UN food relief agency airlifts aid to DR Congo province hit by Ebola outbreak
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Emergency food aid is being delivered to people affected by the Ebola virus in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IBNS): Sanjiban Hospital (Howrah, India) and Lincoln University College Malaysia recently signed an agreement to launch a Doctor of Medicine program at Sanjiban Hospital campus.
New method to detect early cancer using malaria protein from UNSW, Sydney
Sydney, Aug 28 (IBNS): Researchers have come up with a new method to detect cancer in its early stages by way of a malaria protein that sticks to cancer tumour cells in the blood.
As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year – with some 250 schools in Ebola-affected health zones – the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is scaling up education; health and water; sanitation; and hygiene programmes to assist children and their teachers.
Deadly swine fever threatens Asia, UN agriculture agency warns, urging regional collaboration
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an imminent threat to other Asian countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday.
As carbon dioxide levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies: Study
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc deficient and 122 million people becoming protein deficient by 2050, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Happy older people live longer, say researchers
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, the authors found that an increase in happiness is directly proportional with a reduction in mortality.
Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN
New York, Aug Aug 28 (IBNS): Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene remains “a huge challenge,” the United Nations warned on Monday
Gut enzymes could hold key to producing universal blood: Study
New York, Aug 26 (IBNS): For blood transfusions to be safe, the donor and patient blood types must match. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new, more powerful group of enzymes that can turn any type of blood into the universally usable type O—expanding the pool of potential blood donors and making blood matching safer and easier.
Men place less value on care-oriented careers like nursing: UBC study
London, Aug 26 (IBNS): Men assign less importance to care-oriented careers than women do, possibly because men internalize different values than women, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.
Better sleep linked with family tree strength: Study
London, Aug 25 (IBNS): The question of why we sleep has been a longstanding subject of debate, with some theories suggesting that slumber provides respite for the brain, which allows it to filter out insignificant neural connections, build new ones, strengthen memories and even repair itself.
People with low muscle strength more likely to die prematurely: Study
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
Study finds death rates from stroke 'declining overall', but increasing in some countries
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): New research, published today in the European Heart Journal, shows that deaths from conditions that affect the blood supply to the brain, such as stroke, are declining overall in Europe but that in some countries the decline is levelling off or death rates are even increasing.
Eating breakfast burns more carbs during exercise and accelerates metabolism for next meal
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Eating breakfast before exercise may “prime” the body to burn carbohydrates during exercise and more rapidly digest food after working out, University researchers have found.
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province, putting millions at risk, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Friday.