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Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...y far. For them, malnutrition, caused by prolonged spells of drought and flooding, looms as a distant but serious worry. Experts pondering how to tackle the threat are delving into history, exploring how civilisations of the past, facing similar perils, either coped or were wiped out. US academic Jared ...

Singapore Dengue Fever Cases Hit Year's Peak

...nt Agency said in a joint statement. "The recent spells of intermittent rain coupled with warm weather has provided the mosquito ample opportunities to breed in minute pools of stagnant water all over the island," they said. Three people have died from dengue and there have been 4,029 cases of the disea...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

...ith the Hepatitis B vaccine. This disease also spells double trouble. HIV, which has similar transmission modes, makes many HIV victims prone to Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection. There are currently millions of people worldwide who are infected with both HIV and Hepatitis. HIV simply fuels liver d...

Dengue Cases in Singapore Crosses Alarming Levels

...one of the world's cleanest cities. "The recent spells of intermittent rain coupled with warm weather has provided the mosquito ample opportunities to breed in minute pools of stagnant water all over the island," the statement said. The NEA and members of an inter-agency taskforce have intensified dai...

Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...ural lines. Experts have suggested that this trend spells doom for Australia in the next 20 years. Many Australians will be suffering chronic diseases like liver cirrhosis, cancers and brain disorders. The region is also witnessing a surge in drinking among 18 year olds who also portray acute withdrawal s...

Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...ural lines. Experts have suggested that this trend spells doom for Australia in the next 20 years. Many Australians will be suffering chronic diseases like liver cirrhosis, cancers and brain disorders. The region is also witnessing a surge in drinking among 18 year olds who also portray acute withdrawal s...

South African Farmers Turn to Organic Farming

...on grapes from un-seasonal rains and of unduly hot spells robbing apples of moisture. Whatever the reasons for the shift, organic farmers are assured of a market for their output, with signs of South African, European and American importers all starting to vie for supply. Tired of being thrown low-grade...

New Study Links Western Wildfires to Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

...e North Atlantic appears to be correlated with dry spells we have seen in the West since the late 1990s," said Veblen. "If the trend continues for the next 60 years or so as it has in the past, the degree of fire occurrence in the West could be unprecedented compared to anything in recent memory." Althoug...

Reach Out at Christmas

...atherings with friends and family, but for some it spells only isolation and despair,' Dr Yong said. 'The social circuit, gift-giving and family gatherings around Christmas and the new year can cause depression for those who are socially isolated. 'Even for people with families, bringing together differ...

'Origin Of Sex' Can Be Revealed By Sperm Proteome

... discovering that as well as carrying the DNA that spells out the male's contribution to a new life, sperm carries RNA and proteins which have a direct influence on fertilisation and embryo development. Professor Geoff Parker, Derby Professor of Zoology at the University of Liverpool, said: 'This paper pr...

Ice Cream made of Camel Milk Launched in Rajasthan

...e. 'With groundwater levels dropping rapidly, it spells the end of water-intensive agriculture. In this scenario, camel husbandry represents a perfect solution to the chronic water woes of the state,' said Bagdi Ram Raika, president of the Rajasthan Pastoralist Development Association. 'We would like to...

Kids' Food: Saltier than the Deep Blue Sea

...ing high blood pressure when they grow up and this spells out the potential for large reductions in strokes, heart attacks and heart failure, the commonest causes of death and disability worldwide." The researchers analyzed the combined results of ten trials studying a total of 966 children and adolescents...

Cancer Rates Falls In Younger Men But Stable In Young Women

... Geoff Eaton of St. John's, who had survived two spells of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the ages of 22 and 25, and had started a support group and charity for young adults with cancer said that testicular cancer may be overlooked in part because older people tend not to get it. The authors of the report s...

Cancer-Killing Viruses Employ Multiple Mechanisms

...t also appears to activate an immune response that spells double trouble for cancer cells. Researchers hypothesized that reovirus activation of dendritic cells, which are key to early detection of infection (through the innate immune response), may “instruct” cells belonging to the adaptive immune respons...

Striking a Gold Mine: H5N1 Vaccine may Serve as an Antidote for Mutants and Variants

As a breather and news that spells heaven for millions of avian influenza patients there is a research by scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital //. According to them they have developed in the lab a vaccine that is potent against one antigenic variant of the avian influe...

A Bird-Flu Pandemic Is Detrimental To Global Economic Growth: Report

A Bird flu pandemic spells doom for global economic growth. According to bank economist Sherry Cooper, it is estimated that a pandemic could cause a dent of two to six percentage out of global economic growth. // The effect could be felt in birth rate reductions and older popu...

Stroke Awareness Campaign Launched In Indian State

...hinking it is a general weakness. The symptoms are spells of dizziness, weakness of limbs, visual disturbances, confusion and memory lapse even if it is for a short spell. In case the right side of the body is paralyzed, people should learn to use the left side equally well, experts said. Edited IANS...

UK Doctors Fear Shortages Could Hit Public Health Drive

...at have been withdrawn in the past few months. It spells a potential threat to the government's ambitious targets for improving public health, set out in its Choosing Health white paper. Ministers are targeting areas such as childhood obesity, sexual health and smoking....

Palmist Claims to Diagnose Ailments Looking At Your Palm

...ivided into various segments. "The mount of Venus spells out the sexual activity of a person. Likewise the mounts of Mercury and Saturn reveal the neurological health, while the mount of Jupiter is associated with the ear, nose and lungs," he said. "The ophthalmic segment is revealed in the mount of Apoll...

Misdiagnosis of cataplexy

...was initially diagnosed. In all cases the weakness spells were eventually not attributed to cataplexy. The presentation and characteristics of these cases have been presented as a means to discuss the differential diagnosis of cataplexy. According to Lois E. Krahn, the author, these cases represent a dive...

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