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- What You Need to Know About Natural Gas Detectors
Natural gas detector units vary greatly in price, features, and ease of installation. Some of them must be professionally installed and may be connected to your home security system. Other brands resemble smoke detectors and are easy for you to install. Regardless of which detector you choose, certain facts are important: It is important that the natural gas detector will not be set off by other elements in your home, such as cigarette smoke or humidity level. Many detectors will respond to...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Smell Disorders
The sense of smell is part of our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. Sensory cells in our nose, mouth, and throat have a role in helping us interpret smells, as well as taste flavors. Microscopic molecules released by the substances around us (foods, flowers, etc.) stimulate these sensory cells. Once the cells detect the molecules they send messages to our brains, where we identify the smell. Olfactory, or smell nerve cells, are stimulated by the odors around us--the fragrance of a...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Arteries Clog Earlier in People With Lupus, Says New Study
People with the autoimmune disease lupus may develop carotid atherosclerosis (the buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries) at an accelerated rate and independently of many risk factors normally associated with cardiovascular disease, according to a new study supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a part of the National Institutes of Health. The work was reported in the December 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study,...
National Institutes of Health
- Natural Disasters and Environmental Hazards
Travelers should be aware of the potential for the occurrence of natural phenomena such as hurricanes, tornados, or earthquakes while abroad. Natural disasters can contribute to the transmission of some diseases, especially since water supplies and sewage systems may be disrupted. However, transmission cannot take place unless the causative agent is in the environment. Although typhoid can be endemic in low-income countries, natural disasters have seldom led to epidemic levels of disease....
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Gas in the Digestive Tract
The digestive tract Everyone has gas and eliminates it by burping or passing it through the rectum. However, many people think they have too much gas when they really have normal amounts. Most people produce about 1 to 4 pints a day and pass gas about 14 times a day. Gas is made primarily of odorless vapors--carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sometimes methane. The unpleasant odor of flatulence comes from bacteria in the large intestine that release small amounts of gases that...
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Organizations
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- Little People of America -
- Little People of America, Inc. - http://www.lpaonline.org/
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. - http://www.shhh.org/
- Stickler Involved People - http://www.sticklers.org/
- American Association of People with Disabilities - http://www.aapd-dc.org/
News
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- Smell May Outlast Other Senses
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Smell Likely to Outlast Other Senses
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Human sense of smell can give dogs a run for their money
The Earth Times - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:56 EST
- Bhopal gas victims demand treatment of children with birth defects
The Earth Times - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:44 EST
- Sense And Sensibility In Short-Term Memory
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Experiments to Test How and Why the Sense of Smell Differs Between People
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00220038 - Active, not recruiting
Specific Anosmias
- A Study of the Sense of Smell in Relatives of Parkinson's Disease Patients
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00096876 - Active, not recruiting
Parkinson Disease; Parkinsonian Syndrome
- Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance: Specific Aim 3c
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00422851 - Recruiting
Healthy
- Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance: Sp Aim 3a Pt ii
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00494364 - Recruiting
Healthy
- A Severity-Adapted Clinical Trial of Diminished Bone Mineral Density in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00186901 - Active, not recruiting
Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute; Osteoporosis

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