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Asthma risk increases for children living close to busy roads

...affected for longer time, like being in schools or homes close to a busy intersection. However more research will be required to find out the exact components of the pollution that can trigger or increase the risk of an asthmatic attack. Researchers suggest that one way to stop this condition from affecti...

Childhood asthma may be triggered by cockroach allergens

...id that incidence of allergens from cockroaches in homes may however be specific to certain areas of the cities. The researchers had exposed children suffering from asthma to cockroach allergens and found out that there seems to be a significant increase in the frequency of number of days they suffered f...

Childhood leukemia linked to residence close to high voltage power lines

...dicate that when compared to children who lived at homes more than 600m from the overhead high voltage power line, those living between 200 and 600 m have a relative risk of 1.23, while those living within the 200m radius of the overhead power line have a relative risk of 1.69 of having leukemia. Scientis...

Cure For Deafness Leads Scientist To Find How Fishes Can Hear And Hum Sounds At Same Time

...an Francisco Bay have often complained about their homes vibrating from the humming fish, which sometimes can sound like a high-speed motor running underwater....

Preserving the DNA of a loved one

... required. Vandenbergh, who operates three funeral homes in the suburbs of Detroit, said only one family ha...e-time cost of $250 and will be offered at funeral homes along with other routine burial or cremation preparations says a company spokesperson....

Patients With Alzheimer’s Need To Be Checked For Visual Clarit

...f the disease who have been staying in the medical homes most have lost their glasses, broken them or have glasses that have not been updated to their new eye sight power. Some of them are too impaired to even ask for a replacement or report their decreasing ability to see things clearly. The researchers ...

Calcium-Vitamin D Combo For Reduced Fracture Risk

...result is limited to aged people living in nursing homes or other institutions. “Frail older people confi... review apply only to patients who live in nursing homes or residential care facilities. “It remains unclear whether the results can be generalized to other ...

Spread Of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Is A Probability, Say Experts

...ls on patients’ homes, in crawl spaces under these homes and on furniture placed outside for children and pets. All patients owned and had come in contact with dogs with the infected ticks. Four of the patients had a recent history of tick bite. Tests of the dogs’ blood confirmed their infection with the s...

Women Growing Up In Poverty At Increased Risk Of Heart Disease

... 1919. They found that women who grew up in poor homes were 15 percent more likely to have had a heart at...attack in their 50s; men who grew up in fatherless homes did not have an increased risk of heart attack. Now that the link is established, Hamil-Luker said...

Latest Research Shows That Multivitamins Might Not Prevent Infections In All Elderly

...g vitamin E supplements, elderly people in nursing homes were 20 per cent less likely to get a cold and also had fewer colds over the study period than a placebo group. Although some trials have shown that other supplements, especially of trace elements, have reduced infections in older people in care. L...

Dengue in Delhi – 26 Cases reported and 3 dea

... disinfect places where mosquitoes are breeding in homes and neighbourhoods across the city. This year, the MCD identified 10,326 houses as mosquito breeders, compared to some 7,000 last year. "We are also constantly in touch with the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) to spread awareness in colonies. P...

Dengue fever in Delhi after the Monsoon

... disinfect places where mosquitoes are breeding in homes and neighborhoods across the city and they have identified 10,326 houses as mosquito breeders, compared to some 7,000 last year. "We are also constantly in touch with the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) to spread awareness in colonies. Posters an...

New X-ray machine launched by GE Healthcare

...geted at private and government hospitals, nursing homes and small diagnostic centres. GE Healthcare also plans to introduce the next level of fully digital X-ray systems for enhanced imaging solutions with a price tag of Rs.10.5 to Rs.20.5 million. A laptop sized digital console and a four way-floating t...

'Art of Living' concept expanding around the globe

...Russian medical institute. Educational programmes, homes and hospitals for children were also included in the MoU. Ravi Shankar, who has influenced many worldwide with his breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques, also addressed a large gathering of medical professionals organised by the Krasnoyars...

Rocket Factory Is Under The Risk Of Desert Fire In San Fernando

...y continuous heavy hot desert winds//. Most of the homes and Business establishments have been evacuated in that region and the rocket factory which is considered to be highly toxic is in the risk of getting on fire. Fire fighters and police personnel had a tough time controlling the fire from spreading wi...

Ketoacidosis Is The Main Cause On Mortality In Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

...that 10 case subjects were found deceased in their homes but were given an autopsy diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis. These were young adults with duration of diabetes of many years and with access to modern home blood glucose and urinary glucose testing. Such tragic deaths should have been avoidable, unl...

Neglect In Childhood Could Cause Abnormal Behaviour In Adults

...ment. Even though the children now live in stable homes for over three years, in some cases - they might still display some telltale behaviors that researchers associate with early neglect, the researchers said. One is an abnormal willingness to seek comfort from unfamiliar adults, even in the presence ...

Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners

...ebated the rising price of gas - essential to warm homes - while some experts feared a breakdown in electricity supplies during the winter. Charity organisations caring for the elderly warned that as many as 89,000 pensioners will die in the cold. Concerns for the old and the infirm have been heightened b...

Risk Of Asthma Rises Due to Endotoxins

... The researchers evaluated 2,456 residents in 831 homes selected to represent the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population. They took 2,552 house dust samples from five locations within the homes, including bedroom floors, bedding, family room floors, sofa surfaces, and kitchen floors. "This st...

Conditions Of The HIV/AIDS Patients In The Mizo Society

...n many cases HIV patients were expelled from their homes and in others relatives don’t accept the bodies from the hospitals after they die. The key factor that prevents the Mizo society to accept AIDS patients, as any other patient because they are rooted to the idea that the disease is a reprimand for sex...

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