http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In some isolated clinics in parts of Africa, the electricity needed to power lights and medical devices is generated by expensive imported diesel fuel; the water supply can be so cold in winter that health workers can’t even wash their hands properly. But a startup company established by a team of MIT students and alumni aims to change that. http://phys.org/news263461201.html Technology Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:41:28 EST news263461201 To protect the environment and improve the health of four million people while making a profit is the goal of a Swiss-based company distributing water filters and aiming to sell carbon credits. http://phys.org/news228630167.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:30:01 EST news228630167 (AP) -- At least 116 million U.S. adults experience long-lasting pain - the kind that lingers for weeks to months - and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news228572037.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:14:22 EST news228572037 A team of chemists led by Vincent M. Rotello of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a fast, simple and low-cost field test for detecting bacteria in low concentrations in drinking water using a biosensor made of gold nanoparticles, an enzyme and dye. The biosensor can detect harmful bacteria in concentrations as low as 100 cells per milliliter. Their report appears in the current online edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. http://phys.org/news228457191.html Chemistry Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:20:42 EST news228457191 The Pan-American Health Organization said Friday it is aiming to vaccinate 41 million people in 45 Western Hemisphere nations against a variety of diseases in its ninth annual vaccination week. http://phys.org/news222696495.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:50:01 EST news222696495 Physical ill-health is rife among the severely mentally ill in Britain, according to new research published today by the University of East Anglia (UEA). http://phys.org/news219898532.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:55:45 EST news219898532 Two University of Florida researchers and their international colleagues have used mathematical models and maps to estimate the feasibility of eliminating malaria from countries that have the deadliest form of the disease. http://phys.org/news207561964.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:40:01 EST news207561964 Although first responders willingly put themselves in harm's way during disasters, new research indicates that they may not be as willing— if the disaster is a potentially lethal pandemic. http://phys.org/news204986255.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:37:54 EST news204986255 (AP) -- Flu vaccination should be required for all doctors, nurses and other health workers, the nation's largest pediatricians' group says, calling it a long overdue step to protect patients. http://phys.org/news203190612.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:20:01 EST news203190612 A community-based maternal health delivery strategy known as the MOM Project (mobile obstetric medics) dramatically increased access to maternal health care services for internally displaced woman in eastern Burma, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. http://phys.org/news200047316.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:00:05 EST news200047316 An article in this week's PLoS Medicine by Younsook Lim (from Dartmouth Medical School, USA) and colleagues shows how the Rwanda Learning Collaborative on Child Health (RLC) sought to increase access to and the quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) services in the Eastern Province of Rwanda using a learning collaborative model. The model, which uses peer-to-peer learning methods, allows for multiple improvement ideas to be simultaneously tested and evaluated. http://phys.org/news198830209.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:00:24 EST news198830209 Caffeine can help those working shifts or nights to make fewer errors, according to a new study by Cochrane researchers. The findings have implications for health workers and for any industry relying on shift or night work, such as transportation. http://phys.org/news192826160.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 May 2010 19:49:36 EST news192826160 A new UN resolution has the potential to fight torture and cruelty say experts in the British Medical Journal today. http://phys.org/news186391810.html Other Sciences Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:50:02 EST news186391810 Health workers trained to take emotions more seriously may prevent depression among patients, a recent study at the University of Stavanger finds. http://phys.org/news183235070.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:20:02 EST news183235070 Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment. http://phys.org/news176044262.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:03 EST news176044262 (AP) -- About half of Hong Kong's health workers would refuse the swine flu vaccine, new research says, a trend that experts say would likely apply worldwide. In a study that polled 2,255 Hong Kong health workers this year, researchers found even during the height of global swine flu panic in May, less than half were willing to get vaccinated. http://phys.org/news170449722.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:30:01 EST news170449722 Hiring the nearly 800,000 workers needed to eliminate the staggering shortage of health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 will cost $2.6 billion a year, or 2.5 times the annual funds currently allocated for health worker wages in the region, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and collaborators from the World Health Organization (WHO) and The World Bank. http://phys.org/news168786249.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:20:01 EST news168786249 Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are a significant improvement over a 2005 study conducted by the same research team, in which more than 40 percent of public health employees said they were unlikely to report to work during a pandemic emergency. The new study suggests ways for improving the response of the public health workforce. The results are published in the July 24 edition of the journal PLoS ONE. http://phys.org/news167650689.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:38:33 EST news167650689 (AP) -- Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained. Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said 20 of the deaths have been confirmed to be from swine flu and the government was awaiting results on the others. http://phys.org/news160070739.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:06:27 EST news160070739 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a therapy programme to treat depression in women in developing countries. http://phys.org/news145536121.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:42:01 EST news145536121