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Doctors have discovered an incurable brain disease evident in a large number of soldiers returning from war, and estimate that as many as 250,000 US troops are at risk of being ravaged by the disorder next.

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August 17, 2012

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Afghan War veterans in danger of mysterious degenerative brain disease

(AFP Photo / Jose Cabezas)

 Doctors have discovered an incurable brain disease evident in a large number of soldiers returning from war, and estimate that as many as 250,000 US troops are at risk of being ravaged by the disorder next.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy cannot be diagnosed or adequately treated yet, Col. Dallas Hack of the Army’s Combat Casualty Care Research Program tells the Huffington Post, and scientists say that they think brain injuries developed during battle might bring up the likelihood of CTE occurring, which is characterized by bursts of anger and depression, and is believed to be able to impact motor skills and memory. And with 2.5 million Americans being able to call themselves veterans of the United States’ wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, an increasingly large proportion of them are showing symptoms of CTE.

“We don’t fully understand the incidence of CTE with the occurrence of traumatic brain injury,” Air Force Lt. Col. Randall McCafferty, chief of neurosurgery at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, adds to HuffPo. “But we may be able to learn that early treatment of the initial acute [brain] injury may avoid this cascade from brain injury to CTE.”

In some cases, military researchers add, they believe CTE is linked to instances of suicide.

So far research has suggested that those suffering from traumatic brain injuries are at a greater risk of CTE than others, which makes both soldiers and professional athletes alike more inclined to come up with a case of the disorder. More than 20 football players with the NFL have been diagnosed with CTE in the last few years, and at least two — former Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson and Hall of Famer Junior Seau — are believed to have suffered from CTE before committing suicide.

“It’s tragic that Dave Duerson took his own life, but it’s very meaningful that he recognized the symptoms of the disorder — it validates this condition,” Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, told the New York Times last year. According to the doctor, Mr. Duerson’s brain showed “no evidence of any other disorder.”

Speaking to NPR, author Chris Nowinski said that research conducted in only the last few years have allowed doctors to link CTE with athletes and others who are documented to have taken “too many blows to the head” during their professional career.

“So, you know, suicide is a very, very complex act; however, we do have a number of athletes with the disease who did commit suicide or multiple suicide attempts,” Nowinski tells NPR, “And suicide is linked to brain injury. So we need to investigate that further.”

But with CTE only being identified in recent years, the correlation between cases in the Armed Forces and suicide attempts have not been fully analyzed yet. Meanwhile, though, statistics released earlier this summer from the US Department of Defense reveal that the suicide rate for active duty servicemen in 2010 is around one-per-day.

“Four years ago we really did not understand this injury at all,” Dr. McKee tells reporters this week of the latest developments in the science community’s research into CTE. “Now we know it exists. We know it’s a problem.”

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Tags: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, Dave Duerson, Huffington Post, NPR, San Antonio Military Medical Center, traumatic brain injury, United States

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EU and NATO naval forces freed a ship commandeered by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden this week

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August 17, 2012

 

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EU-NATO forces free hijacked vessel

by Staff Writers
Brussels (UPI) Aug 16, 2012

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EU and NATO naval forces freed a ship commandeered by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden this week, even as the number of such attacks has dropped sharply.

Counter-piracy forces from the EU Naval Force Somalia’s Operation Atalanta and NATO said they acted on a tip from port authorities in the Somali territory of Puntland and, after a pursuit, freed the crew of a pirated sailing vessel in the Gulf of Aden Monday.

EU military officials said the operation began Aug. 8 when Puntland authorities reported a possible hijacking of a traditional sailing vessel, or dhow. It was spotted early Saturday by the EU naval vessel Lafayette, subsequently intercepted and boarded unopposed.

Armed forces, however, found the pirates had fled the vessel, leaving it and the crew in good condition. The crew said the pirates left on a second pirated dhow, the Bourhan Nour.

That ship was tracked down by another EU Naval Force unit, the German frigate Sachsen, which intercepted it late Sunday as it was heading south toward the Somali coast. Intelligence indicated the suspects were seeking to link up with other pirates there.

The Sachsen kept pressure on the ship and was joined by EU NAVFOR flagship ITS San Giusto as well as the NATO flagship HNLMS Rotterdam of the Netherlands, and it was decided to set a trap for them, Rotterdam commanding officer Capt. Huub Hulsker said in a statement.

