Corals added to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species for first time

... recovery of algae species following strong El Ni o events is harmed by over-fishing of the natural predators of sea urchins, which feed on the algae. mushrooming urchin populations scour rocks clean of algae, depleting a major food source for other species such as the Galapagos marine iguana. Marine ecosyste...

In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash

...rmers vary from 500,000 to over one million, as teenage drop-outs and jobless 20-somethings from poor villages or underdeveloped cities flood into the mushrooming gold-farming factories. Gold farmers in the northern city of Harbin work eight to 12 hours a shift to rack in enough gold to fulfil the daily ...

A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor

...drugs that have been manufactured by unauthorized companies, having poor or incorrect labeling, are substandard and in many cases lethal if taken. The mushrooming of sites selling online drugs, are flamed by the accessibility to online affiliate marketing sites. These affiliate sites provide links to anyone and ...

Vietnam may Face Dengue Fever Outbreak: Ministry

... development of mosquitoes there. Health watchdogs have blamed stagnant wastewater and dense water hyacinth (a water plant with blue flowers) for mushrooming mosquito populations in the said districts. Dengue fever is fatal in about 5 percent of cases, especially in children and young adults. In r...

Child Obesity and Diabetes - A Major Problem in India

...India’s economic liberalization in the early 1990s has brought a lot of western ways of living which we did not have before.” “This includes the mushrooming of fast food restaurants and increased availability of snacks like crisps and chocolates which have increased the carbohydrate and fat intake of child...

Massive Booking For China's First-Ever 'Five-Star' Hospital

... The growing demand for postnatal services in Chinese cities has created new jobs for professional babysitters and nurses with postnatal hospitals mushrooming in recent years. Source-IANS...

Kerala to Venture into Medical Tourism

...winner.” In addition to several indigenous cures, healing procedures and herbal therapies, Ayurveda has attracted several patients. With the rapid mushrooming of Ayurveda centres and resorts, modern medical practitioners are given a serious run for their money. According to German tourist, Hans Nowak, “Pe...

Assam Government to Invest Rs. 60 bn to Improve Healthcare Industry

..., however, was not encouraging despite the government offering a lucrative pay packet. Poor healthcare facilities in rural areas have led to the mushrooming of quacks leading to a high mortality rate in Assam. Source-IANS...

Coffee Bars: A Boon For China's Jobless Youths

...by not able to find a job for themselves, can now heave a sigh of relief as mushrooming coffee bars across the country's metros offers them great opportunities, to...e to find a job in China now have a new option - serving as baristas in the mushrooming coffee bars in the country's metros. According to a survey by China's...

Beauty parlours Cause for Concern

... Municipal authorities in Jaipur will check the mushrooming growth of beauty clinics in the city following// growing complaints of skin problems from customers. "A Beauty Parlour Act will be sent to the go...

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Children's gardens mushrooming

ITHACA, NEW YORK Researchers have discovered the secrets to enhancing youth participation in school- and community-based garden programs. A 3-year study entitled Greener Voices proves that children will engage in learning more readily when given responsibility for decisionmaking and planning. ...

Children's gardens mushrooming

ITHACA, NEW YORK -- Researchers have discovered the secrets to enhancing youth participation in school and community-based garden programs. A three-year study entitled "Greener Voices" proves that children will engage in learning more readily when given responsibility for decision making and plan...

Emerald Spectre haunts Ontario's ash forests

...vasive beetle's rate and distribution of spread from its epicentre in the Windsor-Detroit area. "In the Great Lakes region this beetle invasion is mushrooming out like an atomic bomb going off," says the study's co-author Dr. Hugh MacIsaac, an expert in invasive species at the University of Windsor's Great L...

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The mushrooming of biotechnology in the U.S.

Although BIO 2006 is around the corner and coming to the Midwest for the first time, we know that this meeting heads back to the East Coast in 2007 (Boston). Nevertheless, it is a good sign that we have broken the original "East Coast/West Coast" mold and that the BIO organization realizes that b...

Watching Evolution Happen - Evolving Healthcare Technology Spies Big Change

... If Wisconsin can be said to have anything going for it in the digital age, its the confluence of its mushrooming health care and information technology sectors. The first-ever Evolving Healthcare Technology Conference, being held Friday at the Medical College ...