上海迪斯尼2012年开幕 面积较港大3倍

报道，上海迪斯尼乐园已有明确计划，筹备工作明年中开始，预计2012年开业，较香港迪斯尼面积大三倍，而且上海迪斯尼则比香港迪斯尼第二期早两年落成。

美科学家发现太阳系内的第10颗行星

美国加州理工学院的科学家29日宣布，他们发现了太阳系内的第10颗行星，大小相当于冥王星的1.5倍

冠心病征兆自测

1.劳累或精神紧张时出现胸骨后或心前区疼痛，或紧缩样疼痛，向左肩、左上臂放射，持续3-5分钟。

　　2.体力活动出现胸闷、心悸、气短，休息后缓解。3.出现与运动有关的头痛、牙痛、腿痛。4.饱餐、寒冷或看惊险片时胸痛、心悸。

　　5.睡眠时需要高枕卧位；平卧时突然胸痛、心悸、呼吸困难，需立即坐起或站立方能缓解。

　　6.性生活或排便困难时出现心慌、胸闷等不适。7.听到噪声，心慌、胸闷。8.反复出现脉搏不齐，不明原因心跳过速或过缓。

Bird flu harmful to humans found in Siberia

30.07.2005 - 09:53
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu harmful to humans has been found in Siberia, where thousands of birds have died in an outbeak of the disease, a Russian newspaper said on Saturday, quoting findings by official experts.

The newspaper Kommersant quoted the state veterinary service as saying laboratory experts had found the H5N1 strain in samples from the Novosibirsk region, where an outbreak of bird flu was reported last week.

More than 50 people have died in Asia from the virulent H5N1 strain since late 2003, raising fears it could mutate and form the basis of a global epidemic.

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香港卫生署卫生防护中心昨天接到一宗猪链球菌感染的报告，使得去年5月至今录得的个案总数增至十宗。该男子是在7月5日发病，有发烧、左脚踝痛及右臀痛的病征，现已康复，7月5日入广华医院，12日出院。

　　据知，病人近期没有外游记录，近期也没有前往当地养猪场，也没有接触猪只，家人没有出现病征。

　　卫生福利及食物局长周一岳表示，港府收到内地消息，四川省自昨日起暂停猪羊及其他肉类出口，待疫情消除后才恢复。他表示，香港已获中国卫生部准许，派人到四川参与调查疫情工作。

　　卫生防护中心昨晚也接获中国卫生部通告四川省猪链球菌感染个案的最新情况，在排除6宗疑似病例后，共有152人发病，较前多了21人，其中13宗报告为化验室确诊个案，有31名病人死亡，7人已出院。

澳洲最大投资银行

澳洲最大的投资银行麦格理银行（Macquarie Bank）投资9300万美元（1亿5438万新元）购买中国9家购物中心。

　　这是麦格理银行在中国除香港外的第二次投资。

　　麦格理银行昨天在一份声明中表示，已与一组投资者组建联盟，该银行将投入3800万美元的债务和5500万美元的现金，代表投资股份中的24％，旨在收购中国9家零售购物中心。

Curry powder withdrawn British stores for containing Sudan 1

Sudan 1 is a red dye normally used as a colouring in solvents, oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polish. Experts have warned it could cause an increased risk of cancer

Kyoto foes agree to secret emissions pact

SYDNEY - A group of countries including the United States, Australia, China, India and South Korea have agreed to a secret pact on greenhouse gas emissions to replace the Kyoto climate protocol

WHO urges people in area hit by swine bacteria to avoid pigs

The World Health Organization is recommending that people in a part of China hit by a deadly swine bacteria avoid pigs and raw pork meat, a WHO spokesman said Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, 24 villagers had died from the bacteria, known as streptococcus suis

小小痔疮 忽视遭殃

痔疮是人类所特有的疾病，实际上也是人类为在进化过程中选择直立体位所付出的代价。因为当人行走、站立或坐着的时候，腹腔内部脏器的重量会压向盆 腔，使直肠周围血液回流受到影响，久而久之，就会形成痔疮。长时间保持直立体位进行体力劳动，更容易引发痔疮。从比较医学的角度上看，四条腿行走的动物就 不会受到像痔疮这样的疾病烦扰。

　　痔疮在医学上称痔。痔在西方医学中起源于古希腊语，意指动不动就出血的静脉。现代医学沿用了古老的词汇，肯定了静脉的参与，认为静脉血回流受阻 是痔形成的主要原因。可见从很早的时候，痔疮就间断性地堵住了人类寻求舒适、自由的通道。甚至有历史学家认为，决定19世纪欧洲战场局面的滑铁卢战役，法 军统帅拿破仑的失败就与其当时痔疮发作有很大关系。痔疮给人带来刺痒、锐痛，使人焦躁不安、坐卧不宁。

印度暴雨成灾造成59人死亡

印度西部马哈拉施特拉邦暴雨成灾，土崩和洪水导致至少59人死亡，另有至少130人困于山泥之中，孟买市民生活亦停顿。

Please read global warming. Please plant more trees and other plants including flowers

马英九与“新台湾人”

马英九是正宗的“新台湾人”，大家要努力支援他。话音未落，全场欢呼声雷动。自此之后，“新台湾人”的概念不胫而走。

　　2005年仲夏，这位“新台湾人”在中国国民党首度举行的党员直选中脱颖而出，成为第六位党主席。由“新台湾人”带领的国民党究竟向何处去，能不能挣脱威权式革命政党的窠臼，走上全新的、接近西方形态的政党发展道路，将备受两岸三地以及海内外华人的高度关注。

民众普遍接受“新台湾人”

　　对于“新台湾人”的概念，台独分子的理论家们是嗤之以鼻的。他们以为，所谓“新台湾人”，定义之一是：曾经或现在依附新来的统治政权的一群新移民。这群新移民在依附政权时，曾有并吞台湾人的行为或意识，要台湾人化为他们新移民的“新台湾人”，而不入境随俗，做台湾人。

　 　马英九自己认定的概念是，台湾人无论在文化上还是在种族上都是中国人；“新台湾人”的定义就是愿意为台湾这块土地奉献的人。无论是数千年前，还是400 年前，或50多年前到台湾的，文化和历史上都是中国人，但更是台湾人。马英九强调指出，“新台湾人”的定义就是爱这块土地，愿意为这块土地奉献的人，这是 个具有包容的观念。

　　除了个别的台独基本教义派之外，台湾社会的绝大多数民众，甚至民进党主流派系，对“新台湾人”的接受程度都很高。在 台湾主体认同意识逐渐提升，台湾朝野主流势力在所谓“国家认同”问题上逐渐趋同的背景下，“新台湾人”的政治概念将被纳入主流价值体系之下。这是一种必趋 之势。

　　从宏观的意义上看，自马英九当选为国民党主席之后，台湾内部政治发展演变进入“新台湾人”的阶段，目前，这个阶段的两个代表性人物分别是陈水扁和马英九。

扁、马的相同与不同

　　“新台湾人”现象，不仅直接影响到未来一个历史阶段台湾政治的演变，同时也将无可避免地对两岸关系产生深远的影响。

　 　如果不是无时无刻受到极端台独基本教义派的羁绊和牵制，陈水扁对文化、历史中国的认同，相信和马英别无二致。如果不是为了争夺选举胜利，族群和省籍矛盾 不可能在每次的选战中被无限度放大，造成社会的割裂；人们应该注意到，在对中华民国政治符号的认同上，陈水扁和马英九本质上并没有明显的区别。区别之处仅 仅在于马英九坚决反对台独，而陈水扁则充分利用形形色色的台独诉求，谋取政治利益。

　　这次国民党主席选举结果，显示绝大多数党员对国民党 脱胎换骨、洗心革面的殷切期待。同时，还应该注意到，100多万党员中，70％以上是台湾本省籍，六成以上的党员支持被视为是外省籍的马英九，而不是本土 地方大老王金平。因此，马英九顺利当选，意味着对“新台湾人”的接受和认同。

　　从2000年到2005年，台湾的政治发展告别了蒋介石时代。在蒋经国军政强人时代之后，台湾政坛上的两个极端倾向以及代表人物，包括有日本情结的李登辉及其本土势力，和有大陆情结的连战、宋楚瑜也将逐渐淡出。以陈水扁和马英九为代表的“新台湾人”取而代之。

　　“新台湾人”的政治构成分为两极，一是带有强烈本土意识的分离主义势力，代表人物是陈水扁，二是主张一中各表、认同九二共识，但反共和反台独立场坚定的马英九。他们之间最大的分歧点是对台独的立场，最大的公约数则是对中华民国的认同。

