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Roundabout — What’s Happening Sept. 12-18
Salisbury Post FirstARTS Series: Organ Masterworks — 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13: Prize-winning organist Thomas Williford from Macon, …. Each participant receives a real seed necklace, pick s an Indian Princess name, makes a Native American paper doll, makes an … |
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Huge tobacco use in India seen killing 1.5 million a year
Indian Express Harm from tobacco accounts for nearly half of all cancers among males and a quarter of all cancers among females there, as well as being a major cause of heart and lung diseases. “The tobacco epidemic in India requires urgent attention,” the report … 90% of the world’s smokeless tobacco users are from South-East Asia!India.Com Health Health improvement in Poland is contingent on continued extensive tobacco …World Health Organization (press release) |
Smoking, obesity combo ups risk of lung cancerZee NewsWashington: Cigarette smoking by obese people may result in them facing additional health problems, a new research has suggested. Aaron Wright, Ph.D., who reported on the study, said that their rese…
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Forgo sugary drinks to abate gout effects: Study
Newstrack India SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout. “So not only does sugar raise uric acid in the blood due to processing in the liver, but it also appears to directly interfere with … |
APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED : Rare genetic lung condition …4-traders (press release)The double-lung transplantation for this genetic condition is the first case in India and second in the world. The first successful transplant was done in the…
Times of IndiaHealth tips for womenTimes of IndiaGet your iron from rice flakes, bajra, prunes, egg, liver, spinach, kidney beans and black sesame seeds (til). Eat a hearty breakfast of muesli/oats with milk and a few nuts to improve concentration and …
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90% of the world’s smokeless tobacco users are from South-East Asia!
India.Com Health People find it impossible to quit because of the addictive nature of the chemical nicotine – so addictive that WHO considers tobacco addiction a disease which sadly afflicts one out of every three Indian. Along with tobacco, gutka and pan masala … |
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Smoking and obesity’s lethal combo ups risk of lung cancer
Newstrack India Washington, Sept. 12 (ANI): Cigarette smoking by obese people may result in them facing additional health problems, a new research has suggested. Aaron Wright, Ph.D., who reported on the study, said that their research shows that smoking and obesity … |
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Brain dead woman’s organs save 3 patients
Deccan Chronicle Mallieswari’s husband Raghupathy, a hotelier, said he strongly believed in the cause of organ donation among other social welfare issues that needed to be addressed. “As an ardent social activist, I decided to fulfil the ambition of my spouse to donate … |
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Idol watch job for BMC
Times of India “We lack manpower and since Ganesh puja involves religious sentiments, monitoring is not easy,” the commissioner said. Metals like cadmium affect the nervous system and kidney while mercury affects the brain and chromium harms the liver. The chemicals … |