Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
...ients aged 75 or over during five heat waves which hit the Veneto Region in Northeast Italy between 2002 and 2003. They found that for each additional day of heat wave duration hospital admissions for disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance, acute renal failure, and heat stroke rose by 16 percent, ...Rutgers professor Bart Krekelberg is named 1 of 20 US Pew Scholars for 2007
...to see clearly, the eye needs to move so light can hit that area, which also is the only area that sees color, and pass that information to the brain. Essentially, its like having a very expensive camera at the center of your eye and a cheaper camera around the rest of your eye, explains Krekelberg. To s...Africa: International volunteer impact small, but significant
...n countries in Southern and Eastern Africa hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, the reliance on international health volunteers, especially doctors, is likely to increase." The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies 36 countries with critical human resource shortages in sub-Saharan Africa. Development work ha...Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
...t satellite have detected the worst floodwaters to hit Britain for 60 years and deadly fires raging throu...in the past three weeks in Italy, with the hardest hit areas being Campania, Abruzzo, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia. Although searing temperatures and tin...New nutritional research: College students face obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome
...her good news is that these nutritional benchmarks hit students at a time and in an environment when theyre susceptible to change. Late adolescence is a great time to impart good health behaviors, says Reilly, noting that most college students are making independent choices about food and activity for ...Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
...the other in 1999, in the whole of the study area, hit be a series of epidemics between 1998 and 2000. Using quarterly censuses carried out since 1983, the researchers collected then analysed data on childrens state of health and vaccine status. They could therefore make comparisons between the differe...New Orleans levee report finished by panel including University of Texas at Austin engineer
...e standard benchmark a major hurricane that would hit an average of every 100 years. Despite the importance of engineering improvements, Gilbert cautioned that fortification steps alone arent enough. It isnt just about improving the reliability of the levees and making them taller, he said. Spendin...Huge waves from 1 storm slam coasts some 6000 km apart
...ncy, no official warning about the huge waves that hit Indonesia were issued. Although the waves that hit Reunion Island were forecasted, their intensity was predicted to be 20 to 30% below measurements, Co...Chinese space agency joins the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'
... invoked on 8 May 2007 after the worst flooding to hit Uruguay for half a century caused the evacuation of 12 000 people in the provinces of Durazno, Treinta y Tres and Mercedes. Charter members provided satellite images, providing key information on the stricken areas....Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
... being outfitted with strong support structures is hit by an earthquake while the scaffolding is still up and construction is underway the whole structure is at risk of collapse. In the case of prematurely born infants, the baby's brain literally does not have the time to tie up its loose ends before ...Huge waves that hit Reunion Island tracked from space
...and intensity." Although waves were forecast to hit Reunion Island, their intensity was predicted to b...relates to a more extreme wind event. The one that hit Saint Pierre, Reunion Island, had a 19-second range and initially originated from very intense storm...Cause of gender differences in blood pressure, kidney damage under study
...urs more rapidly than it does in women, until they hit menopause. I look at our spontaneously hypertensive rats and see the same dichotomy in blood pressure," Dr. Sullivan says of the animal model she studies. "There are also differences in development of renal injury in the human population and chronic...Gender, ethnic differences may hamper eating disorder diagnosis
... problems or brain tumors, before their physicians hit on the right diagnosis." Ethnic differences may also play into the range of symptoms experienced by people with eating disorders. In the second study, Peebles used a Web-based questionnaire to survey a variety of people who visit Web sites that pro...Biofeedback on abnormal mechanics lowers risk for stress fractures, pain under kneecap
...adjust the force with which each of their own feet hit the ground to keep it at or below the line on the screen. With this feedback, all runners immediately were able to modify the hardness of their footstrike to meet the desired level, but all reported that the softer footstrike level did not "feel ...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
...se. People in developing countries will be hardest hit by climate change. But as hurricane Katrina and the 2003 heat wave in Europe have showed us, that does not mean that people in the wealthiest countries will be spared." Tony McMichael, IPCC WG2 Review Editor Chapter 8, "Human Health" (Director, Nat...Study recommends universal newborn screening for cystic fibrosis
...eviously been studied. Cystic Fibrosis screening hit the headlines in November 2006, when it was announced that UK Chancellor Gordon Brown's baby son Fraser had been diagnosed. Babies are routinely screened for the condition in Scotland (since 2003), Wales and Northern Ireland, but this is not yet the ...Northwestern chemists develop new method for synthesizing anti-cancer flavonoids
...l and error in the lab, Scheidt and his colleagues hit upon a catalyst that, when added to other simple materials, produced a complex one-handed molecule like the flavonoids found in nature, with the core structure intact. (They tested 30 to 40 catalysts in different conditions over a period of six month...New asthma inhaler propellant effective, but costlier
...who pay for their own medications will probably be hit hardest by new costs paying on average $26 more per prescription, or $312 more per year but people with prescription benefit plans will likely face higher co-pays as well, according to the review. Additionally, while the new inhalers are just as ...Patient adherence for successful tuberculosis treatment
...t deprived areas, which are often indeed the worst hit by the disease. In spite of the WHO recommendation to administrate the treatment under the direct supervision of health care personnel who play the role of supporter (DOT : Directly observed therapy), more than 10% of patients stop the treatment befo......rd Francis, ESA CryoSat-2 Project Manager said, We hit the ground running with CryoSat-2. After the launch failure we managed to get ourselves organised pretty quickly so that when we got the go-ahead for CryoSat-2 we knew exactly what to do. Our industrial team has made astonishing progress in the last ...