　 　马英九对两岸关系的立场是：双方应该去发展各自的经济，让自己的体制更好，让这个社会更公平，到成熟的时候再来谈别的。两岸分隔这么久，制度又不一样， 要想短期内统一不太实际，也不符合两岸人民的利益。这和“渐进式台独”以及中华民国之下的永久性分离，究竟有何本质的区别，人们自可认真思考。

慎重评估马的反共立场

　　笔者注意到，即使是李登辉，对马英九的评价和对连宋的评价是不一样的；陈水扁以及民进党主要政治人物，对马英九的接受程度，远高于连宋。

　　一是他们认为马英九的中国认同意识不太强烈，而对台湾认同意识始终如一；

　　二是认为马英九在国际场合中，对中华民国主权独立的认同以及对北京对台政策的抵制，与陈水扁有诸多的共同语言。而他对“六四事件”的批判，对海外民运分子的支持，对法轮功的同情都始终如一；

　　三是对马英九改革国民党的决心和改革蓝图的认同，他主张彻底改造国民党，使之更符合台湾本土政治发展的需求，更加符合台湾本土政治发展的趋势。这也是“新台湾人”现象之所以成为未来政治发展主流的根本缘由。

　　和所有“新台湾人”一样，马英九对中华民国的认同度相当强烈，这是两岸关系中的新命题。他的反共立场、要求平反“六四事件”、同情海外民运人士、同情法轮功等等行为，来自于其长时期接受的西方民主观念以及潜意识中的中国情怀。

new bird flu found in Japan

bird flu outbreaks discovered in Ibaraki since late June have been confirmed as the weak H5N2 strain.

This is a less virulent type than the H5N1 strain found in previous avian flu outbreaks in Japan early last year.

The H5N1 strain first surfaced in poultry in Hong Kong and China eight years ago and is known to have killed more than 50 people in countries including Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.

The location of the latest outbreak in Japan is about 6 km (4 miles) from where the initial case was found in late June.

Since June, authorities have killed chickens at seven farms, all located near the initial case, after they tested positive in antibody tests.

The farm in the latest case has about 35,000 birds.

Following the new case, authorities limited the movement of eggs and chickens in a 5 km radius around the farm to prevent the virus from spreading.

Bird flu returned to Japan last year for the first time in 79 years.
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New clues in prostate cancer therapy

A man has a 17% lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, for example, but a 3% risk of dying from it.

Yet about one in three prostate cancer patients who have surgery eventually show signs of a relapse, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Doctors have few reliable ways, however, to determine which of these relapses — detected by PSA tests — will be deadly and which will prove relatively harmless.

The article suggests that doctors might be able to combine three measurements to select those who need strong therapy.

•Time to recurrence: the time it takes after surgery to detect levels of PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, in the blood.

This protein, which is made by the prostate, should be undetectable after surgery if a patient is cancer-free.

The presence of PSA in the blood after surgery indicates that some tumor cells remain hidden in the body.

•PSA doubling time: the time it takes for the PSA level to double after surgery. This measures how quickly the cancer is growing.

•The Gleason score: a measure of aggressiveness assigned after examining prostate cancer cells under a microscope. Scores above 8 are considered the most dangerous.

In the study, men whose PSA doubled in less than three months survived an average of six years. Among these men, however, those whose cancer recurred in less than three years and who had Gleason scores of 8 to 10 survived about three years. After 15 years, no pros

tate-cancer-related deaths were found in men whose disease took more than three years to return and whose PSA took more than 15 months to double.

Men who are at high risk could benefit from aggressive treatments, such as hormone suppression and chemotherapy, Freedland says.

A study in the same journal reported another potential way to predict which prostate cancers are most worrisome.

Among patients treated with radiation, men had the greatest risk of death if their PSA increased by more than 2 nanograms per milliliter in the year before they were diagnosed.

Some experts say that doctors need to verify these results before changing the way they treat patients.

Mitchell Anscher, a professor at Duke University who wrote an editorial accompanying the articles, notes that hormone suppression and chemotherapy cause serious side effects.

Chemo can make patients very sick. Suppressing testosterone, sometimes called "chemical castration," can cause impotence, hot flashes and bone loss.

四川不明疾病病因查明

四川省资阳市相继发生了以急性起病、高热、伴有头痛等全身中毒症状，重者出现中毒性休克、脑膜炎为主要临床表现的病例。根据现场流行病学调查和实验室检测 结果，有关专家初步认定，疫情系由猪链球菌感染引起的人－猪链球菌感染。截至7月24日中午12时，累计发病80例，其中临床诊断67例，疑似13例；已 经死亡19例，治愈出院4例，现住院病例中病危17例。病例分布在资阳市、内江市的4个区（县），发病患者共涉及40个乡镇(街道)、75个村

Flu influx causes hospital crisis

Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is stretched to breaking point as up to 50 flu-struck children a day flood the emergency department.

Some children have been stranded for hours waiting admission while the influx has forced the cancellation of seven elective operations.

The intensive care unit has been the busiest it has been for more than 18 months, the Herald Sun reported.

Most patients admitted to the hospital were suffering the common RSV virus or other winter bugs, but influenza A cases have surged in the past two weeks.

Scientist who first linked smoking with cancer dies

PROFESSOR Sir Richard Doll, the scientist whose research first established a link between smoking and lung cancer, died yesterday at the age of 92.

Following their study, Doll and Hill began research which asked doctors about their smoking habits and tracked them over the years to see what they eventually died from.

Early results confirmed that smokers were much more likely to die of lung cancer than non-smokers, and the 10-year results showed that smoking killed far more people from other diseases than from lung cancer.

养生之术

强调在养生的过程中，既不可违背自然规律，同时也要重视人与社会的统一协调性。正如《内经》主张：“上知天文，下知地理，中知人事，可以长久”。

　　形神兼养：

　　在养生过程中既要注重形体养护，更要重视精神心理方面的调摄，正所谓“形神兼养”、“守神全形”和“保形全神”。

　　动静结合：

　　现代医学主张“生命在于运动”

note: confirm that weather and climate affects organisms that cause sickness. learn to prevent and have a well balanced environment and health

有利于健康的姿势

服药的最佳姿势———站立。坐着或躺着服药，药物容易粘附于食道壁上，这不仅使药物不能达到最佳的吸收部位，而且粘附对食道壁是一种有害刺激。站立时食道呈垂直状态，有利于药物下行到胃里，充分发挥其疗效。

　　睡眠的最佳姿势———右侧卧位。右侧卧位有利于血液回流入肝脏，减轻肺和纵隔对心脏的压迫，有利于血液的流动。

　　思维的最佳姿势———平卧。平卧时人体肌肉和神经最为放松，情绪最稳定，心搏最为缓慢，因此脑细胞极易调整至最佳的思维状态。

　　行走的最佳姿势———小快步。小快步行走可以增加肌肉活动次数，使腿部肌肉强健发达，还可以增加腿部血液循环，预防“腿先老”。

　　骑车的最佳姿势———身体前倾20~30度

Open access--free availability and unrestricted use

free availability and unrestricted use_--to all articles published in the journal is central to the mission of PLoS Pathogens and the Public Library of Science. "Our open-access license means [the research published] is immediately available to scientists all over the world

Signs point to global influenza oubreak--WHO warning

GENEVA (Reuters) - Indonesia's first human bird flu case, coupled with more birds dying elsewhere including Russia, are signs a long-dreaded global influenza pandemic may be approaching, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

Health officials fear the virus will mutate and mix with human influenza, creating a deadly pandemic strain that becomes easily transmissible and could kill millions of people.

Margaret Chan, WHO's new director for pandemic influenza preparedness, said there had been no known sustained human to human transmission of the deadly virus, but called for stepping up disease surveillance among poultry and humans worldwide.

Indonesia this week confirmed its first death from the virus, which has so far killed more than 50 people since late 2003 in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, roughly half of the known cases.

An Indonesian government official was confirmed as having died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, but results of laboratory tests on his two young daughters who also died are still awaited.

"This is more evidence for us to be concerned about developments in the region," Chan told a news briefing.

"This is perhaps the only time since 1968, which was the last pandemic, that we are getting signs, symptoms and warnings from nature ... More and more birds are dying in different parts of the world -- this is the kind of signals, and early warnings that we are referring to."

Nuclear weapons still a serious health risk in Europe

Nuclear weapons in various European countries, particularly Russia, pose a serious threat to health, argues a letter in this week's BMJ.

Recent estimates are that Russia alone has 7,800 operational nuclear warheads - some of which are on high alert status says Nick Wilson, a public health lecturer and member of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Their continued presence means that accidental explosion or missile launch is always a threat. There is also a risk of nuclear weapon materials being stolen or sold on to terrorists, he argues.

Maintaining these weapons eats in to national economies adds the author, leaving less funds for healthcare and other vital services.

