The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...roaching the Medicare years may be bringing a time bomb with them. Half of them have been divorced, and researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that elderly people with divorce in their lives will get less care from their children than people who do not. They are even less likely to get help from their s...Tackling the threat of nuclear terrorism
...plants and reactors to the detonation of a nuclear bomb in an urban area, write the authors. Using computer technology, they have calculated the potential impact of a major nuclear explosion at ground level in New York City. The blast and thermal effects of such an explosion would kill 52,000 people insta...Obesity growing threat to world health
...titutes of Health. "Were looking at a ticking time bomb of chronic disease," LaVelle says, noting that a recent World Health Organization study found that obesity is now estimated to have increased 50 percent over the past seven to ten years. "This rapid change cannot be explained by a lack of personal w...Scientific society recognizes womens contributions to the Manhattan Project
...ons made by women to the development of the atomic bomb in World War II. WHAT: Women scientists of the Manhattan Project Era WHEN: Monday, April 8, 8:05 a.m. WHERE: Orlando Convention Center, Room 209A WHO: Steve Stow, Site Historian, United States Department of Energy Oak Ridge Site, Oak Rid...Exposure to atomic bomb radiation associated with nervous system tumors
...ffects of radiation exposure among Japanese atomic bomb survivors has found that exposure to even moderate...children. Other studies have suggested that atomic bomb radiation exposure is associated with an increased risk of certain nervous system tumors. To measu...UCLA scientists invent search-and-destroy method to flush HIV out of hiding places in body
...ith HIV. "The immunotoxin functions like a smart bomb -- the antibody is the missile guidance system and the toxin is the explosive," Zack said. "When the T-cell switches on and starts expressing virus, the antibody binds to the surface of the T-cell, forcing the toxin into the cell and killing it. Thi...Ecstasy affects memory, new international study shows
...ndicate that users are potentially creating a time bomb of potential cognitive difficulties in later life. "The findings also suggest that ecstasy users who take cannabis are suffering from a 'double whammy' where both their long-term and short-term memory is being impaired." Dr. Rodgers, of the School of...Cancer gene therapy news backgrounder: New ideas fuel next generation gene therapy research
.... One idea is to insert genes into the viral smart bomb that will switch on chemotherapy drugs. This way, a patient could receive an inert form of a chemotherapy drug that would be non-toxic to normal cells, but would be activated by the Delta virus when it spreads in cancer cells. "We would deliver the ......mind," to another that says, "I had a ticking time bomb in my body." While the study found that the ads and brochures referred consumers for additional information to other sources at the company, the researchers noted, "Virtually none referred to secondary sources of information such as a primary-...