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Iranian Government Declares Holiday Due To Pollution

Increased air pollution which has attained critical levels compelled the Iranian Government to declare two days of public holidays. All the organizations in the country will remain closed on// 7 and 8 December 2005. The primary, junior high schools, and kindergart...

Novel Rules And Regulations For Cardiovascular Catheterization Labs.

...iac catheterization laboratory personnel, level of air movement inside the lab are all detailed. The rules are easy to understand and follow. It guarantees protection to the patients, staff and on the whole helps in the complete maintenance of the laboratory and prevents infection as they are totally d...

Environmental Abuse Causes Health Hazards

...e of pollution in all forms affecting land, noise, air and water pollution has lead to an increased global warming and emergence of resistant microorganisms, pollutants that trigger cancers and chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes and heart attacks. World Health Organization have urged the people ...

$35 billion needed globally for immunization

...from other sources like solidarity tax and levy on air tickets, Mr Lob-Levyt, secretary of GAVI said. Norway has already announced that it will give $75 million annually to the fund for the next decade. The current $2.5 billion annual spending on immunization in the poorest countries would have to be i...

Oil Depot Fire Pollutes Air

... lungs, as a result of poor oxygen supplies in the air due to the smoke. Concentration levels of the people will also drop as the brain is also affected by the acidic smoke. The health care centers across the region are expected to receive more visits from the affected people. London’s Poisons and Toxico...

Health Problems Due To Ecosystem's Degradation

...on people do not have access to safe water. Indoor air pollution like charcoal burning is responsible for 3% of the disease burden of the world, mostly in the form of respiratory diseases. Solid fuels are used by much of the world’s population for cooking, which is also increasingly contributing towards ...

Cheap Indian devices sought to treat sleep disorder

...so that the airway is supported in such a way that air can flow more freely. This reduces or eliminates ...f the tissue behind the throat, which controls the air passageway. Sharma is currently researching on how yoga exercises can help improve sleep pattern. ...

Silicone Rubber Flap Restore Speech

...which it works is the vibrations felt by the flap, air resistance and the vocal sound was produced. All of which were tested in-vitro on a group of patients at the medical centre. The results were compared with those patients devoid the silicone rubber flap. The result of this study was that female p...

$2.4 Million Grant To Unravel The Mystery Of Language Recognition.

... sound waves into language is that fluctuations in air pressure are perceived in the ears but the second part of conversion is a multifarious task. This research will provide an insight of how the brain converts the sound waves into language. Statistics reveal that 1 million people in US are already ...

Chocolate lovers rejoice: it is good for the heart!

... disease. This comes as a breath of fresh “sweet” air from Swiss // researchers. The spearheads of the study were researchers at Zurich's University hospital. They investigated and found after tests with 20 smokers that dark chocolate with a relatively high cocoa content (75 per cent) improved their bl...

Deep Vein Thrombosis Risk Increased During Long Travel

...ort minister Karen Buck. A critical examination of air passengers health status showed that one episode o...eal for compensation, by victims of DVT, following air travel. The petitioner had appealed to Britain’s highest court, Lords, to reconsider the decisio...

Shaking Legs Syndrome Is Curable

...ficult for patients to sit down comfortably during air travel, long drives or even while watching a movie, say experts. Not many people in India are aware about RLS, which is accompanied in many cases by a tingling and painful sensation in the limb. "In India there is hardly any awareness about the syn...

Link Established Between Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

...s existing between development atherosclerosis and air pollution consisting of fine particles. // the st...high cholesterol diet and exposed to fine particle air pollution. The other set of mice were fed with high cholesterol diet and exposed to fresh, clean and...

Snoring To Be Reduced By New Device Called 'True Sleep'

...rs built into its casing pick up vibrations in the air from the snoring sound. Sensors trigger an almost imperceptible electric pulse which fires up the arm and prompts the sleeper to turn over. Experts agree that changing positions during deep sleep is the best way to stop snoring. The device runs fo...

US Hotel Chain Bans Smoking In 77 Hotels From 2006

...ian and Caribbean will be deep cleaned and get new air filters. The ban, however, does not apply to all the 121 Westin hotels in the world. Smoking is allowed in terms of the respective regulations in those countries, the chain said. --Edited IANS...

Motorcycles Cause Greater Pollution

...de, it was found to be three times more. The other air pollutants emitted by motorcycles were also disproportionately high. The study to be published in the January issue of the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science & Technology said that both two-and four-cycle motorcycle engines e...

Move to make HIV Tests mandatory For Soldiers In Northeast

...V tests for all new recruits to the army, navy and air force. Singh told a news conference here Saturday that all "full blown cases of AIDS" in the armed forces would be removed from service even though they would continue to get medical treatment and pension benefits. According to a reliable estimate,...

Infectious Diseases Reduced in China

...eatment and malnutrition. China has seen a drop in air borne infections caused by Corynebacterium diptheriae (diphtheria), Bortdella pertussis (Whooping cough), Japanese encephalitis (Viral fever), bacteria causing meningitis and has totally eradicated Polio virus (Poliomyelitis). Chinese officials f...

Say no to detox tablets

...ody only needs clean water (for rehydration) fresh air and sleep (rejuvenation). The body has its own mechanism of detoxification and it does not need any supplements from outside to facilitate in the detoxification process. The different parts of the body play their role in the detoxification proces...

Cheerleaders run high risk of injury-US study

...d. "So when they fall off a pyramid or from in the air and they land on hard surfaces, the chances for injury are drastically higher." The study recommends that coaches get professional safety training and that high schools and cheerleading associations adopt uniform safety procedures and also develop...

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