New Orleans levee report finished by panel including University of Texas at Austin engineer
... ... Dr. Robert Gilbert, the risk expert on the ASCE panel and a civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, n...Post-traumatic stress disorder 10 times higher in New Orleans than in the general public
... In a paper to be presented at the 2007 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, Professor Lisa D. Mills, MD, Director, Section of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound, Louisiana State University at New Orleans, will show that PTSD was diagnosed in over 38% of the people who ca...New Orleans 'toxic soup' a less serious problem than initially believed
... That's the bottom-line message from dozens of scientific papers scheduled for presentation at a four-day symposium that opened here today at the American Chemical Society's national meeting, according to symposium organizer Ruth A. Hathaway. Entitled "Recovery From and Prevention of Natural Disasters," it is one of the key themes for the meeti...UCLA leads national effort to address New Orleans' mental health needs
... "There has rightfully been a lot of attention on ensuring that the people of New Orleans have safety, shelter, food and medicine, but in addition to issues of survival, many people in New Orleans in response to Katrina have very serious mental disorders as well as severe emotional distress," said Mays, director...Swamped city: New Orleans and nature
At least once every hurricane season, the city of New Orleans finds itself in the national spotlight. Each time a major Gulf hurricane edges its way toward the mouth of the Mississippi, media from around the country descend on the city to capture footage of residents boarding up, packing up and preparing to face off against the worst nature has to offer. ... Indeed, such scenes have played out...ARRS annual meeting on May 15-20, 2005, in New Orleans, LA: Abstract book available
The American Roentgen Ray Society has recently published the abstract book for its Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, on May 15-20, 2005. It features abstracts on the latest radiology research that will be debuted at the Annual Meeting. If you are a journalist and you'd like a copy mailed to you, please contact Jason Ocker at www.arrs.org<...