As the Weather Warms Up Rattlesnakes Come Out to Enjoy the Sun Just as Californians Do

The California Poison Control System Warns that Snake Bites are Becoming More Powerful and Patient Reactions Have Increased SAN FRANCISCO, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The change in weather marks a change in rattlesnake behavior as well. Snakes live all over California and while most are...

New Anti-Cellulite Treatment Prepares Women for Warmer Weather and Beyond

Eleme Medical Launches SmoothShapes(R) System in Denver MERRIMACK, N.H., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleme Medical Inc. , a premier aesthetics company focused on body shaping, announced today that Refresh Laser Spa, owned by Kimberly Hall, will be the first treatment center in Denver to offer t...

Applied Weather Technology Guides Mercy Ships With Latest BVS Marine Voyage Optimization Software

Mercy Ships' Crew Uses BVS 5.6 Onboard Software to Navigate the Safest, Most Fuel-Efficient Route and Protect Sensitive Medical Equipment as They Bring Hope, Healing and Hospital Services to the World's Poor SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Weather Technology (AWT) toda...

Applied Weather Technology Guides Mercy Ships with Latest BVS Marine Voyage Optimization Software

Mercy Ships' Crew Uses BVS 5.6 Onboard Software to Navigate the Safest, Most Fuel-Efficient Route and Protect Sensitive Medical Equipment as They Bring Hope, Healing and Hospital Services to the World's Poor Sunnyvale, Calif. (Vocus) March 16, 2009 -- Applied Weather T...

A Registered Dietitian Can Help You Weather Economic Troubles Through Nutrition and Health, Says American Dietetic Association

CHICAGO, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In difficult economic times, when people's stress levels - both psychological and financial - increase, eating healthfully becomes more essential than ever, according to the experts at the American Dietetic Association. "When people are under press...

Red Cross Shelters Hundreds as Severe Weather Hits Northeast

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross sheltered hundreds of people over the weekend who were affected by ice storms in the Northeast. Working with local partners, Red Cross chapters opened shelters in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. ...

Cold Weather Could Spell Bad News for Older Residents in Illinois

AARP Encourages Friends, Family, Neighbors to Help Older Neighbors & Launches New Initiative to Help Keep Heating Costs Down CHICAGO, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With cold weather hitting Illinois, AARP is reminding friends, family and neighbors to watch out for the well-bei...

UCAR weather forecasts aim to reduce African meningitis epidemics

BOULDER--The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), working with an international team of health and weather organizations, is launching a project this month to provide long-term weather forecasts to medical officials in Africa to help reduce outbreaks of meningitis. The forecasts...

New Anti-Cellulite Treatment Prepares Women for Warmer Weather and Beyond

Eleme Medical Launches SmoothShapes(R) System in Kansas City Area MERRIMACK, N.H., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A premier aesthetics company focused on body shaping, Eleme Medical Inc. announced today that Gary D. Hall, MD, will be the first Kansas City plastic surgeon to offer the SmoothShapes(...

Hot Weather Brings Health Risks for Older Illinoisans

AARP Provides Quick Tips to Beat the Sizzling Summer Heat CHICAGO, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the summer temperatures climbing, older people stand at greater risk of heat-related health problems such as heatstroke and heat exhaustion. AARP has several quick tips that can mean th...

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Weather in Medical Technology

Experience Not Always the Best Prescription for Snowblowers

...so recommends that local agencies provide public service announcements when weather patterns associated with snowblower injuries are present. "When temper...s rise above 29 degrees and snowfall reaches 2 or 3 inches, local radio and weather channels should provide brief public safety announcements regarding snowblo...

Study Demonstrates Restylane(R) Effect Lasted 18 Months in 97% of Patients With One Repeat Injection

...ction site, which typically resolve in less than seven days. Avoid exposure of the treated area to excessive sun and UV lamp exposure and extreme cold weather until any initial swelling and redness have resolved. Safety has not been established for use during pregnancy, when breastfeeding, or in patients und...

DEP to Complete Aerial Mosquito Treatments to Stem West Nile Virus in Southeastern Counties

...eted areas all exceed the aerial treatment recommendation threshold or have a significant population of mosquito species that could become infected. weather permitting, residents in the targeted areas can expect to see low-flying airplanes spraying Resmethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid product, at the rate of...

