News tagged with terrorist attacks


Repeated exposure to traumatic images may be harmful to health

(Medical Xpress)—Repeated exposure to violent images from the terrorist attacks of Sept ember 11 and the Iraq War led to an increase in physical and psychological ailments in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No anthrax vaccine testing on children -- for now

Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children? It will be a while longer before the government decides.

Medications created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Antibiotics resistance a 'catastrophic' global threat, UK warns

Resistance to antibiotics is a 'catastrophic' global threat and should be ranked alongside terrorism as one of the biggest risks Britain faces, the government's chief medical officer said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One in three post-partum women suffers PTSD symptoms after giving birth

(Medical Xpress) -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) develops in individuals who experience highly traumatizing situations such as terrorist attacks and car accidents, but symptoms can also come about ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Assessing disease surveillance and notification systems after a pandemic

Significant investments over the past decade into disease surveillance and notification systems appear to have "paid off" and the systems "work remarkably well," says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher who ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Socioeconomic status as child dictates response to stress as adult

When faced with threat, people who grew up poor are more likely to make risky financial choices in search of a quick windfall, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mumbai hospital review highlights challenges posed by a major terrorist attack

Meticulous forward planning, effective casualty assessment by a senior surgeon and efficient teamwork by medical and administrative staff are essential when handling injuries sustained in major terrorist incidents.

Other created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Violent radicalisation better tackled with public health measures, say researchers

(Medical Xpress) -- With a growing number of terrorist attacks being committed by ‘home-grown’ radicals, researchers at Queen Mary, University of London are proposing a totally new approach to preventing ...

Health created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3 Questions: John Gabrielli on studying traumatic memories

Starting just days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, MIT neuroscientist John Gabrieli (who was then at Stanford University) and colleagues around the country undertook a large-scale survey of how ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

More illness, doctor visits reported in years after Sept. 11

The events of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way Americans travel and view the world. They may also have made us sicker and more likely to access healthcare services, according to a new UC Irvine study

Health created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Efforts to develop new drugs that hopefully will never be used

Concerns about terrorist attacks, the prospect of a rogue nation using nuclear weapons and the Fukushima power plant accident in Japan are fostering efforts to develop a new family of drugs that everyone hopes will never ...

Other created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Junior doctors clueless about what to do during major incidents

Junior doctors have no idea what they should be doing when a major incident, such as a terrorist attack or transport disaster, occurs, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.

Health created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0