Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
... accumulate in enclosed areas, such as underground mines and homes. The initial link between radon exposure and lung cancer had been derived from studies of underground miners, who are exposed at much higher levels to the radioactive gas, and from animal and in vitro studies. Some previous case-control st...Risk of tuberculosis doubles in first year of HIV infection
...explained that several characteristics of the gold mines greatly facilitated their research: a very high in...treatment programs. The unique setting of the gold mines also provides a caveat: because the study population was not diverse and was characterized by unusua...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...ction using time-reversed acoustics, which locates mines by aiming sound waves at the ground and generating reversed versions of the rebounded sound waves to pinpoint a mine's location (1aPAb8, Alexander Sutin, Stevens Institute of Technology, asutin@stevens.edu ). BETTER OPERA HALLS WITH COMPUTERS Impr...Rare disease endemic in South America is model for studying autoimmunity
A group of men living amid the gold mines and disappearing jungles of northeastern Colombia, is giving a Medical College of Georgia scientist unprecedented access to study how the wrong combination of genetics and environment cause the body to turn on itself. Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arth...UCSD professor explains how elephants are able to snorkel
...est. They live at sea level and commute to copper mines located above 15,000 feet. The high altitude exposure has impaired the miners' sleep quality, mental performance, productivity and general well-being. West has a strong commitment to teaching and his book "Respiratory Physiology - The Essentials" h...Cranfield joins the UN fight against land mines
...artment for International Development (DFID). Land mines are currently buried in more than 70 countries worldwide and claim around 1250 new victims each month. Much effort has been focused on trying to find a technical solution to the problem. However, such a breakthrough is unlikely in the foreseeable fu...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
... Problems in converting radon risks from mines to homes were underscored by the committee. Miners inhale many other substances on the job, making it difficult to separate the effects of radon from other factors that may influence lung cancer rates. Moreover, the miner population studied was all...