Today's Globe: lower emissions, code blue for hospitals, Down syndrome and cancer, Vt. syphilis
Greenhouse gas emissions from Northeast power plants were about 10 percent lower than predicted during the last two years, because of milder weather and increased reliance on natural gas instead of oil. But the decrease may have some unanticipated consequences: It could have the perverse effect of delaying more lasting reductions, by undercutting incentives intended to spur power plants to invest in cleaner technologies and energy efficiency.
People who suffer a life-threatening alteration in heart rhythms are more likely to survive if they are in a casino or airport than if they are in a hospital, researchers reported yesterday.
The Vermont Health Department issued a warning yesterday about a resurgence of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, which is being spread mostly among men.
People with Down syndrome suffer cancer less than most other people and a study in mice published yesterday gives one possible explanation - they produce higher levels of a certain protein.
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Elizabeth Cooney covers health for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. She
previously reported on business and was an editor at the paper. Earlier in
her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and
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