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13 million environment-linked deaths every year: WHO

A staggering 13 million people across the globe die every year of environmental-linked diseases, a World Health Organisation (WHO) study revealed Friday//. The four main diseases influenced by poor environment worldwide are diarrhoea, lower respiratory tract infection, various forms of unintentio...

Four Points to Live up to 100

...the third rule: there are several placesacross the globe that are conducive to man living up to the age of100. For example, the Japanese island of Okinawa is generally consideredthe longevity capital of the world, with more than 400 centenarians ina population of 1.3 million. The fourth rule is that so...

Beauty Pageants Need Transparency

... of a Could-have-been Beauty Queen". "Across the globe too beauty pageants as an institution were losing their hold, plumetting downwards into the ocean of oblivion. In several countries, particularly in the western world, they had lost all their gravity... Would Miss Indian beauty suffer the same end? q...

Understanding the History of HIV Infection Is Vital To Develop a Vaccine

...id. CHAVI investigators at institutions across the globe including the University of Oxford, Harvard University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UNC have agreed to share their expertise, technology, funding and findings. "CHAVI's goal is to conduct research that overcomes current barriers to ...

US Thinks About The Alternative Methods To Combat Bird Flu

...ost of them in Asia. Health officials around the globe are concerned about the possibility of a pandemic if the virus mutates enough to pass easily from person to person. They say that people lack immunity which would result in the death of millions of people. The bird flu has already spread to Asia, E...

Dialysis Clinics Owned By Fresenius Flourishes Due To Its Customers

... dialysis among kidney patients is felt across the globe and Fresenius and Davita suggest a promising future. ...

Blood Pressure Levels Across The Globe Show Surprising Drop

...s have found that blood pressure levels across the globe are inexplicably dropping.// "Blood pressure did not go down in all of the populations, but it went down in most of them," said Prof Tunstall-Pedoe, who led the World Health Organization MONICA study conducted between 1980s and 1990s. . "The change...

Anti-Cancer Treatment Promises Hope in Bird Flu Treatment

...ed the lives of a number of individuals across the globe and continues to haunt the world. Although no case of human-human bird flu transmission has been reported so far, it is feared that mutation of the virus could lead to a pandemic, killing millions worldwide. This necessitates the development of novel...

Anorexia nervosa takes its toll on life!!

...ity of the situation of eating disorders round the globe and attracts attention. SOURCE: International Journal of Eating Disorders, March 2006....

Foods produced organically have better health value

...food.// The study is in the infancy. Around the globe research is being done in this field. Pesticides and insecticides leave harmful chemicals over food surface and cause health problems to humans. Diseases like cancer, hypertension, diabetes and others are enhanced due to ingestion of foods high in...

Rain Gardens Can Improve Water Quality

...r findings will encourage town planners across the globe to consider using rain gardens. Edited (IANS)...

Male Contraceptive Pill Being Developed By Berlin Pharmaceutical

.... She notes that around 60 million men around the globe have been sterilised - a number similar to that of women taking the pill. But unlike sterilisation, the effect of the injection can be reversed after a certain period. In spite of all this, the approximately 80 scientists spread around the world are...

Drug Name Confusion Makes Imports Dangerous: FDA

...study of drugs marketed in 28 countries across the globe found many cases where similar prescription names could lead to disasters. National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices (NLAPDP), a leading consumer advocate group which advocates import of drugs to supply cheaper medicine to the c...

Indonesia Claims To Have Arrested The Bird Flu.

... detect the early spread of H5N1 strain across the globe with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO). All this is done to prevent further death among the humans as this can easily mutate in to a deadly strain and cause death of millions of people and result in a pandemic....

Cabbage, cauliflower might contribute to cancer prevention

...Research on this aspect is taking place across the globe and at present a feasible extraction method and thereby use in therapeutic nutrition is underway. These are a class of phytochemicals whose breakdown products are thought to be responsible for an improvement in health. Glucosinolates (a-thioglucosi...

Human Growth Hormone (HGH) - View of Experts

...term side effects. Much more research across the globe is in support of HGH therapy, but a clear cut conclusive statement is yet to accord a certificate to this therapy....

DAPIC Project to Prevent Amputations

...State. Every year four million people across the globe get foot ulcer and one in every six people with diabetes develops a foot complication, according to doctors. People with diabetes are 40 times more likely to undergo lower leg amputation. Mani, a 50-year-old diabetic, was shod in a special pair of ...

Vatican’s Message For World AIDS Day Condemns ‘Pansexual Cultur’

...action on HIV and AIDS, is commemorated around the globe on the 1st of December. It celebrates the progress made in the battle against the epidemic, and brings into focus the remaining challenges. The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care issued the message, stating that sexual transmissi...

AIDS Numbers Continue To Rise : WHO

...wed worldwide, the number of AIDS cases across the globe is on the rise. The United Nations (UN) report also stressed that there was a need for a greater HIV prevention effort in order to control the AIDS epidemic that threatens to swamp the world. These findings are published in the AIDS Epidemic Update...

Meta Analysis Links Diabetes And Colorectal Cancer

... one disease that is affecting millions across the globe each day. And the association of colorectal cancer with the disease is a cause for concern. The main problem in diabetes is the decreased immunity which means that a diabetic is more prone to respiratory infections, periodontal problems including ble...

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