Category: Features
Eyewear tips by Christopher Strauch, GlassesOnline
Rule of thumb with eyewear Glasses today are developing more and more into a fashion item for many. Accordingly knowing the right frame for your face and type is crucial to finding the right item out of the many choices […]
New rule for organ distribution in China
BEIJING- Donor organs must be distributed automatically through a national system, according to the latest government rule set to take effect on Sept. 1. The new rule aims to prevent human intervention and ensure fairness and transparency in organ distribution […]
Traffic pollution worsens asthma symptoms
Heavy traffic pollution or smoke from wood can worsen the symptoms of asthma, finds new study. The University of Melbourne led study is the first of its kind to assess the impact of traffic pollution and wood smoke from heaters […]
Study explores how sleep helps brain learn motor task
After a piano lesson, you go to sleep and when you wake up your fingers are better able to play that beautiful sequence of notes. Scientists explore how sleep makes that difference. The new study by neuroscientists helps to explain […]
Dogs can warn owners about low blood sugar levels
The most loyal and loving of pets come to the rescue of humans once again. Recent research has shown that dogs can be trained to alert diabetics about dangerously falling blood sugar levels. During the study, researchers found that “glycaemia […]
Health Ministry: Over 15,000 dengue cases reported
Health ministry figures show that India has recorded 15,893 dengue cases in 2013, a sharp increase from last year. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said total dengue deaths […]
NEA eyes drones in dengue fight
SINGAPORE – Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones could be used by the National Environment Agency (NEA) as its latest weapon against the dengue scourge. NEA told My Paper that it is assessing various proposals it has received. The use […]
Japan to raise severity rating for Fukushima leaks to level 3
TOKYO – Japan will raise the severity rating of a recent toxic water leak at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant to level 3, or “serious incident”, on an international scale for radiological releases, underlining the deepening sense of crisis at […]
Men more prone to skin cancer than women: Study
More men are dying from skin cancer as compared to women, states study. Cancer Research UK said that each year, the most serious type of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, kills 1,300 men and 900 women, the BBC reported. A reason […]
Fruit may protect against lethal aneurysm: study
Eating more fruit may decrease your risk of suffering a dangerous vascular condition known as abdominal aortic aneurysm, said a Swedish study published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a ballooning of the lower […]
