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Misled Public Stay Away from Polio Immunisation Drive

...ead to cancer. And once again those falling easy prey to it were Muslims, whose resistance to the vaccine is well known. And with the latest count of 438, Uttar Pradesh arguably accounts for the world's highest number of polio cases. The report was carried in a lesser-known Urdu daily Aag Oct 11 bu...

Indian radiologist spearheads cure for osteoarthritis sans surgery

...ension or compression. "Younger people also fall prey to osteoarthritis because of sedentary lifestyles, lack of exercise, irregular food habits, obesity and genetic disorders. Majority of the patients treated during the trials seem to have been affected due to hazardous occupations in the urban environ...

An Infectious Agent of Deception, Exposed Through Proteomics

...etection by macrophages, turning predator cells to prey complicit in promoting infection, has seemed impossibly complicated, a needle-in-a-haystack proposition involving thousands of proteins, the building blocks that carry out cells’ vital functions. Applying the high-volume sorting and analytical powe...

E. Coli's Salad Days

More and more people are falling prey to E. coli infection from tainted spinach. E. coli experts like B. Brett Finlay, an HHMI international research scholar at the University// of British Columbia in Canada, can explain how the E. coli bacteria place a death grip on intestinal cells. Fi...

Salmonella Bacteria Are Deceptive

...etection by macrophages, turning predator cells to prey complicit in promoting infection, has seemed impossibly complicated, a needle-in-a-haystack proposition involving thousands of proteins, the building blocks that carry out cells' vital functions. Applying the high-volume sorting and analytical powe...

Ignorance - the main reason behind deaths on Mount Everest

...summit, their determination dwindles and they fall prey to altitude illness and die on the way down'. An article in the Aug. 26 issue of the British Medical Journal has Sutherland's observations.According to him, it is a common misconception that only inexperienced climbers, who pay $60,000 or more to b...

US Miners Still Prey to Black lung Disease

...mount of coal dust in mines, coal miners are still prey to 'black lung' or pneumoconiosis, according to a report from// the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program has identified 30 miners with pneumoconiosis from 328 miners who were screened. Among the...

Muslim Leaders Urge Community to Join Anti-Polio Drive

...polio campaign to prevent children from becoming a prey to the crippling disease. // Clerics of Darul Uloom at Deoband in Saharanpur, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in New Delhi, city Qazi Zenur Sajedeen, Naib Qazi Jenur Rashdeen and other Muslim leaders signed the joint appeal asking the people of the community t...

Genetic Mutation in Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark Fur

...ir main predators—owls, hawks and herons—that hunt prey by sight. But on five barrier islands off the Florida Gulf coast and three off Northern Florida’s Atlantic coast, geographic isolation of the populations has resulted in eight distinct subspecies of beach mice, each with distinctive coat patterns tha...

Mammoth Goof ups by NHS cost dear to one million victims!

...the table which speaks of patients who have fallen prey to NHS slip-ups or have just escaped by the skin of their teeth//. There has been misinterpretation of serious episodes and falsifying figures.NHS is simply unable to fathom the losses for which they are responsible and according to estimates, these...

Tuberculosis Claims Three Victims

...uberculosis after the three elderly residents fell prey to the disease. While two of the victims died in ‘early May’ the third succumbed to the disease in ‘early June’. A fourth resident has been reported to be recovering after being diagnosed with TB last October. This person is not considered to be in...

Tobacco Consumption By Youths Will Hamper India’s Economic Growt

... most ominous sign is the number of youths falling prey to the addiction. Notwithstanding the urban-rural divide, youngsters in rural areas are taking to tobacco as a "hobby" while smoking has become a lifestyle statement in urban areas. "The situation is really grim in India. As the number of deaths...

Lesser Know Facts about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

... every year. Ten years ago Jean Thompson became a prey to the disease and now her twin sister joy Thompson is suffering from this incurable lung disease. It is a very sad situation that till date there is no accepted treatment. New research is done by patient-centered non-profit organization called the ...

Chernobyl Disaster still Causing Cancer

...cades ago still holds more than a third of Britain prey to its deadly consequences. Its radioactivity contamination here still continues// to cause cancer in children according to the investigation led by the Independent on Sunday. According to official measurements published in the report at least 34 p...

Adolescents Who Indulge In Unhealthy Dieting At Increased Risk For Obesity

... adolescents are at an increased risk of falling a prey to out-of-control binge eating and self-induced vomiting. "This study shows that a shift from dieting and drastic weight-control behaviors to long-term healthy eating and physical activity is necessary among adolescents," said Dianne Neumark-Sztainer...

Are We To Be Blamed for The Bird Flu

...y and debilitating conditions that make them all a prey for the virus. GRAIN also points out that a standard ingredients in industrial chicken and animal feeds, is poultry litter, which includes fecal matter, feathers etc. According to WHO bird flu can survive in bird feces for up to 35 days and, in a r...

Autism: Symposium to Discuss Myths and Misconceptions

...ith autistic people. "I think we as a society fall prey to a slippery slope when we begin talking about members of our society as not appreciating that they or others have a mind," says Gernsbacher. "An uncritical acceptance of the hypothesis that autistic individuals lack a theory of mind can seriously c...

Early Man Was A Prey Rather Than A Predator

... and man did not evolve as predators but rather as prey for wild dogs and cats, hyenas, eagles and crocodi...socialization and cooperation evolved from being a prey rather than a predator, "In fact, all diurnal primates (those active during the day) live in permane...

Rich People Benefit From Cancer Programs

... treatment. As many as 33% of the population falls prey to cancer. Improvements have been made with regard to declining death rates and easier access to drugs. This effect has is not very much visible among the poorer people, and improvements need to be made in this area. A review of the cancer plans n...

Kerala Bans The Sale Of Pan Masala Near Schools

...asy availability. Children are also likely to fall prey to this habit which inflicts enormous damage to the health. The Health Department of the state will also seek the help of voluntary organizations to ensure the effectiveness of the new rules....

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