Climate Change Focus: Cows, coffee and sustainable farming
Nov 13, 2018, at 09:18 am
New York, Nov 13 (IBNS): Small-scale farms in Panama are helping to heal land degraded by extensive cattle ranching and extreme rainfall or drought associated with climate change, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme, (UNDP).
UN forum to bring ‘big space data’ benefits to disaster response in Africa
Nov 13, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Nov 13 (IBNS): Outer space and disaster response experts, on Monday, gathered at a United Nations forum in Bonn, Germany, to discuss how “big data” including social media, crowdsourcing and satellite imaging, can reduce the risk of natural disasters in Africa and support response efforts when they strike.
Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN, ahead of awareness week
Nov 13, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Nov 13 (IBNS): By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance to antibiotic medicines or antimicrobials, according to UN agencies.
Research brings personalised medicine to treat leukaemia one step closer
Nov 12, 2018, at 11:00 pm
Birmingham, Nov 12 (IBNS): Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood cancers in a study that was the culmination of a decade’s research.
Smartphones may be used to better predict the weather: Study
Nov 12, 2018, at 03:44 pm
Tel Aviv, Nov 12 (IBNS): Flash floods occur with little warning. Earlier this year, a flash flood that struck Ellicott City, MD, demolished the main street, swept away parked cars, pummeled buildings and left one man dead.
Nov 12, 2018, at 01:52 pm
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IBNS): Of all the killer diseases that cause loss of life in children globally, pneumonia is a major reason for death, claiming nearly one of every four deaths in children under the age of five in 2016 with India witnessing over 1.5 lakh mortality in the same year from the scourge.
Freezing pollutants removes them from indoor air, study finds
Nov 11, 2018, at 08:00 pm
London, Nov 11 (IBNS): An international study, involving Nottingham Trent University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, aimed to address the severe effect that hazardous outdoor air pollution – which is thought to lead to more than 3m premature deaths worldwide every year – was having on indoor air quality.
Pulmonary TB can be cured with shorter treatment, study finds
Nov 11, 2018, at 07:30 pm
New York , Nov 11 (IBNS): Almost half of the nearly 10 million patients with active tuberculosis each year could potentially be cured with significantly shorter treatments than current guidelines recommend, a new analysis from UC San Francisco has found. The results suggest targeted therapies could be more effective in treating TB, which killed an estimated 1.3 million people around the world last year.
Brain signature of depressed mood unveiled in new study
Nov 11, 2018, at 07:26 pm
New York, Nov 11 (IBNS): Most of us have had moments when we’re feeling down – maybe we can’t stop thinking about our worst mistakes, or our most embarrassing memories – but for some, these poor mood states can be relentless and even debilitating.
5 magnitude earthquake hits Indo-Nepal border, no casualty
Nov 11, 2018, at 06:11 pm
Pithoragarh, Nov 11 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale hit Indo-Nepal border in Uttarakhand state of India on Sunday, as per the India Meteorological Department.
UN chief appoints Luis Alfonso de Alba as Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit
Nov 11, 2018, at 04:14 pm
New York, Nov 11 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Friday the appointment of Luis Alfonso de Alba of Mexico as his Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit.
Assam : 16 newborns die in Jorhat Medical College hospital within a week, probe ordered
Nov 10, 2018, at 06:30 pm
Guwahati, Nov 10 (IBNS): Assam government has sent a team of medical expert to Jorhat Medical College Hospital (JMCH) following the deaths of at least 16 infants within a week in a government run hospital.
Nov 10, 2018, at 04:30 pm
New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): Sleep disturbances have a strong negative impact on the immune system of people who have recently lost a spouse, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and Rice University.
Facial exercise speeds Botox's wrinkle reducing effects: Study
Nov 10, 2018, at 04:13 pm
New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): For people who can’t wait the three or four days for the wrinkle smoothing effects of botulinum toxin (Botox) injections to kick in, a new Northwestern Medicine study shows facial exercise after the injections speeds the change in appearance by about one day.
