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Food Packaging Containing Latex May Trigger an Allergic Reaction

...sults were significant. 'For a few people, natural rubber latex is a very potent allergen and for these indi...s used in many food packaging materials, including rubber bands, meat netting, stickers found on some fruit and vegetables and the adhesive used for cold seal...

Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

...mode of physical therapy — to try squeezing a soft rubber ball a certain number of times per minute. “If a patient loses interest in that activity, a therapist who’s skilled in the practices of horticultural therapy might then hand her a pruning tool and discover that the patient is happy to clip dead lea...

Study Finds That Food Wrappers Could Be A Source For Health Risks

...gy Support Group’ said, “For a few people, natural rubber latex is a very potent allergen and for [them] the...xplained that natural latex, which is derived from rubber trees, is used in meat netting, for fruit and vegetable stickers, rubber bands and confectionery wra...

Victims of Landmine Blasts Walks with the Help of Jaipur Foot

...It is fairly cheap - $30 in India - and is made of rubber (mostly), wood and aluminium. (Source: IANS)...

Atherosclerosis and its Mechanics

...ulture flasks. They seeded the cells onto silicone rubber membranes that had been coated with a protein that allowed the cells to attach the way they do to underlying blood vessel tissue in the body. They then stretched the cells 10 percent of their length 60 times per minute to simulate the rhythmic flexin...

Dummies, Bad For Breastfed Babies – Study Challenge

...hen they are upset. Dummies were initially made of rubber but nowadays dummies were made of latex or silicone and come in different shapes and sizes. A partial outweighment by the finding that babies who used a dummy were less likely to suffer a cot death - sudden infant death syndrome (Sids), the authors...

US Offers Specialized Equipment To Fight Bird Flu In Nigeria

...igeria said that this equipment includes sprayers, rubber boots, GPS units, first aid kits, gloves and disinfecting brushes. US ambassador John Campbell said, "We have not given up the fight to stamp out this horrible disease." He added that the Nigerian government had helped during Hurricane Katrina "so w...

Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu In Nigeria

...ted included essential equipment such as sprayers, rubber boots, GPS units, first aid kits, gloves and disinfecting brushes. The outbreak of avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, was first confirmed in the country on Feb.7, 2006. But so far no human being has been infected....

Soda Drinks Contain Benzene - A Carcinogen, Reports FDA

...als, dyes, detergents, synthetic fibers, solvents, rubber and some plastics. People who are exposed to benze...ndustry, gas stations, gasoline distribution jobs, rubber industry, printing industry and leather industry have an increased risk. There is no upper limit s...

A Wristwatch For Detecting Malaria

...Battery operated and water resistant, with durable rubber to withstand high-frequency vibrations, the watch's alarm rings every 35 days to remove the small metal sieve and wash the old blood away. The watch will be available soon from travel agents and outdoor stores. Edited IANS...

Silicone Rubber Flap Restore Speech

...is surgery find it very difficult to talk with the rubber silicone artificial valve. This valve is implanted...e compared with those patients devoid the silicone rubber flap. The result of this study was that female patients benefited from this new discovery. Their v...

"An Armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection" – Has the condom withstood the test of time

...arted. Vulcanisation is a process, which turns the rubber into a strong elastic material. (3) 1900's - Until the 1920's, manufacturing involved hand-dipping method . These condoms were thicker and also aged quickly and quality was an issue often raised. However Frederick Killian in 1919 started a new pro...

Surgery Offers Better Treatment For Third Degree Piles

...effective in the long run than tying them off with rubber bands, a less invasive treatment alternative, acco...review of studies. RBL procedures involves placing rubber bands around the base of the hemorrhoid, causing a break in circulation, causing the hemorrhoid to w...

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