“There was not really anywhere for them to go,” he said. “The situation was clear and some strict orders and two warning shots later, the suspected pirates surrendered.”

It took the EU-NATO boarding team 20 minutes to gain control of the dhow, separating the crew from the six suspected pirates.

The arrests came as figures from the International Maritime Bureau indicated pirate attacks perpetrated by Somalis have dropped sharply in the first half of 2012.

Somali piracy activity, it reported, fell from 163 incidents in the first six months of 2011 to 69 in this year, while the number of vessels hijacked also dropped from 21 to 13 during the period — including a hijacking-free monthlong period in June-July.

As of June 30, Somali pirates were known to be holding 11 vessels and 218 crew members, 44 of whom were being held ashore in unknown locations and conditions.

Somali piracy “continues to remain a serious threat,” IMB Director Pottengal Mukundan said.

“Somali pirate attacks cover a vast area, from the Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Gulf of Oman to the Arabian Sea and Somali Basin, threatening all shipping routes in the northwest Indian Ocean,” he said.

The EU-NATO arrests this week demonstrated pirates are facing significant pressure from armed forces in the Gulf of Aden, said Commodore Ben Bekkering, commander of NATO’s counter-piracy mission.

“If they make it to the open sea, they find it increasingly difficult to stay undetected and find opportunities to attack merchant vessels,” he said. “That can be credited to a broad international effort and the effective coordination between many participants. In this case, NATO and EU worked closely together.”

 

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• EU-NATO forces free hijacked vessel (upi.com)
• Piracy Attacks Drop to Zero for First Full Month in Five Years (amren.com)
• Dutch navy frees Somalis held by pirates: NATO (shippingtribune.com)
• EU Forces Free Two Pirated Dhow’s in Three Days (gcaptain.com)
• For Somali pirates, July was a very bad month (csmonitor.com)
• Piracy attacks drop to zero for first full month in five years (telegraph.co.uk)
• First pirate-free month in five years in Somalia (calgaryherald.com)
• Dutch navy frees Somalis held by pirates: Nato (nation.com.pk)
• Somali Pirates Are Getting Hit By The Financial Crisis (businessinsider.com)

Tags: European Union, Gulf of Aden, International Maritime Bureau, Nato, Operation Atalanta, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Somali

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JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan and the amount of internal radiation exposure among residents of a city north of it.

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August 17, 2012

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Studies examine health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan

by Staff Writers
Chicago IL (SPX)

File image courtesy AFP.

The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and the amount of internal radiation exposure among residents of a city north of the power plant that experienced a meltdown.

As reported in a Research Letter, Jun Shigemura, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan, and colleagues examined the psychological status of Fukushima workers 2 to 3 months after the disaster for symptoms of general psychological distress, including posttraumatic stress response (PTSR). The study included all full-time workers from the Daiichi plant (n = 1,053; plant experienced meltdown) and Daini plant (n = 707; plant experienced damage but remained intact) in May and June 2011.

Using a self-report questionnaire, the researchers assessed sociodemographic characteristics and disaster-related experiences, including discrimination/slurs because the electric company that managed these plants was criticized for their disaster response and the workers have been targets of discrimination. Measures of general psychological distress included feeling nervous, hopeless, restless/fidgety, depressed, and worthless in the last 30 days.

Of 1,760 eligible workers, 1,495 (85 percent) participated (Daiichi: n = 885 [84 percent]; Daini: n = 610 [86 percent]). The authors found that compared with Daini workers, Daiichi workers were more often exposed to disaster-related stressors. Experiencing discrimination or slurs was not statistically significantly different between groups (14 percent vs. 11 percent). The researchers found that general psychological distress and PTSR were common in nuclear plant workers 2 to 3 months after the disaster.

“Daiichi workers had significantly higher rates of psychological distress (47 percent vs. 37 percent) and PTSR (30 percent vs. 19 percent). For both groups, discrimination or slurs were associated with high psychological distress and high PTSR. Other significant associations in both groups included tsunami evacuation and major property loss with psychological distress and pre-existing illness and major prop�erty loss with PTSR.”