Survey Shows Parents' Best Intentions Out of Step with Expert Recommendations in Protecting Kids from Flu

...urvey showed that parents ranked it nearly equally (56 percent) with practices such as taking vitamins (58 percent) and dressing appropriately for the weather (55 percent).(1,2) Despite 82 percent of the parents being aware they can vaccinate their child against the flu, less than half of parents (44 percent...

Bapineuzumab To Become the First-to-Market Disease-Modifying Alzheimer's Drug After Flurizan's Discontinuation

...f Flurizan change the performance of emerging therapies? Will the overall Alzheimer's disease market expand or contract? -- How will Lundbeck weather the failure of Flurizan? -- What impact will Flurizan's discontinuation have on the Alzheimer's disease market over the 2007-2017 time period? -...

Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Michigan Battles Sluggish Economy With Diverse Product Lineup

...ports that as the economy continues to stagnate in Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan remains the best equipped of all of its competitors to weather the economic storm because of its diverse product lineup. According to the new report entitled Blue Profiler: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the ...

Help! I'm Sick. How Do I Handle My Diabetes?

...Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Runny nose. Upset stomach. Whatever illness it is, it can make you feel miserable. It is hard enough to be under the weather but it is even more difficult to handle being sick if you have diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), people with diabete...

Game Commission Announces EHD Confirmed in Fayette County

...d deer," Dr. Cottrell said. "We urge anyone finding dead deer or sick deer to contact our region offices with specific information. "Fortunately, the weather has begun to cool. We have had a hard frost in many parts of the state and, wherever it has occurred, it is expected to kill the insects that are spre...

Weather in Medical Products

Personal Catheter Preconnected Urethral Tray

Features:... Made of silicone to eliminate the risks associated with repeated exposure to latex Won't stiffen in cold weather or soften on hot days, so it's always ready to use Returns to original straight shape even when stored in looped position Comfort-sized drainage eye...
Company:Rochester Medical

Personal Catheter-Female

Features:... Made of silicone to eliminate the risks associated with repeated exposure to latex Won't stiffen in cold weather or soften on hot days, so it's always ready to use Returns to original straight shape even when stored in looped position Comfort-sized drainage eye...
Company:Rochester Medical

Personal Catheter-Male

Features:... Made of silicone to eliminate the risks associated with repeated exposure to latex Won't stiffen in cold weather or soften on hot days, so it's always ready to use Returns to original straight shape even when stored in looped position Comfort-sized drainage eye...
Company:Rochester Medical

Personal Catheter-Pediatric

Features:... Made of silicone to eliminate the risks associated with repeated exposure to latex Won't stiffen in cold weather or soften on hot days, so it's always ready to use Returns to original straight shape even when stored in looped position Comfort-sized drainage eye...
Company:Rochester Medical

Weather in Medical Definition

Meteoropathy

... meteora , celestial phenomena, and pathos , feeling, pain, suffering): a disorder, or physical condition, or symptom due to climate or conditions of weather such as humidity, temperature or pressure. A search in PUBMED shows that, quite outside of the popular and historical conceptions of "air" causing...

Weather in Medical Dictionary

Wind

...y unaware of the technology's serious ... Environmental Engineers Detect Turbines' Turbulence Effects ... Wind farms may have an impact on local weather patterns. As environmental engineers have ... ...

Walleye

...ye and Freshwater Fishing Club. formerly WWWC ... Walleye Weather. Camas weather Forecast, WA. Umatilla weather Forecast, OR ... Come and enjoy the adrenaline rush from hooking into...

Tussis

...Free ... 8 August 2009 <www.yourdictionary.com/ tussis > APA Style. tussis . ( 2009) ... Tussis (1668-1670) Anatomia (after 15 December) weather ... Tussis [between 1668 and 1670? ... Description: A paper on coughs in Locke's hand, titled " Tussis " ... Cough. From Wikipedia, the free enc...

Sinus Infection

... of a sinus infection ... Often a sinus infection or sinusitis can be mistaken ... What can make a sinus Infection worse? - Swimming - weather changes ... Eye drainage accompanied with all these other symptoms can mean sinus infection . ... A cough will almost always be present durin...

Rabbit fever

... and rearranged their lives. ... Actually, I shouldn't laugh; I had a bout with rabbit fever myself. ... Lincoln, Grand Island, Nebraska News, weather and Sports ... Tularemia, widely known as Rabbit Fever is extremely rare in Nebraska. ... Tularemia, Francisella tularensis, Rabbit Fever ...

