Contact Lens Wearers Warned Against Using AMO Solution
...after each use. * Replace storage cases at least once every three monthsClinicians evaluating contact lens users with symptoms of eye pain or redness, tearing, decreased visual acuity, discharge, sensitivity to light, or foreign body sensation should consider AK and refer the patient to an ophthalmologi...Concern Expressed Over Poor Quality Bird Flu Vaccine Used in Nigeria
...countries that test our products for the virus and once you start vaccinating, then traces of the virus will show up and they will stop buying, he said....Color Vision Drove Primates to Develop Red Skin and Hair, Study Finds
...ed for non-social purposes, possibly foraging. But once developed, trichromaticism drove the evolution of red skin and hair through sexual selection. Fernandez, the studys lead author, first began to question the strict correlation of food choice and color vision while studying howler monkeys in Costa R...Jharkhand Reeling Under Heat Wave
...re this summer recorded in the city, which was was once the summer capital of Bihar before the state was bifurcated, was 40 degree Celsius. The highest temperature in the state was recorded in steel city Jamshedpur with 44.7 degree Celsius, followed by Bokaro and Dhanbad with 44.6 and 44 degree Celsius ...MRSA, the Super Bug Spreading to Urban Poor in US
...se cases are not just happening in hospitals -- as once was true -- but now are occurring in the general community. That's been a problem. Many doctors are accustomed to using certain antibiotics, but those then fail because of antibiotic resistance. There are several more potent antibiotics now, but doct...Apple Juice may Help to Keep Childhood Asthma at Bay
...hers found that kids who took apple juice at least once daily were half as likely to experience wheezing as compared to those drinking it less than once a month. Though wheezing does not necessarily lead to asthma, it is still a key sign which shows t...Delivering the Green Message to Children
... and teachers, and a national students' conference once in two years. The PEAS schools are now preparing for the 7th National Students' Conference, focused on pollution and health concerns and scheduled for November 16-18 at the Tagore International School in Gurgaon. Ken Gnanakan, an educationist and......week, adding that abortion opponents "thought that once abortion was legalized, everyone would get one. That hasn't been the case"....Risk of Parkinsons Increased by Exposure to Pesticide and Head Trauma
...that while people who had been knocked unconscious once were 1.35 times more likely to develop Parkinsons, while it was 2.53 times more likely in those who suffered a head injury more often. However, the researchers who conducted the study also insisted that these two risk factors are ones that can be c...Multinationals Exploit Groundwater Sources, and People Suffer
...line in the local timber industry. The local mill, once the primary community employer, has completely terminated its operations. This proposed water bottling project would provide a means to use the town's abundant renewable natural resource (spring water) to bring back jobs and economic stability to the...Beer Bashes of Teens Spinning Out of Control in US
...le subject is becoming more common. Parents who once bragged about hosting teen drinkers may be rethinking their stance, Rochford says. Or at least 'they're keeping a low profile.' Ideas are trickling in - such as no-cut athletics (to keep high school students from having any free time for crime) and...Scientists Create Fire-proof, Eco-friendly Plastic
...says UMass Amhersts Emrick It was a challenge, but once we realized BHDB was a useful building block, the synthetic polymer chemistry fell into place....Common Desert Shrub may Increase Longevity
...ormal outer limit of old age, can be obtained only once all the mice in the control group have died in six to 10 months. If NDGA turns out to extend maximal lifespan by 20 or 30 percent, people would accept that as an important finding, he says. The researcher further said that much more research was ...New Drug to Help Kick Smoking Habit Cleared in UK
...if it has been proven to work. "I did stop smoking once before a few years back only for a couple of months then I was back smoking. "If it is made prescription only, it is a good idea. Smokers are also paying tax, so I don't think that matters. Everybody is going to pay tax eventually." Her 10-year-o...Bush Isolated on Climate Change Heading into G8
...trip with visits to Prague and Poland in what were once Soviet satellite lands. The US is negotiating to base a radar station in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in Poland, prompting a stream of angry rhetoric from Moscow and jitters among Western European governments. The US says the syst...Marriage Could Lift One Out of Depression, New Study
...who had been interviewed and tested for depression once in either 1987 or 1988 and then again five years later. In the interviews, they were asked about the quality of their marriage (if they were married). On average, controlling for differences in depression, subjects who had gotten married over the f...Pregnancy and Alcohol - a Dangerous Cocktail Warns BMA Scotland
... not consume more than one to two units of alcohol once or twice a week. The BMA report says current gui...ring pregnancy is hazardous and behave responsibly once they know they are pregnant. A balanced approach is sensible but we do not wish to raise anxiety in ...Researchers Have Found Clue to How Fear Changes into Phobia
... the brain that processes memories, and found that once this was done, the mice responded normally to ambiguous threats. The researchers shut down the neural circuit using a drug that blocks firing only in neurons called dentate gyrus granule cells, which form part of one of the hippocampus's major neur...Ecologists Desperate to Save Dal Lake in Kashmir
...l officials are nonchalant My father tells me that once he used to drink from the Dal Lake . Today, we think twice before dipping our hand into the lake, fearing infection. The tourists who stay in house boats on the lake, dump all sewage into its waters," said Rehman Moti, a Dal Lake resident. Test...... what is going on in a small country like Cuba has once again turned the attention of many commentators on the strides made in that small nation. Cubas people manage to be as healthy as those of the world's wealthiest countries at a fraction of the cost borne by the latter, points out Sarah Van Gelder. ...