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Major Caribbean Earthquakes And Tsunamis A Real Risk
A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in the past 500 years, and several have generated tsunamis. The most recent major earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 in 1946, resulted in a tsunami that killed a reported 1,600 people. Use Of Non-COX-2-specific NSAIDs Halves Odds For Oral Cancer: Doubles
An analysis of 20 years of data on the health of over 900 adults has found that long-term use of traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and naproxen, cuts the risk for oral cancer in smokers by half. Handbook For Federal Grand Jurors
"This Handbook will acquaint persons who have been selected to serve on a federal grand jury with the general nature and importance of their role as grand jurors."Discusses the origins and history of the grand jury, grand jury tasks, selection of jurors, procedure, and related topics. Includes a glossary. From the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Opens directly into a PDF file. More Reliable And Secure Telecommunications Via The Internet
Professor Anna Brunström, Karlstad University, is heading a research project that will lead to more reliable and secure telecommunications via the Internet. Reliability is an important aspect when telephony moves over to the Internet, so-called IP-telephony. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Is There Any Alternative To Control Multisteps Of Ulcers?
Ulcers are a worldwide challenging disease, and researchers have long been seeking effective antiulcer alternatives. A research group in India has revealed that a bioactive polysaccharide from an edible root, Decalepis hamiltonii, commonly called swallow root, could offer protection at all critical steps of gastric ulcer. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)
Material about this day observed annually each February. "The primary goal of NBHAAD is to motivate African Americans to get tested and know their HIV status; get educated about the transmission modes of HIV/AIDS; get involved in their local community; and get treated if they are currently living with HIV or are newly diagnosed."Includes facts and statistics, details about getting tested, video clips of public service announcements, and links to related sites. Need For Influenza And Measles Vaccinations In HIV-infected Patients A
Two new studies emphasize the importance of delivering measles and influenza vaccines to HIV-infected individuals. Scientists studied immune responses to measles vaccine in HIV-infected and uninfected children in Zambia from 2000 to 2004, when measles endemic in a country that still has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world. Measles poses a greater fatality risk in HIV-infected children than in uninfected children. Cancer Patients May Benefit From Reporting Symptoms Online In Real Tim
A new study finds that even the sickest cancer patients are willing and able to "self-report"symptoms using the Internet, thus supplying key data in real time to their health-care providers. Computer Program Learns Language Rules And Composes Sentences, All Wit
Shimon Edelman of Cornell University and colleagues have developed a method for enabling a computer program to scan text, infer the grammar behind it and generate new sentences. It works for different languages, music and protein sequences. (PNAS: Vol. 102:33, 2005)
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