Tag: "teeming" at medical news

'Bottled' Contamination And a Brewing Battle

...which is the major source of drinking water to our teeming millions, is subject to contamination due to the extensive use of land for irrigation, industries and other human activities. Extensive usage of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and unintelligent waste management have grave implications, some of t...

Antacids also control oral bacteria

...y substance that, under a microscope, appears as a teeming sea of hundreds of bacteria. Among these are gingivitis-causing bacteria that break down sugars and amino acids into toxins that are harmful to our gums. Unchecked, an accumulation of plaque and an overgrowth of these ravenous, toxin-oozing bacteri...

Why Immune System Doesn't Attack Small Intestine?

...ects the body from invasive microbes, is literally teeming with bacteria, which help break down waste. The presence of so many bacteria is a potential trigger for an immune system response. Why do T cells almost always ignore the small intestine, leaving this vital tissue unharmed? "It's obvious that T cel...

Magic of Motherhood Through Egg Donation

...o parent a child, in a country like India with its teeming orphans, childless couples must be encouraged to consider alternatives to IVF, like adoption. After all it is aptly said that 'every child is a gift - from God'! RA/V...

Millions Spent, but the Indian Capital's River Still Stinks

...rastructure that was creaky to begin with. These teeming cities take more and more water from rivers or groundwater reserves, returning it as barely treated waste. Water-hungry Delhi dams the Yamuna north of the city and takes about 1.1 billion litres of fresh water, more than a third of what the city us...

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