Study Finds Low Levels of Radiation Exposure to Residents of City North of Meltdown
In another Research Letter, Masaharu Tsubokura, M.D., of the University of Tokyo, and colleagues conducted a study to gauge the level of radiation exposure to residents of the city of Minamisoma, located 14 miles north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. “Release of radioactive material into the air, water, and soil raised concern about internal radiation exposure and the long-term risk of cancer in nearby residents,” they write.

Many residents were evacuated after the meltdown, but by August 2011, approximately half had returned. A voluntary screening program for levels of cesium, known to be representative of total internal radiation exposure, was conducted between September 2011 and March 2012 for all residents ages 6 years or older.

Total cesium exposure was converted into committed effective dose (sievert, Sv). Common dose-limit recommendations for the public are 1 mSv or less. A total of 9,498 residents enrolled in the study, 24 percent of the registered population on August 15, 2011.

The sample consisted of 1,432 children and 8,066 adults. A total of 3,286 individuals (34.6 percent) had detectable levels of cesium, including 235 children (16.4 percent) and 3,051 adults (37.8 percent). Committed effective doses were less than 1 mSv in all but 1 resident (1.07 mSv).

“To our knowledge, this is the first report on internal exposure to cesium radiation after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant incident. In this sample, exposure levels were low in most adults and children tested and much lower than those reported in studies years after the Chernobyl incident. Even the highest levels of contamination observed are below the thresholds for the administration of Prussian blue [an antidote used in the treatment of cesium poisoning],” the authors write.

The researchers note that because this screening program started 6 months after the nuclear power plant disaster, higher exposure levels might have been detected earlier, and that it is not possible to ascertain whether the low levels of exposure were due to low ongoing exposure or decay from high exposure values.

“Because data were collected from volunteers, the results may not be representative of the entire population in contaminated areas. No case of acute health problems has been reported so far; however, assessments of the long-term effect of radiation requires ongoing monitoring of exposure and the health conditions of the affected communities.”

 

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• Health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan (sciencedaily.com)
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Tags: Chernobyl disaster, Daiichi, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, National Defense Medical College, Posttraumatic stress disorder

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The small fragments of tropical forests left behind after deforestation are suffering extensive species extinction, according to new research

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August 17, 2012

 

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Widespread local extinctions in tropical forest ‘remnants’

by Staff Writers
Norwich UK (SPX)

 

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The small fragments of tropical forests left behind after deforestation are suffering extensive species extinction, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). Publishing in the journal PLoS ONE, the researchers carried out a comprehensive assessment to estimate the long-term impact of forest fragmentation and hunting on tropical biodiversity in Brazil.

They studied the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, including the region’s largest and least disturbed old-growth forest remnants, and found that remaining habitat fragments had been virtually emptied of their forest wildlife.

White-lipped peccaries were completely wiped out, while jaguars, lowland tapirs, woolly spider-monkeys and giant anteaters were virtually extinct. Defaunation even extended to forest remnants with relatively intact canopy structures.

Widespread agricultural expansion has transformed the world’s tropical forests, leaving few remaining blocks of primary forests unaltered by humans. There have been scattered reports of large mammal extinctions throughout Brazil, but the conservation value of a rapidly growing number of small forest remnants in highly-fragmented tropical forest landscapes has been hotly debated.

Senior author Prof Carlos Peres, of UEA’s School of Environmental Sciences, said: “You might expect forest fragments with a relatively intact canopy structure to still support high levels of biodiversity. Our study demonstrates that this is rarely the case, unless these fragments are strictly protected from hunting pressure.

“There is no substitute for strict protection of remaining forest fragments in biodiversity hotspots like the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Protection of forest cover alone is not enough to sustain tropical forest species, as overhunting compounds the detrimental effects of small habitat area and isolation.”

Drawing on information from wildlife surveys and local interviews conducted at 196 forest fragments spanning a vast region covering 252.670 km2, Dr Peres worked in partnership with Dr Gustavo Canale of the State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT). They investigated the effects of anthropogenic landscape alteration and other impacts, such as hunting, on the survival of large vertebrate species.

The researchers travelled more than 205,000km by treacherous dirt roads to uncover the largest and least disturbed forest fragments left in this vast region of the Atlantic Forest.

“We uncovered a staggering process of local extinctions of mid-sized and large mammals,” said Dr Canale.

Around 90 per cent of the original Atlantic Forest cover (about 1.5 million km2) has been converted to agriculture, pasture and urban areas, and most of the remaining forest patches are smaller than a football pitch. On average, forest patches retained only four of 18 mammal species surveyed.

