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Mind wandering and motor control: off-task thinking disrupts the online adjustment of behavior - Kam JW, Dao E, Blinn P, Krigolson OE, Boyd LA, Handy TC.
Mind wandering episodes have been construed as periods of "stimulus-independent" thought, where our minds are decoupled from the external sensory environment. In two experiments, we used behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) measures to determine wh...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 26, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Health and Safety European Standards for nightlife venues - Calafat A, Duch M, Juan M, Leckenby N.
There is growing concern to understand those interventions which when effectively implemented may bring reduction in the harms associated with recreational nightlife venues. Management of drinking environments vary across Europe and we are faced with the n...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 26, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Home ownership and fall-related outcomes among older adults in South Korea - Do YK, Kim CS.
AIM: Many of the previously identified environmental risk factors for fall-related outcomes (e.g. flooring, stairs and steps, kitchen, and bathrooms) are amenable to change, but the extent of the changes on these home-related risk factors are conditional o...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 26, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Fluctuating environment may have driven human evolution
A series of rapid environmental changes in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution, according to researchers at Penn State and Rutgers University.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 26, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
Dust-Plumes Power Intercontinental Microbial Migrations
Along with pollutants from Asia, transpacific dust plumes deliver vast quantities of microbes to North America, according to a manuscript published online ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. "We detected thousands of unique microbial species, many of which seem particularly well-suited for atmospheric transport," says first author David J. Smith, a graduate student at the University of Washington, Seattle. "We also detected archaea, a domain of life that has never before been sampled at high altitude...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news
Detoxifying strategies and periodic cleansing periods are essential to health in the modern world
Life in the 21st century is full of stress and environmental toxicity. We have over 80,000 toxic chemicals in our surrounding environment that we are interacting with regularly. A lifestyle of daily detoxifying strategies and periodic cleansing periods is essential to...
Source: NaturalNews.com - December 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Would you eat biotech fish? FDA approves genetically engineered salmon
After a few brief tests, GE salmon, meant to grow twice as fast as regular Atlantic salmon, was deemed safe both for the environment and for human consumption. The FDA added that it would take public comments for 60 days before finally deciding on whether or not to approve...
Source: NaturalNews.com - December 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
What's Behind the Autism Upswing?
I understand that a lot more children are autistic than previously thought. What's behind this sudden increase? Has an environmental influence been discovered? I'm also curious about why the disorder is more common in some states than others.
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - December 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Host Cholesterol Secretion Likely To Influence Gut Microbiota
For more than half a century, researchers have known that the bacteria that colonize the gastrointestinal tract of mammals influence their host's cholesterol metabolism. Now, Jens Walter and colleagues of the University of Nebraska show that changes in cholesterol metabolism induced by diet can alter the gut flora. The research was published online ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. In the study, the researchers added plant sterol esters to the diets of hamsters...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cholesterol Source Type: news
Tracking The Origins Of HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may have affected humans for much longer than is currently believed. Alfred Roca, an assistant professor in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, thinks that the genomes of an isolated West African human population provide important clues about how the disease has evolved. HIV is thought to have originated from chimpanzees in central Africa that were infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a retrovirus...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Invasion of the Pods
Two days before Thanksgiving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a Safety Alert pithily titled “Single-Load Liquid Laundry Packets: Harmful to Children." Well, maybe not so pithy. This relatively new-on-the-U.S.- market product is better known as “detergent pods.” read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 24, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul D. Blanc, M.D., M.S.P.H. Tags: Environment Parenting Consumer safety household products Source Type: news
Mind: Understanding the Effects of Social Environment on Trauma Victims
A significant body of work suggests that what a person experiences just after a traumatic event, particularly other people’s responses, may be just as crucial as the event itself.
Source: NYT Health - December 24, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DAVID DOBBS Tags: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Mental Health and Disorders Brain Anxiety and Stress Source Type: news
Christmas Spirit - Bring It On!
Darkness is at its peak. We just experienced Newtown. Many of us are struggling and worried. Even Congress is ruptured. For one day, light comes into the darkness. Let's see how Christmas be a force for change.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 24, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Environment Happiness Health Parenting Relationships Social Life Spirituality chanukah Christmas coldness commercialism darkness enjoy family family and friends family friends family meals festival festive season givi Source Type: news
Tis the Season to be Jolly
Darkness is at its peak. We just experienced Newtown. Many of us are struggling and worried. Even Congress is ruptured. For one day, light comes into the darkness. Let's see how Christmas be a force for change.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 24, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Environment Happiness Health Parenting Relationships Social Life Spirituality chanukah Christmas coldness commercialism darkness enjoy family family and friends family friends family meals festival festive season givi Source Type: news
Ready to eat: the first GM fish for the dinner table
A GM salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first genetically-modified animal in the world to be declared officially safe to eat, after America's powerful food-safety watchdog ruled it posed no major health or environmental risks.
