Are the health dangers from nuclear radiation exagerated?

17 Mar, 2010 02:04 pm The debate about the risks to human health of exposure to nuclear radiation has been rekindled. Two new books, one British and the other American,...

Climate Change Effects Health, Renewable Energy Ready Now

24 Jul, 2008 12:06 pm The EPA finds climate change will have a "substantial" impact on human health [ark | search] in the coming decades; worsening wildfires, hurricanes,...

Ozone Modifies Pulmonary Innate Immune Response

18 Oct, 2007 09:56 am It is well known that air pollution can cause health problems in susceptible populations. Our study, recently published in the Journal of Immunology,...

"All Biofuels Contain Health Risks As Does Diesel"

20 Apr, 2007 01:32 pm A report published this week on the safety of Ethanol suggests that in fact this popular potential replacement for oil has some drawbacks...

Nanotechnology Research comes of age

17 Jan, 2007 11:03 am Nearly half a century has passed since Richard Feynman pointed out the tremendous potential in making structures at the atomic scale...

Primary Health Care Comes Second in Pandemic Planning

23 Nov, 2006 05:10 pm No one knows when the next influenza pandemic will happen. But the odds of it happening in the near future are shortening. H5N1 influenza,...

Ethical Challenges in Pandemic Influenza

28 Mar, 2006 02:22 am This article describes the ethical challenges health care organizations may face in preparing for an influenza pandemic.