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Chicken Prices Show an Upward Trend – Consumers, Not Scared Chicken Anymor

The prices of live chicken and eggs appear to have scaled up following the improvement in chicken consumption, after the initial fear of a bird flu outbreak abated.// .. ..According to an official of the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), “There has been some improvement in the movement of these commodities to Kerala markets as well as within the state in the last four days. Poultry cons...

Egg Throwing – Not a Laughing Matter anymor

A recent British study has revealed that throwing raw eggs at people either in protest or as part of Halloween fun may result in serious eye injury.// ..The study has been published in the Emergency Medicine Journal which revealed that grave eye injuries could result from lobbing raw eggs at people. ..Researchers at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital studied over 18,000 patients requirin...

South Asians, Don’t Blame Your Genes Anymor

South Asians have been known to get first-time heart attacks 5 to 10 years earlier than North Americans and Europeans, but this had been put down loosely to genes...Not any more say experts. // .. An international team of researchers has come out with findings published in Journal of the American Medical Association that leave no excuse for South Asians (people originating from India, Pakistan,...

Not Just ‘Bird’ Flu Anymore- Avian Influenza Strikes Cas

In a discovery that has put bird flu experts in a state of deep concern, an Indonesian scientist has identified an outbreak of bird flu in cats.// ..The scientist Chairul Anwar Nidom from Airlangga University in Surabaya discovered H5N1 virus antibodies in 20 percent of 500 stray cats sourced from areas near poultry farms...These were in regions of Jakarta and Sumatra. ..The infection may have...

Infant Amnesia-not Anymore, Says Experts

According to researchers, if you probably remember something from your very early childhood i.e. before the age of 3, that incident must have meant a lot to you.// ..Science has always pondered over 'infant amnesia' -inability to remember the past. It was put down to babies being unable to form memories. .. Yet researchers from Duke University, who presented their findings at the American Associ...

Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

Allergy is much more than just hay fever. It occurs when the body develops an abnormal activation of the immune system - called// IgE - to what would otherwise be harmless substances, such as pollen, animal dander, mold, food, medication or even insect stings. In these people, their immune response overreacts by producing IgE to these substances, causing the illnesses from which they suffer. ......

Garlic-Not So Good Anymore

Many have stuffed the pungent bulbs down their throats in hope of preventing or reducing the risks of heart diseases-don’t do so anymore//, say researchers. .. Researchers from Stanford University’s School of Medicine have come out with a myth basher-garlic has no effect whatsoever, on reducing cholesterol levels. ..Expressing surprise himself at the results of his study, which were published i...

Not a Rotten Idea Anymore

UK’s Labor MP Madeline Moon has come out with a proposal that she claims will save the National Health Services (NHS), millions of pounds, by preventing// the spread of superbug MRSA. The notion is the use of maggots in treating wounds, and avoiding the extensive use of antibiotics, which create such superbugs. .. The idea is not new. Maggots or pre-adult stages of flies, shaped like tiny white...