The Next Total Solar Eclipse: Everything You Need to Know
For the first time in U.S. history, a total solar eclipse that crosses the country from coast to coast will be visible only in America. The rare celestial spectacle in August has been dubbed “The Great American Eclipse.” The moon will completely block the sun, momentarily engulfing parts of about a dozen states in sudden darkness, on Aug. 21, 2017, experts say. No one outside the continental U.S. will be able to see the eclipse, which makes landfall on the West Coast near Salem, Ore. and continues diagonally across the country until it hits Columbia, S.C. In addition to being the first total solar eclipse with...
Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories - May 1, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Chan Tags: Uncategorized onetime space Source Type: news

Hill-Rom launches Monarch wearable airway clearance system
Hill-Rom (NYSE:HRC) said yesterday it launched the Monarch airway clearance system designed to provide high frequency chest wall oscillation. The Monarch device is a mobile vest which uses personal oscillating discs to provide targeted kinetic energy and HFCWO to the lungs to thin mucus and generate airflow, the Chicago-based company said. The device is wearable and portable and allows the patient to be active while receiving the therapy, Hill-Rom said, an improvement over earlier versions which required that the user stay seated during use. “I wanted to create a portable, long-lasting battery-powered device that...
Source: Mass Device - April 26, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Respiratory Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. Source Type: news

Risk of a rare but deadly mouse-borne virus increases in the spring
As the weather warms and people turn to spring-cleaning and outdoor activities such as camping and hiking, they need to beware of a rare but deadly virus that is spread through mouse droppings and kills up to 40 percent of people who become infected, public health officials said. The severe respiratory illness is known as […]Related:The federal panel that opposed prostate cancer screening just changed its mindPhysician recommendations about breast cancer screening vary, survey findsSurvey shows why doctors choose medicine and the challenges they face
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

My blue-eyed boy: The decision to donate life
Hot, humid air arrived that last week in June 2014. Our family was looking forward to a summer of entertaining, barbecuing and sharing our newly built patio with friends. Spending time as a family hiking, traveling or just hanging out at home was important to us. Aidan was ready to head off to a three-day goalie lacrosse camp. It was something he had begged to do all winter long. Aidan loved life and he lived it with passion. Aidan or AJ, depending on who you asked, had his future completely planned. He played basketball, swam and skied. As a Boy Scout, he had spent many days camping and hiking throughout New England and h...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - April 11, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Krista Skinner Tags: Parenting Donate life month National Donate Life Month organ donation Source Type: news

Lyme Disease Cases Are Rising In The Midwest
Cases of Lyme disease in Michigan have risen dramatically in recent years, and a new study links that trend to larger and more widespread tick populations. Researchers collected data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on 1,057 Lyme disease cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2014, and aligned them with a new analysis of tick distribution across the state. Results showed that not only did the number of yearly infections in the state increase significantly over the 15-year period, but so did the number of counties where ticks had been seen, or found to be established. And the number of infected people may...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Watch Live: Buzz Aldrin Talks About How to Live on Mars
In a featured session at SXSW on Tuesday, Buzz Aldrin will take the stage for a conversation with Jeffrey Kluger, TIME editor-at-large and co-author of Apollo 13, to discuss his plans for creating a permanent human settlement on Mars, why he chose virtual reality as a medium to educate audiences, and the importance of capturing his hologram and legacy for future generations. Readers can watch the livestream above starting at 4:30 p.m. E.T. Buzz Aldrin was a Martian long before The Martian. Ever since becoming the second man to set foot on the lunar surface in 1969, Aldrin has been thinking hard about how humanity could get...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - March 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Buzz Aldrin life vr livestream Mars onetime South by Southwest space Virtual Reality Source Type: news

What Every Person Who Loves A Vegetarian Should Know
I have been a vegetarian for my entire life – well, almost. When I was two years old, my mom (also a vegetarian) claims she let me try turkey and I spit it out. From that day on, she decided that I must also, conveniently, be a vegetarian. Of course there were times I was curious about the taste of meat throughout my childhood. There was that time at camp my friend dared me to eat prime rib. Or when I tried a tiny piece of bacon at a Fourth of July camping trip (yes, I admit, it smelled pretty amazing). But whether I’ve tried chicken or fish or red meat over the years, the taste and texture just haven’t a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ed Goldman: Can camping reset your haywire internal clock?
We begin with a rather elderly joke. A guy goes to a psychiatrist. “Doc, you gotta help me,” he says. “Sometimes I think I’m a tepee and sometimes I think I’m a pergola.” The psychiatrist nods sagely and renders his judgment: “Well, you’re simply two tents.” What prompts this home-groan gag is a recent story in th e Los Angeles Times on studies showing a camping trip may be the remedy for your haywire circadian (internal) clock. That’s the invisible timepiece that tells your…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 13, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ed Goldman Source Type: news

Medical News Today: Weekend of camping promotes earlier sleep patterns
A weekend of camping could be just the remedy for people that struggle to get an early night, finds scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Source Type: news

Can't sleep? Camping could be the cure, study suggests
Researchers say sleeping under the stars can reset the body ’s clock to be more in tune with nature’s light-and-dark cycle
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How to reset your body clock — and get better sleep — with hiking boots and a tent
Are you sick of going to bed late and waking up tired? Then grab your hiking boots and a tent. A new study suggests that a couple days of camping in the great outdoors can  reset your circadian clock and help you get more sleep.The circadian clock is an internal clock that tells your body when...
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - February 3, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Deborah Netburn Source Type: news

Having trouble sleeping? Grab a tent and go camping, suggest researchers
Campers fell asleep about two hours earlier than usual when denied access to their gadgets and electrical lighting, study showedAs an antidote to one of the ills of modern life, it may leave some quite cold. When the lure of the TV orfiddling on the phone keep you up late at night, it is time to grab the tent and go camping.The advice from scientists in the US follows a field study that found people fell asleep about two hours earlier than usual when they were denied access to their gadgets and electrical lighting and packed off to the mountains with a tent.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 2, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Sleep Biology Science Camping holidays Health & wellbeing Source Type: news

Time Outdoors May Deliver Better Sleep
Camping and exposure to natural light helps prime your body for an earlier bedtime, researchers say
Source: WebMD Health - February 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Struggling to sleep? Try camping
University of Colorado researchers found that a weekend of sleeping under the stars can shift the body's internal body clock by more than 2.5 hours so people begin to feel sleepier earlier.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Weekend camping resets body clock
Time outdoors helps sleep but scientists say you could benefit at home by using more natural light.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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