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American ‘wild’ birds identified as culpable for spreading bird fu

...sons to prove that two migratory birds, the common wood duck and laughing gull have been found to be// vulnerable and prone to infection with the highly virulent H5N1 avian influenza viruses and it has the capability to transmit the deadly bird flu. In an effort to identify and isolate the birds capabl...

Antioxidants Could Halt Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

...wise healthy adults and children who are bitten by wood ticks or dog ticks. The illness can become life threatening if left untreated, and spotted fever can be difficult for physicians to diagnose because the earliest signs mimic less-serious viral illnesses. Limiting exposure to ticks is the best way to ...

Victims of Landmine Blasts Walks with the Help of Jaipur Foot

...p - $30 in India - and is made of rubber (mostly), wood and aluminium. (Source: IANS)...

Survey Finds Knives Being Used As Floss

...d that the best thing to use would be inter-dental wood stick since they are shaped like the gum tissue. "A screwdriver is hardly the most flexible of items and I don't think people realize the damage this could do to their gums," he said, adding that while it may sound funny, people were actually harming...

Ostracised Woman Cremated Her AIDS-Affected Husband Alone

...her hut and performed the last rites with some dry wood and leaves she had collected for cooking,' a district official said. Her husband Surendra Kumar used to work in Mumbai, where he contracted AIDS. When his health deteriorated, he returned to his village. In the absence of proper medical care, he so...

No special Detergents Required To Remove Lead-Laden Dust

...m three common household surfaces: vinyl flooring, wood and wallpaper. They found that all-purpose floor detergents containing no phosphate did just as well as a more expensive lead-specific product and trisodium phosphate (TSP), a less environmentally friendly substance. Lead-specific cleaners or TSP h...

Arsenic in drinking water

...also used commercially e.g. in alloying agents and wood preservatives. Combustion of fossil fuels is a source of arsenic in the environment through disperse atmospheric deposition. Inorganic arsenic can occur in the environment in several forms but in natural waters, and thus in drinking-water, it is mos...

More Research Required For COPD

...ental hazards such as air pollution and smoke from wood fires also comes into play in some cases. According to a recent study by the year 2020, in fact, it will be the third leading cause of death worldwide. Right now, COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in developed nations, including the United S...

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