High levels of blindness in southern Sudan following years of war
...AFE: surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental change. The authors call for its urgent implementation in southern Sudan. The surveys are also discussed in two Perspective articles in the same issue of PLoS Medicine. One article discusses the possibility that the methods used in these (and other...Obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors
...alone will fail to halt this obesity epidemic, and environmental changes (physical, food, and fiscal policy) are urgently needed. They believe that prevention is the only economic long term solution to the problem and recommend that: The food industry needs to take more responsibility for preventing obesit...Research offers hope for alcoholics
...stigating how different experimental paradigms and environmental situations impact on the Orexin system, which will hopefully pinpoint therapeutic drug targets," Dr Lawrence said. "Before a therapeutic Orexin-blocking drug can be developed, we need to ensure that it will be safe to use in the long-term and that ...Climate experts search for answers in the oceans
...t of carbon in the atmosphere and are sensitive to environmental changes, it is important to monitor and model them into calculations of future climate change," Prof. Emeritus Andre Morel at the French Observatoire Ocanolgique de Villefranche explained. "The risk is that we may find the warming of the sea and the ...Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Symposium features national healthcare leaders
...care. "We want to define the unique intrinsic and environmental characteristics that predict disease risk for individuals, then work to define and maintain health rather than focus our efforts on treating disease." Johns will lead the symposium. Distinguished speakers include Robert J. Gillies, professor of bio...Breastfeeding overcomes a genetic tendency toward ear infections, scientists discover
...x relationship with specific infectious agents and environmental factors such as exposure to cigarette smoke and br...eding." By contrast, the group found that another environmental factor exposure to cigarette smoke increased vulnerability to otitis media in children with the TN...Consumers neutral on risks, benefits of nano
... to become more aware of nanotechnology's risks as environmental health and safety research is completed and as nanomaterials find their way into more products. What remains to be seen is whether the public's budding perceptions of the benefits of nanotechnology will also grow, he said. "We propose that academic...Exposures to the insecticide chlorpyrifos in pregnancy adversely affect child development
...s Environmental Health noted that, "By identifying environmental exposures that adversely effect fetal development ...ors and exposure to tobacco smoke, lead, and other environmental contaminants....Math model predicts cancer behavior
...tach from its neighbors. The investigators set the environmental conditions: these include the oxygen and nutrient ...redicted." The current model predicts that in mild environmental conditions imagine a lush rainforest, Quaranta said many cell types co-exist and the tumor shape i...Binghamton University researchers ready nanotechnology innovations for market
...ght, flexible electronics could form the basis for environmental sensors. They could also enable a new, less-expensive generation of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, which manufacturers will embed in product packaging to help retailers manage inventory. Today, though, manufacturers that are developing ......l molecules. The same method is also applicable to environmental monitoring."...U-M researchers use nanoparticles to target brain cancer
...ncology at the U-M Medical School and professor of environmental health sciences at the School of Public Health. Treating brain tumors is traditionally difficult because of the blood-brain barrier, which prevents harmful substances from traveling through the bloodstream into the brain. In order for chemotherapy...ICON issues survey of nanotechnology practices
...t are smaller than living cells may pose specific environmental and health risks for workers. In response, compani... of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) that includes environmental scientists, sociologists, and corporate environmental management experts and anthropologists. "Thi...ESSP launches project on the effects of global environmental change on human health
...identify and quantify health risks posed by global environmental change, and develop adaptation strategies that are...ial bottom-line indicator of the impacts of global environmental change on human societies," said Anthony McMichael, co-chair of the new project. "Our project's chal...Conference session highlights importance of interdisciplinary approach to Earth system science
... Systems (GECAFS) project. Her research focuses on environmental change and policy, including climate change and it...al causes and consequences of land-use change, and environmental management in the context of globalization. Tony McMichael will present 'Issues and Research Needs...Global Environmental Change and Human Health: New project launched at GEC Conference in Beijing
...tion and study of the relationships between global environmental change (GEC) and human health, and of the ways in which social institutions and processes modulate those relationships. Ecosystem disruptions, species extinctions, degradation of food-producing systems, the perturbation of cycling of elements and nut...ALTRAN -- Ecobuilding Performance Forum
...o-innovating" concepts based on future technology, environmental issues and client needs. ALTRAN will demonstrat...using authorities to discuss economic solutions to environmental issues. ALTRAN will also give participants the chance to vote for one of their "Ecodesign" projects,...Younger African American women at significantly higher risk for breast cancer
...ence among African-American women and white women, environmental factors are strong candidates, according to Dr. Davis. In particular, certain hormone-mimicking compounds, such as bisphenol A, a widely used plasticizer, and preservatives, called parabens, that are frequently used in personal care products, includi...Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
...rable influences attributable to genetic and early environmental factors, our results suggest biological mechanisms that mediate the relationship between emotional instability and chronic fatigue. Likely candidates are those genes related to neurotransmission that have been implicated in depression and emotional ...Soot from wood stoves in developing world impacts global warming more than expected
...tmosphere each year, she said. In addition to its environmental effects, smoke from cook stove fires is a major ca...ng to Roden. To get a more accurate measure of the environmental impact of these stoves, Roden and Bond developed a portable battery-operated sampling cart, which in...