Source: The Independent - Science - December 24, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Saving Christmas with Science
Since the war on Christmas is threatening to remove the festive season from the calendar, something is needed to step in and fill the gap left by the absence of everyone's favourite pseudo-religious holiday. As always, the answer can be found in science.Like most people, I liked Christmas. Despite all the cynicism and corporate trappings, it was something to look forward to at the end of the year during the cold winter months, an enjoyable excuse to take time off and spend it with your loved ones, or just yourself doing nothing if that's what you fancied. It's a shame they went and banned it.Yes, Christmas has been banned....
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 24, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Dean Burnett Tags: Blogposts Christmas guardian.co.uk Science and scepticism Source Type: news
Fluctuating environment may have driven human evolution
(Penn State) A series of rapid environmental changes in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution, according to researchers at Penn State and Rutgers University.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 24, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Pot farms wreaking havoc on Northern California environment
Burgeoning marijuana growing operations are sucking millions of gallons of water from coho salmon lifelines and taking other environmental tolls, scientists say.EUREKA, Calif. — State scientists, grappling with an explosion of marijuana growing on the North Coast, recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, spawning grounds for endangered coho salmon and other threatened fish.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - December 23, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Observer science quiz of 2012: part 3
Were you paying attention this scientific year? Take our test to find out. No Googling allowed
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 22, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Editorial The Observer Environment Science Space Source Type: news
Speaking Skills Crucial For Hearing Impaired Children In The Classroom
Current special education laws are geared towards integrating special-needs children into the general classroom environment from a young age, starting as early as preschool. Prof. Tova Most of Tel Aviv University's Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education and the Department of Communications Disorders at the Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions says that these laws present a unique set of challenges for children with hearing loss, and that a sense of isolation may inhibit a successful education...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hearing / Deafness Source Type: news
From genes to community: exploring translational science in adolescent health research: proceedings from a research symposium - Miller E.
Addressing complex adolescent health problems such as youth violence and teen pregnancy requires innovative strategies to promote protective social environments, increase healthier behaviors, and reduce the impact of health risk behaviors into adulthood. M...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Externalizing problems in late childhood as a function of prenatal cocaine exposure and environmental risk - Bennett DS, Marini VA, Berzenski SR, Carmody DP, Lewis M.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) predicts externalizing problems in late childhood. METHODS: Externalizing problems were assessed using caregiver, teacher, and child ratings and a laboratory task when children (N = 179; 74 coca...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Genetically engineered salmon moves closer to FDA approval
The fish, modified to grow extra fast, wouldn't be dangerous for the environment or consumers, says a draft report from the agency. Critics find fault with the announcement's timing, for starters.After more than a decade in regulatory limbo, genetically engineered Atlantic salmon that grow faster than their naturally born counterparts moved closer to American plates, with the publication Friday of a government report that found the fish wouldn't hurt the environment and would be safe to eat.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - December 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Your Money: Walking the Tightrope on Mental Health Coverage
While many people with health insurance also have mental health coverage, some are reluctant to use it — or can’t find a practitioner who will accept it.
Source: NYT Health - December 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By RON LIEBER Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Health Insurance and Managed Care Workplace Environment Source Type: news
E.P.A. Issues Standards on Boiler Air Pollution
The long-delayed rules provide significant concessions to industry and allow several additional years for full compliance in an effort to minimize job and economic impacts.
Source: NYT Health - December 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By JOHN M. BRODER Tags: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Air Pollution Environmental Protection Agency Source Type: news
Plantwatch: Juniper at risk from fungus-like disease
The juniper has declined steadily over the past few decades and now faces a new threat, says Paul SimonsThink of wild berries at Christmas and bright red holly usually comes to mind, but another symbol of the season is the bluey-grey berry of the juniper tree, and which has a fascinating use. Gin owes its distinctive taste and aroma to flavouring from juniper berries – in fact, the word gin comes from either genièvre or jenever, the French and Dutch words for juniper. And the mature berries also make a good flavouring for venison and game.The juniper tree is well adapted to cold weather, and was one of the first trees t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 21, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Paul Simons Tags: guardian.co.uk Trees and forests Plants Editorial Environment Science Source Type: news
Gene-Altered Fish Moves Closer to Federal Approval
The Food and Drug Administration concluded that a genetically engineered salmon would have “no significant impact” on the environment.