The threat posed by these weapons can only be tackled if European countries progress quickly towards a Europe free of nuclear weapons, and relevant countries - particularly Russia, France and the UK - meet their nuclear disarmament obligations. Within Europe, states with US nuclear weapons based on their territories should follow Greece in removing these weapons, says the author.

These weapons are "not able to deal with real security threats now facing the world", concludes the author. Unless removed they will continue to put European countries and others at risk

Scientists Shed New Light on Alzheimer's

Proteins called amyloid-B peptides that accumulate in plaques around brain cells are known to contribute to Alzheimer's disease, which affects an estimated 4.5 million Americans. Now, new research suggests that similar peptides accumulating in the blood vessels of the brain contribute to the disease

卫生部从未批准过离子水机

（简称涉水产品）生产经营单位，近来在生产销售涉水产品时，擅自以“离子水机”名义宣称其可制备离子水或碱性水，并大肆宣传具有各种保健功能，有的甚至擅 自标识有卫生部门许可批件，欺骗、坑害消费者。卫生部就此指出，卫生部从未批准过任何“离子水机”，涉水产品不得宣称任何保健功能。

Gene's Mutations Found To Cause Life-threatening Aortic Disease

Finding biological markers that flag aneurysm, a bulging of the aorta that leads to dissection, a lengthwise separation of tissues in the artery wall, is critically important for early diagnosis.

Aneurysms can be managed initially with medication and then successfully repaired to prevent catastrophic dissection and rupture, Milewicz said. Many patients never have a chance at treatment because they go undiagnosed, even when they go to emergency rooms with severe chest pain because diagnostic tests for heart attack do not uncover aortic defects. Actor John Ritter, for example, died in September 2003 from an undiagnosed dissection that ruptured.

Aortic aneurysms and dissections kill some 18,000 Americans every year. Research shows that 20 percent of those victims have close relatives who've had the disease.

mutations in the Transforming Growth Factor Beta Receptor Type II (TGFBR2) caused aortic aneurysms and dissections

findings of a team led by University of Texas Medical School at Houston researchers shed new light on the molecular causes of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. They also provide a new route for early warning of the condition, which builds slowly, usually with no symptoms, then often kills swiftly

genetic variation to a portion of chromosome 3. In the present paper, researchers pinpointed the culprit gene as TGFBR2 by analyzing 80 families with a history of aneurysm and dissection.

Scientist Testifies on Global Warming

WASHINGTON — Global warming is caused primarily by humans and "nearly all climate scientists today" agree with that viewpoint, the new head of the National Academy of Sciences -- a climate scientist himself -- said Wednesday.

Ralph Cicerone's views contrasted with Bush administration officials' emphasis on uncertainty about how much carbon dioxide and other industrial gases warm the atmosphere like a greenhouse.

"Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now at its highest level in 400,000 years and it continues to rise," said Cicerone, an atmospheric scientist who left as chancellor of University of California-Irvine to become academy president this month. "Nearly all climate scientists today believe that much of Earth's current warming has been caused by increases in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mostly from the burning of fuels."

Cicerone, testifying before a Senate Commerce subcommittee on global climate change, cited data from weather stations and ships indicating the surface of the Earth is generally hotter by about seven-tenths of 1 degree Fahrenheit just since the early 1970s.

The administration officials stressed the $5 billion spent yearly on U.S. climate programs, mostly research. David Conover, a principal deputy assistant energy secretary, said President Bush would lead on the issue though "the scientific and technology challenges are considerable."

James Mahoney, assistant commerce secretary for oceans and atmosphere, said, "We know that the surface of the Earth is warmer, and that an increase in greenhouse gases caused by humans is contributing to the problem." But he did not go further than that.

"We see economic growth, addressing the climate change problem and energy security as integrally related," said Daniel Reifsnyder, director of the State Department's Office of Global Change.

Just three senators -- David Vitter, R-La., Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Ted Stevens, R-Alaska -- were at the hearing. All three shared concerns about coastlines disappearing.

Cicerone also bolstered a 2004 Pentagon report that two private consultants prepared on potential global impacts of an abrupt and severe change in the world's climate. When the report was issued, it was met with some skepticism and disbelief -- even by the Pentagon official who commissioned the study.

Among the dire consequences sketched out were surging seas breaking down levees in the Netherlands in 2007, making the Hague "unlivable," and Europe's climate becoming "more like Siberia's" by 2020. They saw possible "mega-droughts" in southern China and northern Europe.

"It was well done," Cicerone said of the report. "I didn't think it was fictional."

Last month, the National Academy of Sciences -- an independent organization chartered by Congress to advise the government on scientific matters -- joined with similar groups from 10 other nations in calling for prompt action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Those nations were Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan and Russia.

Bush said earlier this month he recognizes that human activity contributes to a warmer Earth. But he continues to reject the Kyoto treaty on global warming that all other G-8 industrialized nations signed, because developing nations weren't included in it.

His administration has argued strongly against mandatory climate-related emissions caps, contending that its voluntary program is countering the growth of those emissions, but not actually reducing the tons annually being released into the atmosphere.

发现肝硬化怎么办

肝硬化是一种影响全身的慢性疾病，以中、青年为多见，临床多见于男性。其致病因素很多，如病毒性肝炎、慢性肠道感染、血吸虫病、慢性酒精中毒、营养 不良、毒物作用等一种或多种致病因素长期或反复损害肝脏组织等均可引起肝硬化。早期一般无特殊不适，肝功能大多正常或轻度异常，但部分病人也会出现食欲不 振、乏力、恶心、厌油、肝区不适，上腹饱胀，面色萎黄、蜘蛛痣、手掌发红、肝轻度肿大等临床症状。晚期主要表现为腹水，静脉曲张，脾脏肿大，肝脏缩小坚硬 等。此外，尚可有蜘蛛痣、肝掌、贫血、出血倾向、营养缺乏、内分泌系统失调等症状表现。

　　患了肝硬化后，一般宜进低盐、低脂肪，高蛋白、高糖、高维生素等少渣、清淡易消化饮食。水肿严重者应进无盐饮食。早期病人应多吃豆制品、水果、 新鲜蔬菜，适当吃一些糖类、瘦肉、河鱼、蛋类等。若有肝昏迷先兆者，应对肉类、鱼类、蛋类等蛋白质进行控制。若伴有消化道出血者，应禁食补液。此外，还应 注意：

　　1、如出现黄疸、腹水、出血及并发感染时，应注意卧床休息，以减轻肝脏负担，改善肝循环，促进肝功能恢复。

　　2、有腹水者，应注意食盐摄入。

　　3、注意补充维生素A、维生素D、维生素E、维生素K、维生素C和B族维生素丰富的食物。

　　4、禁止饮酒和一切辛辣及刺激性食物，注意禁食油炸及干硬食品，以免划破形成食道静脉出血

Indonesia confirms first human deaths from bird flu

Indonesia recorded its first human deaths from bird flu Wednesday after tests confirmed that a man and his two daughters who died earlier this month were infected by the deadly virus.

Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told reporters that the test results for the three family members were positive for avian influenza.

Indonesia said last week it suspected the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus for the deaths of Iwan Siswara, 39, and his two daughters - Thalita Nurul Azizah, 1, and Sabrina Nurul Aisyah

UK to stockpile 2 mln doses of bird flu vaccine

The British government plans to stockpile 2 million doses of vaccine to fight the H5N1 strain of bird flu which has hit Asia. The vaccine will be used to protect key healthcare and emergency workers against a possible global flu pandemic

World faces massive increase in CO2 emissions as population grows

The world faces a massive increase in carbon dioxide emissions, which fuel global warming, due to population growth, poor countries getting richer and the failure of wealthy countries to reduce greenhouse gases, a world population conference heard.

"We're on a toboggan and we've gone over the edge," Tim Dyson, professor of population studies at the London School of Economics, told the gathering. "It (global warming) will screw everyone up, no matter where you are," he said at the start of the four-day conference of 2,000 demographers, economists, geographers and sociologists from 110 countries.

Scientists predict global warming, caused mainly by increasing carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil and petrol in motor vehicles and power stations, will increase the frequency and severity of droughts, flooding and storms, threatening global agricultural production.

The world scientific authority on global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), predicted in its 2001 report that rising levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide will increase temperatures by between 1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius (35 and 42 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century and sea levels by between 9 and 88 centimeters (3.5 and 35 inches).

The IPCC, set to produce its next report in 2007, is likely to "increase its temperature estimates by 0.2 degrees (Celsius) at both the low and high end," Tim Dyson told the conference in this central French city.

He said that if per capita CO2 emissions remained at their 2000 levels, which he said was unikely, population increases would raise world emissions by 27 percent to 29.6 billion tons over the next 50 years.

World population is expected to reach nine billion in the next fifty years from 6.5 billion today.

