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Sunglasses Can Really Pull a Fast One on the Biological Clock, and Set a Lag in the Build Up Of Jet Lag

... 24 hrs for every hour of time difference when you travel to the west, with out the use of sunglasses. He said: "The biological clock is 20,000 nerve cells in the brain; it is a physical thing and not made up like many people think. When passengers are traveling west it's like a long day for the biologic...

Tibet Announces the Dalai Lama’s Tour of South Americ

Five South American countries are on the travel itinerary of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from April 26// to May 12. The cities he will go to are Sao Paulo, the largest city of Brazil, Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru) and Bogota (Colombia). In Brazi...

Supercomputers To Assist In Thwarting Bird Flu Epidemic In Future

...ons, from antiviral therapy to school closures and travel restrictions, as the vaccine industry struggles to...trying to limit contact between people (such as by travel restrictions, quarantine or even closing schools), but we find that these measures are useful in buy...

A Unique Train To Spread Awareness About AIDS

India will soon launch a unique train that will travel all over the country with volunteers who will from each station fan out to villages on bicycles to spread awareness about AIDS and how to combat it. // The seven-coach "Red Ribbon Express" will create awareness about the killer disease in over 40,...

New Government Contract Forces Dentists To Quit The NHS

... England forces many in need of dental services to travel nearly 40 miles to get registered under an NHS den...st//. A new patient from south Devon would have to travel at least 50 miles away, to locate a dentist at Northam, near Bideford. The same applies for somebod...

Patient Refuses To Be Treated In Local Hospital Due To The Fear Of Contracting MRSA

...the fear of acquiring MRSA. She says that she will travel to Bradford, West Yorks, to be treated privately because of the high risk in the local hospitals. In response to this situation the hospital authorities say that tougher measures are being implemented to prevent any further MRSA infections. Freda ...

Suspected Bird Flu Death Creates Panic In Hong Kong

...within nine days of hospitalisation. Many people travel between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, heightening the risk of persons with the virus entering Hong Kong. Much of Hong Kong's chicken supply also comes from farms in this area. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) held an emergency meeting Friday, afte...

Holidays help in better management of stress

...nterparts. This is due to fewer holidays, business travel and fear over job security.// These factors led to an increase in the adrenalin rush among people in Taiwan, China and the Philippines. The study included more than 7,000 business owners in 30 countries, all of whom reported some rise in stress. St...

Anthrax Spores: Animal Skins on Drums, Renders Vado Diomande, Sick

...ith animal skins, undeterred, and has continued to travel to Ivory Coast to look for animal skins. Vado Diomande, extremely alive and vibrant on stage is otherwise a very private person. Marcus Robinson, artistic director of the Florida African Drum and Dance Festival in Tallahassee, explained how drums fr...

Heart Disease Risk Can Now Be Predicted By A Painless, Non-Invasive Test

... test is based on determination of the velocity of travel of the pulse wave down the aorta (aortic pulse wave velocity or aPWV) that supplies blood to organs present in the body. The speed and accuracy of the test, non-invasive and painless nature of the investigation and the low cost are some advantages of...

Road accidents greater threat than AIDS, TB: WHO

...ent respectively. A shortage of safe, affordable travel options makes things even worse for the poor, the report points out. 'The human and economic damage caused by road crashes is largely preventable. Flaws in road design and engineering coupled with driver behaviour can be overcome with concerted eff...

Cancer Aid And Research Foundation: Offering Endless Hope To Cancer Patients

...amilies during the entire course of treatment. The travel and ticket expense is also taken care of by the foundation. Free ambulance service is also being provided to Mumbai-based patients. Once a patient approaches the foundation, an interview is conducted following which the patients requisition for fin...

Bird Flu Threat Prompts Tightened Security Across Hong Kong Border

...hief of the former British colony, York Chow would travel to Shenzhen shortly to meet the concerned health officials across the border. 'Front line customs officers have been put on high alert and examination of suspicious imported cargo and baggage has also been increased. We urge people not to bring bi...

Tourism not to be affected by bird flu affected areas!

...pson said, “WHO does not recommend restrictions on travel to any areas with H5N1. There seems to be a heigh...autions and follow the hygienic and safe rules for travel to any country. To treat influenza, Tamiflu is taken twice a day for five days, and must be started...

Designer Babies- To Create Or Not To Create!

...le was later relaxed that allowed the Whitakers to travel to the US for treatment. June 2003, Jamie Whittaker was born. Jamie was selected genetically while he was still an embryo. Two or three of his cells were tested when he was just 3 days old, before his embryo was transplanted to Michelle. At the tim...

Tracking the spread of disease with the help of money

...ssible diseases like flu etc. He says now people travel a lot and help in spreading the disease which late... Then each bill is given a unique diary and its travel course is recorded. For example one bill passed through eight different states, assorted restaurants...

Hope Lodges provides free stay to cancer patients

...ring their treatment which would avoid unnecessary travel from the patients home town to cancer hospitals. National Cancer Institute website offers information about various funding agencies which provide money for cancer treatment to these needy patients and they also provide information about the variou...

Malaria Can Develop In Lymph Nodes Also

...smodium bites a mammal, and the immature parasites travel to the animal's liver. Once they have fully develo... frequently invaded blood vessels, as they need to travel through them to get to the liver. However, scientists also found that many of the parasites also ...

The Cleveland Clinic Expands Its Services across the World via the Net

... quality and service offered to those patients who travel to The Cleveland Clinic directly. A registered nurse serves as a mediator between the patients and the staff member at The Cleveland Clinic at all times. Patients are asked to complete a general and disease specific questionnaire online and send film...

Soccer club visit to turkey, cancelled

...ucharest are the four soccer clubs who now plan to travel to Cyprus, Italy and Spain. But Gloria Bistrita, the first division club despite the bird flu scares plans to go to Antalya, Turkey. The club manager said that the team members would refrain from consuming any poultry meat there at turkey. Tests ...

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