News tagged with weather models


New method is first to predict brain cancer outcome and quickly show if therapy is effective

The critical question shortly after a brain cancer patient starts treatment: how well is it working? But there hasn't been a good way to gauge that.

Cancer created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When will genomic research translate into clinical care—and at what cost?

Genomic research is widely expected to transform medicine, but progress has been slower than expected. While critics argue that the genomics "promise" has been broken – and that money might be better spent elsewhere—proponents ...

Genetics created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flu? Malaria? Disease forecasters look to the sky

Sunny with a chance of flu? That's what some health scientists are thinking, as they study the weather for clues about how to predict disease outbreaks.

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

Long-term exposure to air pollution increases risk of hospitalization for lung, heart disease

Older adults may be at increased risk of being hospitalized for lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes following long-term exposure to fine-particle air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard ...

Health created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast