Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Coughing into sleeve can prevent spread of flu

Coughing into sleeve can prevent spread of flu

Coughing into sleeve can prevent spread of flu

People should cough and sneeze into their sleeve rather than covering the nose and mouth if a tissue is not available, to prevent the flu from spreading, experts say. The practice of covering the nose and mouth with the hands when sneezing and coughing ...
Increase in BMI ups heart risk in women

Increase in BMI ups heart risk in women

Each five-unit increase in BMI raises incidence of heart disease in women by 23 per cent, a study has claimed. A team of researchers from Oxford University followed the health of 1.2 million women in England and Scotland with an average age of 56, over the ...
Tobacco products still don

Tobacco products still don't carry new picture warning: Survey

Despite the Government order requiring all tobacco product packages in the country to carry the new pictorial health warnings from April 1, 2013, a snap survey conducted in the Capital on Monday indicated that “almost no cigarette, bidi packets or any other ...
New strain of bird flu infects four others in China: Xinhua

New strain of bird flu infects four others in China: Xinhua

BEIJING | Tue Apr 2, 2013 10:14am EDT. BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities reported four new cases on Tuesday of a strain of bird flu previously unknown in humans that has already killed two people, taking the total of known cases to seven. The World ...
Are you prone to putting on kilos? Your breath can tell

Are you prone to putting on kilos? Your breath can tell

WASHINGTON: The content of your breath may indicate how susceptible you are to weight gain, according to a new study led by an Indian-origin researcher. People whose breath has high concentrations of both hydrogen and methane gases are more likely ...
15-Year-Old Eli Reimer Becomes First Person with Down Syndrome to Climb Mt ...

15-Year-Old Eli Reimer Becomes First Person with Down Syndrome to Climb Mt ...

After 10 days, 17,000 feet and 70 miles spent climbing Mt. Everest, the Oregon teenager became the first person with Down syndrome to conquer the world's tallest mountain. Alongside his father Justin, Eli made history when he reached the Nepal base camp ...
Vaccines produce homosexuality, says Italian scientist

Vaccines produce homosexuality, says Italian scientist

New York, Apr. 2 (ANI: A 70-year-old scientist from Italy has controversially claimed that vaccines make people homosexual. Gian Paolo Vanoli, who's a proponent of alternative medicine, recently told Vice Italy's Matthew Lenardon that the vaccine is ...