Norway researchers have discovered an association between sleep problems and fibromyalgia in women. Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal pain that affects more than 5 million people over 18 in the United Stated. They found that there is a strong connection between sleep problems and Fibromyalgia and that when a women has sleep problems she is more likely to get Fibromyalgia. This may be the reason why Fibromyalgia is more common in middle aged woman than in young women. I found it interesting that sleep can effect your muscles.

Scientists used silibin, one of the main components of milk thistle, to remove the lung cancer cells in mice. This experiment was a success! Milk thistle may turn out to be as if not more effective than ‘ best treatments. Milk thistle works by stopping chains of infected cells from gaining more cells and there are no harmful side effects. What i found most interesting about this article is that they found a new use for milk thistle. It has been used for over 2,000 years but usually for treating the liver and the gallbladder. I am very glad that they have found a potential treatment for lung cancer.

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Scientists Determine Alternative Insecticide Dramatically Reduces Malaria Transmission

Date: Oct. 5, 2011

Summary (8-10 sentences):

Benin’s Entomologic Research Center with the effects of bug repellent in homes. They applied insecticide on the walls of 350,000 different homes. None of the residents were infected with malaria. Only a few of the mosquitoes were even carrying the disease. Their experiment showed that the spray was a success! For all of the areas that got sprayed, the infected bites went down 94% during their study. In conclusion, Benin’s Entomologic Research Center found a new way to keep malaria from entering a person’s home. This technique could be very useful and save many lives.

What you liked and why:

I liked that this experiment could save so many lives. Malaria is a very deadly disease and now there is a more effective way to prevent it. With this bug repellent spray the chances that a person will get a bite are very slim. In Africa malaria kills thousands of people each year and this spray will keep thousands from even getting malaria.