Ecology :: Build parks to climate proof our cities
Scientists looking at the effect global warming will have on our major cities say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises.
Winter
Listeria :: Simple equations track Listeria trails
Circles, slaloms, figure eights, and loop-the-loops ? biologists studying the motion of Listeria monocytogenes sensed that these paths were related, but they didn?t have a good way to define what fit in and what didn?t. A remarkably simple new mathematical description, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Abstract], reproduces all these shapes with just one pair of equations and only two key variables.
Vitamin D :: Vitamin D supplements may offer cheap and effective immune system boost against TB
Scientists have shown that a single 2.5mg dose of vitamin D may be enough to boost the immune system to fight against tuberculosis (TB) and similar bacteria for at least 6 weeks.
Injury :: Taking simple precautions can help prevent outdoor-related head injuries
With summer just around the corner, more kids will be out playing baseball, riding bikes, skateboarding, swimming and enjoying other outdoor recreational activities. After a long winter, many adults are as enthusiastic about delving into outdoor do-it-yourself home repairs, gardening, and recreational activities, as their kids are about playing outside.
Climate :: The Health Effects of Climate Change in UK
The Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency have published an updated report of the Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK . The original report was published by the Department of Health in 2002. Five years later, the new report takes into account up-to-date information and current predictions about climate change in the UK .
Red Cross :: Red Cross responds to double disaster in Maine
“About 11:00 o?clock on Wednesday night there were three loud explosions outside my house, and I looked out and saw flaming wires falling to the ground,? said Carolyn Keith. ?Then all the lights went out all up and down Ferry Street where I live, and I lost power at my house too.?
Obesity :: Sporting research aims to reduce childhood obesity
The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) is joining forces with award winning health and fitness organisation The Forum, managed by Newcastle University Sport (NUsport), to improve the health of currentand future generations.
Flu Vaccine :: Bypassing eggs, flu vaccine grown in insect cells shows promise
An experimental flu vaccine made in insect cells ? not in eggs, where flu vaccines currently available in the United States are grown ? is safe and as effective as conventional vaccines in protecting people against the flu, according to results published in the April 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Influenza :: Drug Resistance to Influenza B Medications
Use of certain common antiviral drugs during a recent influenza B epidemic in Japan showed the development of viruses with partial resistance to the drugs, according to a study in the April 4 issue of JAMA.
Antioxidant :: Organic is healthier – Kiwis prove that green is good
In one of the most comprehensive and definitive studies of its kind to date, a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis have proven that organically grown kiwifruit contain more health-promoting factors than those grown under conventional conditions.