Source: NYT Health - December 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ANDREW POLLACK Tags: Salmon Fish Farming Food and Drug Administration Genetic Engineering Source Type: news
Latest NYC Study Unable to Link Cancers like Mesothelioma to 9/11 wreckage
Just six months after adding cancers like mesothelioma to the list of illnesses covered by a federal compensation fund, a new study by the NYC Health Department is unable to find a definitive link to the wreckage and dust cloud from 9/11 terrorist attack.
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - December 21, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: TimPovtak Tags: Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Legislation Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Source Type: news
FDA closer to approving biotech salmon, critics furious
(Reuters) - A controversial genetically engineered salmon has moved a step closer to the consumer's dining table after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday the fish didn't appear likely to pose a threat to the environment or to humans who eat it.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
From Winter Solstice to Winter Doldrums
The difficult season lags behind the changes in sunlight. Where you live — north-south, and east-west within your time zone — determines the chance you will suffer. But it is usually easy to transcend this burden of circumstances with a major tool of chronotherapy: bright light therapy.read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - December 21, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Terman, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Environment Psychiatry Sleep 60 million appetite beginning of spring circadian rhythm day-night cycle daylight availability depressive episodes fatigue gain weight hours of daylight inner clock late august Light Source Type: news
Ecobug: the app that helps you lead a greener life – video
A smartphone app that nudges people to make all those small daily changes that add up to a big difference for the environment
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 21, 2012 Category: Science Tags: guardian.co.uk Technology Teacher Network Apps Climate change Mobile phones Secondary schools Editorial Education Environment Science Source Type: news
Meet the weeds that Monsanto can't beat
Instead of the supposed revolution in agriculture that Monsato's GM seeds were meant to bring, the opposite effect has occurred – a rise in herbicide useWhen Monsanto revolutionised agriculture with a line of genetically engineered seeds, the promise was that the technology would lower herbicide use – because farmers would have to spray less. In fact, as Washington State University researcher Chuch Benbrook has shown, just the opposite happened.Sixteen years on, Roundup (Monsanto's tradename for its glyphosate herbicide) has certainly killed lots of weeds. But the ones it has left standing are about as resistant to her...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 21, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Farming Genetics guardian.co.uk GM Editorial Environment Agriculture Science Source Type: news
Breast Cancer Cells Interact With Non-Cancerous Tissue To Drive Metastasis
In addition to mutations, environmental conditions created by the tissues surrounding tumors (stroma) play a major role in cancer progression. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Gregg Semenza at Johns Hopkins University examined the interactions between breast cancer cells and the stroma to identify underlying pro-metastatic molecular mechanisms. They found that both breast cancer cells and the stroma secrete proteins that influence the behavior of each cell type...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 21, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
EPA sets new emission limits on industrial boilers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized rules to curb pollution
from industrial boilers and large incinerators, revising earlier versions to target only the largest polluters and
give them more time to comply.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 21, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Canadian experiment to track space radiation and its risks
Space can be a potentially hazardous environment to live and work in, especially when it comes to radiation. Originating from violent storms on the Sun and galactic cosmic rays produced in distant supernovae explosions, this natural radiation can pose a serious health risk for astronauts on long-duration space missions like those on the International Space Station (ISS). To prepare for future missions that may last for months or years, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), along with other space agencies around the world, have been stepping up research into radiation biology in recent years, recognizing that it deserves the highest priority.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 20, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
The ‘Gentler’ Chemotherapy Regimen for Mesothelioma
Researchers explored the risk-benefit ratios of two major mesothelioma chemotherapy regimens: pemetrexed + cisplatin and pemetrexed + carboplatin. They found one of the combinations to pose a lower risk of side effects, making it more appropriate for older patients or patients with a low performance status.
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - December 20, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: faith Tags: Treatment Featured Mesothelioma Source Type: news
SIC job alert: Volunteer Program Manager
We are seeking a dynamic and organized individual to take leadership of Tanzania-based volunteer programs in rural villages. This is an eight-month position. The position is split between Arusha and Babati towns, Tanzania.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the position are to:
Take overall responsibility for all Tanzania-based aspects of the development, planning, execution and evaluation of volunteer programs for International Volunteers and Tanzanians, including to
develop relationships with local leaders, teachers, and other nongovernmental organizations;
identify appropriate homestays;
organize a ten day or...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - December 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: lindsay Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Next In Line For A Fracking Boom, California Looks At The Rules
The state is known for its tough environmental rules, but it has largely ignored hydraulic fracturing until now. Though California's concerns are like those of many other places, there's also the question of how the growing fracking industry might affect earthquakes.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - December 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Penguin eats young in China zoo - video
Surveillance footage shows a penguin eating its own newly-hatched chick at a zoo in northeast China's Heilongjiang province
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 20, 2012 Category: Science Tags: World news guardian.co.uk China Animals Animal behaviour Environment Science Source Type: news
Credit Card Germs: 1 of 10 of cards has fecal bacteria on them
Here is what a Cleveland Clinic ID specialist has to say: "You know all that money you're spending over the holidays? It's jam-packed with germs. So keep your hands clean and your credit cards wiped down. Avoid touching your eyes and mouth when out shopping."