Even a 40 percent reduction in per capita emissions in the developed world would be outweighed solely by the effects of demographic growth elsewhere in the world, Dyson said.

At the top end scenario, where emissions in the developing world double but remain constant in the industrialised countries, the increase in CO2 emissions would be 90 percent above 2000 levels by 2050.

Developed countries have so far been unable to reduce emissions, even in Europe where population is expected to fall in the next fifty years.

The United States, responsible for 25 percent of the world's CO2 emissions, has refused to ratify the only international agreement to cut greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, the Kyoto protocol, which came into force this year and commits industrialized nations to cut emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012.

Even those countries which have ratified the Kyoto protocol appear unlikely to meet its modest goals, Dyson said. Between 1990 and 2002 Canadas CO2 emissions rose by 22 percent and Japan by 13 percent while those of the EU emissions have risen by 3.4 percent.

The world's poor response so far to global warming was similar to that for other long-term threats such as HIV/ AIDS with the early development of a scientific consensus followed by "avoidance, denial and recrimination" with little behavioural change, said Dyson.

Immigration to rich countries is also likely to a "significant role" in CO2 emissions growth.

The United States and Canada currently have the worlds highest average per capita CO2 emissions at 19.9 tons per year, 20 times more than for sub-Saharan Africa

FIELD TESTS UNITE WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS

Earth science resources,” da Silva said. “Using existing data assimilation technology from NCEP, the finite-volume Community Atmosphere Model, or fvCAM, was able to ingest conventional and satellite observations, a capability that could open the door to using the fvCAM for weather as well as climate prediction.” The fvCAM, which includes land surface capabilities, was developed by NCAR, with key components from GSFC.

The second experiment combines NCEP’s data assimilation technology with the Aries atmosphere model originally developed by the NASA Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project. Aries is typically coupled with an ocean model to run experimental forecasts of phenomena such as El Niño and its effects on precipitation. Among additional advantages, the two field tests enable the intercomparison of systems for satellite data assimilation.

The coupled experiments have many other potential applications. The third experiment, combining a GFDL atmosphere-land-ice model with an MIT ocean-sea ice model (known as MITgcm), may ultimately bring new insights into ocean uptake of carbon dioxide and other important atmospheric gases and how this process affects the climate.

美国强生止痛贴涉嫌致命

近日，美国食品药物管理局（FDA）发布公告称，美国强生制药公司生产的镇痛药———芬太尼透皮贴剂（多瑞吉止痛贴）可能导致120位患者死亡。日前，美国已开始对该药进行调查，并提醒市民在结果出来前最好慎用该药。

　　记者昨日了解到，我省部分医院在缓解患者癌症疼痛时也使用该药，虽然目前尚未出现用后死亡的案例，但是已有多名患者在使用该药后出现呕吐、恶心、皮肤红疹等不良反应。国家药监局昨日向记者证实，已开始调查多瑞吉止痛贴，结果将于近期出台，但目前并不会禁止该药的销售。

　　四川已有三例不良反应

　　据了解，芬太尼透皮贴剂在中国的药品名为“多瑞吉止痛贴”，是一种通过皮肤吸收发挥止痛作用的新型强效麻醉镇痛药，其主要药物成分为芬太尼(英 文fen－tanyl)。由于其药性相当于普通吗啡的100倍，所以能够缓解剧烈疼痛，但过量使用可导致呼吸困难、极度嗜睡、失去正常思考、说话或走路的 能力，并可能造成缺氧而死。

海峡指数上升16.34点

（新加坡讯）本地股市今天在房地产股和银行股的带动下继续上升。不过，午盘后的套利活动，却缩小股市的上升。

　　海峡指数闭市报2309.26点，全天上升16.34点，海指曾一度上升超过四十点。

　　永泰控股、新电信和嘉德置地是全场交易最活跃的股票。

要求日本为细菌战负责

中国外交部今日发表声明，要求日本为二次大战时发动细菌战负责，妥善处理受害人的索偿要求。

　　声明说：「细菌战是日军在二战犯下的最严重罪行之一，日本政府应持守诚实的态度承认责任。」

a father's Love

A father's love runs deep and far,

More profound than his child will will ever know,

it isn't until his child holds his or her own,

then she can comprehend the meaning of love.

Care and want to know more how a parent felt,

until one day

it is that moment a spreading understnading in the heart

to comprehend how much he cares.

then a bond felt and share.

guidance, kind words, what ever he says

Reality is we are all on earth to stay

on and on living with next, and next generation

want to know that love

till holding a baby of your own

吸烟害上加害

饭后，血液循环量增加，尼古丁迅速地被吸收到血液，使人处于兴奋状态，脑袋飘飘然，就如同“烟民”们描述“神仙”一样的感觉。实际上，饭后吸一支烟，比平 常吸十支的毒害还大。因为饭后人体热量大增，这时吸烟会使蛋白质和重碳酸盐的基础分泌受到抑制，妨碍食物消化，影响营养吸收。同时还给胃及十二指肠造成直 接损害，使胃肠功能紊乱，胆汁分泌增加，容易引起腹部疼痛等症状。而且身体在对食物积极消化、吸收的同时，对香烟烟雾的吸收能力也增强，吸进的有害物质也 增加。所以，可以这样说：饭后吸烟，祸害无边。

警惕美丽眼睛的无情杀手

眼睛过敏发生率在不断上升，除了环境、眼部化妆品等因素之外，隐形眼镜是个很重要的原因。尤其是滤泡性结膜炎，几乎有60％的人都配戴过隐形眼镜。 　　眼科专家介绍，有严重屈光参差（相差300度以上）的病人无法配戴合适的框架眼镜，而隐形眼镜的诞生就很好的解决了这个问题，然而随时间推移， 美观大方的隐形眼镜深受时尚MM的喜爱，配戴的人也越来越多，出现的问题也越来越多。由于它覆盖在角膜表面，会影响角膜的直接呼吸作用，而且配戴隐形眼镜 造成眼睛分泌物增加，也会引起眼睛的不适。所以不能长时间配戴

碧波池中的健康隐患

带病人群互相传染
　　
　　一些游泳馆对前来游泳的人的健康检查不规范，健康证的发放也是流于形式，因而为一些传染性疾病的传播埋下了隐患。主要有以下几类：
　　
　　1.眼部传染病：如沙眼、红眼病。
　　
　　2.皮肤传染病：如脓疱疮、脓痂疹、足癣、灰指甲。
　　
　　3.消化道传染病：如菌痢、感染性腹泻、病毒性肝炎。
　　
　　4.生殖系统疾病：如阴道炎、淋病、尿路感染。
　　
　　这些传染性疾病多通过公用的衣物储存柜、拖鞋、毛巾、休息椅或其他可被多次接触的物品传播，往往发病快、病情严重，有的病如灰指甲、肝炎等一旦被传染将有可能终生带病，缠绵难愈。
　　
　　此外，游泳者受到感染后，还可继续将这些疾病传染给家人和其他密切接触的人。杜绝因游泳染上疾病要注意：
　　
　　1.场地要正规。到体检严格的游泳场所健身，严禁野泳和去毫无防范制度的泳池游泳。
　　
　　2.泳具要独用。自带衣物储存袋和泳衣、泳帽、泳巾、拖鞋及洗浴用品，最好不要多人合用

The mass poisoning of humanity: an exploration of human stupidity

As human beings, we're the only species stupid enough to actually poison ourselves. As part of modern living, we create a wide variety of chemical toxins that go into the ecosystem through rivers and streams, the air, the soil and so on. Not only that, we actually synthesize toxic chemicals and then inject them directly into the food supply -- knowing full well that they are poisonous and are major contributors to the epidemic rates of chronic disease we are experiencing today.

Teflon on non-stick frying pans likely causes cancer

Non-stick cookware material Teflon has once again landed in the spotlight after a US independent review board said they believe a chemical used in making it poses more of a cancer risk than previously indicated.

Clinton Warns of Global Warming Dangers

in the South Pole in the last 10 years, 12 chunks of ice the size of Rhode Island have broken off," Clinton told the volunteers with City Year South Africa, a youth service organization he helped inspire.

"If this continues for another couple of decades, part of South Africa will be under water, and we will lose 50 feet of Manhattan Island in New York."

"Most of the headlines today are full of sad stories -- September 11, 2001, the horrible day in London a couple of days ago, when people die of suicide attacks in the Middle East," Clinton said. "In every case where there is a human-caused tragedy, it is because the people involved thought their differences were more important than their common humanity."

