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Sleep in' dirty – Unwashed duvets become a hotbed for mite

This might be a wake up call to get the duvets washed and clean. Research has found out that many Britons do not wash their duvets even in six months, and these could// be the most happening places for mites, filth and even dead skin. A survey conducted in many househ...

Sleep Essential For A Strong Memory

...nts into four groups, mainly sleep before testing, wake before testing, sleep before testing with interference, or wake before testing with interference. In this case, the interference or distraction was a second list of...

New Sleep Gene Discovery Wakes Up Scientists

...aid. Patients suffering from the disease routinely wake very early, say at 4 a.m. and must go to bed early...rger said. This means that on our time, they would wake the first day at say, 6 a.m. then at 4 a.m. then at 2 a.m. on subsequent days. "When they have lig...

China Launches Probe Into Breast Enhancement Drug

...nvestigated by Chinese consumer// watchdogs in the wake of recent unflattering media reports. Bolibao, a "miracle" treatment that comes in the form of a drink, was accused in a television documentary of causing gynaecological problems and doing nothing that it promised. Gao Xuemin, an expert in tradit...

No Clue to Cause of Mystery Illnesses

...ir houses and gardens from the factory site in the wake of the blaze and subsequent clear-up were addressed by them. Dr Alison McCallum, director of public health at NHS Lothian, chaiwoman of the problem assessment group. She said: 'A thorough scientific study of soil samples in the area surrounding the...

A syndicate formed to spruce up mental health

...y steps retrograde. Politicians have been issued a wake up call to address the status of mental health as foremost in the agenda....

Vice President Launches AIDS Awareness Campaign for Youth

...which AIDS has assumed an epidemic proportion must wake up our policy planners and public health administrators to do some out-of-the-box thinking. If unchecked, it is going to be the most frightening killer in this century," Shekhawat said. He said there was a need to prevent the killer disease by crea...

This is no yarn …Talk your way to beauty sleep

Babbling in sleep is known to wake the deep in sleep, and there are many who are known to roam in sleep but the group that gets talked //about the most are those who lie awake in sleepless disquiet. Popularly called as insomniacs, these sufferers are willing to toss around money and p...

MCD Takes Steps To Prevent, Control Dengue

In the wake of detection of the dengue spreading Aedes mosquito in some localities of the capital, the MCD at a high-level meeting today discussed steps to be taken for prevention and control of the disease. // Chaired by MCD Standing Committee Chairman Jaikis...

UN Bodies Launch Action Plan To Check Pregnancy Related Death

...s, WHO and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) comes in the wake of estimates that more than half a million women die during pregnancy and childbirth while 340 million contract sexually transmitted disease annually. "There is a really worrying rise in the number and severity of sexually transmitted infections (S...

Delhi Launches Special Drive to Check Dengue Spread

...d legal notices have been issued to 5417. In the wake of rise in breeding of Aedes mosquito, the MCD has appealed to heads of government departments, autonomous bodies, educational institutions, owners and occupiers of commercial complexes, office-bearers of market and Residents Welfare Associations and...

Diabetes On A Steady Alarming Rise From The Past 20 Years

...are resources world over, if the government do not wake up and take action immediately. Stating that diabetes is the fourth largest killer in the world, the IDF feels that there is a three-part reason for this mainly diet, lifestyle, and genetics. They explain that with the increased population in the w...

Seizure of Low Quantity of Heroin is No Ground for Bail: HC

...stances Act (NDPS) Act. The ruling comes in the wake of the recent heroin-cocaine consumption controversy involving Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan. According to the prosecution, the three accused - Prakash, Akhilesh alias Pappu and Nathu Lal - were nabbed by Narcotics Bureau sle...

OPDs stopped, health services crippled in Punjab, Haryana

...nd and private hospitals// stopped the OPDs in the wake of a 'medical bandh' called by the Indian Medical Association to protest the Centre's reservation proposal. "All OPDs, including parallel ones run by medicos in front of state-run hospitals and private medical institutions have been stopped", Associ...

Sleeping pills reversly push to vegitative state

...ad not had ‘true’ PVS means the patient should not wake up and respond. But if they was no PVS, it would be a remarkable finding, and certainly worth further research. ...

WHO Chief's Sudden Death - A Major Loss To Global Health

...over the reins of World Health Organization in the wake of the 2003 SARS outbreak, after serving the organization for more than 20 years. Dr Lee was in the forefront of the global fight to prevent the avian flu pandemic and spearheaded battles against public health threats such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculos...

The Price Paid for New Lifestyle

...World". The World Health Organization has given a wake up call to China tostep up it fight against chronic diseases. In 2005 almost 35 millionpeople worldwide died due to chronic diseases and of these almost 7million or one in five deaths were in China. The single child policy in China has meant more th...

Prime Minister Asks Medicos to End Strike

...lief to scores of patients facing hardships in the wake of strike by residents. "At the parallel OPDs the doctors are examining all patients," said Dr. Anand Vineykar of the 'Youth for Equality' - spearheading the protests. However, officials maintained that the critical areas, including emergencies, ...

Alarming childhood obesity stats: 1 in 5 pre-schoolers fat

... felt on the kids as well." Therefore we need to wake up and expose children to outdoor sports more than computer games to keep them fit....

Reports Of A HIV Break Out Scare People Of A Holiday Island

... have contacted a telephone helpline set up in the wake of an HIV scare in St Ives. The confidential line (0845 850 9850) was set up last week by the local health authority after a sudden rise of up to 10 cases. The exact numbers of cases have not yet been revealed, but investigations have suggested the...

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