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China Cracks the Whip Against Drug Manufacturers Who Fail Quality Norms

...stic castles with small parts, which it said could choke children. Chaotic food and drug safety mechanisms, murky laws, corruption, and intense competition among government agencies are among the ills supposedly afflicting the country. But China retaliates such criticisms are only a ruse for protecti...

Volunteers Remove Garbage from Kashmir's Dal Lake

...- fishing out tonnes of garbage that threatens to choke the lake. A large number of people, including foreign and domestic tourists, houseboat owners and voluntary groups collected truckloads of polythene bags, empty soft drink bottles and other litter from the lake Monday. The effort to clean the lak...

Green Campaigners Concerned About Yamuna's Shrinking Floodplains

...r the 2010 Commonwealth Games. This will further choke the highly polluted river and spell danger for the city's water security, they warn. To build awareness, a programme is being held over the weekend at Rajghat in New Delhi. It is being organized by Jal Biradari, a movement that describes itself as ...

Flaxseed Helps in Reducing the Risk of Prostate Tumor Spread

...ntiangiogenic properties, meaning they are able to choke off a tumor's blood supply, stunting its growth. The results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, in Chicago....

Not Having a Good Night’s Sleep? -You Might Need a Check U

... in, your brain automatically wakes you up and you choke and gasp for air. This stresses the heart and can increase blood pressure. Once breathing returns, you might go back to sleep but only until the throat tissues again collapse. This cycle can repeat every few minutes, interrupting your sleep.” Sleep...

Sleep Apnea: Take It to Heart, Loyola Advises

... in, your brain automatically wakes you up and you choke and gasp for air,” she said. “This stresses the heart and can increase blood pressure. Once breathing returns, you might go back to sleep but only until the throat tissues again collapse. This cycle can repeat every few minutes, interrupting your sle...

Snoring Could Be Deadly If Left Untreated

...a sufferer would stop breathing in their sleep and choke or gasp on waking up. 'A person who may have sleep apnea often feels tired, they need to nap during the day, especially during moments of quiet activity, which we call 'excessive daytime sleepiness', and after waking up they often feel as if they h...

Is Stem Cell Research Likely to Be Stymied?

...hat utilizes animal eggs//. This move is feared to choke on going research into possible treatment for degenerative diseases. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in Britain will decide in the coming week about licenses for such procedures. This is amid numerous applications from stem cell exp...

A hard nut to crack …

...n said 'This does happen from time to time. People choke on nuts and, without realizing, part of it gets stuck in their lung. It causes similar symptoms to pneumonia.' ...

Domestic Violence: The Silent Killer of Women Worldwide

...bjects in a way that could hurt, attempts to push, choke or burn on purpose, using of gun, knife or other weapons to threaten the female partner as forms of physical abuse. Sexual violence was defined by the following three behaviors: being physically forced to have a sexual intercourse against will, havin...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

... and the worst affected are children who literally choke to death during these ironically happy occasions. Almost all major hospitals across the country report an increase in number of cases coming into their emergency rooms with acute respiratory failure during these festivals where unfortunately the vi...

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