Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...e. It begins with a train derailment, and then the situation gets worse. Train wagons of fuel begin to burn, the fire spreading to pressurised tanks of liquefied gas until one of them explodes violently, even as a passenger train is stopped nearby. Secondary fires reach wagons of hazardous chemicals giving ris...Independent voice rises to help consumers navigate health care
... high, for example, the counselor might review the situation and determine that coverage was correct according to the plan's rules," he added. "The problem may not have been resolved, but the consumer was assured that the share of cost was correct. Counselors also may provide referrals." Interestingly, while a...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...e that can be used to determine if a woman in this situation could benefit from extra emotional support. "When a woman becomes pregnant after a loss, that pregnancy is a very different experience," says Cote-Arsenault, "but the care she receives isn't necessarily different. These women are in a very different...MR spectroscopy may be superior for determining prostate cancer prognosis
...has already spread beyond the prostate, since that situation requires other therapeutic approaches such a chemotherapy or drugs that block testosterone's action. Although MR spectroscopy has been used for many years to measure the chemical composition of materials, including biological samples, it has not be...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 19, 2005
...edia and with lawmakers and regulators to create a situation where the public good will prevail," they say....Access to mammography may worsen
...ing and diagnostic services to the public, and the situation may get worse, according to a study published in the May issue of the journal Radiology. "If we do not address the issues causing the staffing shortage, more facilities will close and screening will become more centralized, perhaps making screening ...Officials simulate bioterrorist attack to test APL-developed disease surveillance
...orities. (The scenario was based on a hypothetical situation and was not intended as a forecast of future events.) "This is giving us an opportunity to see, in real time, how health data are provided under this framework to different people to support a decision-making process that turns into action, and to ...Journal study suggests many glaucoma patients don't take medication properly
...rg," added Dr. Robin. "It becomes a life-and-death situation for doctors to educate and motivate their patients on their therapy and with glaucoma; this may lead to visual disability and blindness." Dr. Robin's study suggests that eye diseases including glaucoma are one of the five conditions at the bottom of ...Exercise training in ordinary people affects the activity of 500 genes
... between the effects of endurance training and the situation in patients with Duchenne's muscle dystrophy, a muscle wasting disease. Most of the muscle genes previously claimed to be specific for Duchenne were also activated with endurance training. Maybe the musculature in Duchenne patients strive to adapt in...Health geography study finds health care resources distributed unevenly in Kansas
...they get sick in the middle of the night. And, the situation doesn't get better when the sun comes up. A rural resident is likely to drive three hours or more to reach the nearest medical facility. An urban resident likewise will travel hours to the nearest doctor or clinic, albeit by public transportation. De...Study: Americans willing to pay more for greater vaccine coverage
...f the study, participants were asked to consider a situation in which they were employed and offered a health plan as a benefit, which would be the only source of health insurance coverage for them and their families. Plan premiums were $45 per month for individuals and $179 per month for families, and study p...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
... without any expectation of a reward. Only in this situation would the egg donation be ethical. In order for all egg donors to receive these protections, Magnus and Cho suggest several solutions. Institutional review boards need a set of guidelines to help them judge the consent process, and journals that publ...World Bank and IMF preventing transfer of foreign aid to HIV/AIDS programmes
... must be cut from the budget. The authors use the situation in Uganda as an example of the effect of expenditure ceilings. In September 2004, the IMF claimed no funds for HIV/AIDS projects had been rejected by Uganda because of expenditure limitations, while conceding that only US$18.6 million of the $201 mil...The anatomy of sarcasm: Researchers reveal how the brain handles this complex communication
...meaning with the social/emotional knowledge of the situation and previous situations, helping the listener determine the true meaning. Shamay-Tsoory says, "A lesion in each region in the network can impair sarcasm, because if someone has a problem understanding a social situation, he or she may fail to unders...Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
...d, there's something wrong in their lives, and the situation that's causing the depression needs to be addressed," Hammen said. "Kids often get depressed because bad things happen to them that they don't have the coping skills to deal with." Women are especially at increased risk for depression from stress fa...High cost of malpractice insurance threatens supply of ob/gyns, especially in some urban areas
...lly significant, this result could hint at a worse situation in meeting the ob/gyn needs in these areas. Malpractice insurance premiums vary widely from state to state. Florida is the highest-premium state, with an average 2004 premium of more than $195,000, followed by Nevada, Michigan, the District of Columb...Loyola employs high-tech software to target irregular heartbeat more accurately
...onary veins. The new technology works best in this situation because it helps us identify the margins of the pulmonary vein more clearly. This helps to improve accuracy and reduce procedure time. In addition, the CT picture of the heart provides unparalleled details of anatomy. These detailed pictures can be ...Benefits of continuous NSAID use in ankylosing spondylitis
...e processes in AS, which may be different from the situation in rheumatoid arthritis. And NSAIDs, generally considered symptom modifiers, may have unexplored disease-controlling properties. "We conclude that a strategy of continuous use of NSAIDs decreases the radiographic progression in patients with AS w...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, June 7, 2005
...ring saline bags and reusing syringes in the study situation "egregious" and the failure of the hospital (in which the for-profit clinic was located) to report early suspected cases to the state health department or to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "unconscionable" (Editorial, p. 861). The edi...Research: Noise, visual cues affect infants' language development
...e to see something along with the audio in a noisy situation plays an important part in infants' language development. Now, more research is needed to evaluate how much infants rely on their vision to supplement their hearing when learning a new language. For example, I am interested in knowing if infants use ...