Waterlogged Midwest a hotbed for mosquitoes

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Watermelon may juice up sex drive

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Panel urges stricter diabetes drug testing

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Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales (AP)

AP - Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend.

Haywire brain chemical linked to sudden baby death (AP)

AP - Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies — sudden infant death syndrome.

Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs (AP)

• Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities

  A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot. But scientists have found the opposite is true. In a study with wide implications for a longstanding debate over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, zoologists have found that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system abnormalities than toads near farms -- where some individual animals had both testes and ovaries.

• Bone Marrow Alternative: Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord May Be Used To Treat Hepatic Diseases

  Researchers from the Universities of Granada and LeĂłn have shown that mononuclear blood cells from human umbilical cord can be an effective alternative to bone marrow. This work, to be published in the journal Cell Transplantation, could potentially mean a great advance in regenerative hepatic medicine.

• Mercury's Surface Dominated By Volcanism And Iron-deficiency

  Multispectral data on the composition of rock untis of the surface of Mercury show a widespread role for volcanism and an apparent deficiency in iron in the rocks' minerals.

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