Posts Tagged ‘acid’

HONG KONG ACID ATTACK LEADS TO ARREST

Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:04

Police in Hong Kong have arrested a man suspected of carrying out an acid attack that injured 30 people. The man was detained after being spotted on a rooftop near the scene of Saturday's attack on a night market in the Kowloon area, a spokesman said.

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SUSPECT ARRESTED OVER HONG KONG ACID ATTACK

Sunday, January 10, 2010 0:00

Hong Kong police have arrested a man following an acid attack that left 30 people injured, a report said on Sunday, the latest in a string of similar incidents that have terrorised the city. The suspect, who is Chinese and in his 30s, was taken into custody ...

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HEART PATIENTS RECEIVING FOLIC ACID TREATMENT ‘AT INCREASED CANCER, DEATH RISK’

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:31

Heart disease patients who are receiving folic acid and vitamin B12 treatment might be at an increased risk of cancer and death from any cause, suggests a new study. Previous studies have shown inverse associations between folate (a B vitamin) intake and risk of colorectal cancer, although such associations have been ...

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NEW ORDER’S PETER HOOK CURATES HACIENDA ACID HOUSE COMPILATION

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 18:50

Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club, the history of the legendary Manchester venue by former co-owner and New Order/Joy Division bassist Peter Hook, will be published October 5 by Simon & Schuster. That juicy-looking book will have something of a musical accompaniment, as Hook himself has curated a badass-looking ...

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CORRECTION: FOLIC ACID

Thursday, September 3, 2009 10:46

In “On the Pill” (August 29th) we attribute the work on folic acid which the article describes to Steven Bailey and Bruce Ames. Dr Ames edited the scientific paper in which the original study was published, but he was not directly involved in the research. Dr Bailey’s actual colleague was ...

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FOLIC ACID: ON THE PILL

Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:44

Fortification programmes may lead to overconsumption of folic acidCorrection to this articleMOST people who seek to lead a healthy lifestyle know that they should eat an array of fruits and vegetables every day. But when good intentions go awry, or just as an insurance policy, there are always vitamin pills. ...

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‘HEALTHY’ FAT COULD LEAD TO BOWEL DISEASE

Friday, July 24, 2009 6:35

Consuming too much of polyunsaturated fat could lead to inflammatory bowel disease, according to a new study. Scientists believe that a high intake of linoleic acid may be implicated in a third of ulcerative colitis cases. Linoleic acid is a naturally occurring essential fatty acid, present in a variety of foods, including ...

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DAN DEACON ON THE “DRINKING OUT OF CUPS” VIDEO: “I HAVE NEVER DONE ACID”

Monday, July 13, 2009 13:36

Hey Dan Deacon! If you're going to make a video in which a CGI lizard with a thick Long Island accent bitches about random objects that float by, you're going to have to deal people thinking you're on acid. Even if you're not, it's kind of ...

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