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Vegetative brains show signs of awareness: study

S cientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them – findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people. The new research suggests that standard ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Globe and Mail,  4 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Terri Schiavo,  New England Journal of Medicine

Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness

Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them _ findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people. The new research suggests that ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Taiwan News,  3 Feb 2010

Related Topics: New England Journal of Medicine,  Terri Schiavo,  Harvard Medical School

Wisconsin study finds drop in age-related hearing problems

tests given to about 5,300 people who were at least 45 years old and born between 1902 and 1962. The tests were done between 1993 and 2008, and many participants were tested at five-year intervals. Participants were residents of Beaver Dam, Wis., and ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, TwinCities.com,  26 Jan 2010

Related Topics: University of Wisconsin,  State University of New York,  Downstate Medical Center

Study finds drop in age-related hearing problems

In fact, a new study suggests that the rate of hearing problems at ages ranging from 45 to 75 has been dropping for years, at least among white Americans. "I'm less likely to have a hearing loss when I get to be 70 years old than my grandmother did ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Jan 2010

Related Topics: University of Wisconsin,  State University of New York,  Downstate Medical Center

Experts: Haiti at risk for another big aftershock

Haiti can expect more aftershocks in coming weeks, and while the usual pattern suggests they will become weaker and less frequent, another one as strong as Wednesday's jolt is certainly possible, scientists say. The battered nation has felt more ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, eTaiwan News,  21 Jan 2010

Related Topics: University of Texas

Scientists: Cold snap no reason to doubt global warming

Icicles hang from fruit in a citrus grove in Lake Wales, Fla., on Wednesday. Global- warming experts say the cold snap is just a blip. ( Scott Wheeler, The Lakeland Ledger ) Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Denver Post,  7 Jan 2010

Related Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming

Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping the Deep South, including Florida's orange groves and beaches. ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Taiwan News,  6 Jan 2010

Related Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Cold Snap Doesn't Disprove Global Warming

Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping the Deep South, including Florida's orange groves and beaches. Such ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Forbes,  6 Jan 2010

Related Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Global warming a tough sell for the human psyche

would essentially allow industries to buy and sell the right to pollute. NEW YORK — The Copenhagen talks on climate change were convened with a sense of urgency that many ordinary folks don't share. Why is that? One big reason: It's hard for people ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Inside Bay Area,  18 Dec 2009

Related Topics: Pew Research Center,  Stanford University,  Columbia University

Study suggests greater sea level rise from warming

NEW YORK Global warming in this century might raise sea levels more than expected in future centuries, says a study that looked at what happened at a time when Neanderthals roamed Europe. Unless global warming is curbed or expensive measures are taken ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, San Diego Union-Tribune,  16 Dec 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University

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