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About 900 doctors from all over the country attended the seventh National Holistic Health Conference which opened here on June 17. The conference was held in Gyan Sarovar, one of the country's
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Cabinet urged to clean up village or relocate villagers
Cabinet will be asked to clean up the lower Klity village or move 200 Karen residents from the lead-contaminated area. Thailand's Deputy Health Minister Suraphong Suebwonglee said staff would ask
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'Mosquito repellants can be fatal'
Allethrin, the active ingredient used in mats and coils to repel mosquitoes, is dangerous and can prove fatal after prolonged use, according to a leading Mumbai based manufacturer of mosquito coils.
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Lead poisoning and jewellery workers
The concentration of lead in the air over Dhaka is known to be the highest in the world. We seem to be quite content with this dubious distinction. When exposed to lead on a daily basis, people rich
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New life in the brain
A team of researchers from the United States and Sweden have found startling evidence that nerve cells or neurons, may regenerate. Their work could someday lead to a miracle for people with
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Beware of imported ceramic plates
Ceramic items recently imported from a certain country to Bangladesh carry excessive contents of lead, which is extremely harmful to public health, according to scientific tests. The imported "light
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Pollution tells on children
Physicians and Scientists are making no bones about it. high levels of atmospheric pollution can interfere with absorption of Vitamin D in the body, leading to rickets and other deficiency diseases.
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'India has four crore Hepatitis-B carriers'
Out of 35 crore carriers worldwide, nearly four crore people in India are carriers of dreaded Hepatitis B virus, according to a study conducted by leading vaccine manufacture Serum Institute of India
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Lead leads to thin bones
Bone loss at menopause can cause elevated blood-lead levels that may increase women's risk of high blood pressure, finds a study. Previous studies have linked lead exposure in men with high blood
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SARS: S-E Asia joins hands to fight
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and leaders of 10 South-East Asian nations pledged closer cooperation on Tuesday in the fight to contain the SARS virus as a leading WHO official declared that public fears
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Review of targets for the sustainable development goals: the science perspective
The SDGs offer a "major improvement" over their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, this report by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social
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Anti-Narmada dam group lashes out at Advani
A leading anti-Narmada dam organization has slammed home minister Lal Krishna Advani's statement that the opponents of the Sardar Sarovar dam were working at the behest of foreign forces. "Mr Advani,
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Molecule helps nerve cells revive in study
Massachusetts researchers said yesterday they have identified a molecule that helps injured nerve cells regenerate, adding it may lead to new treatments for spinal cord injuries, brain diseases and
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Cancer vaccines ready for trials by 2003
Vaccines against at least two kinds of cancer will be ready for clinical trials within three years, according to leading Canadian research scientist Rafick-Pierre Sekaly. A professor of microbiology
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States said to ignore lead tests
Federal investigators say most states of U.S. are flouting a 1989 law that requires young children on Medicaid to be tested for lead poisoning. As a result, they say, hundreds of thousands of
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Most children in Gauteng have lead poisoning - report
More than 60% of Gauteng children have unacceptable blood-lead levels in their systems, exceeding the US levels at which health workers would be legally required to take action. Lowered
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Study clears two vaccines of any long-lasting harm
Although two widely used vaccines can make children run fevers that in rare cases may cause seizures, the seizures do not lead to lasting problems, researchers are reporting today in the largest
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Fears over coercive policies
The Government of India today appears to be reaffirming its faith in coercive methods by formulating anti-people population policies leading to fears that attempts are being made to push coercive
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Scientists claim malaria resistance breakthrough
Scientists said this week they have made a breakthrough in understanding how malaria develops resistance to drugs, a finding that could lead to the production of new medications to tackle the deadly
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Health freaks turn to organic food
The term 'organic' is used for food in growing which chemical pesticides or fungicides have not been used. Since such farming methods lead to relatively low yields, these farm products have a higher