Evacuation not automatically best for health during chemical incidents
...not always be appropriate. Other factors such as weather conditions, how the fire is being managed by emergency services, or the type of fire itself may make evacuation more appropriate....FDA approves new indication for Topamax as initial monotherapy for adults and children with epilepsy
...ohidrosis and hyperthermiaoccurs most often in hot weather and in children; cognitive/psychiatric side effects, including somnolence and fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and psychiatric/behavioral disturbances; hyperammonemia with or without encephalopathyassociated with the concomitant use of valproic acid; ...Ways to detect, thwart terrorist acts scrutinized during ACS national meeting
... nerve agents, assess radiation levels and monitor weather conditions. Information provided by the sensors could help law enforcement officers track down terrorists before they strike or help officials successfully conduct evacuations and clean-up if an attack occurs. Patrick French of ADA Technologies is th...Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft
...formation will help spacecraft operators and space weather forecasters who must predict when satellites and missions are most at risk from radiation events allowing them to take measures to protect instruments and systems from damage, and astronauts from risks to their health."...Researchers link childhood asthma to exposure to traffic-related pollution
...levels at each child's home using models that take weather conditions, vehicle counts and other important factors into account. In all, 31 children (15 percent) had asthma. Scientists found a link between asthma prevalence in the children and NO2 levels at their homes. For each increase of 5.7 parts per bi...Polar explorer delivers rare snow-depth data to ESA for CryoSat validation
...Along the way, the expedition team deployed mobile weather stations to transmit meteorological data, and collected a valuable set of snow depth measurements following a protocol that had been developed with ESA. "While snow depth information holds the key to producing accurate maps of ice-thickness change ...Heart failure patients have impaired cooling response, UT Southwestern researchers find
...e with heart failure to take special care when the weather is hot, said Dr. Benjamin Levine, professor of int...re at great risk for having complications when the weather gets hot," said Dr. Levine, director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, a col...Heat dangers forgotten in the battle against air pollution
...g wrongly blamed for many of the deaths during hot weather spells, finds a new UCL (University College London...ore basic health message of 'staying cool when the weather is hot' may be being forgotten. The study, published online in the journal Environmental Research, m...ICSU pursues new initiative that challenges science to do more to prevent natural disasters
... to 2800 per decade, with most of the events being weather related. The report notes that natural hazards now kill, injure or displace millions each year and cause great economic loss. In 2004 natural disasters caused US$140 billion in damage. Events in 2005 are, unfortunately, likely to dwarf that number. ...CHEST 2005 abstract highlights
...laint that respiratory symptoms get worse when the weather changes. CARDIOVASCULAR Aspirin May Not Be Best Following Heart Surgery (Poster 240, Exhibit Hall, Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM) While aspirin therapy within 24 hours of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) is stan...Study shows escalating climate change impacts
... West Nile virus, Lyme disease and asthma; extreme weather events such as heat waves and floods; and ecosyste...ch case. The study shows that warming and extreme weather affect the breeding and range of disease vectors such as mosquitoes responsible for malaria, which c......causes common colds to be seasonal. When the cold weather comes we wrap ourselves up in winter coats to keep warm but our nose is directly exposed to the cold air. Cooling of the nose slows down clearance of viruses from the nose and slows down the white cells that fight infection. Mothers can now be conf...Air in Fallon, Nev. has elevated levels of tungsten and cobalt
...also analyzed wind speed and direction data from a weather station in Fallon, because wind speed and direction can affect the amount of dust in the air. The team found that compared with the other towns, Fallon's air had significantly more tungsten, and sometimes also cobalt. All five towns were similar for ...Sweat is good indicator heart attack may be coming
Sweating during physical activity or in hot weather is healthy. But when individuals begin perspiring while experiencing discomfort in their chest, arm, neck or jaw -- with little or no exertion -- it could be the onset of a heart attack, according to a new study at the University of Illinois at Chica...Scientists use new techniques to narrow down impact of global warming on specific regions
...of East Anglia, narrowed down evidence of changing weather patterns to predict the occurrence of floods, heat...atistics will help determine the chance of extreme weather in certain areas, taking into account local topography, enabling local populations to prepare for an...Children with heart defects found to benefit from exercise
...s motivated, and sessions were moved outdoors when weather permitted. "One game they particularly enjoyed was 'punch the doctor,'" says Rhodes, referring to a game in which children threw punches at pieces of matting. "A lot of the kids were timid in the beginning, but they were really moving by the end. Bei...Mountainous plateau creates ozone 'halo' around Tibet
... avid mountaineer, was initially interested in how weather changes at high altitude can have a medical impact...tan in the autumn of 2004 while collecting data on weather and atmospheric changes. He measured the levels of ozone between 3,000 and 5,000 metres above sea le...MSG-2 will advance long-term monitoring of Earth's energy balance
...ellite images continue to be available to European weather forecasters well into the next decade. It also mar...ent measuring the available energy that drives the weather as a whole, and helping to establish how much the Earth is heating up. MSG-2's main instrument is t...MSG-2 in position for tonight's launch
Europe's latest weather satellite has been successfully rolled-out to its ...anged since the introduction of satellite data for weather forecasting in 1977. EUMETSAT has worked with ESA therefore to develop a second generation of satell......of the weekends suggested no confounding effect of weather conditions. "We observed a significant fall in the numbers of attendees to the emergency department on the weekends that the two most recent Harry Potter books were released," say the authors. Both these weekends were in mid-summer with good weather,...