First study to show genotype may make some players more susceptible to concussion injuries
Nov 10, 2018, at 04:10 pm
New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): A gene associated with dyslexia, a learning disorder, may make some athletes less susceptible to concussions, reports a new study from Penn State University and Northwestern Medicine.
Massive Antarctic iceberg spotted on NASA IceBridge Flight
Nov 10, 2018, at 07:17 am
Washington, Nov 10 (IBNS): NASA’s Operation IceBridge on Wednesday, November 7, flew over an iceberg that is three times the size of Manhattan – the first time anyone has laid eyes on the giant iceberg, dubbed B-46 by the U.S. National Ice Center, that broke off from Pine Island Glacier in late October.
Children’s sleep not significantly affected by screen time, new study finds
Nov 09, 2018, at 05:23 pm
London, Nov 9 (IBNS): Screen-time has little impact on children’s sleep, according to new Oxford University research.
Violence in childhood leads to accelerated aging, study finds
Nov 09, 2018, at 04:29 pm
Washington, Nov 9 (IBNS): A study led by the University of Washington finds that children who are exposed to violence tend to age faster.
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo conflict zone ‘remains dangerous and unpredictable’ – UN chiefs
Nov 09, 2018, at 09:06 am
New York, Nov 9 (IBNS): While new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are working, the epidemic remains dangerous and unpredictable, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report
Nov 08, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Nov 8 (IBNS): With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a co-authored report on Wednesday, urging policymakers to reduce food loss and waste, to improve access to nutritious and healthy food.
Nov 08, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Nov 8 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO), and Ugandan Ministry of Health, have begun vaccinating frontline health workers in the country against Ebola, in a bid to stop an outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic of Congo (DRC) from crossing the border.
Nov 07, 2018, at 07:40 pm
London, Nov 7 (IBNS): Risk factors of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease accumulate in children who have poor aerobic fitness, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
Exercise, diet and wellness apps are powerful learning resources for young people – study
Nov 07, 2018, at 04:20 pm
London, Nov 7 (IBNS): Young people can judge which health-related apps are relevant to their age and bodies, source appropriate digital content and dismiss app content that might be harmful to them – a new study reveals.
Polio-free awareness car rally held in Kolkata
Nov 06, 2018, at 04:32 pm
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IBNS): Rotary District 3291 and different Rotary clubs brought out a car rally for the cause Polio free India recently starting from Kolkata's Rotary Sadan area.
Seven in eight children’s tonsillectomies are unnecessary, study reveals
Nov 06, 2018, at 03:53 pm
London, Nov 6 (IBNS): Seven in every eight children who have their tonsils removed are unlikely to benefit from the operation, according to a new study.
Healing of ozone layer gives hope for climate action: UN report
Nov 06, 2018, at 08:14 am
New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): The findings of a new UN-backed report, released on Monday, showing the ongoing healing of the ozone layer, are being hailed as a demonstration of what global agreements can achieve, and an inspiration for more ambitious climate action to halt a catastrophic rise in world temperatures.
AI will match human intelligence by 2062, claims UNSW expert
Nov 05, 2018, at 03:24 pm
Sydney, Nov 5 (IBNS): Scientia Professor Toby Walsh tells the Festival of Dangerous Ideas that Artificial Intelligence is less than 50 years away from matching humans.
Potential markers identified for early detection and prevention of liver cancer: Study
Nov 04, 2018, at 08:19 pm
London, Nov 4 (IBNS): Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, claiming 700,000 lives each year.
Genetic factors tied to obesity may protect against diabetes: Study
Nov 04, 2018, at 08:02 pm
London, Nov 4 (IBNS): Some genetic variations associated with obesity actually protect against Type 2 diabetes, heart attack and stroke, new findings suggest.
I am deeply saddened by the way tigress Avni was brutally murdered: Maneka Gandhi
Nov 04, 2018, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday attacked Maharashtra government over the killing of a tigress in the state.