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Mango Madness - fact
Going troppo no urban myth
Thursday, May 15, 2008 © The Cairns Post A LANDMARK study of facial fractures has confirmed what people in the Cairns region have long suspected, soaring temperatures and overcast skies make tempers fray. Surgeons at Royal Darwin Hospital have analysed fracture rates and found that so-called "mango madness", a period of extreme weather tension that triggers violence as the wet season hits, is not just an urban myth. An analysis presented at a medical conference in Hong Kong today showed fracture hospitalisations were 40 per cent higher in October and November when the territory has high temperatures with constant cloud cover and no rain. "It's also when the mango is harvested, so now it`s official," said surgeon Dr Mahiban Thomas. "When there are mangos in the markets there is madness in the streets." The Northern Territory has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption and violence in Australia. Almost 90 per cent of facial fractures admissions in the NT are caused by violence, the second highest rate after Greenland, which has extended periods of darkness. Dr Thomas and his colleagues mapped monthly hospitalisations over the 12 years to 2006 and compared them with historic weather data on temperature, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine. Most months had 15 to 20 admissions but there were consistently more than 30 in October and November when daily minimum temperatures at night were highest, humidity peaked and the rainfall and sunshine hours were lowest. "Hot nights spell trouble when there`s all that warmth but no rain to relieve it and bring the tension down," Dr Thomas said. "We can't do anything about the weather but now we've proven the trend we can at least be prepared for it when October rolls around." Psychologist Dr Mathew Brambling, of Queensland University of Technology, said the findings added to growing international proof that weather, particularly heat and lack of sunshine, affected mood. Suicide rates were known to rise in heat waves, while shorter, dark days could affect the secretion of certain neurochemicals involved in mood, giving rise to a condition called seasonal affective disorder (SAD). "In tropical climates, there`s a combination of these heat tensions that affect the way the brain works and influences irritability and impulsiveness for violence," Dr Brambling said. |
Re: Mango Madness - fact
Originally Posted by Bix
(Post 6353798)
Going troppo no urban myth
Thursday, May 15, 2008 © The Cairns Post A LANDMARK study of facial fractures has confirmed what people in the Cairns region have long suspected, soaring temperatures and overcast skies make tempers fray. Surgeons at Royal Darwin Hospital have analysed fracture rates and found that so-called "mango madness", a period of extreme weather tension that triggers violence as the wet season hits, is not just an urban myth. An analysis presented at a medical conference in Hong Kong today showed fracture hospitalisations were 40 per cent higher in October and November when the territory has high temperatures with constant cloud cover and no rain. "It's also when the mango is harvested, so now it`s official," said surgeon Dr Mahiban Thomas. "When there are mangos in the markets there is madness in the streets." The Northern Territory has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption and violence in Australia. Almost 90 per cent of facial fractures admissions in the NT are caused by violence, the second highest rate after Greenland, which has extended periods of darkness. Dr Thomas and his colleagues mapped monthly hospitalisations over the 12 years to 2006 and compared them with historic weather data on temperature, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine. Most months had 15 to 20 admissions but there were consistently more than 30 in October and November when daily minimum temperatures at night were highest, humidity peaked and the rainfall and sunshine hours were lowest. "Hot nights spell trouble when there`s all that warmth but no rain to relieve it and bring the tension down," Dr Thomas said. "We can't do anything about the weather but now we've proven the trend we can at least be prepared for it when October rolls around." Psychologist Dr Mathew Brambling, of Queensland University of Technology, said the findings added to growing international proof that weather, particularly heat and lack of sunshine, affected mood. Suicide rates were known to rise in heat waves, while shorter, dark days could affect the secretion of certain neurochemicals involved in mood, giving rise to a condition called seasonal affective disorder (SAD). "In tropical climates, there`s a combination of these heat tensions that affect the way the brain works and influences irritability and impulsiveness for violence," Dr Brambling said. There might be something in that Bix. :blink: |
Re: Mango Madness - fact
Originally Posted by lor
(Post 6353852)
Blimey!!
There might be something in that Bix. :blink: |
Re: Mango Madness - fact
Originally Posted by Bix
(Post 6353890)
Gives us an excuse for a sore head anyway :D
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Re: Mango Madness - fact
Just have to ban those sweet delicious Bowen mangoes then.:eek::D
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