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North India Reels Under Heat Wave

...jab with a maximum of 46 degrees Celsius. "It is summer time and almost all cities in north India are experiencing high temperatures. This is nothing unusual," said an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official. "There will not be much change in the day temperatures with no rain in sight till early...

Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk

...ght. In fact, only 10-15 minutes a day in a bright summer sun creates large amounts of the vitamin, Lappe said. However, people need to exercise caution since the suns ultraviolet B rays also can cause skin cancer; sunscreen blocks most vitamin D production. In addition, the latitude at which you live and...

Lack of Sun Does Not Explain Low Vitamin D in Elderly Who are Overweight

...nducted, sun rays are weak in winter compared with summer months. The researchers measured participants percent body fat using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), a precise method for determining body composition. Individuals were grouped into quartiles of percent body fat: less than 28 percent, 28 perc...

Sunscreen Maybe Helpful in Preventing Skin Cancer

...erfect holiday. A corollary is that the darker the summer suntan, the better. But with 22,000 new cases of malignant skin cancer a year, experts warn against excessive sunbathing. They urge people to change their thinking and protect their skin well in sunny weather. 'We've got to get away from the fal...

Traders Smell Something Fishy in Tokyo Market Move

...t the main media centre for a potential 2016 Tokyo summer Olympics, the governor's pet project. "The site is narrow, dangerous, not really clean, and asbestos is used in various spots in the facilities, although they are sealed up," Ishihara said in a recent news conference. "What happens if a natural d...

Doctors Warns Expectant Mothers to Stay Out of the Sun

... "Women in their first stages of pregnancy in the summer should be aware of the health risk surrounding increases in temperature," the Telegraph quoted a Maggie Blott, a spokeswoman, for the (RCOG), as saying. She also warned women to wear loose clothing, keep well hydrated and eat healthy food little an...

Wearing Shorts, Sleeveless Clothes Could Make You Prone to Skin Cancer

...chances of skin cancer . "Overexposure during the summer that is searing north India is harmful. It's could cause not just gastroenteritis, but also increase chances of skin cancer," cautioned Jyotsna Govil, joint secretary of the Indian Cancer Society. She said escaping rising temperatures and going to ...

Sweltering Heat in Madhya Pradesh Claims Fifteen Lives

The summer sun continued to blaze down on Madhya Pradesh Tuesday, taking temperatures to more than 46 degrees Celsius in the northern parts of the state, as the heat wave claimed six more lives taking the toll to 15. The weather officials had no hope to offe...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

... degrees and dressing down for the office over the summer months -- have failed to impress. "It is a total sham and a shame," said Christian Masset, chairman of the environmental pressure group Clear the Air, of the government's policies. "Any excess electricity produced in Hong Kong is simply sold to China...

Japanese Flower Art Helps Calm a Frantic Moscow

...s floor covering. She leads the women, in light summer kimonos, in silence through each gesture of the ritual, filling her small corner of the Russian megalopolis with a perfect calm....

West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

... percent in its capital Beijing, ahead of the 2008 summer Olympics. And embarrassing the global warming skeptics, coral disease outbreaks have struck the healthiest sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and a new study has conclusively linked disease severity to ocean temperature and climate change....

Heat Wave Claims Three Lives in Orissa

... about 26 deaths from across the state during this summer due to sunstroke. Of them only three have been confirmed by the concerned district health officials," an officer of the state revenue control room said. The Orissa government has asked the Meteorological Department to forecast the likely day temper...

U.K. Backs Program To Improve Drug Access in Developing Countries

.... Pilot projects are scheduled to be launched this summer in nine countries -- including Ghana, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Peru and the Philippines -- the Times reports. MeTA aims to draw on the experiences in the pilot countries and launch the initiative worldwide by the end of next year. Source-Kaiser Family ...

Earth Day Celebrated With Hopes of a Greener Tomorrow

...erned citizens. Delhi, burning under the scorching summer sun, heralded World Earth Day Sunday, //by raising its voice on various issues that are pricking our fragile ecosystem. 'We are on the brink of a challenge,' said Ravi Aggarwal of Toxics Link, an environmental NGO. 'The issue of stopping deforestat...

Man Sentenced to Prison for Concealing HIV Status While Donating Blood

... to Bio-Blood, the Hammond collection center, last summer he wasn't infected with HIV. He checked the "no" box on a questionnaire that asked if he was HIV positive. Court records say Ivy donated blood three times last September before Bio-Blood tested the Sept. 13 specimen and found it HIV positive. State...

Loans for Cosmetic Surgery in Lebanon

...on surgery in the spring, as women prepare for the summer season spent on Lebanon's beaches. GPL/B...

Gay Men Put Themselves and Others at Risk by Inconsistent Condom Use

...x Survey was completed by almost 16,500 men in the summer and early autumn of 2005. Source-Generef/...

Shimla Faces Water Crisis

With summer setting in, Shimla is running short of water supply pushing the civic authorities to ration it. // While the hill station with a 250,000 population needs eight million gallons of water daily, it has only six million for distribution, according to th...

Robotic Surgeon to Team Up With Doctors, Astronauts on NASA Mission

... onboard. Raven went on its first road trip last summer to California's Simi Valley. Researchers installed an operating-room tent in gusting winds and temperatures nearing 100 degrees F (40 C), and hooked the equipment up to gasoline-powered generators. Surgeons completed the first field test communicatin...

Collateral Damage-Children Of Canadian Soldiers Suffer

...en killed and 80 wounded in Afghanistan since last summer - and every child of a soldier lives with the fear that his or her parent could be next. "One mental health professional likened it to a tornado hitting the community several times a week." Marin has made three recommendations to the province: Tha...

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