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Climate change means bigger medical, council and property bills
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Climate change concerns like melting icecaps, increased desertification, loss of coral reefs and the extinction of species like polar bears can seem a distant concern in our everyday lives. Little attention, however, has ...
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Study analyzes 2006 California heat wave's substantial effect on morbidity
Feb 25, 2009 |
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An extreme heat wave affected much of the state of California during mid- to late July 2006, breaking daily maximum temperature records in many regions of the State. A study conducted by researchers from the Mailman School ...
New national study finds increase in P.E. class-related injuries
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Physical education (PE) in schools is one of the main tools used to increase physical activity and to prevent childhood obesity, and PE-related injuries are on the rise. Although increasing physical activity may reduce obesity, ...
Book demystifies psychiatry for the general public
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed, poorly treated and highly stigmatized, according to psychiatrists Charles F. Zorumski, M.D., and Eugene H. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. So these Washington University physicians ...
Heat stress in older people and people with chronic diseases
Aug 24, 2009 |
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People over the age of 60 are the most vulnerable to heat waves, with 82% to 92% more deaths than average occurring in this age group. Risks for heat-related illness or injury - such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion and heat ...
Study shows most health department directors see climate change as looming health threat
Jul 29, 2008 |
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A new study from George Mason University reveals that while a majority of U.S. health department directors believe their city or county will have serious public health problems as a result of climate change within the next ...
North Carolina football players testing pill that can give body temperature readings
Aug 12, 2009 |
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At first, it was hard for University of North Carolina football player Kendric Burney to swallow. They handed him a pill containing a battery, thermometer and radio transmitter and told him it would lodge in his intestine, ...
Changes in net flow of ocean heat correlate with past climate anomalies
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Physicists at the University of Rochester have combed through data from satellites and ocean buoys and found evidence that in the last 50 years, the net flow of heat into and out of the oceans has changed ...
Energy-efficient water purification
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Water and energy are two resources on which modern society depends. As demands for these increase, researchers look to alternative technologies that promise both sustainability and reduced environmental impact. Engineered ...
Heart Disease a 'Silent Killer' in Patients With Severe Mental Illness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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A large new study confirms that people with severe mental disorders -- such as schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders -- are 25 percent to 40 percent more prone to die from heart disease than people without mental illness ...
Researchers find medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from brief intervention
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that some medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from a brief intervention. The BUSM study appears in the May issue of Journal of St ...
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