怎样彻底去除席螨虫？

最好每周清除皮屑一次。在地上铺设清洁报纸一张，卷起凉席用棒轻轻拍打，并轻轻往地上按几下，将凉席上的头发、皮屑拍下，随后再用水擦洗。
　　
　　新买凉席及每年首次使用凉席前，要用热开水反复擦洗凉席，再放到阳光下暴晒数小时，这样能将肉眼不易见到的螨虫、细菌及其虫卵杀死。秋季存放凉席时也以此法进行，再内放防蛀、防霉用品以抑制螨虫的生长。

A picture of famous Chinese Physician Hua Dao. Legendary use of General Anaesthesia and performed painless operation, most likely Appendicitis treatment. One of the ingredient he used is from the plant Alkaloid Bellanoid ( see Archive for the flower, in this same site) 

Scientists find gene defect link to heart disease

LONDON - Five generations of a family in Dallas,Texas have helped scientists discover a genetic mutation thatcauses a common birth defect and contributes to heart diseasein adults.

Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern MedicalCenter in Dallas studied DNA from 11 members of the family,including children and adults, who suffered from aortic heartdisease.

They found that all of them had a mutation on a gene calledNOTCH1.

"Mutations in NOTCH1 cause an early developmental defect inthe aortic valve," said Dr Vidu Garg, an assistant professor ofpediatrics and molecular biology.

Researchers found a second mutation on the same gene inmembers of a smaller family in San Diego which they saidconfirmed their finding.

The aortic valve is normally composed of three flaps oftissue that open and close to enable blood to flow in onedirection.

But about one or two percent of the population are bornwith valves with only two flaps which make them susceptible toaortic valve stenosis. The condition, which narrows the passagethrough which blood exits the heart, can require surgery atbirth.

In severe cases the heart does not develop properly in thefetus and the child is born with an illness called hypoplasticleft heart syndrome -- a leading cause of heart disease deaths

Avian flu suspected in 3 deaths in Indonesian family

possible person-to-person transmission of the H5N1 virus.

If the cases are confirmed to be avian flu, they will mark the first symptomatic human cases and first deaths in Indonesia. The island nation has had intermittent poultry outbreaks and one asymptomatic human case, reported last month. H5N1 infections in pigs have also been reported there.

The victims were a 38-year-old man and his daughters, aged 1 and 9 years, according to an Associated Press (AP) report today. They lived in a suburb of Jakarta and had had no known contact with poultry, Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told reporters.

"These are suspected bird flu cases," Supari was quoted as saying at a news conference. "We have sent specimens to Hong Kong to confirm the [test] results, which will take seven to 10 days."

The three victims died within the past week and a half. Supari said one daughter died first and was not tested for avian flu. The father, named Iwan Siswara Rifei, died Jul 12, and the second daughter died Jul 14, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report. Both were tested for avian flu, a Reuters report said.

Earlier this week, Indonesian officials had denied that the deaths were linked to avian flu. Supari blamed the first two deaths on acute bacterial pneumonia in a statement reported Jul 13 by the Chinese news service Xinhua.

"The first test showed negative for the H5N1 virus, then we conducted a second test, which showed signs of the H5N1 virus," Reuters quoted Supari as saying today. But she said there was some doubt about the results, prompting the decision to send samples to Hong Kong for confirmation.

Supari said there was concern about possible human-to-human transmission because there was no evidence the victims had contact with poultry, Reuters reported.

Rifei's widow, their son, and the family's two maids have shown no signs of illness, the AP reported. Authorities were testing blood samples taken from 315 people who had contact with the family, reports said.

The AP quoted a World Health Organization (WHO) official, Dr. Georg Petersen, as saying that further investigation could reveal that the victims did have contact with poultry. "In other countries, this is often the case," he said.

The virus has not yet shown any consistent ability to spread from person to person. Experts concluded that the virus probably passed directly from a 11-year-old Thai girl to her mother and an aunt in September 2004, and some family clusters in Vietnam this year raised suspicions of person-to-person spread.

中年透支

不可自恃年富力强，对健康满不在乎。如果你是一个工作狂，请记住，一味废寝忘食，不仅会降低工作效率，而且会使体质变差，最终无法胜任工作。中年人应及时纠正“透支”健康的行为

中年期易患的主要疾病及其预防。
　　
　　■肺部感染

　　肺部感染不能忽视，尽早采取 增强呼吸道抵抗能力的措施，可以预防或延缓呼吸器官的衰变。预防中年人肺炎的方法有：1.净化环境。空气污染及长期吸烟可刺激呼吸道，使气管、支气管纤毛 受到损害而降低防病能力。2.经常摄取富含维生素A、E和B2的食物。3.积极参加体育锻炼。4.锻炼用冷水洗脸或淋浴，避免感冒，增强机体抵抗力。
　　
　　■心脑血管疾病

　　高血压在中年人群中发病率较高。该病危害性大，常易并发糖尿病、高脂血症、中风等症。中风对中年人来说，中风的危害性远超过癌症，是造成中年死亡的罪魁祸首。冠心病如发现胸闷、心前区压迫感，有早搏都要引起重视，及时做心电图检查，以明确诊断。
　　
　　心血管疾患应重在预防，其措施有：1.人群预防。要了解高血压、心绞痛防治知识及定期健康普查。2.注意合理饮食。食用低盐、高钙、低脂肪、低糖、高蛋白、高维生素类食物。3.提倡健康生活方式。平时要适当参加体育锻炼及家务劳动、注意劳逸结合，心理平衡。
　　
　　■糖尿病

　　隐性糖尿病是中年期多发而被忽略的疾病之一。中年期糖尿病患者自我保健应注意：1.精神愉快，解郁解结。2.注意冷暖、预防感冒。3.糖尿病易生疖肿，溃破不易愈合，故保持皮肤清洁至关重要。4.定期复查，遵医嘱治疗才能控制病情。严格掌握饮食配方。
　　
　　■骨质增生和骨质疏松症

　　骨质增生是中年后骨骼系统的衰老现象。骨骼疏松也是骨病常见病因之一，女性多于男性，对绝经期妇女来说是严重的威胁。
　　
　 　预防骨质疏松症的办法有：1.在绝经后适当补充雌激素，以达到早期预防作用。但应在医生指导下使用。2.骨质疏松症较明显，产生骨痛症状的患者，平时可 服乳酸钙、葡萄糖酸钙片。但有肾结石病史者要慎用。3.人体不断流失钙质，因此持续从饮食中补充钙质至关重要。4.戒烟。尼古丁会加速血中钙的排出。大量 酒精会干扰维生素D代谢，加速钙排出，要禁止酗酒。5.中年期人群须进行常规骨质检查。

9 Cases of Legionnaire's in W'chester Hospital

14 July 2005

(New Rochelle, NY) At least nine outpatients at Sound Shore Medical Center contracted Legionnaires' disease in the past month, possibly from contaminated water in a hospital cooling tower

Legionnaires' is a form of pneumonia that is spread through the air but not person to person. Most people exposed to the bacteria never get sick, but the elderly and people with weak immune systems can be susceptible. The disease is treatable with antibiotics.

如何早起才健康？

早起是能增加工作效益的。而在养生之道，早睡早起更是必修课程。不过，一个习惯迟睡迟起的人，要改为早睡早起就需要一段适应期，如果突然之间大幅度调校生理时钟，会觉得很不习惯。

　　先有鸡蛋还是先有鸡，这问题争论了几十年，但是，要改为早睡早起，应该是先由早起开始。因为，早起可以用闹钟弄醒你，要忽然之间由迟睡改为早睡，往往会弄巧成拙，导致失眠；但是，连续几天早起，晚上就会提早出现睡意了。

皮肤癌随着晒伤来

日光晒伤是指在短时间内大量接触紫外线的照射而引起的一种光毒反应。轻者照光的局部皮肤红肿，重者出现水疱。累加晒伤的次数越多。造成的损伤越严重。一般情况下，人体的细胞损伤后会自身修复，如果没有自然修复或自然修复能力不强的话，若人体细胞发生突变，就有可能患上皮肤癌，尤为可能发生在老年人身上。而患有遗传性皮肤病的人，经反复晒伤，就更容易得皮肤癌。例如患有着色干皮病的人，晒伤后，机体就不能自然修复，反复、累加晒伤会使人患上皮肤癌。

The brain: use it and lose it

cerebral cortex of humans and other mammals, rapid synapse formation during early postnatal life is followed by a substantial loss of synapses through adolescence and into adulthood. The mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon are unknown. It is generally believed that experience leads to an increase in the number of synapses and that's certainly true in early postnatal life but a study in young adolescent mice paints a very different picture. Long-term sensory deprivation increased dendritic spine numbers (hence synaptic links) by reducing the rate of spine elimination. At distinct stages of life it seems that the more experience one has, the more synapses will be lost in the brain.

