The new survey led by Melbourne researchers has revealed that nearly a quarter of children aged six and seven have poor sleeping habits, which has a strong effect on their health, behaviour and learning ability. "Children are able to make
University of Manitoba investigators presented the results of a study to determine the vitamin D status of pregnant women, the incidence of enamel defects and early-childhood tooth decay among their infants. Two hundred and six pregnant women in their second
The answer is that both have pros and cons and that a combination of the two produces the best results. The Missouri University study examined real-life experiences to determine which programme helps people lose kilograms, reduce body fat and gain
According to the study, low maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy may affect primary tooth calcification, leading to enamel defects, which are a risk factor for early-childhood tooth decay. Two hundred six pregnant women in their second trimester participated in
These are caused by the herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) that lies dormant in a facial nerve until triggered by excessive sunlight, fever, or other forms of stress. We have provided a molecular understanding of how HSV1 hides and then
The fresh round of the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme will be launched publicly Sunday. Dikshit said: Being pioneer in the pulse polio programme, Delhi is regarded as a role model and it would continue to strive hard to eliminate polio.
This fact was acknowledged by science, education, and marketing specialists who recently gathered to discuss how consumers influence and receive food-health and food-safety messages at Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo in New Orleans. "Taste is what
This proposition came from experts who met to address home-based food safety issues at the Institute of Food Technologists' Annual Meeting and Food Expo in New Orleans recently. Dr. Fur-Chin Chen, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, said that
Dental caries, or tooth decay, continues to be the most prevalent infectious disease in the world, which leads to the loss of the hard tissues of the tooth, followed by inflammation and necrosis (cell death in living tissues) of the
The actor has received two Best Actor Academy Award nominations to date - for Ali in 2001, and again for the 2006 drama. He was beaten to the podium in 2002 by Denzel Washington, for his role in the critically-acclaimed
Thomas Beatie, who is legally male but decided to keep his female sex organs during chest reconstruction surgery and testosterone therapy, attracted worldwide attention in April after revealing his pregnancy. The 34-year-old gave birth to a baby girl at a
Health personnel from all over the country are in Kano for the four-day polio immunization campaign during which we intend to immunise 4.6 million children against polio virus," Abdurrahman Yakubu, Kano state coordinator of the National Programme of Immunization (NPI),
Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas, one of the nation's top producers of
Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body's blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas, one of the United States' top producers
But Milly's decision backfired when the attending nurse accidentally killed her newborn baby. "Two hours after delivery, I requested to see my baby but she was dead because the nurse had laid her face-down," the 39-year-old mother of six said.
July 03, 2008 9:40:34 AM IST Scientists at the University of California, San Diego claim to have isolated more than two dozen promising and novel compounds from which new "designer drugs" might be developed to combat Avian flu. The researchers
Legislators in the city of 6.9 million passed late Wednesday a new law, which will allow officials to issue spot fines of 1,500 Hong Kong dollars ($192) if they breach new anti-smoking rules introduced two years ago. Three thousand officers
According to the new standard, tomatoes may come in one of four varieties - round, ribbed, oblong or elongated - or cherry tomatoes and cocktail tomatoes. They must be whole, clean, free from foreign smell, free of pests and fresh