What are the 8 germiest places in the mall?
The 8 germiest places in the mall, according to CNN, are:
1. Restroom sinks
2. Food court tables
3. Escalator handrails
4. ATM keypads
5. Toy stores
6. Fitting rooms
7. Gadget shops
8. Makeup samples
The filthiest area in a restroom (and therefore in the whole mall) isn't the toilet handle or the doorknob - it's the si...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - December 20, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Infectious Disease Video Cleveland Clinic Source Type: news
Family meals 'help kids get their five-a-day'
Conclusion
The findings suggest that the home environment and family eating patterns may have an influence on the eating patterns of the child, and this seems highly plausible. However, this cross-sectional study cannot reliably prove this. While this study has strengths – including its large sample size and reliable methods of assessing dietary intake through a validated food intake tool – there are a few important limitations:
This is a single sample of London schoolchildren taking part in trials assessing gardening. We do not know whether the children who were taking part in this trial may have particular chara...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Raising The Blockade
At crucial points in the metabolism of all organisms, a protein with the unwieldy name of Translation Elongation Factor P (EF-P, for short) takes center stage. What it actually does during protein synthesis has only now been elucidated - by researchers at LMU. The research group led by Kirsten Jung, Professor of Microbiology at LMU, actually focused on how bacteria cope with stress, for example how the receptor meolecule CadC monitors the acidity in the environment and alerts the cell to take countermeasures to protect itself...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 20, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Lost science of the Antarctic (and everywhere else) | Vanessa Heggie
One of the 25 new Treasures in the Natural History Museum is an Emperor Penguin egg, collected on the 1910-12 Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica led by Captain Scott. Three men collected the egg: Dr Edward Wilson, Henry 'Birdie' Bowers and Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Wilson and Bowers died with Scott, but Cherry-Garrard survived the expedition and later wrote up their experiences in a book called The Worst Journey in the World. The egg is famous in large part because by the time it was analysed back in the UK ideas about evolution and embryology had shifted, and it was no longer quite such a crucial piece of scientific evidenc...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 20, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Vanessa Heggie Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk History of science Source Type: news
WCS applauds Dept. of Interior plan balancing conservation and energy development in NPR-A
(Wildlife Conservation Society) The Wildlife Conservation Society lauded US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazars announcement of a final management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) that balances wildlife conservation and energy development in the biggest public landscape in the country. The Integrated Activity Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement issued today by the Bureau of Land Management is the first comprehensive land management plan ever developed for the NPR-A.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 20, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Death of hemlock trees yields new life for hardwood trees, but at what cost to the ecosystem?
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Due to the introduction of exotic pests and pathogens, tree species are being eliminated one by one from forest ecosystems. In some cases, scientists can observe immediately how their loss affects the environment, whereas in other cases, creative puzzle solving and analysis reveal unexpected repercussions. In the case of the loss of the hemlock tree, University of Illinois landscape and ecosystem ecologist Jennifer Fraterrigo uncovered a surprising benefit to hardwood species
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Can observations of a hardy weed help feed the world?
(University of Chicago Press Journals) In the January 2013 issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences, Penn State University Waller Professor of Plant Biology Dr. Sarah Assmann explores how the responses to environmental stresses by one small, genetically diverse plant species might illuminate possible approaches to addressing growing human demand for crop products amid decreasing resources.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Virtual reality and robotics in neurosurgery -- promise and challenges
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Robotic technologies have the potential to help neurosurgeons perform precise, technically demanding operations, together with virtual reality environments to help them navigate through the brain, according to a special supplement to Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 20, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
NASA's Operation IceBridge data brings new twist to sea ice forecasting
Shrinking Arctic sea ice grabbed the world's attention again earlier this year with a new record low minimum. Growing economic activity in the Arctic, such as fishing, mineral exploration and shipping, is emphasizing the need for accurate predictions of how much of the Arctic will be covered by sea ice. Every June, an international research group known as the Study of Environmental Arctic Change publishes a summary of the expected September Arctic sea ice minimum known as the Sea Ice Outlook.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 19, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news