涂改液可致癌

修正液”字样的样品，检出苯含量为每公斤388毫克，是国家标准的38倍，而无中文标识的样品每公斤苯含量为1070毫克，是标准的100多倍。同时，这两种样品全部含氯代烃。

　　氯代烃是工业溶剂，具有很强的致癌性，对人体肝脏损伤很大。

涂改液苯严重超标的消息，北京很多学校反应相对平静。一些小学校长介绍，学校早在数年前就建议学生不要使用涂改液。

　　北京朝阳区垂杨柳中心小学校长刘飞说，学校几年前就已建议学生不要使用涂改液，就是因为从一些材料上知道涂改液“不能用”、“有毒”。学校要求学生做作业要认真，尽量一遍写成，而不要反复修改。

　　北京五中一名高二学生介绍，班里同学大多数用涂改带，全班用涂改液的只有三四个人。“涂改液的味道很难闻，而且容易粘到手上。”

解惑:人体能耐多高温度

夏至以来，连续38℃—39℃的高温让人们烦闷异常，心脏病、高血压、急性肠胃炎的患者陡然增加，许多医院的接诊率居高不下。究竟多高的温度是最适宜的？人体对高温的忍耐极限是多少？
　　
　　据北京医院的李大夫讲，30℃是最舒服不过的，这样的温度人体会感到凉热适中。
　　
　 　如果在33℃这样的温度下连续工作两三个小时，作为人体“空调”的汗腺就会开始启动，并通过微微涔汗散发所蓄积的体温。到了35℃时，浅静脉就会出现扩 张现象，皮肤微微出汗，心跳加快，血液循环加速。这时对于个别年老体弱散热不良者来说，需要进行局部降温，以免出现不良症状。
　　
　　身 体开始报警的温度是36℃。这个时候，人体会通过蒸发汗水，散发热量进行“自我冷却”，此时身体已拉响报警。一般情况下，人体每天大约排出5升汗液，可带 走15克钠，50毫克维生素C及其他矿物质，血容量也随之减少。因此人体需要及时补充含盐、维生素及矿物质的饮料，以防电解质出现紊乱现象。
　　
　　38℃时，人体的多个脏器将参与降温活动。当气温升至这个温度时，人体通过汗腺排汗已难以保持正常体温，肺部会急促“喘气”呼出热量，心跳速度随之加快，输出比平时多60％的血液至体表，参与散热。此时，各种降温措施、心脏药物保健及治疗等措施务必要到位。
　　
　　39℃是个危险的数字。这时人体的汗腺濒临衰竭。尽管汗腺疲于奔命地工作，但可能会无能为力，很容易出现心脏病猝发的危险。
　　
　　当气温达到40℃时，人体此时的大脑将会顾此失彼。这样的高温已经直逼生命中枢，以致出现人头晕眼花、站立不稳等现象。这时，必须要立即转至阴凉地方或借助较好的降温措施进行降温。
　　
　　最后，李大夫提醒大家，41℃已经到了严重危及生命的高温。此时，排汗、呼吸、血液循环等一切能参与降温的器官，在开足马力后已经处于强弩之末的状态。特别是对于体弱多病的老年人来说，更要高度注意

Vaccination Tames Hepatitis A Infection

July 12 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinating children, especially young ones, can dramatically decrease the incidence of hepatitis A infections.

Two new studies -- one from Israel, the other from the United States -- found that childhood vaccination programs could reduce the incidence of disease by as much as 98 percent.

"Hepatitis A disease can be rapidly controlled by vaccination," said Dr. Ron Dagan, one of the Israeli study's authors and director of the pediatric infectious disease unit at Soroka Medical Center at Ben Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel.

"By vaccinating kids, we've dropped the incidence from 10 per 100,000 to two per 100,000, which is a remarkable achievement

男性10个难以逆转的衰老变化

男性身体机能的衰老虽然不像女性绝经那样有一个明显的生理变化过程，但是从中年起就会发生一些几乎难以逆转的衰老变化。
　　
　　1.大脑功能：集中注意的能力和语言技巧随年龄增长改变不大。存储和提取信息的能力从20岁起虽不明显但稳步下降。
　　
　　2.心脏反应能力：20岁以后，心脏的加速知应力开始下降。每分钟最高心率平均每10年降低10次。
　　
　　3.有氧耐力：由于身体供氧能力下降，工作能力降低，70岁时工作能力只及20岁时的一半。
　　
　　4.身体脂肪：75岁时体脂比例比25岁时增加一倍，大部分增加在肌肉和心脏器官中。
　　
　　5.阴茎勃起角度：一般情况下，阴茎勃起角度在30岁达最大值，以后随年龄增长阴茎向上勃起角度逐渐下降。最大下降幅度是在50—70岁。造成这种变化的主要原因是血管的老化。
　　
　　6.头发减少：随年龄增长，头皮上毛囊数目减少，余下的头发生长速度也会变慢。
　　
　　7.听力：耳鼓增厚，耳道萎缩，难以听到纯音（正弦波音）和高频音，尤其在接近60岁时更明显。
　　
　　8.肺功能：由于胸壁硬化，呼吸肌负担加重，每次呼吸后肺内残留空气增多。
　　
　　9.性冲动频率：性冲动次数减少因人而异，但因为性激素水平降低和活力减少，性冲动次数减少是不可避免的。在30岁达最高值后，每10年约降低30％左右。
　　
　　10.肌肉和骨：随年龄增大，肌肉萎缩，肌力减弱，但这种变化可通过体育锻炼加以补偿。

英专家传授避暑12招

炎热又漫长的夏天开始了。不过，现在您不用担心，近日，英国《每日邮报》上刊登了专家提出的12个防暑妙招，涉及到衣食住行的方方面面，可以让您清凉一夏。
　　
　　1.少吃多餐。每餐吃得越多，所产生的热量也越多，尤其是高蛋白食物产生热量更多。
　　
　　2.冷水凉腕。每过几小时，就把你的手腕在冷水龙头下冲个三五秒钟。因为手腕处是血管密集的部位，用冷水冲一下，能起到凉血的作用。
　　
　　3.吃辛辣食物。红辣椒可以刺激口腔内的热量受体，提高血液循环，导致大量出汗，有助于降低体温。
　　
　　4.温水冲澡。经常用温水泡澡或淋浴，特别是在临睡前，水温比体温稍低就行。
　　
　　5.待在地下室。一般情况下，地下室的温度会比上层低10℃—15℃左右。
　　
　　6.穿轻戴素。最好穿轻便、浅色的棉制衣物。合成纤维一般会吸热，而棉制品则正好相反，有散热的作用。
　　
　　7.拉好窗帘。当你不在家时，可以把窗帘拉下来，阻止热量进入，让室温升高。
　　
　　8.多多饮水。在大热天里，最好不要喝酒，酒精会使体内缺水。不如喝点矿泉水或低糖汽水，当然，最好喝点菊花茶，它能起到降温醒脑的作用。

Children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage

a child who stops breathing when falling asleep – and has to be reminded to visit the bathroom after drinking a Big Gulp. That’s the dilemma faced by parents of children born with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). Afflicting about 250 children in the United States, the genetic disease wreaks havoc in areas of the brain that control involuntary actions such as breathing, fluid regulation and heart function.

Younger children have to be reminded to breathe and to go to the bathroom. They will plop down to relax in front of the TV or a video game, start turning blue and not realize they are passing out."

Some children show disruption of the sympathetic nervous system, which regulates cardiovascular function. They have disturbed heart rates and blood pressure, often profusely sweat or shiver, especially at night, and sometimes faint during strenuous bowel movements. A mild fever can worsen breathing problems and quickly grow life-threatening. The pupil of one eye may constrict, while the other remains dilated.

At least 70 percent of CCHS children tested possess a mutation of PHOX2B, a gene related to brain structures that control blood vessel diameter. Harper hypothesizes that the mutated gene prevents normal development of these regions, resulting in narrowing of the blood vessels and inadequate blood flow to the brain sites that control breathing

few years ago, ventilators weren’t available, and CCHS children died young. Now ventilators are enabling these children to live past adolescence, when they often unwittingly kill themselves by falling asleep after drinking alcohol. With proper care, CCHS children are now living into their 30s, marrying and having children of their own.