Overweight

... The page for The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity has been moved. Please click here. ... 14 News is the Tri-State's News and weather Leader with News, Weather, Sports and Community information for Southwest Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern ... The International Food Inform...

Osgood

... with our Easy to use Search Tools. Get Free Apartment Listings for 1000's of Rentals in Your Area. Osgood , Indiana detailed profile ... Current weather forecast for Osgood , IN. Ripley County ... Osgood , IN residents, houses, and apartments details ... Offers season and career statistics. W...

Miliaria

..., which can lead to an ... Miliaria most often occurs in warm humid weather but may occur in cool weather ... Miliaria profunda is ductal obstruction at the entrance of the duct ...

Lungs

... Idaho's number one news and weather source - we deliver the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment, ... Lungs are smaller ...

Jock itch

...bes an itchy rash in a man's groin. ... jock itch n. A fungal infection of the skin of the groin area, occurring more commonly in warm weather and among males and characterized by red Raising the Quality of Life through research and development for safe non-toxic formulations for jock ...

Weather in Biological News

Goose eggs may help polar bears weather climate change

As polar bears adapt to a warming Arctica frozen seascape that cleaves earlier each springthey may find relief in an unlikely source: snow goose eggs. New calculations show that changes in the timing of sea-ice breakup and of snow goose nesting near the western Hudson Bay could provide at least so...

Extreme weather postpones the flowering time of plants

This release is available in German . Bayreuth/Leipzig. Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average of 4 days. With this a so-calle...

A recipe for dog bite injuries: Kids, dogs and warm weather

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you and your child are romping in the park or enjoying a stroll on a warm spring day and a dog approaches, be ultra vigilant. Children, warm weather, and dogs, even family dogs, don't mix well, according to a study conducted by pediatric otolaryngologists from the Universit...

When leaves fall, more is occurring than a change of weather

COLUMBIA, Mo. A falling leaf often catches a poet's eye, but scientists also wonder about the phenomenon that causes leaves to fall, or abscission in plants. Abscission is the physiological process plants use to separate entire organs, such as leaves, petals, flowers and fruit, that allow plants ...

Research forecasts increased chances for stormy weather

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers who study severe weather and climate change joined forces to study the effects of global warming on the number of severe storms in the future and discovered a dramatic increase in potential storm conditions for some parts of the United States. The Purdue Unive...

Primates take weather into account when searching for fruits

New findings reported this week reveal that at least some primates can use their stored knowledge of recent weather as a tool for guiding their foraging behavior when searching for ripening fruit. The work, which potentially informs our understanding of how cognitive skills developed in humans and ...

Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods

Forest landowners can greatly increase the survival rate of pine tree seedlings by changing when and how they plant, according to research conducted here. "There's been too many (reforestation) failures over the last decade or so," said Dr. Eric Taylor, Texas Cooperative Extension forestry speci...

Agricultural research key to food security

...ing from chronic hunger, global food security remains a major concern, despite being a key goal of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Extreme weather events due to climate change and the recent trend to convert croplands to biofuels both threaten to put even more people at risk. The solution, sa...

MU researchers create drought conditions to unearth solutions

...rought conditions. The shelters measure 50 feet by 100 feet, look like greenhouses and are mobile. The researchers will move the shelters during sunny weather and cover the plants when rain approaches. The shelters are being placed in different areas of the state with different environments, crop specie...

Wildfires set to increase 50 percent by 2050

...ea burnt by wildfires will almost triple by 2050." Scientists used data documenting the area of forest burned on federal land since 1980 along with weather data from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, to construct a computer model that takes into account the factors that can best ...

Weather in Biological Technology

Hurricane Ups Weather Forecasting Attention For Madison Firm

Hurricane Increases Attention of Weather Forecasting MADISON, WIAs Americans prepare for Hurricane Isabel to hit the East Coast, the accuracy of weather forecasting is on many people minds as they flee their homes and businesses. People are watching TV, listening to radio and accessing the Inter...

Meterologix Media Division acquired by Madison-based Weather Central

MADISON Weather Central, Inc. , a provider of weather graphics systems and related media services, announced Monday it has acquired the media division of Meteorlogix , based in Burnsville, Minn. All Meteorlogix Media Division products including the new X television weather graphics system, R...

