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Assam Heat Wave Claims Five.

...last 16 years, met officials said. "The unusually hot and humid weather condition is due to the blowing of dry continental winds from Myanmar and southern China," Chakraborty said. On Saturday, state authorities sounded an alert asking officials to work out contingency plans to avert a 'famine' in the...

Loose Clothing may Help to Beat the Heat

...and the fabric// , it helps cool off far better on hot days. And the higher the percentage of cotton fabr...uttoned or you can take it off when getting into a hot car. Light colours, which reflect sunlight, are better than darker ones, which soak up the sun and...

Microcapsules target cancer cells

...surroundings, heating up the walls. They became so hot that the bonds broke between the polymers and the shell and the capsules eventually opened. For the time being, the scientists have only been trying out their methods on isolated tumour cells. "In principle, however, active substances could be rel...

Bacteria Can Survive In Extreme Heat

...to survive in diverse climates like Antarctica and hot springs.// The team led by Prof. Avigdor Scherz found that only two amino acids made a difference in the ability of the bacteria to survive at moderate temperatures or high degree of heat. The study appears in the journal Nature. The team compared tw...

Alternative therapy – an alternative to HRT

...re is some proof that alternative therapies reduce hot flushes, there is also a risk of stomach upset and rashes. Symptoms of menopause like hot flushes and mood swings can be treated with the traditional HRT. However, the risk of and developme...

Key component of sunscreen heals sunburn and prevents skin cancer

...t is typically associated with the cooler parts of hot summer days, before 10am and after 3pm. “UVA was once thought to have a minor effect on skin damage, but now it is considered to be a major contributor as it penetrates deeper into the skin than UVB. “It is overexposure to UVA that causes the r...

Hot Flashes Could Be Minimized By Rhubarb Extract

...ing rhubarb extract could minimize the severity of hot flashes in perimenopausal women.// Researchers s...ich took the rhubarb extract pill, had less severe hot flashes than the placebo group, researchers revealed. Perimenopause is the period before menopause ...

Virus-mix-spray destroys bacteria on Prepackaged meats

... foods. The spray would be applied on foods like hot dogs, sausage and sliced lunchmeats, such as turkey and ham. Listeria bacterium is present in the soil, the water, within the intestines of animals that generate food. GY...

Heart Center at Sinai Conducts Landmark Study on Aspirin Resistance

...he failure of aspirin blocking its target and is a hot topic in cardiovascular disease today,” said Paul Gurbel, MD, lead investigator for the study and the Helen Dalsheimer director of the Division of Cardiology and director of the Center for Thrombosis Research at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. “However,...

Nepal Plans to Promote Health Tourism Based on Traditional Medicine

...th tourism investment along the lines of Kerala, a hot tourist destination for ayurvedic treatments and health packages. // "Being a source of rare Himalayan herbs and oils, we are looking keenly at wellness tourism," Nandini Lahe-Thapa, the Nepal Tourism Board's director of marketing and promotion, to...

Stay Healthy with Herbal Tea

...the tea's active ingredients and stimulated by the hot water. "The classic areas where herbal tea is used are against colds, digestive problems and women's complaints," says herbal tea expert Monika Beutgen. Medicinal teas are also commonly used to ease the symptoms of bladder and kidney complaints a...

NHS Food Slowing Patient Recovery

...ts claimed that the hospital meals were either too hot or too cold. A quarter of infirm patient who needed aid in eating claimed to not having received it. Besides this there was widespread criticism of lack of choice on the menu. Around four-fifths of patients said that they were not given the opportuni...

Genomic tests for better cancer treatment

...spond to a chemotherapy drug and who will not is a hot topic for cancer researchers worldwide - it would allow doctors to identify which patients will benefit most from the treatment. "The results presented in this study are very encouraging, and we hope approaches like these will soon be available in...

Substance P May Pre-empt VIP in Regulating Temperature

... nerves in the skin during exercise or exposure to hot temperatures – is what mediates the increased blood flow to the skin. “A lot of people have thought that VIP is the main neurotransmitter, and on many fronts it has been the most likely candidate,” said Christopher T. Minson, professor of human phy...

Poor Hygiene in Ulster Hospital Kitchens

...n several kitchens in addition to lack of soap and hot water, cockroach infestations and inadequate refrigeration. Food fridges on wards were found to be used to store medical supplies at two hospitals. Two reports for another hospital showed stale food, mice infestations and inadequate kitchen ventil...

Tidbits on Tarantula bites and fiery Pepper sensations!

...ized when tarantula venom is introduced to mice as hot chili peppers when fed to them. This experiment throws interestingly proves that the defensive mechanism of some animals and plants are quite similar in warding off a predator by triggering pain. The research aids understanding of the pathway of p...

UK Scientists Plan To Create Human-Cow Embryos

...esearch today is the stem cell research. // The hot news of today is that Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have asked permission and three-year licence from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to create embryos by fusing human DNA with animal eggs. Stem c...

Even 6 months or more of hormone therapy treatment does not impact longevity of prostate cancer patients

... effects include reduced sexual desire, impotence, hot flashes, weakening of the bones, breast tenderness or breast growth, as well as other conditions. The study reviewed 579 patients who were treated at the Cleveland Clinic with high risk prostate cancer from 1996 to 2003. These patients were divided...

It's the Heat and the Humidity: How Each Worsens Gout Symptoms

...and an investigator in the study. “Thus, when it’s hot and humid, those with gout should consider drinking more fluids to avoid potentially painful gout attacks.” Gout afflicts about 1 in 100 people and as many as 6 – 7 percent of older men. This condition and its complications occur more often in men,...

Good Heart Health May Begin With a Bar of Chocolate!

...ing a little bit of chocolate or having a drink of hot cocoa as part of a regular diet is probably good for personal health, so long as people don't eat too much of it, and too much of the kind with lots of butter and sugar," she said. So, if you are heading out to shop for some chocolates, rest assured...

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