CSE welcomes Kerala’s Action Plan to contain antimicrobial resistance
Oct 26, 2018, at 08:34 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the Kerala Antimicrobial Resistance Strategic Action Plan (KARSAP), which was released by Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, at a state-level consultation held in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
HPV blood test shows promise for tracking head and neck cancer after treatment: Study
Oct 26, 2018, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): A new blood test developed by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows promise for tracking HPV-linked head and neck cancer patients to ensure they remain cancer-free after treatment.
Kolkata: Organ transplants from a donor at Apollo Gleneagles lights up six lives
Oct 26, 2018, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IBNS): The State Government’s drive for deceased donor organ transplants in Bengal has seen positive results with a rise in the collective awareness and a spurt in organ donation and transplant surgeries in Kolkata.
Late night snacker? make it cottage cheese: Suggests study
Oct 26, 2018, at 04:08 pm
New York, Oct 26 (IBNS): Eager to eat a snack before bedtime? A protein-filled snack like cottage cheese is the way to go, say Florida State University researchers.
Oslo leads the way in ‘Breathe Life’ campaign for cleaner cities in climate change era
Oct 26, 2018, at 07:29 am
New York, Oct 26 (IBNS): Norway’s capital Oslo is paving a fossil-free, electrified, path in its push toward improving air quality, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced.
‘Essential step’ towards universal health care made at pivotal UN conference
Oct 26, 2018, at 07:24 am
New York, Oct 26 (IBNS): United Nations Member States have unanimously vowed to strengthen primary health care, as an “essential step” towards achieving universal health coverage for all.
Hurricane Willa: Category three storm makes landfall in Mexico; residents asked to stay indoors
Oct 24, 2018, at 11:42 am
Mexico City, Oct 24 (IBNS): 'Life threatening' and 'potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Willa made landfall in Mexico on Tuesday.
Ebola in DR Congo: UN chief ‘outraged’ by recent killings of civilians and health workers
Oct 23, 2018, at 08:23 am
New York, Oct 23 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres said on Monday he is “outraged by the continued killing and abduction of civilians by armed groups” near Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu region, which has been grappling with an Ebola outbreak since August.
Long term effects of targeted drugs on people with psoriatic arthritis focus of new study
Oct 22, 2018, at 03:53 pm
New York, Oct 22 (IBNS): A large UK-wide study examining the impact of targeted drugs on the painful and debilitating condition of psoriatic arthritis, is officially launched today - World Arthritis Day.
Study sounds warning over greenhouse emissions from Arctic rivers
Oct 22, 2018, at 03:47 pm
New York, Oct 22 (IBNS): A new study involving scientists from the University of Aberdeen has revealed that river networks bordering the Arctic Circle are responsible for a far higher level of carbon emissions than previously believed.
Study shows better cardiorespiratory fitness correlates to a longer life
Oct 22, 2018, at 01:29 am
New York, Oct 22 (IBNS): Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life, with no limit to the benefit of aerobic fitness.
Eating leafy greens could help prevent macular degeneration : Study
Oct 21, 2018, at 08:21 pm
New York, Oct 21 (IBNS): A new study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce your risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
New immunotherapy offers potential cure for advanced pancreatic cancer: Study
Oct 20, 2018, at 01:30 pm
London, Oct 20 (IBNS): The new cell-based immunotherapy, which has not yet been tested in humans with pancreatic cancer, led to mice being completely cancer-free, including cancer cells that had already spread to the liver and lungs.
Who's in control? U of T researcher examines why it's so difficult to disconnect from social media
Oct 19, 2018, at 04:10 pm
Toronto, Oct 19 (IBNS): Academics have spent the last decade studying connectivity and social media – a trend that has more than two billion people around the world on Facebook and counting.
Arunachal Pradesh issues alert after massive landslide creates blockage at Yarlung Tsangpo
Oct 19, 2018, at 12:36 pm
Itanagar, Oct 19 (IBNS): The Arunachal Pradesh government has issued an alert about a possible flash flood after a massive landslide on the upper stream of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in China which blocked the river flow.
