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Sponging Cattle betters spraying in eradicating Malaria

...southern Asia, villagers spray the inside of their houses with insecticide to guard against malaria. Because the mosquitoes that carry malaria in the area feed mostly on cattle, not humans, sponging down cows with insecticide is just as effective at reducing malaria infection as spraying the insides of ho...

Dampness related to asthma

...ed colds and skin allergies. People living in damp houses were found to need more antibiotics than others and were more likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis or tonsillitis. The study published in the journal Allergies, showed that 2 in 9 of the students quizzed had homes with mould, damp stains or w...

SARS impact could be devastating

...ances for consumption buying cars and building new houses directly improving standards of living// and boosting their local economies. Among the throng of migrating laborers, an estimated 210,000 Thais left home to work abroad in 2000, as did 416,424 Indians, 376,000 Indonesians, 841,000 Filipinos and 31,00...

Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...ancer centre to be thus designated. The hospital houses over 415 beds, of which 250 are free. Doctors here see over 70,000 patients from India, South and Southeast Asia annually. Over 60 percent of them are treated free of charge. (IANS) Further Information about hospitals in India from Medindia M...

Testing Your Health & Charging Your Mobile At One Go - Check Out The Urine Powered Batteries

...ineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore, however, houses both the sensors and the battery on one plastic chip, reports New Scientist. Testing urine can reveal the identity of illnesses, and the new paper battery could allow the sample being tested to also power the diagnostic device, Lee says. It could b...

Ranbaxy opens Drug discovery centre in Gurgaon

...des these, Ranbaxy has another R&D building, which houses its regulatory and administrative departments. The focus areas for research for Ranbaxy are infectious diseases, urology, respiratory/inflammatory and metabolic diseases. ...

Dengue in Delhi – 26 Cases reported and 3 dea

...oss 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. Posters and pamphlets are also distributed in all parts of the capital," Yadav ad...

Dengue fever in Delhi after the Monsoon

...ds 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 and pamphlets are also distributed in all parts of the capital," Yadav adde...

Kalam Appeals to Eradicate Hearing Disability

...dical community, social institutions and corporate houses have the task of restoring the disability of nearly 10 million people with the support of the Government, He added that ENT specialists were doing their bit but efforts have to be intensified to include remote areas. Recounting his own experience at...

Pakistani Quake Survivors Face Outbreak Of Diarrhea

... into the potable water supply system. With their houses damaged in the quake, the homeless are living in crowded makeshift camps, and making do with unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation facilities. There is also no provision for those affected by diarrhoea to use separate lavatories, resulting in f...

Doctors, Pharma Companies Targeted By CBI Raids

...an official of the investigating agency said. The houses of Sudha Talan, head of Safdarjung Hospital's gynaecology department, and Uma Goel of Sucheta Kriplani Hospital here were searched, he said. "The raids are being carried out after receiving several complaints against these people," the official said...

Credentials Of Specialists Need To Be Checked

...tials of people who carry out work on our cars and houses we tend to neglect the need for the same in healthcare, risking our health in the process. Imploring people to check the qualifications of their health professionals, he adds, 'Registration is a legal requirement, so if their name's not down, don't g...

UK Prepares Itself For Flu Pandemic

...accines for the H5N1 bird flu strain. The business houses of the country will also be affected with absenteeism of up to 60% if a flu pandemic breaks out. Detailed plans have to be charted to ensure that the food supplies and the transport sector are not disrupted during such an event. As much as 25% of t...

Bird flu may cause a blackout in New Zealand

... case people are not allowed to step outside their houses for a period of six months. The government by this way is trying to reduce people to people contact as it has been reported that the existing H5N1 strain of the virus may have undergone mutation. This mutated strain has the capacity to spread from on...

Pandemic Will Affect Business Houses

...ontinuity Planning have revealed that the business houses which are not prepared for such an eventuality wil...l be the worst hit. As many as 35% of the business houses which do not have contingency plans in place will go out of business. Alcan, an aluminum manufacture...

X-mas gifts - weight gain for children?

...r age group. Gifs mainly confine children to their houses and thereby make them fat.// A study was conducted by North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI) reveals Christmas gifts to promote obesity among kids. X-mas gifts fail to encourage children to go outdoors and burn their fat. This doe...

Rehabilitate Sex Workers - Mata Amritanandamayi

...handed over 1,500 tsunami and earthquake resistant houses in Azheekkal village in Kerala and over 1,000 in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, besides providing some 550 new boats and fishing nets and repairing an equal number of boats. Her help reaches beyond geographical boundaries of nations. Recently...

Polluted Water Prevents Men From Getting Married

...ars. I cannot leave the place as all my fields and houses are here. The only thing we can do is to wait for a slow death from drinking the fluoride-contaminated water,’ said Shankar Chaudhary, another resident of a village near Dudu. Babulal Nagar, the legislator from Dudu, acknowledged the problem. ‘Drin...

Firms Told To Employ Those With Asperger's Syndrome

... able to lead perfectly normal lives. The business houses should also understand that those who suffer from Asperger's will not hold back the company from developing itself further, as they are very methodical and highly motivated by nature....

Parental Conflict Can Lead to Sleep Disorders in Children

...ence was noted in the time children went to bed in houses with higher and lower conflicts. However, children exposed to greater level of parental conflict had a compromise sleep quality. In addition, they also slept less compared to their counterparts. Changing of sleep position (tossing or turning in bed) ...

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