SCIENCE AND HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS

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March 19, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

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Weighing medical privacy rights vs. public safety (CBS)

The Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy is raising questions about whether psychiatrists should tell the authorities about patients with troubled minds who have the lives of the public in their hands. What you say to your doctor is usually confidential. But 45 states have laws requiring or permitting mental health professionals to disclose if they believe a patient is dangerous.

Kaiser to search for causes of autism in large-scale study (San Francisco Chronicle)

Kaiser Permanente is about to begin what is believed to be the largest genetic research project ever conducted by a health organization into the causes of autism, gathering biologic and other health information from 5,000 Northern California families who have child with the developmental disorder.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why is our solar system so strange? Blame Jupiter, say astronomers. (CS Monitor)

A wandering Jupiter may have wreaked havoc on the large inner planets of our early solar system, leaving behind an apparently rare configuration of planets.

Scientists Discover A New Form Of Ice — It's Square (NPR)

Researchers were surprised by what they found when they sandwiched a drop of water between two layers of an unusual two-dimensional material called graphene.

Fukushima cleanup: What to do with a torrent of radioactive water (CS Monitor)

Getting a handle on the Fukushima disaster recovery, let alone permanently cleaning up the site, has been extraordinarily difficult. The problem is the daily flood of rainwater that flows downhill towards the sea, rushing into the mangled radioactive site.

AAA: Distracted Driving A Factor In 58 Percent Of Teen Crashes (KPBS)

Distractions — especially talking with passengers and using cellphones — play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously understood, according to compelling new evidence cited by safety researchers.

 


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