Fat answers
A SURFEIT, of fat and urges to go on a diet? May be the sea -urchins living'in the icy waters of Antarctica could hold out clues on slimness. Scientists at the University of Southern
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To be healthy, wealthy and wise...
...activists must fight for better prevention and health education
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Aiding a disaster
The advent of AIDS could sharply increase the incidence of tuberculosis and of kala azar
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Deadly design
PADMA S VANKAR <br> In charge Facility for Ecological and Analytical Testing, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and adviser, CSE's pollution monitoring laboratory
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No lead in Lanka
Sri Lanka is set to curb atmospheric lead pollution by introducing lead free petrol for its cars
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Delhi High Court asks for detailed response on the case on banning junk food in schools
<ul style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);"> <br><li> <strong>Court wants to know which junk foods should be regulated. Fixes
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ACREX India 2014: A sustainable foundation for Future India
<p><u><strong>PRESS RELEASE</strong></u></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>-</em></strong> <em>Indian HVAC sector to grow at 30 per cent to over Rs 20,000 crore over the next two years</em></p> <p align="center"> </p>
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Peacock isn t a pest
...but chemical pesticides don t discriminate; 77 national birds die after eating sprayed grains
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Ozone friendly, but toxic
Exposure to chemicals being used as alternatives to CFCs can cause liver damage
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Gasping for breath
With the degradation of the quality of our environment, the incidence of asthma is on the rise. The choking ailment seems to be acute even among children, as pointed out by recent studies in the <font class='UCASE'>us</font>
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VIEW FINDER NOT A USUAL EXERCISE Soldiers smell the ground to detect bodies of flash flood victims in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot battered the island"s southern region in the second week of August. The typhoon, which Met officials call the deadliest in 50 years, also triggered mudslides; one such mudslide
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Transplanting triumphs
ORGAN transplant rejections could soon become a thing of the past. A new drug which can halve the rejection rate of transplanted organs and billed as 'the most exciting development in
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Is the alarm justified?
Yes. The disease is spreading fast. Yet there is little scientific data to devise a strategy to deal with it
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Fatal exposure
Workers exposed to pesticides over a long period of time may run the risk of contracting cancer
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Chimney sweepers
Industrial production threatens to shroud all economic development activities in layers of smog
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Tall claims
the much-publicised 'breakthrough' for tuberculosis (tb), hailed by the World Health Organization (who) as capable of bringing the global epidemic under control, has been criticised by top tb
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The view from below
Development strategies cry out for a "bottoms up" approach that involves the intended beneficiaries
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Nature s second course
Do not lose sleep over insomnia, says the physic. Resort more to behavioural changes and less to pills. The rest is zzz...
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Honey I shrunk the salmons!
Salmons from two rivers are reducing in size due to lack of food
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Cola intake may cause osteoporosis
According to a study by scientists at Tufts University, Boston, colas can cause osteoporosis, the bone-ailment that afflicts over 300 million women in India. They found that intake of cola is