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Nephrologists Reassess Disaster Response Strategies

...have been in the spotlight especially after recent calamities like the hurricane Katrina . According to kidney specialists, well planned crisis management strategies are need of the hour, so that patients with end-stage renal failure undergoing regular dialysis are not in dire straits due to interruptions cause...

World Environment Day (International Polar Year)

... stated that increase in the strength of natural calamities like hurricanes and cyclones since the 70's "more likely than not can be attributed to man-made global warming." On the melting of the polar ice caps and its effect on rising sea levels,the panel projects a further rise of 4-8 inches to the alre...

Pakistan and UN Agree On New Quake Recovery Plan

...ning reconstruction of houses destroyed by natural calamities would form a part of the new plan. The estimated budget needed for implementation of the reconstruction programme has been projected to be of the order of $2.5 billion. An amount of $700 millions has already been sanctioned by the Asian Developme...

Female Foetus Can Survive More Stress

...ed by disasters like earthquakes and other natural calamities including severe famine.// The ones that manage to survive will have a longer life than average, according to a study conducted by researchers belonging to the University of California. Female foetuses are generally stronger than that of males. Mo...

Stress response increases suicide risk

... respond to major stressors - like war and natural calamities with a full-blown crisis known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) where there is emotional numbness, panic and anxiety. And even lesser stressful events, like having an operation, can precipitate PTSD in some people.// Researchers at the Cali...

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