Tag: "methane" at medical news
Fructose intolerance could be the culprit in unexplained abdominal pain and gas
...ysis revealed the abnormal presence of hydrogen or methane
gas in 78 percent of the patients and gastrointestinal symptoms in 58 percent. "If a patient is found to be fructose intolerant and symptomatic, the doctor may recommend a low-fructose diet," said Beyer. "But in severe cases, antibiotic therapy ma...
Laser technology helps measure pollution from NYC buses
...days. Formaldehyde also contributes to urban smog; methane
is a powerful greenhouse gas; SO2 contributes to a... diesel buses, but emitted troubling quantities of methane
and formaldehyde. New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) diesel buses and diesel-electric hyb...
Envisat Symposium report day 3: Satellites supporting Kyoto - our future is in our forests
...rbon dioxide is the best known greenhouse gas, but methane
is able to trap more than 21 times more heat per molecule. "Accurately characterising methane
sources and distribution is very important to increase the accuracy of climate models," said Michael...
Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...ong the U.S. Atlantic margin are sites where giant methane
gas explosions have occurred, and other places that are actively emitting methane
as well as fluid from under the seafloor. Oceanographers from the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory a...
Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...hen analyzed these breath samples for hydrogen and methane
content the level of either substance in the breath corresponds to the level contained in the colon. The subjects also rated the frequency and intensity of nausea, abdominal cramping and distention and gas for two days after consuming each test meal...
Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...gical Institute (KMNI), based on interpretation of methane
observations made by the SCanning Imaging Absorpti...ellite. A comparison was made between space-based methane
observations and model simulations for atmospheric methane
for the time period August to November 20...