Lunar Forces Affect The Surface Of The Earth
...nce. Both the Rocky and Andes mountains are on the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean. The answer, according to him, is that in the eastern Americas, the underground forces of plate tectonics are driving the Pacific plates eastward, towards...Turkey becoming epicenter for bird flu
...s infected 18 people in Turkey. The city of Van in eastern Turkey has experienced three deaths // due to bird flu and all of them got the virus from poultry. The people infected with the bird flu virus are treated using a combination of antibiotics, bird flu anti flu drug Tamiflu and Intravenous fluids in Va...UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply
...oes not occur again. This explosion in the north eastern china has created wide spread confusion and raised alarm bells as millions of people were at risk. The UN environment program committee said that the Chinese government should take all possible steps to check the increase in the levels of chemicals d...Countries Step up Battle Against Bird Flu
...e East. Three infected children died last week in eastern Turkey and 15 more people have tested positive. Au...o children were discharged from a hospital in Van, eastern Turkey, on Thursday after being treated with Tamiflu. Like many other children, they were apparently...Russia warns against travel to Turkey, Iran closes border
...ltry to people, the first human infections outside eastern Asia. "I earnestly advise Russian citizens to re...frain from travelling to Turkey, especially to the eastern province of Agri and the city of Dogubayazit where the situation is particularly alarming," Gennady ...Five in Turkey infected with H5N1 virus: health official
...opinion that the disease has been simmering in the eastern part of Turkey for months, even though it was reported there only in late December. The Ankara cases have the most alarming implications because bird flu had not been previously reported in that part of the country, and it is a relatively well-off a...U.S. Chicken Producers to Test Flocks for Bird Flu
...truction of millions of birds in Asia and parts of eastern Europe, and resulted in at least 74 human deaths since 2003. Testing U.S. flocks would add another layer to the multiple barriers that already exist to protect American consumers. Chicken prices at the grocery store have dropped in recent months. ...China reveals new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
...outskirts of Beijing, neighbouring Hebei province, eastern Jiangsu province, the western region of Xinjiang, and in Shandong. However, officials in the animal feed industry say Beijing has failed to report the full extent of the disease's spread.......r the deadly H5N1 strain. Officials have placed an eastern town under scrutiny and have been thoroughly checked for spread of disease to other birds. The virus was first detected in the town of Aralik which comes under the province of Igdir. This town is next to Armenia which has previously reported chicke...More Lizards, Including Pets, Found Venomous
...lesnakes whose bite can be fatal to humans, in the eastern bearded dragon, a popular pet. However, the bearded dragon’s delivery system is primitive and it is present in such small amounts it would not harm a human. Until now, only two families of reptiles were known to have venom systems, i.e., the advanc...First Human Bird-Flu Death Confirmed In China
...eath from bird flu - a 24-year-old farmer from the eastern province of Anhui. The woman became sick after an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in her village in Zongyang county and died Nov 10, // the health ministry said, according to a report Thursday by the state-run Xinhua news agency. It is likely, ...Phase II trails of new HIV vaccine to be held in South Africa
...ubtype of the virus most prevalent in southern and eastern Africa, the two groups said in a joint statement on Monday. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region hardest hit by AIDS, with more than 25 million people estimated to be infected with HIV, the virus that leads to the disease. South Africa has the highest...A Joint Venture by Golfers And Military Forces To Combat AIDS
... infections. The threat looms large over the north eastern parts of the // country, particularly over Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura - has been declared as one of the country's high-risk zones. The idea to host the golf tournament to spread awareness about HIV/A...ADB Report Warns of Bird-Flu Catastrophe
...N1 virus devastating flocks in Asia and pockets of eastern Europe could mutate into a form easily spread from person to person and have called for increased prevention worldwide. ...Pigs Population A Major Threat To Encephalitis Ravaged UP
...lege in Gorakhpur, the epicentre of the disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh, pigs have been thriving at the expense of the hundreds who succumb to the virus that has been striking the region every monsoon season. Source -(IANS)...Encephalitis Survivors Face The Risk Of Becoming Disabled
... K.P. Kushwaha of the Gorakhpur Medical College in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the nerve centre of treatment of the brain fever that has killed 620 people in the state since the end of July. And that is just the official figure. Unofficial tolls put the number of dead as much higher, with some doctors being repo...Uttar Pradesh Encephalitis toll continues to rise - Over 600 dead
...hpur, the town with the best medical facilities in eastern Uttar Pradesh, where the killer virus had taken a ...ected 22 districts in the state, five districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh - mostly along the India-Nepal border - were the worst hit. Medindia on Japanese en...Good News For Cataract Patients
... recovery of patients. Currently, in the whole of eastern and northeastern India, this surgical technique is available only at the B.B. Eye Foundation, said the doctors. - IANS...Encephalitis Has Claimed 400 Lives In Uttar Pradesh
... while five deaths were reported from districts in eastern and central Uttar Pradesh. In the Gorakhpur Medical College, where four special wards were created to meet the increasing rush of patients, as many as 329 patients had succumbed to the killer virus till now. And 25 deaths were reported from the Bast......he researchers had focused on the Kainuu region of eastern Finland, which has the country’s highest rate of early-onset heart disease. By combing through hospital records dating from 1987 to 1995, they had identified adults who had been treated for heart disease, stroke, or high cholesterol, and had invited ...