NIH funds seven science education partnership awards
...oaden delivery of its MEDMYST project, an episodic adventure series concerning infectious diseases and the microbes that cause them, while Minnesota's Science Museum will produce and tour an exhibition highlighting the emergence of new illnesses such as SARS and Avian flu. Finally, Boston University will expan...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...nsion of the experiment to other locations. This adventure in the healing applications of high-tech communications began with a commitment made by Grasso in the closing years of the 20th century. Technology Integrations for Medical Applications (TIMA) is a privately held New Jersey corporation founded by G...First reported cases of North Asian tick typhus among North Americans
...: "Business, international relief, ecotourism, and adventure attract increasing numbers of travellers to Mongolia, China, and other north Asian republics every year. Travellers and their physicians should suspect this arthropod-borne illness in patients who return from endemic regions with a characteristic syn...Standards of medical care on adventure holidays raise concerns
...ical care and safety provided by tour operators on adventure holidays in remote mountainous regions of the world are called into question in this weeks BMJ. Fionn Bellis, Specialist Registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine, argues that although some companies provide their own medically trained staff, the......emedies using well-tried techniques. The spirit of adventure will not be forgotten at the meeting, since theorganizers have decided to extend the agenda to respiratory problems faced bymountaineers, deepsea divers and astronauts. Whether it is on mountain peaks, onthe deep sea or out in space, what particular ...