This study – the first to document the loss of five large tropical forest mammals from one of the world’s most endangered tropical biodiversity hotspots – highlights the critical importance of the few legally protected areas established in the Atlantic Forest.

“We found that the protected areas retained the most species-rich forest fragments in the region,” said Dr Canale. “We therefore recommend the implementation of new strictly protected areas, such as National Parks and Biological Reserves, including forest fragments containing populations of endangered, rare and endemic species, particularly those facing imminent extinctions.”

However, many of the existing protected areas are far from secure.
Prof Peres said: “A growing number of reserves are being degraded, downsized, if not entirely degazetted, so holding on to the last remaining large tracts of primary forests will be a crucial part of the conservation mission this century.”

With the global population projected to surpass nine billion by 2050, tropical forests will face increasing threats posed by anthropogenic land-use change and overexploitation.

“Human populations are exploding and very few areas remain untouched by the expanding cornucopia of human impacts,” said Prof Peres. “It is therefore essential to enforce protection in areas that are nominally protected ‘on paper’. The future of tropical forest wildlife depends on it.”

‘Pervasive defaunation of forest remnants in a tropical biodiversity hotspot’ by Gustavo R. Canale, Carlos A. Peres, Carlos E. Guidorizzi, Cassiano A. Gatto and Maria Cecilia Kierulff will be published online by PLoS One on Tuesday August 14.

 

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• Extinctions Rife in Tropical Forest Remnants (theepochtimes.com)
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• Widespread local extinctions in tropical forest ‘remnants’ (eurekalert.org)
• Wildlife vanishing fast in Brazil’s forest fragments (reuters.com)
• Extinction Rates Soar in Brazil’s Fragmented Forests (treehugger.com)
• Wildlife Vanishing in Brazil’s Fragmented Atlantic Forest, Study Says (e360.yale.edu)
• Brazil’s Atlantic forests lose key species (climate-connections.org)
• Brazil’s Coastal Rainforest Suffers Widespread Species Extinction (voanews.com)
• Wildlife Vanishing Fast in Brazil’s Forest Fragments (scientificamerican.com)

Tags: Atlantic Forest, Brazil, Carlos Peres, Extinction, Habitat fragmentation, Old-growth forest, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, University of East Anglia

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Soil microbes help plants face the challenges of a rapidly changing climate, say study.

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August 17, 2012

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Impulsive micro-managers help plants to adapt, survive

by Staff Writers
East Lansing, MI (SPX)

 

Jen Lau, MSU biologist studied how plants and microbes work together to help plants survive the effects of global changes. Photo courtesy of MSU.

Soil microbes are impulsive. So much so that they help plants face the challenges of a rapidly changing climate. Jen Lau and Jay Lennon, Michigan State University biologists, studied how plants and microbes work together to help plants survive the effects of global changes, such as increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations, warmer temperatures and altered precipitation patterns.

The results, appearing in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that microbes in the ground not only interact with plants, but they also prompt them to respond to environmental changes.

“We found that these changes in the plants happen primarily because of what global changes do to the below ground microbes rather than the plant itself,” said Lau, who works at MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station. “Drought stress affects microbes, and they, in turn, drive plants to flower earlier and help plants grow and reproduce when faced with drought.”

The team conducted a multi-generational experiment that manipulated environmental factors above and below ground while paying close attention to the interaction between the plants and microbes in the soil. Close examination of this particle partnership revealed some interesting results.

Researchers already knew that drought stress reduced plant growth and altered their life cycle. The team was surprised, though, to observe that the plants were slow to evolve and, instead, microbes did most of the work of helping plants survive in new, drier environments. This happened because the microbes were quick to adapt to the changing environment.

This new found aspect of their relationship gives plants an additional strategy for survival, Lau said.

“When faced with environmental change, plants may not be limited to traditional ‘adapt or migrate’ strategies,” she said. “Instead, they may also benefit from a third approach – interacting with complementary species such as the diverse microbes found in the soil.”

Lau and Lennon’s research is funded in part by MSU AgBioResearch. PNAS paper

 

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Tags: East Lansing Michigan, Jen Lau, Kellogg Biological Station, Lau, Michigan State University, Microorganism, Plant, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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