Advanced cyber-attack: NHS doctors' paperwork piles up
They say it could take months to clear the backlog caused by a continuing cyber-attack. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Garbage piles in Scotland raise health concerns amid strikes
Public Health Scotland warns that stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening public health and safety (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Numerical study on effect of ambient humidity variation on self-heating and spontaneous ignition of the eucalyptus bark pile - Fu S, Chen H, Watt SD, Sidhu HS, Luangwilai T, Shu Y.
The self-heating and spontaneous ignition process pose a fire risk for industrial biomass piles during storage. Most studies, from theoretical to numerical, pay more attention on the effect of pile size on self-heating and self-ignition, which in essence i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Radio bursts from ‘zombie’ black holes excite astronomers
When a hapless star ventures too close to one of the supermassive black holes that lurk at the center of galaxies, it’s torn to shreds and stretched like spaghetti. In this so-called tidal disruption event (TDE), the black hole dines on the stellar remnants, which wrap around the black hole’s belly in an accretion disk. During the feast, the black hole can glow brighter than a supernova for months, before returning to a quiet state of hibernation.
Or so the story usually goes.
Continued monitoring by patient astronomers has now revealed a few cases in which black holes wake up and belch matter and energy, ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
As pandemic ebbs, hospitals see a rise in elective surgeries
Elective surgeries are planned procedures and don't involve a medical emergency. These include joint replacements, as well as piles, kidney stones, hernia, cataract, vascular, lipoma and cosmetic dental procedures. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Happens If Hemorrhoids Dont Hurt
What Happens If Hemorrhoids Don ' t Hurt? (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - July 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Explosive testimony piles pressure on Trump
The January 6 committee cannot charge Trump, but it can make criminal referrals. Here are the key legal issues at stake (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seismic response evaluation of high-steep slopes supported by anti-slide piles with different initial damage based on shaking table test - Chen H, Jiang G, Zhao X, Zhu D, Liu Y, Tian H.
In order to study the instability development process of the slope reinforced by anti-slide piles under earthquake conditions, the dynamic response characteristics of the slope are usually taken as the main characteristics, and the model test and numerical... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Nigeria: No, the Juice From Cocoyam Leaves Won't Treat Haemorrhoids
[Africa Check] A message posted on Facebook in Nigeria claims that "the healing power" of a plant "juice" can treat haemorrhoids. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Criticism of police response in Uvalde shooting piles up
A Texas lawmaker said some of the shooting victims might have survived. #lawmaker #uvalde #shootingvictims (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Kills Hemorrhoids Fast?
Title: What Kills Hemorrhoids Fast?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 4/27/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/27/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - April 27, 2022 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Plantwatch: Dunes – the battle to save the UK’s sandscapes
A huge conservation project is under way to protect these precious and threatened habitatsDunes are more than just piles of sand blocking the way to a beach. These are some of Britain ’s most precious and threatened habitats, a sanctuary for rare plants and wildlife adapted to living in sand, such as fen orchids, natterjack toads and sand lizards.But sand dunes have declined by a third since 1900, under assault from aggressive invading plants such as sea buckthorn, and nitrogen pollution has enriched the poor nutrient soils, driving out native dune plants. The management of dunes has also been bungled by fencing and hedg...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 20, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Paul Simons Tags: Science Natural England Conservation Environment UK news Source Type: news
Ukraine leader demands Western nations give arms, asks if they're afraid of Moscow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, on Saturday demanded Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles and asked whether they were afraid... #volodymyrzelenskiy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
At least eight dead as Kyiv shopping centre wrecked by shelling
Shelling hit a Kyiv shopping centre late on Sunday, killing at least eight people, wrecking nearby buildings and leaving smoking piles of rubble and the twisted wreckage of burned-out cars spread... #shoppingcentre #kyiv (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why trying to provide your family with 'healthy' food could be bad for them
The piles of multicoloured packets, boxes and bags in Amanda Duddridge's shop are typical of most modern families in the UK, with frozen pizzas, crisps, squash, flavoured yoghurts and cakes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news