agree formally to cooperate on wilderness conservation measures across a continent, Mexicos President Felipe Calderón announced. Calderón made the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation for Wilderness Conservation ...
  4 days ago

• Florida has had it with these non-native snakes!

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Environmental News Network: Five giant invasive snake species — Burmese pythons, northern and southern African pythons, boa constrictors and anacondas — could endanger some of America’s most important parks and wilderness areas if they are allowed to multiply, according to a report released on by the U.S. ...
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• Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  PHILADELPHIA -- Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis -- the narrowing of the carotid artery -- is associated
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• Save seeds to protect ash trees from the ash borer

  
  Granite Geek — Authority: 134
  Ash seeds The U.S. Department of Agriculture, fearing that the emerald ash borer will be unstoppable, has started a volunteer National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative , for people to collect ash-tree seeds that can be stored at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colo. ...
  5 days ago

• Volunteers Work to Save Ash Trees

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 790
  7.5 billion ash trees are endangered in the United States. (Photo credit Elizabeth Flores, Star Tribune) The culprit is the well-known emerald ash borer , an invasive Asian beetle that first arrived in Michigan seven years ago.  The infestation has spread to Ohio, Canada, and now Minnesota, threatening to do a log ...
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• Invasive Species Tire of Bad Press; Sue

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks ScienceStuff — Authority: 120
  Invasive species are gotten tired of all the bad press and have finally appealed to the U.S. judicial system for respite. Until I read Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow’s “Don’t Sweat the Invasion” post on Slate , I, too, was a hater. In my defense, as an amateur gardener and resident of the South,* it’s hard to like ...
  5 days ago

• Congress weighs ban on importation of pet pythons

  
  NatGeo News Watch — Authority: 131
  Prompt action is needed at the federal level to limit the number of invasive pythons released into the wild, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Deputy Executive Director George Horne said in written testimony to the U.S. Congress today. The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism ...
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• Medtech: Where is the opportunity?

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  The areas of greatest opportunity in medtech are those which have already demonstrated they have plenty of upside, even if a robust number of competitors have already begun targeting them. Areas of the strongest market growth in medical technologies that we are seeing have emerged out of the major segments we have ...
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• An invasive species problem we don’t have: Feral camels!

  
  Granite Geek — Authority: 134
  I can’t find anything local this morning, so let’s go just about as far away as possible*: Central Australia, where the feisty Alice Springs News reports that officials are battling a huge problem with feral camels! They were brought in a century ago in an attempt to replicate the camel trains of the Arabian ...
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• Coronary artery disease: stents, bypass — and plenty of other options

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  Because of the invasive nature of cardiac surgery, medical therapy will always be the preferred treatment protocol favored by many clinicians. To that end, device and pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to explore methods of treating atherosclerosis that will render surgery unnecessary. For instance, researchers ...
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• What Blogging Website Had The Least Invasive Ads For Free-account Users?

  
  Internet Niche Marketing — Authority: 145
  What blogging website had the least invasive ads for free-account users? Or what blogging website is best for someone looking to start a professional literary blog?
  6 days ago

• Poison Ivy, how to control and identify this plant

  
  DIY Network - Home Improvement How-To & Projects : DIY Network — Authority: 158
  I have a lot of respect for Poison Ivy. We have both the ground poison ivy and the type that climbs up the trees.When we fist moved to the property I knew Poison Ivy was here but it didn’t seem to affect me so I didn’t worry about it. But after having several breakouts and [...]
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• Off-Pump Bypass: Technically Challenging, with No Benefit

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  A recent 2,203 patient randomized trial conducted at VA hospitals has revealed that, despite the technical challenges of performing coronary artery bypass grafting procedures "off-pump" — i.e., without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass — and despite the perceived benefits of the procedure, off-pump procedures fare ...
  6 days ago

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