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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SCIENCE & MEDICINE Thursday,June 15, 2000 What happened? Raa better, .° ‘a it when r=] ts away vision, ences use looking tuseenoetai stars oe. details — such as the license plate You Don’t Need to Be a Genius To Know SweatIs Necessary BY GREG MORAGO the body,allowing for a cool-down. THE HARTFORD COURANT “You're cooling from the outside in,” Steinberg Genius, Thomas Alva Edison said, is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percentinspiration. ets upward. There is no escape Genius or no, who wants to go around looking (and feeling) like a wet rag? Perspiration — let’s be real here and just call it sweat — may be the obvious byproduct of physical exertion and warm conditions, but it’s something most people try toavoid. Sweat, especially in the white-collar work- However,the part of eyeball that looks a tietowedthe side is best at seeing dim lights KnightRidder = SCIENCE BRIEFS ‘=-Compiled by Norma Wagner = Northern Exposure ‘=> The Salt Lake Astronomical Socwiety and the Hansen Planetarium 7:48 pi. The summer solstice marks that moment when the sun ‘Here Comesthe Sun Summerofficially returns to the Northern Hemisphere Tuesday at st a viewing of the now extra- MSétive sun, complete with Earth{Size magnetic storms and solar tlares like those that have been »causingintense aurora to appearin rahe sky the past few weeks. f=. With luck, the planets Jupiter ‘and Saturn may also be visible, ‘along with a few of the brighter “nighttime”stars. «= This month’s free public Sun “Party is Saturday from 11 a.m.to 1 ‘D-m. in the parking lot of Harmon's ry, 7755 S. 700 East, Midvale, ‘weatherpermitting. * The next evening star party will ‘be at the Salt Lake Astronomical Society's Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC) June 24, be- ginning at dusk. For further information, please call the planetarium’s free Starline Information Serviceat 532-STAR or Jog onto the planetarium’s Website -www.utah.edu/planetarium/. Q shown to assess heart-muscle function. The technique may offer physicians better waysto identify bloodflow problems to heart and also mayleadto the development ofnew medications to prevent the developmentof coronary-artery 5 according to the American Heart Association. reachesits northernmostpoint in the sky. To help people better understand this natural phenomenon, Hansen Planetarium will present a free half-hour solstice lecture at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday. Weather permitting, the planetarium’s rooftop solar observatory will be open from 11 a.m. to midafternoonto offer the public an opportunity to safely observe the sun. a Betterfor the Heart A report in the June 13 issue ‘of Circulation: Journal of the Ameri- can Heart Association describes a new usefor the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test to spot heart disease atits earliest stages. The noninvasive imaging technique, called phase-contrast magneticresonance imaging, measures the coronary blood flow to the heart. When used in combination with the conventional MRI test, it also was Then You Need a “CRASH COURSE" on Soft 4 Tissue Injuries. FREE REPORTrevealsvital 4 information you need to knowif you have been Injured and tetings you MUST KNOWbefore] 5 Brown, senior research associate at the nonprofit research center Child Trends in Washington,D.C., which studies children . and families. Problems for Older Drivers Data collected from the March 1997. Current Population Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau showsthat single fathers raising children are generally worse off economi married fathers and that the gap is increasing. According to a recent article in Marriage and Family Review, single fathers, including those whoare living with a partner outside marriage, earn less and have a lower family income than married ls. They also tend to have less education than married fathers and are more likely to be receiving somesort of public assis- tance. More than 2.1 million families were headed by unmarried fathers in 1998, an increase of more than 50 percent since 1990. Among all single families, 18 percent are headed by a dad. And one-quarter of all noncohabiting single fathers Older drivers are more likely to receive. citations than their youngercounterparts, are twice as likely to be involved in left-hand turn crashes, and are seven times more likely to be killed or hospitalized when wearing seatbelts, A University ofUtah study compared the characteristics and medical outcomes of Utah car wrecks for drivers 70 and older with those of drivers between ages 30 and 39. The study examined crash statistics between 1992 and 1995, when there were nearly 15,000 drivers older than 69 and 69,000 between ages 30 _and 39, But there are some advan- tages to being an older driver involved in a crash: They were less likely to be involved in crashes that involved drug or alcoholuse, or high speeds. The study was published in this month’sissue of Annals ofEmergency Medicine. Sento aUtiteela 7 SSEcrated inaructns tatne Novell,and Cisco certificati lelfae a Seen aeviaunendGece waumuaxyuvapust ing even under theglare of viciously hot lights. In fact, they appear so matte-perfect, one wonders if they possess sweat glands. From headto foot we spray and powderourselvesto keep moisture with a cultural aversion to sweat. evaporate sweat,” said Lawrence fortable, it’s essential. “Tt’s anormal body function. An absolutely necessary body function,” said Michael Steinberg, assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center. “In fact, impairment of sweat can be dangerous.” Whatis sweat? Well, it’s mostly water, although there are more than 40 compounds (minerals, proteins, some biochemicals) present in sweat. Think of sweatingas a necessary function in the body's cooling process; sweat is demon- strative ofthe body’s thermostatat work. Undercircumstances of intense heat or exertion, the body sends blood flow outto the skin and away from the warm interior. As moisture is released on the skin,it is evaporated, causing a cooling effect. The cooler blood at the surface ofthe skingets recirculated in nnee incn "oN MYSTERY TRAIN “The perspiration odoris not. Bacteria thriving in our moist regions — armpits, groin, feet — give off foul odors. So, too, does poor hygiene. Howtotreatit? The easiest wayis to use soap and water. Deodorant andantibacterial soaps combat the return of body-odor-causing bacteria. Clean clothing, specifically natural fabrics such as cotton that absorb perspiration, will help in the odor-fighting cause. = = = <= Barbecue TrMibint Ba — = Reservations Required (435) 654-5601 - SLC (801) 581-9980 - www.hebervalleyrr.org. Options, LC e = = . 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