Applying lessons learned in Hurricane Floyd in 1999, a three-hospital system located on Florida's exposed Space Coast was able to better deal with the devastation caused by hurricanes in 2004 and make changes in its plans to better prepare for the named storms which hit its area in 2008. Each new disaster, the author points out, brings with it new challenges which have to be considered in disas...

= Abstract =An autopsy case of congenital rubella syndrome in a deadborn infant is reported. This case is of particular interest in view of the association of massive necrotizing encephalitis with devastation of the almost entire brain. Necrosis and calcifications were also seen in the retina and the liver. The rest of the organs showed fairly typical changes of congenital rubella syndrome, suc...

our railway coaches, and all the places where people congregate. Nothing is so cheap as pure air, yet so sparingly is it provided in the great majority of our public buildings and in our dwellings that, in spite of the general warfare against the white plague, this disease continues its widespread devastation. The greatest sins of carelessness and indifference are committed against children in ...

The devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, resulted in massive destruction and human suffering that captured attention worldwide. This column details the experiences shared by the anesthesia department aboard the USNS Comfort. A total of 843 urgent and emergent surgical cases were completed. The mission included cooperation of both military and civilian anesthesia providers. The l...

BACKGROUND In 2008 after a massive earthquake jolted Wenchuan, China, we reported an effect that we termed a "Psychological Typhoon Eye": the closer to the center of the devastated area, the lower the level of concern felt by residents about safety and health. We now report on the progression of this effect and the development of new variations after the quake as well as investigating potential...

Elaborating on misleading information concerning emotional events can lead people to form false memories. The present experiment compared participants' susceptibility to false memories when they elaborated on information associated with positive versus negative emotion and pregoal versus postgoal emotion. Pregoal emotion reflects appraisals that goal attainment or failure is anticipated but has...