‘Virginity testing’: a human rights violation, with no scientific basis - UN
Oct 18, 2018, at 03:13 pm
New York, Oct 18 (IBNS): A group of United Nations agencies has issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant to assess the virginity of a girl or a woman, which is a common practice in at least 20 countries.
New discovery opens path to treatments for hearing loss
Oct 17, 2018, at 06:42 pm
New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that a gene called Insm1 is essential for the development of the ear’s outer hair cells — the loss of which is the most common cause of deafness.
UN ‘stands in solidarity’ with cyclone-hit India – Secretary-General Guterres
Oct 17, 2018, at 09:56 am
New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives and devastation caused by Cyclone Titli in India and said that the Organization is ready to provide assistance.
Bryan Adams concert photo highlights Delhi's pollution trouble
Oct 16, 2018, at 09:59 am
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, who was in India recently, shared an image on social media which showcased the country's pollution trouble.
World Health Organization calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Oct 16, 2018, at 09:26 am
New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called an Emergency Committee meeting on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has already claimed around 130 lives.
On their epic journeys, migratory birds connect nations and inspire people, UN says on World Day
Oct 14, 2018, at 05:28 pm
New York, Oct 14 (IBNS): Highlighting the challenges migratory birds face in their epic journeys, senior United Nations officials have called on the global community to join forces and “unify voices for bird conservation.”
With rapid, far-reaching changes, world can prevent climate change worst-case scenarios – UN chief
Oct 14, 2018, at 05:01 pm
New York, Oct 14 (IBNS): Checking global warming and preventing some of the worst-case scenarios of runaway climate change “is still possible,” the United Nations Secretary-General said on Saturday, urging greater action and ambitions.
Breast ÂfeedÂing proÂtects inÂfants from anÂtiÂbiÂotic-resÂistÂant bacÂteria: Study
Oct 13, 2018, at 06:18 pm
New York, Oct 13 (IBNS): A new study shows that babies that are breastfed for at least six months have less antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their gut compared with infants breastfed for a shorter time. In addition, antibiotic use by mothers increases the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in infants.
Calm the immune system, halt premature birth: Study
Oct 13, 2018, at 04:39 pm
New York, Oct 13 (IBNS): Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death and disability in the U.S., and costs billions in dollars and heartache every year. Now, University of Connecticut researchers report in Reproductive Sciences a potential treatment that could stop many cases of premature labor and birth in their tracks.
C-section birth: Study says procedure increasing at an alarming rate
Oct 13, 2018, at 03:21 pm
London, Oct 13 (IBNS): A recent study has said that the percentage of doctors and pregnant mothers undertaking the Ceasarean section or the C-Section has almost doubled in the last decade and a half. It stated the development as 'alarming'.
Hurricane Michael: Storm kills at least 16, leaves behind a trail of destruction
Oct 13, 2018, at 12:43 pm
Tallahassee, Oct 13 (IBNS): Dubbed the 'mother of all bombs', Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Irrigating vegetables with wastewater in African cities may spread disease: Study
Oct 12, 2018, at 05:22 pm
London, Oct 12 (IBNS): Urban farmers growing vegetables to feed millions of people in Africa’s ever-growing cities could unwittingly be helping to spread disease by irrigating crops with wastewater, a new study reveals.
Oct 12, 2018, at 09:25 am
New York, Oct 12 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has called for Governments across South-East Asia, to take a lead in the fight against global warming and the damaging impact of climate change.
Nigeria floods: Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ by loss of life and rising need
Oct 12, 2018, at 09:00 am
New York, Nov 12 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday he is “deeply saddened”, as the Government of Nigeria announced that some 200 people have died, and a further 1,310 injured, due to flooding across a dozen states. Overall, around two million have been affected.
'Titli' : Two dead in Andhra Pradesh
Oct 11, 2018, at 02:18 pm
Vizag, Oct 11 (IBNS) : Cyclone Titli that hit the coast in southern Odisha on early Thursday, had a severe impact on neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, leaving two persons dead, media reports said.