MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'explosion'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4580946&cid=t_152833_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fa-nuclear-reactor-explosion-is-not-a-nuclear-explosion.html It is not skilful engineering or clever reactor design that precludes a nuclear explosion at a nuclear power plant, it is the laws of physics. The materials in a nuclear reactor core and the uranium enrichment level make impossible a nuclear explosion of the type for which nuclear weapons are designed. Despite this, repeatedly we have heard talk of nuclear explosions in the media from observers, pundits, anti-nuclear activists and journalists.   An explosion at a nuclear reactor is not a nuclear explosion and can never be. Power plant grade uranium contains the fissile form of uranium, the uranium-235 isotope, at just a few percent, the majority is non-fissile U238. Compare that to weapons grade uranium which has to contain 80% or more of U235. Moreover, a nuclear weapon requires that... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4580946 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:21:45 +0100 4580946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613845&cid=t_152833_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7458 It was recently reported that a young boy in China was killed when a computer chair he was sitting on exploded. Metal fragments pierced the boy’s rectum resulting in extensive and fatal bleeding. The chair in question was a standard gas cylinder type, where the height is regulated by an adjustable cylinder containing highly pressurised gas, and it was this which exploded, sending high velocity chair parts into the posterior of the unfortunate youth. In fact, it seems a spate of such incidents were reported at the hospital – 3 such injuries caused by exploding chairs were reported this month, perhaps indicating an influx of poorly manufactured chairs into the area. Makes me wonder if similar incidents have happened in Malaysia. The report certainly made me have a closer look at the chai... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613845 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2613845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609187&cid=t_152833_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2Firaq-2%2F photo: Siavash Maghsoudi September 2008 Hassan, 43, was driving his taxi in Bagdad, Iraq, when a bomb exploded. He underwent surgery with the MSF team in Mehran, in neighbouring Iran, and he is now getting follow-up treatment in Amman, Jordan. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609187 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:36:43 +0100 2609187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382685&cid=t_152833_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F0fnUw1d66vc%2F Ashkenazi Jews are known to have an average IQ between 107-115, putting half of the ethnic group into the genius range. Unfortunately, Ashkenazi Jews are also plague with genetic diseases! One fourth of the population is a carrier of one of several genetic conditions, which include Tay-Sachs Disease, Canavan, Niemann-Pick, Gaucher, Familial Dysautonomia, Bloom Syndrome, Fanconi anemia, Cystic Fibrosis and Mucolipidosis IV. A “carrier” for a gene means that the person carries only one copy of the gene. The gene is not expressed in that person’s trait or phenotype. However, marrying another carrier or someone with two copies of the gene may produce children with the trait. For example, a carrier for blue eyes may have a different eye color but has children with blue eyes. When talk... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382685 Sun, 03 May 2009 04:27:25 +0100 2382685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2086998&cid=t_152833_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2F10000-year-explosion-website.php The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution, has a website up, http://the10000yearexplosion.com. If there is an accelerating wave of media coverage that would probably be the place to track it.... (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2086998 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:01:00 +0100 2086998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908792&cid=t_152833_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5077 Didn’t know MRIs could explode but apparently they can. Here’s video proof: A medical physicist in Alabama has noticed what could be a disturbing trend: exploding MRI magnets. Dr. Wlad Sobol of the University of Alabama-Birmingham, describes what may have caused the incidents and offers advice for avoiding potentially catastrophic incidents at medical facilities. (from the Medical Quack, via KevinMD.com) a Exploding MRIs (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908792 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1908792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162644&cid=t_152833_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F219458339%2F Taking you back to the post I wrote last Saturday about the diabetes explosion occurring in Australia, I happened to come across a program on the Discovery Health channel about diabetes. Guess what the subject matter was? You guessed it- diabetes and the Aborigine people. The series is called Discovery Health- CME and it is running on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9AM, at least the last few weeks it has around my neck of the woods (East coast). Last weekend they discussed the “thrifty gene”and how it is contributing to a huge increase in diabetes among the Aborigine people in Australia. Through history this group of people among the outskirts and brush of Australia have had to be very frugal and make a meal stretch for days until the next meal was available. Enter- “thr... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162644 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:40:11 +0100 1162644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146650&cid=t_152833_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F215728459%2F Watch out Australia! This is not earth shattering news but it does go to show just how prevalent diabetes is around the world. The University of Queensland School of Population Health is predicting and explosion of type 2 diabetes across Australia. And I mean explosion… like more than double by the year 2023. Wow!! The researchers studied 14 key risk factors that that make up what they coin DALY, disability adjusted life year. What key factors attributed the most to the prediction associated with type 2 diabetes? Tobacco use, high blood pressure, high body mass, physical inactivity and alcohol consumption. But there is good news in all of this. If you look at the factors above, they are all controllable. “All of the health risks are open to modification through intervention&#8... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146650 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:11:07 +0100 1146650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=964657&cid=t_152833_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2007%2F10%2F19%2Fa-black-day-today%2F It is a Black Day today, indeed, for today, a lot of people are grieving for innocent lives lost and hurt at Glorietta mall in Makati early this afternoon. Allegedly, an LPG tank exploded that caused huge damage to Glorietta 2, the impact killing 3 people on the spot, hurting many others, and ripping through the interior of the said mall that it caused a huge hole on top of the building. But there are speculations that the real cause of the explosion within the mall is an improvised explosive device, planted by someone or some people whose intentions were to terrorize and to bring about hurt and death to the most number of people as possible. As of time of writing, 8 people were reported dead and a hundred others injured due to this catastrophe. I shudder at the thought that I could have b... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=964657 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:35:39 +0100 964657