Recent events in Japan, along with the pervasive terrorist threat of “dirty bombs” loaded with radioactive material, have brought radiation sickness — its detection and treatment — to the world’s center stage. Attacking radiation sickness…
Recently, more states have reported detecting trace amounts of iodine-131, the substance whose harmful effects are countered by potassium iodide. In addition to Hawaii, Washington and California, monitors in Colorado and Oregon recently showed higher…
As the post tsunami drama in Japan unfolds, we thought it would be helpful to place the radiation exposure risk posed by the Fukushima nuclear power plant damage into perspective. Radiation surrounds us all the…
As a parent, I am uncomfortable answering my daughter’s questions about what happened to the people in Japan when the “earth shook” and then the “ocean came and took people away.” As I struggle to…
The US military announced on February 27 that 6 soldiers involved in the Haiti earthquake relief have been diagnosed with malaria. One day later, health authorities declared a dengue fever epidemic in Puerto Rico, which…
Dr. Jorge Valenzuela, Internist at Clinica las Condes, and also a Regional Physician Advisor for HTH Worldwide, reports that today no hospitals in Southern Chile (Curico, Talca, Concepcion) are in operation. Everyone is being transported…
Sadly, our recent post on earthquake-threatened cities was a timely introduction to the risks residents and visitors run when inhabiting destinations situated above enormous seismic stress. Now scientists reviewing the reports from Chile are drawing…
New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin filed a story this week from Istanbul tracing the scientific analysis and sociological realities that are leading to predictions of disaster in fifteen world capitals that could dwarf the…
Dr. Scott Nelson, a U.S. Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and HTH provider, has been practicing in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic for several years. In conjunction with CURE International, he is leading a team of Dominican…
Just take a moment. We woke up this morning to the horrifying images of the earthquake that hit Haiti last night. The scope of it is too large to grasp, and many people are trying…
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