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Adults Needs to be Educated About the Dangers of Elevated TVs

...falling TVs. Previous studies suggest this in-home hazard may be on the rise. The UT Southwestern study, in which researchers attempted to identify methods for prevention, is believed to be the first in which researchers personally surveyed parents about the circumstances surrounding their child’s injurie...

Drinkers Intensed to get Drunk

...ge-drinking to get drunk is becoming a real health hazard for some Scots. In Scotland, about 1 in 30 deaths occurs due to alcohol and in this numbers many of them are unaware of drinking too much. br>...

Cancer Cause Not Yet Ascertained

...the tumors detected and any specific environmental hazard in Building 108’. ‘The tumors detected have varying origins and only three of the seven lesions have known associations with radiation,’ said John Gall, of Southern Medical Services....

Chernobyl Disaster still Causing Cancer

...was "nowhere near the levels at which there is any hazard to health". The report was presented at a conference at the Royal College of Surgeons. It cites official figures that show that most of the highly radioactive caesium emitted in the disaster was blown across Europe by winds. Areas of about 81,00...

Call For Testing Of Poisoned Town: Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease

...ronmentalists concerned about the long-term health hazard have been urging officials to undertake stringent testing for over 18 years. It can help in the identification of individuals similar to late Mrs. Cross. A health report published in January last year dismissed any association between the incident an...

Golden Staph- the super bug spreads, posing a major health risk.

...or a good many years, is now posing a major health hazard as related strains are triggering dangerous blood poisoning and pneumonia, even in those people who have not had any contact with hospitals. Lead researcher associate professor Graeme Nimmo, of the Queensland Health Pathology Service, said "the lar...

Seconds Between Life And Death

Death without any warning has become a health hazard today with a magnitude of about one in every one thousand persons per annum. Internal automatic defibrillators (IAD) have now come to our rescue//. The immediate application of an electrical discharge from these apparatus have brought many back from ...

How Mother Sees Her Child, Chubby or Obese!

...t the pre school years tendsto become a persistant hazard for the childs health and is not so easy to be rid off.br><brDr Michele Campbell, further felt that others were more worried off the fuure weight problems but yet failed to recognise it as a problem now and to start the management off reduci...

Pigeons And Sparrows In UK Face Bird Flu Risk

...u infected pigeons could pose a significant health hazard to human beings. Pigeons have already been known to spread a flu like illness (psittacosis) that can result in pneumonia, liver damage and even death. Close contact with poultry, inhalation of dried faecal discharges form infected chickens has been...

Radiation Hazard From Use Of Cordless Phones

...rsations to a minimal level owing to the radiation hazard from use of //cordless phones. Germany's federal bureau for radiation protection (BfS) in Salzgitter says people who use the phones are advised to put the base station in an area of their home where they do not spend a lot of time. The foyer or ent...

High Decibel Levels Raise Heart Disease Risk

... further support for the possibility that noise, a hazard so common we tend to take it for granted, is contributing to the burden of cardiovascular disease.' He believes that taking steps to reduce environmental and workplace sounds could be beneficial to the health in the long run....

New Drug Found To Improve Driving Performance In Young Adults With ADHD

...cal driving skills, including situation awareness, hazard perception, risk assessment and decision-making under time pressure. Patients taking the drug demonstrated significant improvement in driving safety and performance compared to a placebo. Safety-related driving parameters, including speeding ticket...

Citrinin, a fungal toxin, induces apoptosis via mitochondrial pathway

...cillium and Monascus. It is widely considered as a hazard contaminant of foods// and feeds, including corn, wheat, rice, barley and nuts, and is known to be cytotoxic and genotoxic to various mammalian cells. CTN has been suggested as a causative factor in renal disease among poultry, pigs, dogs and rats. ...

The Science of Solar Eclipse

...r be used for viewing the eclipse due to potential hazard from infra red rays. The fact that the Sun appears dark in a filter or that you feel no discomfort does not guarantee that your eyes are safe. It is generally said that pregnant women should relax in a bed if possible during an eclipse. It is wise...

Another Breather For People At Atherosclerotic Risk

...where. Atherosclerosis is a big problem and health hazard these days. Finding a solution in this direction is yet another study. The study states that supplementation of B vitamins can reduce the risk of atherosclerosis // (plaque build-up on the blood vessel walls). It is known that vitamin supplementat...

Heart Patients Use Alternative Medicine

...ot know that some of these substances could pose a hazard when taken with certain heart medications, and if ...ic and acupuncture therapy don't pose any specific hazard when combined with conventional heart treatments. Kline-Rogers and her colleagues are now working ...

Hypertension can be caused by Inhalation of Salt

...g a salty diet. This can be an occupational health hazard for workers in salt factory. It is recommended that they wearing face masks and plastic eyeglasses to protect workers themselves Researchers Kripa Haldiya and colleagues from the Desert Medicine Research Centre in Jodhpur, India, provides valuable n...

Acrolein may be the key to halting spinal cord damage

...sticides. In the case of spinal injury, acrolein's hazard may be the key in causing debilitating paralysis that sets in after the initial trauma. "When a spinal cord ruptures, not only are the traumatized cells at increased risk of damage from free radicals that oxidize the tissue, but the cells also spill...

Passive Smoking A Health Hazard Unnoticed

...hat exposure to passive smoking is a public health hazard and should be minimized ....

Study casts doubt on keyboard ills

...uter does not appear to pose a severe occupational hazard for developing the wrist and hand ailment known as.... Computer use does not pose a severe occupational hazard for developing the symptoms....

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