乙脑”易感人群注意防病

乙脑的全称就是流行性乙型脑炎，是由乙脑病毒引起的嗜神经系统急性传染病，因蚊虫是传播本病的主要媒介，所以乙脑流行有明显的季节性，尤其集中于7、8、 9三个月，这与夏秋季的气温、湿度适宜蚊虫滋生，又有利于乙脑病毒在蚊虫体内繁殖有关。

　　乙脑的易感人群是3岁至6岁的小儿，近些年由于疾控部门给小儿普种“乙脑疫苗”，发病率大减，但未接种的无免疫力的幼儿、成年人尤其是老年人也 能得病。人被带有“乙脑”病毒的蚊子叮咬后，大多数人仅产生隐性感染，不出现神经系统症状，绝大多数成年人因此而获得免疫力。少数人经这种蚊虫叮咬约10 天至15天后发病，症状轻重不一，一般起病急，突然发烧、恶心、呕吐、嗜睡、头痛，两三天后病情明显加重，常出现昏迷、躁动不安、抽搐、说胡话、呼吸不规 则、颈项发硬等表现。极重的病例可因高烧抽搐不止、脑水肿、呼吸或循环衰竭而死亡。也有一部分病孩症状很轻，只有头痛和低烧，几天内就完全恢复正常。大多 数病人在7天至10天内热度渐退，其他症状也随之消失。少数严重病人可因惊厥、昏迷持续较久，恢复后常留有时间长短不一的精神不正常、智力减退、失语、手 脚僵直不能活动等后遗症。

　　得了乙脑，关键在于早期诊治。在“乙脑”流行季节，遇有发病急，有高烧、头痛、嗜睡的病人，没有或只有较轻的咳嗽、咽痛、流涕等症状，就应当怀 疑“乙脑”。尤其是第一、二天除了发烧外，还会出现一些轻微的精神症状，如嗜睡、呕吐、烦躁、惊跳、双眼凝视或精神异常的病人，要及时送医院诊断。对于 “乙脑”的治疗，目前虽然暂无特效办法，但只要及早作出正确诊断，及时采取中西医相结合的办法，如降体温、止痉挛等对症治疗，就可以大大提高治愈率，避免 后遗症。

　　乙脑是可以预防的，灭蚊、防蚊，是预防“乙脑”的重要措施，住房安设纱窗纱门，睡觉挂蚊帐，特别是儿童、老人，一定要睡在有蚊帐的床上。很多家禽家畜能寄存“乙脑”病毒，故而应做好禽舍畜圈的卫生和灭蚊工作。注射“乙脑”疫苗有良好的防“乙脑”的效果

青海湖禽流感真凶查出

１０００多只斑头雁接连死亡，原本平静的鸟岛顿时成为“候鸟疫区”——这就是今年５至６月发生的青海湖禽流感事件。到底谁是“真凶”？中国科学家携手攻 关，终于在短时间里迅速“破案”——一种经过重组的新Ｈ５Ｎ１型病毒“杀死”了候鸟。

　　上周出版的《科学》杂志，发表了中科院微生物研究所动物研究所、基因组研究所以及中国农业大学、军事医学科学院等的这一报告。据悉，在此次青海 湖疫情中，科学家从死鸟的咽喉、泄殖腔分泌物中分离出了病毒，并对４个病毒分离样本进行了全基因组检测。结果发现，它们与已知的Ｈ５Ｎ１型病毒类型都不完 全相同。也就是说，病毒的基因组可能经过了重排。

　　中科院微生物研究所所长高福研究员等人对鸡和鼠注射了分离病毒。结果发现，８只接受注射的鸡都在２０小时内死亡；８只实验鼠中，有７只在３天内 死亡，剩下的１只在第４天死亡。“这一结果表明，这种新Ｈ５Ｎ１型病毒危害极大，其毒力远远超过了早先在中国北方发现的同类型水禽禽流感病毒。

Saliva Test May Spot Mouth Cancer Early

July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Oral cancer patients may have increased levels of certain bacteria in their saliva, new research has found, and detecting those bacteria may help diagnose the disease in its earlier and more curable stages.

"Many researchers are working on a saliva test for oral cancer," said Donna Mager, an assistant professor at the Forsyth Institute in Boston and lead author of the study, published online Wednesday in the Journal of Translational Medicine. She said her team's efforts are unique in that they are focusing on "bacteria that grow in the mouth as possible markers for oral cancer."

The research is already proving fruitful: Mager's group was able to predict with 80 percent accuracy which patients had oral cancer by examining three specific species of bacteria.

Other researchers, she said, "are looking at protein and genetic material that indicate that certain cancer-causing genes have been turned on. Or they are looking at inflammatory mediators or signs of inflammation that may indicate there is cancer present."

To detect specific bacteria, Mager's team first collected saliva samples from 45 people diagnosed with oral squamous cell cancer, and compared those samples to samples from 45 healthy individuals matched for age, gender and smoking status -- a risk factor for oral cancer.

广州上班珠海居住 梦想不遥远

new hope, new economy, new health?

广珠轨道本月动工

　　广东本地媒体日前报道称，广珠城际轨道方案已经得到最后确认，预计7月动工，2008年建成开通。如果乘坐直达列车从广州到珠海，完成这条全长140公里的轻轨线路估计只需要44分钟。

　　自1980年成为特区以来，珠海一直以环境优美、人口密度低、生活环境舒适而闻名全国。

Bush faces heat on global warming

Global warming aggravate poles and glacier ice melting.
Indirect climate effect is going to cause changes in sickness such as occurance of endemic situation.
We really should plant more trees, reduce usage of all fuel.
Just wish you good health
****

A new public opinion poll released on the eve of the G8 summit reveals that 94% of US citizens believe Washington should do more to limit the emission of greenhouse gases while 75% believe the US should take part in the Kyoto Protocol

Nepenthes ampullaria, a species that grows at the lowlands. may form a carpet of tightly clustered, flask-shaped pitchers. 

pitcher plant of sarawak, Borneo. This plant can survive with relatively poor soil condition and extract nutrition from insect trapped inside the 'cup' of the plant. 

compare the pine trees of 5,000 meters altitude, China 

pine tree at sea side. sarawak. it is cool with the tree shade 

nice formation and design by spider, in pine trees 

dew and water sondensation found at the spider webs of the pine tree, Kuching 

pine trees in Kuching 

let us salute the snow peak, blue sky, white cloud, cool air, green pine trees...really refreshing...( we have nice pine tree at montane are of Kinabalu mountain and ranges south of Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo...wan to see the cute pine trees and the spider webs ?) 

warning ? red light at traffic light junction? actually, need to protect culture and environment. prevention is always better than repairing later. first class idea 

any one can stop the excess flow of ice water to the sea? sea level going to be raised and many beautiful tourist spots like Maldives and white sea shores, beaches will be submerged in water...( the scenery of snow peak is really first class) 

20 trillion gallons of fresh water melted into the sea from the glacier and poles ice( north and south pole) 

compare the snow peak at Lijiang, Yunnan, China ...with Kinabalu..will the snow last if global warming persist...?note: 20 thousand billion gallons of water melted from the glacier and poles ice yearly. 

first class dawn..the site used to have glacier 10,000 years ago.. slowly melting after the last ice age...cool? 

cloud flying like silk at 4,000 meters + at Kinabalu mountain, Borneo ( note, in Borneo, at Sabah...not Sarawak) 

first class natural cool air..at 4,000 + meters of Kinabalu mountain, sarawak 

first class sensation. highest mountain in south east Asia, Kinabalu mountain, Borneo, Malaysia 

relax, first class county, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo 

first class feeling. scenery at Pasir Pendek, a white sand resort near Santubong mountain of Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo 

so, lucky to have first class treatment. ( We paid economy price) 

artistic dental clinic, dental surgery. Mmmm..the photographer is artistic( that is me) 

she is happy to know a familiar and friendly place. Dental surgery with a smile 

Kim has an appointment. at this Dental surgery centre 

going to Dental surgery for a good fix up, by Dr. Aw Jong Kok Choy,Lot 2685, 1st floor, Twin Tower Centre, Rock Road, 93200 Kuching (Tel:412635) 

Beyond Food and Drugs, Biotech Fights Pollution

On the site of a former hat factory in Danbury, Conn., a stand of genetically altered cottonwood trees sucks mercury from the contaminated soil.

Across the continent in California, researchers use transgenic Indian mustard plants to soak up dangerously high selenium deposits caused by irrigation of the nation's bread basket.

Still others are engineering trees to retain more carbon and thus combat global warming.

The gene jockeys conducting these exotic experiments envision a future in which plants can be used as an inexpensive, safer and more effective way of disposing of pollution.

"Trees are really made for this ... we just have to trick them to do what we want them to do," said Richard Meagher, whose University of Georgia students went to Danbury in 2003 as part of the most advanced, open-air experiment in the United States involving trees genetically engineered to eat pollution.

Biologists for decades have been trying to exploit the genetic mechanisms that let microscopic bugs survive in polluted places where most living things die.

Indeed, the 1980 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed the so-called "patenting of life" that launched the biotechnology industry centered on bacteria genetically engineered to clean oil spills.

But simply dumping engineered bugs on polluted sites has its dangers and drawbacks. Elements like mercury can't be broken down into harmless bits like oil, so researchers have turned to engineering plants to draw pollutants out of the ground.

blasting a hole into a comet more than one million miles away

analysing the comet's interior and the cloud of dust and ice thrown out by the explosion, scientists hope to answer fundamental questions about the formation of the solar system.

