News tagged with vomit
Simple measures may prevent transmission of stomach ulcer bacteria
Jun 24, 2009 |
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The stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori is not transmitted through drinking water as previously thought, but rather through vomit and possibly faeces. This is shown in a thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academ ...
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Purdue scientists fly high to test plants
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Purdue University agriculture researchers will fly aboard a NASA aircraft known as the "vomit comet" this week to study how plants detect gravity.
Key process for space outpost proved on 'vomit comet' ride
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Flying high over the Gulf of Mexico, researchers from NASA and Case Western Reserve University found a key to unlocking oxygen from the surface of the moon.
Six simple steps to protect against and stop the spread of noroviruses
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Recent outbreaks of norovirus–also known as stomach flu–indicate the highly contagious, fast-moving virus is again a public health concern. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has ...
Low vaccination rate of U.S. puppies and kittens poses larger risks
Jan 22, 2008 |
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It's hard to believe that in an advanced country like the United States, fewer than half of all puppies and kittens are being vaccinated.
Why an exciting book is just as thrilling as a hair-raising movie
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Watching Keanu Reeves walk along the ledge of a skyscraper and lose his footing in The Matrix can make us skip a heartbeat or sweat, as if we were risking our own life. This sharing of other people's emotions in movies has ...
Explaining chemotherapy-associated nausea
Jan 30, 2008 |
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A new study from the Monell Center increases understanding of the biological mechanisms responsible for the nausea and vomiting that often afflict patients undergoing chemotherapy. The findings could lead to the development ...
Water quality in orbit: Scientists test H2O disinfection on International Space Station
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months ...
Unique microgravity tower attracts global scientific community
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Scientists from NASA, Europe and Australia will beat a path to Queensland University of Technology’s Carseldine campus when the southern hemisphere’s only microgravity tower is completed later this year.
Pioneering space station experiment keeps reactions in suspense
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A revolutionary container-less chemical reactor, pioneered by the space research team at Guigné International Ltd (GIL) in Canada with scientists at the University of Bath, has been installed on the International Space Station. ...
South Africa tries treating TB patients at home
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- South Africa is trying a new approach to controlling drug-resistant tuberculosis - treating people at home rather than in isolation hospitals surrounded by barbed wire and baton-wielding guards, health officials ...
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