Doctor Shortage in St Helens Hospital

The increasing shortage of doctors in St Helens Hospital, Tasmania have been blamed on issues within the north-east Tasmanian practice//. Excessive workload was the reason given by most doctors for quitting. According to Government health adviser Dr George Cerchez there have been mo...

Some Iraq War Vets Suffer Breathing Problems

...r mine fire near Mosul set off the largest man-made release of sulfur dioxide in history, 100 times greater than that from the eruption of Mount Saint helens in Washington state in 1980, according to background information for the study. Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein, director of the Florida Poison Information C...

Iraq war service: A risk factor for bronchiolitis?

... it a combat-related event. It was the largest ever man-made release of sulfur dioxide and was 100 times greater than the release from the Mount Saint helens volcanic eruption. Air samples collected by the U.S. Army confirmed that sulfur dioxide levels in the area were at toxic levels, said Dr. Miller. The...

Helens in Biological News

Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines

...of the journal Geophysical Research Letters , a publication of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Matoza measured infrasonic sound from Mount St. helens in Washington State and Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador, both of which are highly active volcanoes close to large population centers. "We hypothesi...