drinking 1 8

Tag: "drinking" at medical news

Rainwater to Receive a Fillip in India

...esting structures for collection of rain water for drinking and also for use in toilets constructed for girls in all-girls schools. Rain water harvesting is enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the world, but it traces its history to biblical times. Extensive rain water harvesting apparatus existed 4000 years...

Fluids Could Aid in Weight Loss

...equently has to "learn" thirst. People not used to drinking a lot of fluids have less of an urge to drink than those who drink fluids regularly. Keeping to a "drinking schedule" can ensure that the former reach for a glass of water more often. For people who find water boring, alternatives are unsweetened h...

Drinking Age Must Be Raised to Curb Binge Drinking-Voices Warn

...rt has come out with the suggestion that Britain’s drinking age should be raised to 21, in order to curb the b...to much concern. Another article that calls the drinking age to be raised to 21 is one by in the medical journal, The Lancet, by Dr Russell Viner, a pediatri...

Delhi Hospital Medicos Calls Off Strike

... The hospital has only one water filter outlet for drinking water. The doctors were also demanding more cleanliness in the hospital. Source-IANS/V...

Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals

...ibal development, the age-old problem of excessive drinking in tribal areas is affecting the new generation too. "One can see teenagers brewing 'arrack' (local brew) in front of their houses. There is lack of conscious effort from the community to prevent youngsters from becoming hard-core addicts," he sai...

Parents To Blame For Soaring Counts Of Binge-Drinkers And Smokers

...tchdog Ofsted, has revealed that smoking and binge drinking among teenage girls have scaled worrying heights all because parents// and teachers make the health risks seem less important than those of illegal drugs and unsafe sex. Accordingly, young people correctly see cigarettes and alcohol as a far great...

Smoking and Caffeine Inversely Associated With Parkinson's Disease

...the authors write. "Increasing intensity of coffee drinking was inversely associated with Parkinson's disease. Increasing dosage and intensity of total caffeine consumption were also inversely associated, with high dosage presenting a significant inverse association with Parkinson's disease." There was no lin...

Tea Workers Health Precarious, a Study

...then poured out all their problems to him - scarce drinking water, no access to medical aid or relief funds an...are supposed to get. He also wanted them to ensure drinking water supply for the workers. The district chief medical officer of health was asked to pay special ...

Water Crisis Wreaks Havoc on Irish City

...operated water treatment system cannot ensure that drinking water will be completely free of this parasite, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has noted. Cryptosporidium has caused several large waterborne disease outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness, with symptoms that include diarrhea, nausea, and/...

Bolivian Glacier Melts, Dangerously Fast

...es. One of our great concerns is the future of our drinking water supplies.' A reservoir under the Tuni Con...mountains, for instance, provides about 80% of the drinking water to the region around the capital La Paz. Various measurements show the area of the 15 origi...

Rajasthan to Sell Scented Drinking Water

...nment enterprise, is all set to launch the scented drinking water - the kind served at erstwhile royal parties in the state - for the common man. It will come in regal packaging, but will cost the same as any other bottle of mineral water. "The water is likely to be launched by the end of June," said O.P....

MEG Scanners Are Mega Powerful

...characters on the show get lonely, they act out -- drinking too much at the local bar, baking up a storm in the kitchen, having sex with a guy who ends up with a permanent erection. Self-medication? Maybe. But a team of scientists prefers to describe the tendency toward bad behavior as cognitive disruption ...

Figures on Substance Abuse in School Going Teens Released

...the next three years. It was also reported that drinking was maintaining its downward slide with the present proportion of school going drinkers at 21 percent, in contrast with 26 percent, in 2001. There was a decline in the number who said they had taken drugs in the last year, down 2 percent , which wa...

Vitamin A Deficiency Leads to Large-scale Blindness in North East

...hat another area of concern was the supply of pure drinking water and sanitation. If only these areas were improved along with an increase of awareness of parents, 48.94 percentage of blindness could be prevented. Dr Harsha Bhattacharjee, the medical director of Nethralaya and who led the investigations, ...

West African Meningitis Outbreak Sparks Warning from UN Aid Agencies

...sing, sneezing and coughing, and sharing eating or drinking utensils – promotes the spread of the disease. Symptoms include a stiff neck, high fever, sensitivity to light, confusion, headaches and vomiting, and a small percentage of survivors can suffer brain damage or hearing loss or acquire a learning disab...

Ancient Worm Disease Could Be Eradicated Within Two Years, UN Agency Reports

...p into water, often the community’s only source of drinking water, where the worm releases thousands of larvae...Low-cost preventive methods include providing safe drinking water supplies, filtering water through fine-mesh cloth and treating ponds with Abate, which kills w...

Guinea Worm Disease Will Be Wiped Out Soon

...vent people from being infected are providing safe drinking water supplies, filtering drinking water using fine-mesh cloth, and preventing infected people from wading into water sources to reliev...

Present Teenagers Are Unhealthier Than Their Parents

...e since 1982. According to the report, smoking, drinking and initiation into sex activity commences during adolescence which could have a negative impact on their health. The report also added that the opportunity to intervene was being missed. Russell Viner, a specialist in adolescent health at Universi...

ADHD Problem in Children – a Risk Factor for Alcohol Problems in Later Lif

...avily and to have enough problems related to their drinking that they were diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence," said Molina. "This means that their drinking caused problems such as fights with their parents or friends, a drop in their grades at school, or d...

Motivational Interviewing Could Reduce Excessive Drinking by Students

...llege students, particularly those under the legal drinking age//, according to Psychologists. “The real beau... technique in a group setting. College students’ drinking behavior has long worried university officials nationwide. A recent study by the National Center on ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10