UW space scientists use Keck telescope to study wild weather of Uranus

The two sides of the planet Uranus, as viewed in this composite image, by the Keck II Telescope at near infrared wavelengths. Courtesy of Lawrence Sromovsky, UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center. Capitalizing on the optical capabilities of the Keck Telescope , scientists have gained ...

UW-Madison picks scalable SGI computer to simulate weather

Rendered data from an experimental CIMSS satellite. Courtesy of UW-Madison. Madison, Wis. To model something as big as the weather, the University of Wisconsin's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies needed a bigger computer. The institute has begun testing its wea...

Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for 2009 Second Quarter

...cent versus the 2008 period. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales of sun care products, which primarily reflected the impact of unseasonable weather conditions in many parts of the U.S. Higher sales of MIRALAX helped offset lower sales of OTC CLARITIN. Schering-Plough does not record s...

Novel method predicts impact of a covert anthrax release

...on about the first people infected, including when they started to experience symptoms of infection and where they live and work, combined with recent weather information, such as wind direction. Dr Judith Legrand, lead author of the study from the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, said: "We...

Television News Segment Featuring Pyratine XR to Air to 18 Million + Households on DIRECTV NewsCluster

...will be broadcast on DIRECTV's NewsCluster. The NewsCluster includes Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, FOX News, Headline News, MSNBC, Fox Business News, and The weather Channel. DIRECTV is America's #1 satellite television service with more than 18 million household viewers. The segment features a prominent boar...

A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. Signs a Biomass-Based DG Contract with Sanmenxia New Energy Bio-Electricity Co., Ltd.

...ies, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the risk that: inclement weather conditions could adversely affect our operating results in particular quarters and/or fiscal years; we may experience construction and development del...

Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiricahua Mountains

...id bats are the primary predators of moths, and so if the insects can make it through the winter, when bats hibernate, they will likely do well as the weather gets warmer. As to why L. leeae hasn't been found before, Walsh theorized that his specimen simply emerged late from hibernation when it was caug...

Novel method predicts impact of a covert anthrax release

...on about the first people infected, including when they started to experience symptoms of infection and where they live and work, combined with recent weather information, such as wind direction. Dr Judith Legrand, lead author of the study from the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, said: "We...

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Weather in Biological Definition

Charles Darwin

...eologising" in Scotland, spending 28 June visiting Edinburgh on the day that Queen Victoria had her coronation in London. At Glen Roy in glorious weather he solved the riddle of the "roads" which he was able to identify as raised beaches. Emma Darwin, Charles' wife Proposal Fully ...

Marine biology

...biology studies the relationships between oceans and ocean life, and global weather and environmental issues (such as carbon dioxide displacement). Recent ...much attention in marine biology is focused on coral reefs and the El Nio weather phenomenon. In the 1998 coral reefs experienced a "once in a thousand yea...

Weather in Biological Dictionary

Wild type

...aevis laevis - Imported wild type (pigmented) Our Imported wild type Xenopus laevis are very ... complete metamorphosis, all types of fierce weather conditions ... Definition of wild type from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and wo...

VLSI

... OEM customers. Products range from DSP and RISC cores and core based multimedia chips to mixed-signal audio and several GHz ... The Chip Insider's weather Report: It was a week of warnings. WildPhotons: Environments. ... Copyright 2009 by VLSI Research Inc. All rights reserved. ... Describes the VL...

Seed plant

...n dispersed by wind ... House Plants . Melon Seed . More Berries. Nut Trees. Peaches. Pears. Raspberries. Rhubarb. Strawberries ... ship based on weather and availability of the plants . ... Seed plants : Fossil Record. Today, the seed plants are some of the most ... Life on land as we know i...

Localize

...na rock music. Featuring Real Audio clips, CD reviews, band interviews, show listings, and much more. Use EZ Localize to update localization , weather sponsors, and prelocals from ... For help, click the help icon where you need assistance or contact Waitt Radio ... Get the Online Business directo...

Dalton

...ousing info, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, MA smaller ... Dalton , MA residents, houses, and ... Dalton , Georgia detailed profile ... Current weather forecast for Dalton , GA. Whitfield County ... Dalton , GA residents, houses, and apartments details ... Find Thousands of Apartments for Rent in...