Tag: "colour" at medical news

Elderberry A Natural Boost to Skin

...ed by a compound which gives berries their vibrant colour (called anthocyanin). In a 12-week trial starting in September, post-menopausal women will consume either extracts from elderberries or placebo capsules, and will have their skins structure and appearance measured with state-of-the-art equipment us...

Researchers Reveal Why Eyes See Things Changing Colour

...y behind why people occasionally see things change colour before their eyes. Samo and Marko Kreft of th..., the researchers examined the remarkable two-tone colour of pumpkin seed oil by combining imaging and CIE (International Commission on Illumination) chromati...

An Offbeat Suit With Electronic Monitor

...ning; a fashion butler to help people accessorise, colour match and select appropriate clothing for special occasions; and for preloading news, music and daily schedules into smart garments. Professor Bruce Thomas office +61 8 8302 3464 mobile +61 (0) 408 828 942 email bruce.thomas@unisa.edu.au...

An Electronic Shirt That Monitors Your Hearts Health

...ning; a fashion butler to help people accessorise, colour match and select appropriate clothing for special occasions; and for preloading news, music and daily schedules into smart garments....

Food Colour in Sausages, Burgers Could Trigger Cancer

...cialists have warned that a dye, used sometimes to colour meat for sausages and burgers, could trigger cancer . The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently announced that it could no longer guarantee a safe daily limit for consumers to eat meat with the colourant, Red 2G, which is also known as E12...

Textile City Tirupur in Tamil Nadu Tops in Pollution Generation

...system. All dyeing and bleaching units remove only colour and uncoloured treated water is let out. But in the treated water the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) still remain in large amounts. This is the main problem.' Another 500 units have been directed by the court to streamline their units as per environm...

Queen Latifah Set to Open Burger Joint

...o developed her own line of cosmetics for women of colour called the Covergirl Queen Collection and has starred in several commercials for the line, as well as in a commercial with fellow spokeswoman and singer Faith Hill....

Feeding Programme Gives Hope to Tribal Mothers

...of each child as well as the village. The maps use colour coding to the grade the child - the colour red indicates severe malnutrition, yellow moderate malnourishment and green normal. The charts sta...

Researchers Developing smart Wardrobe' to Download Songs to smart Shirts

...le, download information from the Internet on what colour combinations are fashionable, or could also help prevent embarrassment by keeping track of when what one wears to which events, he said. Say you select the outfit on hanger 4 to wear to someone's party, the smart wardrobe could tell you if you had ...

Website Offers to Help Women Raise Money for Breast Enhancement

...ou have uploaded their personal details, hair, eye colour and the like, you can have a one-on-one chat online with benefactors and sell them "personal items or gifts and more..." Who knows sooner than later, you will come upon someone who can help you realize your dreams of the right sized breasts. And...

Imphal Hosts Cycle Rally to Spread Drug Abuse Awareness

...rug trafficking. Adorning characteristic yellow colour T-shirts, participants are cycling down the streets of Imphal to send across the message on dangers of consuming drugs. Over 350 cyclists and 200 volunteers are participating in the rally. The rally will pass through seven districts of Manipur. St...

Boutiques Flourish in Ludhiana

.... We are able to choose the kind of embroidery and colour as per our requirement, Reema, a customer said. Now, who says that fabulous models can only walk down the ramp? Boutiques very well understand the need and emotions of the worlds most prime customers. Housewives also rule the ramp....

Too Much of Acidic Foods can Cause Permanent Damage to Teeth

...to acid, the tooths enamel will lose its shape and colour and as the damage progresses; the underlying dentin, (which is the tissue that makes up the core of each tooth), becomes exposed causing the teeth to look yellow. To prevent tooth erosion, Dr. Bartlett advises patients who eat or drink an acidic fo...

Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke

...ing task which involved learning rules linking the colour of a symbol on a computer screen with a movement to the left or right. All the participants made mistakes during the task, but it was those with right-brain damage who most frequently failed to spot their errors and had difficulty keep track of the c...

Chinese Chilli Flunks Food Safety Tests

...s had failed safety tests, due mainly to excessive colour additives and the presence of sulphur dioxide. China last month said it would tighten up inspections nationwide after a number of dangerous food products was found in domestic and export markets. In one of the highest-profile cases, pet food contam...

Lizard Mothers Dress Their Progeny to Ensure Success in Later Life

...t lizard mothers dress their children in different colour patterns, which guarantees success under the condi...side-blotched lizards are able to induce different colour patterns in their broods in response to social cues, 'dressing' their progeny in patterns they will ...

Link Between Eye Infections and Contact Lens Use Exposed

... contact lens use. Participants were provided with colour images of the contact lens solution bottles to help them remember what type they had used. Among soft contact lens wearers, participants with AK were considerably more likely to report having exclusively used AMO Complete Moisture Plus than the con...

Research on Fruit Bats

...oreceptor cells, the cones for daylight vision and colour vision, and the more sensitive rods for night visi...flying foxes have the prerequisite for dichromatic colour vision, the common mammalian condition. Curiously, the retinas of the three other studied genera R...

Chemicals Used To Make Synthetic Color Can Cause Cancer And Permanent Blindness

... holi: ? The black paste - Lead oxide ? Green colour - Copper sulphate ? Red colour - Mercury sulphite ? Gulal - Silic While silver - Aluminum bromide, which is carcinogenic (a chem...

Olive Leaf Juice Could Be Edible Oil Antioxidant

...gredients showed that no significant effect on the colour of the oil occurred by addition of any level of olive polyphenols. The formation of peroxides in the oil as a result of heating also decreased with increasing olive juice concentration, said the researchers. "In fact, the peroxide value of the heat...

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