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Singapore Dengue Cases Return to Epidemic Level

.... Dengue is traditionally associated with poorer tropical countries. The disease leads to a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes....

Humans are Gobbling Up a Quarter of Nature's Resources, Reveals Study

...of biofuels, as the only fertile land available is tropical rainforests," said Haberl. "If we want full-scale replacement of fossil fuels by biofuels, this would have dramatic implications for ecosystems," he said. According to some projections, there will be four to fivefold increase in biofuel producti...

Dengue Surge in Singapore, Man Prosecuted for Breeding Mosquitoes

...e fury of dengue, generally associated with poorer tropical countries. The disease had killed 25 people and infected thousands in 2005. This year too the country is witnessing some virulent outbreak. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said based on the data in the last few weeks, the situation did not look opt...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...tal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But for poor tropical nations, the risk is the greatest by far. For them, malnutrition, caused by prolonged spells of drought and flooding, looms as a distant but serious worry. Experts pondering how to tackle the threat are delving into history, exploring how civilisat...

Singapore Dengue Fever Cases Hit Year's Peak

.... Dengue is traditionally associated with poorer tropical countries. The disease leads to a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes....

Dengue Deaths in Cambodia This Year Exceed 2006 Toll

...uito-borne virus is usually associated with poorer tropical countries. The disease leads to a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes....

Natural Selection in Butterflies

...m of researchers has found natural selection in a tropical butterfly species that fought back - genetically speaking - against a highly invasive, male-killing bacteria. Within 10 generations that spanned less than a year, the proportion of males of the Hypolimnas bolina butterfly on the South Pacific isla...

Dengue Fever in Singapore Likely to Increase: Minister

...quitoes -- is traditionally associated with poorer tropical countries. Infection leads to a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes....

Dengue Cases in Singapore Crosses Alarming Levels

...nfected. Dengue is normally associated with poorer tropical countries. The disease is manifested by a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes....

River Blindness Becoming Drug Resistant

...lion cases in 36 countries worldwide, including in tropical regions of the Americas. Every year, public health officials give out more than 20 million doses of ivermectin, used to treat river blindness since 1987. Experts estimate the drug has prevented nearly 40,000 cases of blindness a year. To date, nearly...

WHO to Implement New Strategy on Diseases of Poverty

...ing research capacity in countries where parasitic tropical diseases are endemic. The new plan addresses some of the emerging disease challenges facing developing countries, such as TB-HIV co-infection. Over the coming decade, TDR will focus on addressing key bottlenecks in getting health care treatments to...

Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming

...-called missing carbon sink, concludes that intact tropical forests are removing an unexpectedly high proporti...er models. The scientists also found that intact tropical ecosystems are a more important carbon sink than previously thought. The models had generally indica...

Goans Celebrate Monsoon Festival

... coastal areas of the State. Goas balmy beaches, tropical climate and its unique charm attract thousands of international tourists every year....

Campaign Aims To Improve Nutrition Among Hispanics

...erican foods, such as maize, quinoa, plantains and tropical fruits. A 16-page pamphlet teaching Hispanics about the benefits of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains now is available in some stores and churches in Dallas and Houston, and eventually will be distributed in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miam...

New Survey List Out Cities That Take Sun Protection Seriously

...of the country from big cities to small towns, in tropical climates and snowbelt states. Studies also show th... residents of colder climates vacationing in warm, tropical areas during the winter months is a significant risk factor for developing future skin cancers." ...

Now Kidney Stones can Be Healed With Low-cost Laser Technology

...related ailments. "It is mostly people living in tropical countries who get kidney stones. It is also related to heredity and day-to-day food habits," Ghose added....

Louisiana Residents Warned Against Brown Recluse Spiders

... and thorax). The spiders are generally found in tropical areas but were reported along the Mississippi Gulf Coast last year. Entomologists with the Louisiana State University AgCenter say the spiders perhaps migrated from Florida through commercial imports of plants, food, building materials, or furnitur...

Deforestation Plays a Critical Role in Climate Change: Study

...m 11 climate-carbon computer models and found that tropical deforestation releases 1.5 billion tonnes of carbo...ear into the atmosphere. The results showed that tropical forests continued to accumulate carbon through to the end of the century, although they became less ...

Myths About Hydropower Projects Exposed

...nown for more than a decade now that reservoirs in tropical climate are significant sources of global warming gases," South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People, a network of organisations that works on issues related to water, said in a press release Friday. "We have constituted various guidelines to help...

Figures of Dengue In Singapore On The Rise

...rding to official statistics from Singapore, the tropical city-state saw a nearly 50 percent jump in de...nd mortality. It usually affects people living in tropical regions and it manifests with a sudden episode of mosquito-transmitted viral disease. Accordingly, d...

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