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Keep a Cool Head on Hot, Humid Days to Avoid Heat Stroke

...alling 911," Dr. Heine says, "move the victim to a cooler location, remove heavy clothing, fan the body and wet it down with a cool sponge or cloth, and encourage the individual to drink cool fluids." At the hospital, the patient probably will be given fluids intravenously. The key to beating the heat, of...

Chinese City Turns Off the Air-con

...ditioning units in most public buildings be set no cooler than 26 degrees Celsius. China's demand for energy has soared as its economy has boomed over the past 15 years. Parts of Shanghai suffered power cuts recently and officials fear further failures this summer as the overburdened energy network in Chi...

Australian Grape Glut Dries Up as Drought Bites

...pe growers take advantage of heavier rainfall and cooler climate amid the threat of climate change. Jarrett said there were many unknowns when it came to the impact of global warming on the region which only began seriously producing wine in the late 1980s. "But what we do know is that by 2030-2050 we ...

Preserving Kidneys on a Pump May Promote More Organ Sharing

...nal method of storing and transporting organs in a cooler may lower hospital costs, improve initial organ function, and promote greater use and more sharing of organs, according to new research by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. By placing kidneys on a portable pump, preservation times ca...

Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous From Lakes

...wl. It's a recipe for an algae bloom. In summer, cooler water far below the lake surface traps phosphorus on the lake bottom, where McMahon's previous research suggests that bacterial communities release it in a biological process similar to that which is responsible for enhanced biological phosphorus rem...

IDRI and Chembio to Develop Tests for Leishmaniasis and Leprosy

...The bacillus primarily grows within lesions in the cooler body areas such as the skin, limbs, eyes, and nasal cavity. The damage of the peripheral nerves leads to muscle weakness and atrophy, and numbness or loss of sensitivity to touch and heat in several areas of the skin. Viable leprosy bacilli are trans...

Moon, the Best Place to Assess the Earths Climate Changes

...e of 'global dimming', the phenomenon which led to cooler temperatures on Earth at the time. The dimming is thought to have been caused by an increase in reflective particles in the atmosphere. Based on these results, Huang would like to see further investment in getting instruments to the Moon to monitor...

Wearing Shorts, Sleeveless Clothes Could Make You Prone to Skin Cancer

...ing rising temperatures and going to comparatively cooler cities was not really a way out. "We Delhiites go out of the capital and bask in the sun in cooler cities. But spending time boating, bathing in open ponds and rivers is not good for the skin. Sunray...

Large Fluid Intake Won’t Help to Keep Cool for Marathon Runner

...vealed no evidence that fluid intake makes runners cooler or improves performance.' Dr Byrne and his team monitored a group of male runners taking part in the Singapore Army Half-Marathon, a 21km race that took place in temperatures between 26 and 29 degrees Celsius and 75-90% relative humidity. The night...

Crucial Link Between Body Composition and Cancer Risk

...enic mice were divided and one group was placed in cooler environs and another group, at a warmer place. It was seen that the mice at the cooler place expended more calories with an effort to keep the body warm and had lost weight, as compared o...

Body Composition Is Key Player in Controlling Cancer Risks

...them equal amounts of food. The mice living at the cooler environment needed more energy to regulate their i...o eat as much food as they wished. The mice in the cooler environment ate 30 percent more food than the mice in the warmer environment, indicating they requir...

Brain-child of Natus Medical, “Cool Cap”, Protects Brains of Babies Born With HE

...th hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy may need to get cooler at the top, to protect their brain. Some babies do not get enough// oxygen during birth. Such babies can now be helped with a ‘cool cap’ designed to cool the head and prevent brain damage. This product has been approved by the Food and Drug Administr...

Solar vaccine cooler invented by Indian Scientist

...on of an Indian scientist. SolarChill, a vaccine cooler has been developed by Rajendra Shende under the Un...s Environment Programme (UNEP). This solar vaccine cooler is expected to be of much use especially in rural parts where electricity is in short supply. The ...

One More Victim Succumbs to Dengue in Delhi

...mosquito, experts are hoping the weather will turn cooler to stop the breeding. Across the country, 5,501 confirmed dengue cases were reported while the death toll reached 102. "We are monitoring the situation and additional services are in place," said D.S. Negi, Delhi's health secretary. Among other...

Key component of sunscreen heals sunburn and prevents skin cancer

.... “UVA sunlight is typically associated with the cooler parts of hot summer days, before 10am and after 3pm. “UVA was once thought to have a minor effect on skin damage, but now it is considered to be a major contributor as it penetrates deeper into the skin than UVB. “It is overexposure to UVA that...

Cooling Off As A Treatment Option For Heart And Trauma Patients

...res in the rats' brains they found that rates with cooler brain temperatures were better off than those with warmer ones. That finding has now brought back hypothermia in the limelight. Even the American Heart Association has given the go ahead to use it as a means of controlling cardiac arrest. Two stud...

Evolution influenced by Temperature change

... that when the temperature decreased becoming more cooler the animals increased in size and when the temperature was found to be stable no change in body size of the animals. The researchers do not agree with the change of species or new creature evolution over time but they agree evolution in the form of...

Imported Plants Could Deadly Harbor Mosquitoes, Says Report

...use leading to fears that they might thrive in the cooler climate prevailing in Europe. It was detected by Dutch Plant Sanitary Inspection Service, according to the magazine. It added that a shipment from Southeast China was being inspected by their personnel when mosquitoes swarmed over the inspector. Olaf...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

...erceptin to women with early breast cancer demands cooler heads than have so far prevailed, in politics, in public, and even in medical journals," The Lancet editorial concluded....

Stroke Patients May Benefit By Wearing Cooling Helmets

...ticed that the brain tends to function better in a cooler environment whereas organs like heart function better at normal body temperature. This type of cooling did not require anesthesia. Limited cooling using this novel technique is improvement over previous attempts to cool the brain involved cooling t...

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