But hitting a target less than four miles wide from a distance of 537,000 miles at speeds of 23,000mph is extremely tricky.

牙龈出血的原因多

牙龈出血是口腔疾病的常见症状之一。一般分为局部性和全身性两种：最常见的局部原因是牙菌斑或牙结石堆积。此外，刷牙时用力过猛，牙龈受感染，以及喜欢剔牙，都很容易引起牙龈出血。

　　全身性疾病也是不可忽视的引起牙龈出血的主要原因之一，如坏血病是由于缺乏抗坏血酸（也称维生素C）所致的全身性出血性疾病，而牙龈出血是该病的一个突出症状。

　　患坏血病的病人口腔牙龈呈暗红色肿胀，肿胀的牙龈有时可遮盖牙冠。随着人民生活不断提高，在我国坏血病已十分罕见。

　　值得注意的是，各种血液系统的疾病也可出现牙龈出血的症状，如白血病、血友病、血小板减少性紫癜、再生障碍性盆血等，常表现为牙龈出血或拔牙后出血不止。用一般的止血方法不易止住，应该引起高度警惕。

　　癌症、糖尿病、甲状腺功能障碍、肝硬化、脾机能亢进、肾炎后期等，也可发生牙龈出血。

　　牙龈出血常伴有口臭，有碍工作社交活动，有的会带来精神负担。造成牙龈出血的病因很多。养成良好的口腔卫生习惯，可以预防牙龈炎、牙周炎的发生。

　　坚持早晚刷牙，饭后漱口，清除污物和食物残渣，可防止牙垢和牙结石的形成。

Climate Change Reinforces Need For Kyoto Protocol

Climate change predictions for Otago reinforce importance of Kyoto Protocol for Otago

Predictions of a two to fourfold increase in the frequency of severe drought for inland and coastal Otago underline the need for the Kyoto protocol, Otago MP David Parker said today.

“This prediction is not at the extreme of climate change projections. It is based on middle-of-the-road assumptions,” said Mr Parker.

A recent report by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) states that drought risk is expected to increase dramatically in already drought prone regions, including the Maniototo and North Otago.

The report, titled Changes in drought risk with climate change, predicts that between now and 2080, the frequency severe of droughts will occur increase between two and four times in Central Otago and eastern parts of North Otago.

Mr Parker said the report warns that what is presently considered a one in 20 year drought will occur every 5 to 10 years. When droughts occur, they will be drier and more severe than is normally the case now.

“The effects on river flows will be significant. Rivers which that have their catchments in Central and Eastern Otago will have less water in them. The only two rivers on the east coast likely to maintain their flow are the Clutha and Waitaki Rivers, which receive most of their water in the Southern Alps from the west coast weather patterns. Except for these two rivers, there will be less water for irrigation and less water for town supplies.

“We in Otago will be more affected by climate change than most other parts of New Zealand. The efforts this Government and of the international community under the Kyoto protocol are especially important to us.

“The 1997-99 Canterbury drought cost $230 million at the farm gate alone and around a billion dollars nationally. The Australian drought of 2002/03 resulted in a 30% reduction in agricultural output, a net effect of 1.6 per cent drop in GDP and 70,000 jobs. This is the scale of the threat climate change can pose to New Zealand and the agricultural sector in particular.

白领当防“颈肩腕综合症”

　1、尽量避免长时间操作电脑。如果你的工作离不开电脑，那么要做到每小时休息5到10分钟，活动一下脖子和手腕。
　　
　　2、掌握正确的坐姿和手部姿势。大腿与腰，大腿与小腿应保持90度弯曲；上臂和前臂弯曲的弧度要保持在70—135度；手腕和前臂呈一条直线，避免工作时手腕紧张。
　　
　　3、把电脑屏幕上的文字或图像放大，既方便观看，又可以更轻松自如地操作鼠标，减轻手部的疲劳。
　　
　　4、不要仰头注视电脑屏幕。让显示屏与视线处于同一高度或比视线略低，以保证血液循环通畅，减少颈部和肩部疲劳。
　　
　　5、电脑桌上键盘的高度，应当与你保持坐姿时肘部等高或稍低。
　　
　　6、最好使用可以调节高低的椅子，椅背和座位应保持90度。
　　
　　7、键盘应正对着自己，不要令手腕过度弯曲紧绷。
　　
　　8、桌面上的用具应尽量靠近键盘，以减少手臂的伸展动作和肩膀的压力

床上健康盲点：

大多数家庭在床垫上铺设褥子，以为这样可以阻隔灰尘和皮屑等脏物污染肌肤，但却忽略了床垫本身也会藏污纳垢，时间长了，细菌、尘螨等就会进入床垫底层。
　　
　　●有些家庭直接在床垫上铺床单，但一层薄薄的床单是不足以阻隔汗液和皮屑的，非常不利于清洁。
　　
　　●有些家庭为了保持床垫清洁，特意保留新床垫上的塑料薄膜。岂不知，人体一夜大约要通过汗腺等排出1升左右的水分，如果睡在包了塑料薄膜的床垫上，潮气就无法散发，而是附着在褥子和床单上，罩在人体周围，直接影响睡眠和健康。
　　
　　●外出归来，身上沾有大量的灰尘，如果穿着外衣跟床接触，这些灰尘就会附着在床上

mad cow disease prevention

After the first discovery of mad cow in the United States in 2003, some 700 head of cattle were killed as a precaution.(USA)

prevent sickness

Whooping cough cases trigger health warning
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Health News, Health officials are advising parents to ensure children are vaccinated against whooping cough after five cases of the deadly disease were detected in south-east NSW.

The Greater Southern Area Health Service's director of public health, Tony Kolbe, says babies and young children are the most vulnerable, although the disease is increasingly being found in young adults aged 16 to 25.

He says the problem is likely to be bigger than first thought.

30-June 2005 events

Beware of La nina after 2 years back to back El nino. To search and find out more about possible weather changes.

由于连日的大暴雨，澳洲东部海岸地区这两天出现严重的水灾。昆士兰的黄金海岸地区，30日在500毫米的大暴雨中一对驾驶货车受困在洪水中的年轻夫妇，连人带车被大水冲走而不幸失踪。悉尼所在的新南威尔士州北部，已经至少三千人撤出家园。

　　昆士兰黄金海岸地区的警方，在水位暴涨的库美拉河上来回穿梭，希望查找失踪夫妇的下落。根据警方表示，救难人员接到一对夫妇的求救电话，表示洪水已经灌入他们所开的货车里面，情况相当危急。而当救难人员赶到现场时，货车已经消失无踪，而来电求救的夫妇则可能凶多吉少。

　　另外在黄金海岸的其他地区，也到处都成为水乡泽国。许多车辆几乎灭顶，而救难人员也在淹到胸部的积水中，帮助一名行动不良的妇女脱困。

　　在南部的利斯摩尔，情况也相当凄惨。大部分社区都是一片汪洋，路面严重积水，行人与车辆必须涉水而过。为了预防灾情扩大，警方已经事先撤离叁千多名居民，并且在大学校园，设立紧急避难所，供灾民栖身

good news, gene

洛杉矶６月２９日电（记者陈勇）由中国科学家领导的一个研究小组２９日宣布，他们首次绘制出了人类纤维原细胞的基因组启动子分布图。这一研究不仅将加深对人类基因组信息的理解和利用，也将对疾病机理等的研究作出贡献。

　　基因的启动子是ＤＮＡ链上不编码蛋白质的碱基对序列，它对基因有开关一般的控制功 能。此前科学界对一些基因启动子已有所了解，但没有精确绘制出一类细胞基因组中启动子的全图。加州大学圣迭戈分校的中国籍助理教授任兵等人，通过对人类纤 维原细胞基因的分析，在这一领域迈出了第一步。他们的成果发表在新一期《自然》杂志电子版上。

　　基因的启动子好比开关，它通过控制转录过程来使一个基因表达或“沉默”。在解释它 的功能时，任兵对记者说：“到目前为止我们知道人类基因组大约有２．５万个，在各类分化的细胞中，这些基因组信息尽管保留下来，却不会完全表达。比如脑细 胞或心肌细胞都只表达了７０００到８０００个基因。这就是说，在不同的细胞中启动子‘关闭’了大部分基因而只‘开启’一部分。”

　　任兵等人通过实验确定了人类纤维原细胞中大约１．０５万个有效启动子的位置。他们 发现，这些启动子对应了６７６３个已知基因和至少１１９６个目前尚不了解的转录过程，许多基因需要一个以上的启动子来控制表达。此外，这些启动子在基因组 上的位置大都聚集在一起。研究人员还根据启动子控制转录的方式，将启动子大致分成了四类。