Stormy days ahead for coral reefs
The increasing violence of storms under global climate change will have major effects on coral reefs ?and has important implications for their future management. A scientific team from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) at James Cook University has produced the world's first engineering model to predict how much damage a reef is likely to suffer when confronted wi...The I of the storm: iPhones, iPains, and iProblems
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The two weeks before any DEMO Conference are a calm before the storm. The plans are set, the program is in place. The next 13 days will be spent in quiet preparations by a group of outstanding companies about to bring exciting products to market. As executive producer of the event, I'm bound by the rules that hold all of these product announcements confidential until their unveiling at t...MMR Triple Vaccine Caught In the Eye of a Storm
MMR Triple Vaccine has found prominence again, for the wrong reasons. Blaming the government of apathy over the MMR vaccine, Dr Peter Fletcher, who // held the post of Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health, has accused the government of not examining the risks of MMR triple vaccine adequately, despite a lurking fear of autism, as a probable side effect. According to him, if thi...Brainstorming session for Bihar legislators on AIDS
Alarmed by the rising cases of HIV positive patients in Bihar, a high profile meeting of members of both the houses of the state legislature and those connected// with AIDS awareness programme has been called to discuss ways and means for a more forceful drive against the dreaded disease, official sources said today. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the day-long brainstormin...Doctors Predict an Asthma Epidemic Triggered by Thunderstorms
Doctors warn that thunderstorms resulting from Britain's heatwave could trigger an asthma epidemic//. Researchers have verified the long time complaints of asthma sufferers who have claimed that their condition worsened during thunderstorms. Research has revealed that storms sweep up and collect atmospheric particles that are then released through the rain and conc...Experimental Drug Causes Cytokine Storm
A clinical trail with an experimental drug designed to treat chronic inflammatory conditions and leukemia resulted in an immune system overreaction leading// to six British men involved in the trail becoming seriously ill. All the six men have since recovered from the drug reaction. Dr. Ganesh Suntharalingam and colleagues at Northwick Park Hospital in northwest London said the immun...In the Eye of a Storm- B&L Contact Lens Solution Recalled
New York- In an action replay of events just ten months ago, Bausch and Lomb, have recalled above 1 million bottles of contact lens solution//, following reports of abnormal levels of iron content in the solution. In 2006, the company had removed its product called ReNu with Moisture Loc solution off the shelf, following reports of being connected to a harmful fungus. The present proble...