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Main federal disaster relief law has fallen behind modern threat levels, study finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In new research published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, New York University Professor Mitchell Moss explains that the cornerstone Federal disaster relief legislation, the Robert T. Stafford Act, i ...





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Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spa ...


Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Rising levels of carbon dioxide may overheat the planet and cause other environmental problems, but fears that rising CO2 levels could directly reduce plant biodiversity can be allayed, according to a new study by a University ...


Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change ...


Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea (AP)

Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.


Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes (AP)

Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi ...


Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...


Chicken capsules good for aching joints

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chicken collagen can provide relief from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms. A randomised, controlled trial, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy, has found that Chicken type II col ...


Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doņana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have been studying ...


Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk (AP)

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...


What a grind: Bruxism at night likely a sign of stress by day

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You can practically track Steve Barkley's stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and ...



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