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External factors may bring salmonella to melons, tomatoes: EFSA
External factors may bring salmonella to melons and tomatoes, according to a statement from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on Friday. Environmental factors such as heavy rainfall, use of contaminated water for irrigation and contaminated equipment are among the […]
Guangdong dengue fears reach fever pitch
GUANGZHOU – South China’s Guangdong Province is on high alert for dengue fever with more than 1,000 new cases reported every day since Monday. Over 1,300 new cases were reported on Thursday, bringing the total to almost 18,000 including four […]
Sleeping with lights on can make you fat
A new study has revealed that sleeping with too much light in the room increases the risk of obesity in women. Greater exposure to light at night raised both BMI and waist size in more than 113,000 women taking part […]
Does India have a Young Heart?
What is alarming is that younger population is becoming more vulnerable to coronary heart disease resulting in premature deaths. 23%, who develop heart attacks today are below the age of 40 years of age. The common factors are smoking, sedentary […]
Thai hospital says it has Ebola cure, could be mass produced within a year
BANGKOK – Doctors at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hosptial, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand claim that they have developed a new antibody that could cure Ebola patients. The antibody could be a year away from being produced on a […]
Researchers develop smart bandage that glows to indicate healing
Researchers developed a paint-on, see-through, “smart” bandage that glows to indicate a wound’s tissue oxygenation concentration. The bandage created by team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Conor L. Evans at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine of Massachusetts General Hospital […]
Grape compound shown to help fight acne
Resveratrol works by halting the formation of free radicals, which cause cell and tissue damage. After heart and dental health, a team of US scientists has found that a compound found in grapes and red wine could also play a […]
A real pain in the neck
From iPad Necks to Text Claws, city’s physiotherapists are seeing an increasing number of patients with chronic pain caused by excessive use of touch phones and tablets. Worryingly, a majority of them are under 18. Just like the phone it […]
Do you have male menopause?
While many men feel the need to project an almost invincible front to the rest of the world, the truth is that they experience a natural decline in virility over the years. If there is menopause for women, then there […]
3,000 Cambodians killed by AIDS per year: official
PHNOM PENH – Approximately 3,000 HIV/AIDS patients in Cambodia die per year, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said Thursday. “Some 3,000 patients have died naturally each year after they have contracted the disease for years,” he told […]
