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World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict

In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 — almost ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (14) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Kuwait: Swine flu cases detected among US soldiers

(AP) -- Several swine flu cases have been detected among U.S. soldiers passing through Kuwait, officials said Saturday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Rapid urbanization as well as cultural habits explain Gulf states' rise in heart disease prevalence

While the rapid improvement in socio-economic conditions is thought responsible for the high rates of cardiovascular disease in the Gulf states, deep-rooted cultural factors also play a part.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Urinary retention due to benign enlarged prostate treated differently in 15 countries

Men who experience a sudden inability to pass urine because of a non-cancerous enlarged prostate are hospitalised and treated differently depending on where they live, according to an international study published online ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Environmental troubles growing in Mid-East Gulf region due to rapid coastal development

The rapid, large scale coastal development underway in the Middle East must be better planned and managed to avoid aggravating already "severe" degradation and losses in the fragile marine ecosystems shared by eight Gulf ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers using new technology to study breath for toxins

Breathing. Anyone reading this article is doing it right now. But what chemicals are we breathing in, and out? A group of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers has published a paper in the journal Environmental Sc ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Burden of osteoporotic fractures increases dramatically in the Middle East and Africa

A new audit report issued today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) shows that osteoporosis is a serious and growing problem throughout the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area: study

Gulf War Illness (GWI) -- the chronic health condition that affects about one in four military veterans of the 1991 Gulf War -- appears to be the result of several factors, which differed in importance depending upon the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA Mars research helps find buried water on Earth

A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert, in the first use of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Wisdom of crowds

In countries that lack financial records, how can we tell who is truly poor? An innovative study suggests: Ask the neighbors.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health-care alliance for tobacco dependence treatment launches training in the Middle East

Global Bridges, a healthcare alliance for tobacco dependence treatment based at Mayo Clinic, and its regional partner, King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) in Amman, Jordan, announced today that they will start training health ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Middle East censors wield Western software: report

Even as Western leaders call for democratic freedom in the Middle East, software from US and Canadian firms is being wielded by censors in oppressive regimes, a report has said.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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