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Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts

...on with its popular houseboats appears to be worst hit with the maximum Chikungunya deaths. The other tourist destinations affected by the disease are the districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram. For those who wait for the sound of tourists arriving in order to make a living, it...

Lost And Found -Tooth In A Sportsman's Head

...even at training, it killed me," he says. "I'd get hit by a pad and it would throb and ache it was a constant hindrance."I was always flat. I had no energy. It was always sore. I'd come to training and I didn't want to be there, and that's never been me. I had all these thoughts that I'd lost passion fo...

Insecticide and Repellent Combo Effective in Eliminating Malarial Mosquitoes

...squitoes from biting. Moreover, the mosquitoes are hit by a powerful paralysing action, known as the knockdown effect, on contact with the mixture. The mortality rates determined were satisfactory, in that they equalled those obtained by using deltamethrin, a commonly used synthetic pyrethroid, highly...

Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

... other pupils. In Cambodia, one of the countries hit hardest by HIV/AIDS, the authorities are concerned that discrimination is helping the virus spread. "It is difficult for us since stigma causes infected people not to speak out and this quietly spreads the infection," said Ly Peng Sun, deputy direc...

China Closing in on US for Highest Number of Web-users

...gest user of the Internet after its numbers online hit 162 million, according to a government report seen Thursday. As of June 30, there were 122 million Chinese connected via broadband and another 40 million who regularly log on using dial-up or mobile phones, according to the report by the governmen...

Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice

...ts with severe congenital heart disease eventually hit a place where the heart isn't pumping adequately," Kuhn says....

Diarrhoea Claims Three Lives in Flood-hit Orissa

...lf million were affected by the flood. The worst hit was Balasore district, some 200 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, where the floods killed at least 20 people and affected more than half a million....

Yesteryear Bond Babe Britt Ekland is Todays Grumpy Old Woman

...ed in to star in a touring stage production of the hit BBC show Grumpy Old Women. The 64-year-old actress will join the likes of Denise Black and Dillie Keane to portray the character of a glamorous grumpy. Shes certainly one of the more glamorous grumpies, the Daily Express quoted a source, as sayin...

US Companies Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Shows

... foods link the problem to publicity. Children get hit with some 3,000 advertisements a day from televisi...y continue to pitch their less-healthful brands on hit shows like "American Idol," which have a significantly large, while less than 50 percent, under-12 a...

Child Health Key Focus Among Muslim Nations

...ines and antiviral drugs. Indonesia is the worst hit from the deadly H5N1 virus, recording 80 deaths so far since bird flu broke out two years ago in all but two of its 33 provinces. The declaration will be adopted at the end of the conference, expected later Friday. Members of the OIC include nations ...

Vietnam Bird Flu Death a Call for Action, Say Experts

... flu, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 80. In Malaysia five people were...tnam, once the country worst affected by H5N1, was hit by three waves of avian influenza in 2004 and 2005, when 42 people were killed and authorities cull...

Tea Pill, Tea Cola Hitting Markets Soon

...ired further develop them. Only then do we plan to hit the world market," Hazarika said. Several big companies from Britain, Australia and Iran have already approached the Tocklai Station for providing them with the technology for commercial sale. "Right now discussions are on with some local dealers...

Four Organ Transplants Dont Help, Canadian Teenager Dies

...caused a rash.He had just arrived home when he was hit hard by pneumonia and was taken back to Vancouver General on May 17, where he remained in intensive care, till the end came....

Some Common Human Injuries Also Common in Dogs

...wed loose where they can run into the road and get hit or they are riding in the back of the pickup truck unrestrained and jump out," he said. "We also see injuries when the pickup is in an accident and the dog is unrestrained in the back and is thrown out, just like you or I would be if we were unrestra...

US Dentists Help Victims of Domestic Violence Smile Again

...irst appointment, Sadati said. "She was abused and hit many times and she had many different dental problems that we had to take care of," he said. "She had multiple teeth that couldn't be saved and those that she had...needed a root canal, crowns or a bridge. Her bite was collapsed and not right." Sad...

Kerala Opposition's Unique Protest Over Fever Deaths

...s of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta. Chandy, however, hit out at the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and said the government had done nothing to get funds from New Delhi to tackle the spread of the disease that can prove fatal without timely treatment. "This scheme was floated in November ...

The New Recruitment Process Leaves Thousands of Doctors Jobless

...s the best qualified doctors are among the hardest hit . The new system will undermine Britain's positi...ience. Non-urgent patient care in England could be hit by a shortage of medical staff for many months, said Morris Brown, Professor of Clinical Pharmacolog...

Ramadoss to Discuss Chikungunya With Health Ministers of Nine States Tomorrow

... The disease broke out after the southwest monsoon hit Kerala coast early this month. The disease has spread near rubber plantations where farmers use plastic cups and coconut shells to collect rubber milk and leave it open, making it a breeding ground for the mosquitoes. A team of experts from the N...

Nigerian Village Quarantined After 20 Children Die of Measles

...en out of fear." According to Usman, those worst hit by the epidemic are infants aged six to 12 months. Measles is often fatal in children in developing countries....

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

...after the veto, Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton hit out at Bush for holding back scientific research. "This is just one example of how the president puts ideology before science, politics before the needs of our families," said Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidential e...

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