Lighter Forms of Poliomyelitis

A lighter shade of trauma.

On the morning of Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. The levee system of New Orleans failed catastrophically. Storm surges penetrated the entire city and lingered for weeks. Hurricane Katrina became known as one of the most intense, costliest, and deadliest natural disasters ever recorded in the history of the United States. Almost exactly 3 years l...

A Lighter Skin Tone

[Burns with lighter gas].

Attention is drawn to a particularly dangerous party activity. Balloons filled with lighter gas so as to float are used for party decorations. A case of hand burn caused by accidentally lighting such a balloon with a cigarette is reported. The method is strongly advised against, it is a much better idea to use helium for such purposes.

The lighter side of BDNF.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mediates energy metabolism and feeding behavior. As a neurotrophin, BDNF promotes neuronal differentiation, survival during early development, adult neurogenesis, and neural plasticity; thus, there is the potential that BDNF could modify circuits important to eating behavior and energy expenditure. The possibility that "faulty" circuits could be remodele...

Better, faster, lighter Java