Listening to MP3s During Lightning Could Be Disastrous to Your Brains

Listening to MP3s in a storm can literally blow your brains out as one man in Vancouver, Canada, found it out the hard way . Most people who are struck by lightning are not hit directly, but get a "side flash" when the electric discharge jumps from the object that was hit. In 2006, t...

Expressing Growing Concern, THCA Urges Texas Congressional Delegation to Protect Seniors' Medicare-Funded Nursing Home Care as Health Reform Debate Proceeds

...ing concern that the cumulative size of funding cuts to Medicare-financed nursing home care as part of ongoing health reform negotiations could have a disastrous impact on the Texas Medicaid program - and the Texas seniors who depend upon it for their vital care - the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) today ...

Prevent Disaster with New Low Cost Temperature Scan Wireless Monitoring System

... immediate alerts are sent to the appropriate persons. Proactively monitoring is always the best approach to protecting a business from the disastrous consequences of equipment failures. It also is a great way to ensure compliance with regulations and any standard operating procedures by automating ...

Community Oncologists and Patients Stand Up for Cancer Care on Capitol Hill

...e & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. A variety of new provisions scheduled to begin January 1, 2010 will prove disastrous to cancer care unless Congress acts to overturn the cuts, including a 21.5% cut in payments to all physicians as well as an additional 6% cut ...

Computer modeling shows strategies to rein in epidemics need to be retooled for rural populations

... An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buse...ks. A group of Kansas State University engineers is finding that a truly disastrous epidemic scenario could also take place in the wide-open spaces of the Grea...

Strategies to Rein in Epidemics Need to be Retooled for Rural Populations, Say K-State Engineers Using Computers to Model Disease Outbreaks in Rural Areas

...-USNewswire/ -- An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buse... A group of Kansas State University engineers is finding that a truly disastrous epidemic scenario could also take place in the wide-open spaces of the Grea...

New Organization Formed To Save Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers

...nded to include 70 other areas throughout the country. CMS will begin soliciting bids from suppliers this summer. This policy will likely have a disastrous effect on patients who are forced to use suppliers far from where they live and will reduce the number of suppliers capable of serving Medicare in bid...

Swine Flu: A Spread Southward Could Be Disaster for Weak Public Health Systems

...wswire/ -- A potential spread of swine flu to developing countries without adequate means to track the outbreak or to treat those infected could prove disastrous for communities in Central America and elsewhere, humanitarian agency World Vision warned today. A lack of access to basic, primary health care ...

Research Shows that Weekend Binge Drinking Can Lead to Parents Drink Driving - Warns the Linwood Group

...lves that this is healthier for them or their families. "Short periods of heavy consumption, followed by longer periods of abstinence, can have a disastrous effect on blood sugar levels, putting the body under tremendous strain," she says. The message is clear: if you're a mum or dad who finds an ...

American Association for Homecare Applauds President Obama's Plan to Aid Small Businesses

...e providers from serving Medicare's seniors. As predicted by the American Association for Homecare, the program had a negative impact on patients and disastrous results for the thousands of local providers -- mostly small businesses -- that were excluded from Medicare as a result of the first round of bidding....

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New Weight Loss Hope for People with Diabetes

... loss, can be extremely beneficial in helping people with Type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, maintain good health and avoid some of the disastrous consequences of the disease. For people with Type 2 diabetes who have struggled to lose weight in the past, NutriSystem D is finally the solution they...

IR BioSciences Announces Promising Data from Study of Its Compound Homspera

...on the virus currently exhibiting mortality in infected humans of approximately 50%, can trigger a rapid global spread of highly pathogenic virus with disastrous consequences. Vaccines against avian influenza are not available in volumes needed to inoculate a significant percentage of the world's populatio...

Avian (Bird) Flu: Is There a Role for Rapid Tests?

...ts out that a negative result on a rapid test does not rule out avian flu infection. Obviously, failure to detect even one infected person could have disastrous public health consequences. For areas where avian flu is confirmed or suspected, any patient who meets the WHO case definition must have confirmatory...

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Compartment syndrome

...y repetitive activities, ... Identify signs and symptoms of compartment . syndrome . – Segment 1 ... Acute compartment syndrome can be have. disastrous consequences, including paralysis, ... Patients with exercise induced compartment syndrome may require surgery, called ... Exercise-induced ...

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Portable kit may 1 day detect plant disease before disastrous outbreak

COLLEGE STATION This science may literally be outside the box: A briefcase-sized kit is carried to a field where thousands of tons of food are growing. The search is for microorganisms that could infect and kill the plants, wreaking havoc on the food supply and market. If the equipment in the ...

Public Policy Center hosts flood symposium March 10-12

...Public Policy Center is hosting a lecture and symposium Tuesday, March 10, through Thursday, March 12, offering opportunities to better understand the disastrous floods of summer 2008. "Living With Floods: From Science to Policy" is the topic of this symposium in The Forkenbrock Series on Public Policy. Nati...

Tracking the molecular pathway to mixed-lineage leukemia

...t initiate blood cell production). It seems that when the MLL-AF4 protein interacts with these genes, it forces them into a hyperactive state, with disastrous consequences. "The MLL-AF4 fusion protein is somehow targeted to a set of genes that essentially hijacks the blood stem cell machinery and makes th...

11,000 alien species invade Europe

...age agriculture, forestry or human health. The lack of knowledge has contributed to inaction in many European countries which is becoming increasingly disastrous for Europe's biodiversity, health and economy. Why do we need the information? Alien species may have a profound impact on the environment and ...

In a last 'stronghold' for endangered chimpanzees, survey finds drastic decline

...ly threatened by poaching activities, Boesch said. External financial support in that park is scheduled to end in 2010, a move that will probably have disastrous consequences for the last vestiges of chimpanzees in Cte d'Ivoire. "The comparisons between the results within national parks in Cte d'Ivoire and c...

Looming tropical disaster needs urgent action

... A major review by University of Adelaide researchers shows that the world is losing the battle over tropical habitat loss with potentially disastrous implications for biodiversity and human well-being. Published online today in the Ecological Society of America's journal Frontiers in Ecology and...

Queen's marine biologist investigates aliens beneath the waves

...es is taking place around our shores. "Many marine aliens have left their natural enemies behind and may compete with native species with potentially disastrous consequences for aquaculture, tourism and other marine activities. "But we can all do our bit for biosecurity - anyone who has a boat or who visits ...

Hatchery fish outnumber wild chinook salmon in troubled fall run

...'s fall-run chinook salmon population, while the vast majority of the fish come from hatcheries. The findings are especially troubling in light of the disastrous decline in the population this year, which will probably force the closure of the 2008 season for commercial and recreational salmon fishing. The ...

UBC scientist invokes future generations to save tuna populations from collapse

...tanford University, the University of New Hampshire and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) say warning signs are clear that tuna stocks are on the brink of disastrous decline. At its peak in 1968, cod fisheries in Atlantic Canada provided US$1.4 billion in revenues, says Sumaila. By 2004, they delivered only US$1...

New threat to Lake Victoria?

... non-native water hyacinth, and accelerated global warming as the dried papyrus and its peat are burned to claim land for agriculture, duplicating the disastrous forest and peat fires in Indonesia. In the authors view, the future of Lake Victoria and its people is very closely related to the future of its pa...

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VaxGen Issues Rebuttal to MedCap Letter

...timistic regarding the vote" and that Dr. Seiler further states: "We think a shareholder vote to reject the merger with Raven would represent a fairly disastrous outcome for VaxGen and would view it as a clear signal to sell VaxGen shares." ISS Recommendations The text of ISS' recommendation on the VaxGen-R...