University of Michigan (U-M) investigators determined in a new study that the spread of pandemic flu could be reduced by as much as 75 percent if people simply wash their hands and wear face masks.
These two simple actions can deal a devastating blow to the pathogen, preventing it from spreading like wildfire among... |
26 January 2012
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An expert at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) now proposes a new explanation for why the obesity wave currently sweeping America is causing more and more victims.
At this point, officials statics indicated that as many as 34 percent of all citizens in the ... |
24 November 2011
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A group of experts from the Henri Mondor Hospital and the Avicenne Hospital (HP), working together with colleagues from Inserm, have recently proven the effectiveness of a new molecule in combating lice. While mostly eradicated in civilized countries, where people care a lot about their personal hygiene, the problem ... |
12 March 2010
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According to a new estimate released by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, the number of confirmed swine flu cases around the world continues to rise, despite authorities' best efforts to contain the situation. The H1N1 influenza A strain has thus far infected some 10,243 people, an... |
20 May 2009
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Scientists all around the world are beginning to realize that the more we understand the subtle or major differences that occur within random networks, the more we will be able to control and use them to our benefit. For example, US researchers name the Internet and the global flight connections as some of these netw... |
13 March 2009
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For over ten years, NASA has been working on early-warning systems designed to indicate all the possible locations on the Earth where potentially deadly outbreaks may occur. The goal of these systems is to begin mobilization beforehand, so that the number of casualties is reduced to the absolute minimum. They managed... |
17 February 2009
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Who could ever have imagined that sleep could be the triggering factor of a veritable epidemics? To make matters clear, we're not talking about oversleeping, but rather about poor quality sleep, which, scientists have proven, can lead to anything from obesity to chronic exhaustion. It sabotages our jobs by makin... |
26 May 2008
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In the modern era, our society has been confronted with a variety of terrible epidemics, ranging from AIDS and mad cow disease to Ebola and the infamous bird 'flu. We seem to have found antidotes for the oldest demons that have been plaguing us for centuries, only to find that new, more powerful such afflictions... |
17 May 2008
04:27 GMT |
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