pools 1 1

Tag: "pools" at medical news

Swimming in Chlorinated Pools Raises Asthma Risk

Children who swim in chlorinated pools weekly or fortnightly have a higher risk of develo... used to destroy microbiological germs in swimming pools may be responsible for the surge of childhood asthma in developed countries, according to Alfred Ber...

Salt-Water Pools Good for the Health

...and after the government built salt-water swimming pools for public use. Before the opening of the pools, s...s were a common problem in the children. After the pools opened, the infections dropped markedly. Swimming in salt water, report the researchers, acts as the...

Study finds no link between fibre and cancer risk

...n urged to eat their fiber. The latest analysis pools the results of 13 studies of about 750,000 men and women followed for between 6 and 20 years, in which more than 8,000 colon cancers were detected. At first sight, the results suggest a link, with people in the top fifth for the fiber content of t...

Children Face Risk While Swimming

...e were 50% higher in the air above indoor paddling pools than in adult pools, and that his recent study of ...sk, according to him. He said that non-chlorinated pools were the most beneficial for asthmatic swimmers and recommended parents to send their children to su...

Children’s Health Improves By Swimmin

...ned the impact on children's health where swimming pools were installed, reported ABC News online. The Institute for Child Health Research study found that at least 44 percent of the children who studied at Jigalong had reduction in ear disease, 51 percent in skin disease and 63 percent in respiratory di...

Clinical-trials Show Increased Therapeutic Activity of Pycnogenol than Daflon

... into the heart. When people are not active, blood pools in their leg veins, legs and ankles can become swollen," said Peter Rohdewald, Ph.D. and researcher of the study. "Eventually, some of the valves cannot hold the weight of excessive blood, which then adds more pressure onto the next valve further dow...

Use Of Indoor Swimming Pools Linked To Development Of Asthma In Children

...e respiratory health of the children, and that the pools should be properly ventilated with the levels of c... harmful fumes by the chlorine present in swimming pools that react with the sweat or urine, damaging the lungs. Their study found that children who regula...

Woman in Toronto Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

...h the disease and six died. This year 26 mosquito pools and eight birds have tested positive for the virus in Toronto. It is typical for human cases to emerge in July and August. People typically develop symptoms between 3 and 14 days after the infected mosquito bites them. Approximately 80 percent of...

Two-thirds of outdoor pools in Montreal are closed

Montreal’s swimming pools have failed lab tests and the presence of various ...ference. "We have to make sure that the safety our pools for our children and their parents is absolutely perfect." Diarrhea, nausea, eye and skin irritati...

Luxury Spas Ride Boom in Wellness Industry in Poland

...er to invest in costly spa equipment like swimming pools and bone-chilling cryogenic chambers. This is the vibrant new capitalist face of health and wellness in Poland. The sector also has a well-developed tradition of state-owned sanatoria, or health farms, dating from pre-1989 communist-era. Then, th...

India registers 3,000 dengue patients, toll crosses 40

...across the country, leaving behind countless small pools and puddles of stagnant water. The worst affected by the dengue virus is the capital where one more patient died, taking the death toll to 17 even as over 50 fresh cases were reported Thursday. Laxmi Narayan, 55, a resident of Bulandshahar in Uttar...

Union Health Minister visits chikungunya-hit areas in Kerala

...larly in the Alappuzha district that has canal and pools that provide breeding area for the mosquitoes, has been decided by the all-party meet on Wednesday. GT...

Zinc – A New Key Player In Brain Circuitr

...ng certain types of neurons contain// considerable pools of free zinc ions. Zinc - a new key player adds to...mong certain types of neurons contain considerable pools of free zinc ions. And even though many studies had shown that zinc could act toxically on transmiss...

The Cause Behind Water Polo Players’ Sickness Remains A Myster

...tting sick, you have to do something." The other pools at the complex are not affected. A total of 60 children competed. PR...

Swimming in Troubled Waters

Swimmers, beware. Chlorinated pools have been added to the seemingly bottomless- pit o...ancer than those who didn't, while use of swimming pools boosted bladder cancer risk by 57%. Those who took longer showers or baths and lived in municipali...

Cryptosporidium Outbreak in South Australia

...health warning posters to all schools and swimming pools in the state and warned parents through advertise...ath water with others. * staying out of swimming pools when infected and not using pools for 14 days after symptoms cease. * avoiding child care, school ...

After the King’s Crown, Maoist Want Miss Nepal’s Cron

...India's Dussehra, often shocks foreigners with the pools of blood and severed heads and entrails of sacrificed animals littering places of worship. Chand's victory is especially sweet coming after a harrowing time as the women's wing of the Maoists and other feminist organizations began a sit-in outside ...

Statisticians Alarmed As Canada Zooms Towards Labour Shortage

... the job, as well as tapping into underused labour pools such as aboriginals. Experts also suggest the use of foreign visa holders as well as temporary visa holders. <B...

Exposure to Chlorinated Swimming Pools Could Increase Asthma Risk in Children

...ere is a flip side too . Swimming in chlorinated pools could actually increase a child's risk of developi... week that children who swam in indoor chlorinated pools during their early years have higher rates of asthma and breathing problems later on than those who ...

Rescheduled: Aerial Mosquito Treatment for Philadelphia

...squitoes each season. -- Turn over plastic wading pools when not in use. -- Turn over wheelbarrows and do...water stagnate in birdbaths. -- Aerate ornamental pools or stock them with fish. Clean and chlorinate swimming pools not in use. A swimming pool left untend...

1 2