Fri 13 December 2019: The chief of the Department of Health has warned people of the danger of balloons, including the risk of fatality, after a case of a balloon exploding in Kanchanaburi province on December 5. “Explosion of balloons is reported frequently, since most of balloons contain hydrogen, which is inflammable, causing balloons to […]
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Wed 11 December 2019: MicroRNAs are responsible for regulating autophagy, concluded a joint research team from the universities of Monash in Australia and Cambridge in the UK. A disorder in autophagy can lead to the aggregation of toxic proteins in the body, and may cause Parkinson and Huntington disease that causes a gradual neurodegeneration. Autophagy […]
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Wed 04 December 2019: (REUTERS) India’s drugs regulator has asked all states to enforce a court directive prohibiting online medicine sales, a senior government official said on Tuesday, raising industry concerns it could disrupt some online businesses. India is yet to finalise regulations for online drug sales, or e-pharmacies, but the growth of several online […]
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Tue 03 December 2019: The hard facts about global warming – a defining issue of our time. Climate change is happening now, and even world leaders meeting for climate talks at this year’s Cop25 know we aren’t doing enough to stop it. In fact, we’re going backwards. The UN says carbon dioxide levels in our […]
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Mon 02 December 2019: Carbon markets are the reemergence of a threat to the world that could obstruct action on climate change, according to a non-governmental organization. “The world faces the reemergence of a threat that could derail urgent action on the climate crisis: Carbon markets are back on the table as a proposed ‘solution’ […]
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Thu 28 November 2019: More than half of the tipping points that could lead to long-term irreversible changes on Earth and threaten civilisation have been activated, a study has warned. The scientists, including Emeritus Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, argued in an article published in the journal Nature that the nine […]
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Thu 28 November 2019: The World Health Organization says cases of measles are continuing to spike globally, with multiple large outbreaks being reported across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. In an update on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said Congo has reported more than 250,000 suspected cases this year, including 5,110 deaths. […]
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Mon 25 November 2019: Japanese tech giant Toshiba has announced it has developed a blood test that detects various cancer types in a few hours with 99% accuracy. The test, jointly developed with Tokyo Medical University and the National Cancer Center, is claimed to be able to detect a total of 13 different cancer types, […]
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Thu 21 November 2019: Philippine police were ordered Wednesday to arrest anyone caught vaping in public, just hours after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced he would ban e-cigarettes. The abrupt prohibition, revealed by Duterte late Tuesday adds to a growing global backlash against a product once promoted as less harmful than tobacco smoking. Duterte, a […]
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Thu 14 November 2019: World Diabetes Day: On November 14, World Diabetes Day is universally celebrated. This day is meant to raise awareness about diabetes, a condition which is widely common in India. Diabetes is essentially referred to a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood. Type 1, Type 2 […]
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