Bird Flu Outbreak Expands in Vietnam
...,300 ducks were found dead late last week in three household farms in Hung Nguyen district, 300 km south of Hanoi, and tests showed they were positive to H5N1, according to a report by the Department of Animal Health of Vietnam. The dead ducks were part of three flocks that had been not been vaccinated despi...Poisoned Workers of Hindustan Lever Demand Treatment
...ch as mercury, we sought information on toxins in household products such as soaps and detergents, shampoos and sprays manufactured by HLL. Concerns for toxics in HLLs products range from use of cheap industrial cleansers like SLS and SLES on shampoos, or the presence of pthalates or parabens which are known......ndays. Often, they operated on members of the same household on the same day. Chan is accused of performing procedures on 208 patients, which resulted in more than $9.5 million in insurance billing with more than $1.8 million collected for the unnecessary and fraudulent work. Rosenberg is accused of perform...Exercise may Help Breast Cancer Patients to Lead a Healthy Life
...o quantify their physical activity levels based on household activity, moderately vigorous activity, vigorous a...orts/recreational activity compared to moderate or household activity. An added bonus of this study was that it emerged that those who maintained vigorous ac...Scientists Develop Toothpaste That Rebuilds Tooth Enamel
...ing manufactures of a wide range of personal care, household and specialty products is said to contain a liquid form of calcium, the key component of tooth enamel. The liquid calcium rebuilds the tooth by plugging microscopic gaps in the enamel. The repair stops dental nerves from becoming exposed thereby pr...Scientists Create Fire-proof, Eco-friendly Plastic
...ed in bus seats, airplanes, textiles and countless household items. Some of these additives have been showing u...oldiers, in circuit boards, bus seats and numerous household products. We had to work outside the usual chemistry routes one takes to make something non-flamma...Cannabinoids Regulate Inflammation Process
...n of endocannabin-oids look promising. But the old household remedy cannabis could also make a comeback as an ointment. In the experiment on mice this approach has already been successful. 'If we dabbed THC solution on to the animals' skin shortly before and after applying the allergen, a lot less swelling ...National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery
...than 45 years, were Medicare recipients, had lower household incomes, or had less education. Moreover, patients treated at NCCN/National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers were 23 percent more likely than patients undergoing an operation at non-NCCN/NCI hospitals to be treated with a total thyroi...Flush Water Pipes to Reduce Lead Contamination Risk, Schools Told
...ave also been criticized because they were done on household taps after they had run for about five minutes. One piece of advice to people concerned about lead is to flush the pipes before drinking so they are drawing on fresh water from the main. Water taken from city hydrants all tested within acceptable l...Chinese Surname Shortage Sparks Rethink
...houzhu or Zhuzhou, the report added. Guan Xihua, a household registration officer with the Beijing public security bureau, said the lack of variety caused trouble in daily life and the new regulation would slash repetition. Du Roufu, from the academy, said combined surnames had already become popular with youn...Housework Helps Lower Diabetes Risk: Australian Study
Simple household tasks such as doing the laundry, ironing or washing up may reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, an Australian study suggests . Researcher Genevieve Healy said while helping out around the house was no substitute for the 30 minutes of dai...13 Million Die Worldwide Due to Unhealthy Environment: New WHO Report
...ne their own estimates. The data also show that household interventions could dramatically reduce the death rate. Using cleaner fuel such as gas or electricity, using better cooking devices, improving the ventilation or modifying people's behaviour (such as keeping children away from smoke) could have a maj...Twenty-two Chikungunya Cases Confirmed in Maharashtra
...week as 'dry day' by emptying and cleaning dry all household utensils and tanks is one effective measure that everybody must take", advised Kolhapur district health officer T. A. More....More and More American Women Go for Facelifts to Get Jobs
...Morganroth Gullette, a noted author. The typical household headed by a 47-to-64-year-old is at risk in an ins..., it was poorer in constant dollars than a similar household was in 1983 (despite women working!). Women -- who spend more on "anti-aging" products -- are unde...Cats at Home Poses Allergy Risk in Young Children
...ntact with cat hair within or outside the parental household increases the frequency of allergic sensitisation on the basis of the detection of IgE-specific antibodies against cat allergens. The study is based on data of the multicentric LISA study. LISA stands for Lifestyle – Immune - System – Allergy and i...Household Guns Associated With Higher Rates of Suicide in US
...orah Azrael, used survey data to estimate rates of household firearm ownership in each of the 50 states and exa... whether rates of suicide were related to rates of household gun ownership. They controlled for measures of poverty, urbanization, unemployment, drug and alcohol...Corporates To Help Combat HIV/AIDS
... affected with HIV/AIDS which has brought down the household income by 10%. JYT...Family Members Most Often Source of Whooping Cough in Infants
... whooping cough, in 55 percent of infants. In all, household members including siblings, aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents were responsible for 75 percent of pertussis cases among infants for whom a source could be identified. Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection. Although pertussis ...Zinc Supplements Enhance Immunity in Children
...ar. Half of the children were randomly selected by household to receive daily zinc supplements, while the other half were given a placebo. Overall, the study found a 7 percent reduction in the risk of mortality with zinc supplementation, which was statistically insignificant, and a statistically significant 18...TB Incidence on Rise Among Children in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
...aid. All children below six years of age who are household contacts of smear positive TB cases are screened for TB and after excluding active tuberculosis are offered chemoprophylaxis using Isoniazid, he added....