Child Care :: New way forward for children’s palliative care
Health Minister Ivan Lewis promised a new national strategy for children’s palliative care and accepted key recommendations of the independent review of services published.
Summer
Ecology :: Build parks to climate proof our cities
Scientists looking at the effect global warming will have on our major cities say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises.
Ecology :: Permanent ice fields are resisting global warming
The small ice caps of Mont Blanc and the D?me du Go?ter are not melting, or at least, not yet. This is what CNRS researchers1 have announced in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
Smoking :: University of Arkansas to be tobacco-free
The University of Arkansas is on schedule to become one of the first major universities in the country to completely ban tobacco and tobacco products from its campus.
Summer :: Summer Brings Insect Stings
Insect stings are the cause of 500,000 emergency room visits each year, and more than two million Americans are allergic to stinging insects.
Onion :: Eat raw onions to avoid heat strokes in summer
Consumption of raw onions during this period of the year protects a person from sun strokes and the use of dried green leaf vegetables like ‘methi’, ‘sarson’ and green ‘pudina’ increases the intake of vitamins and minerals in the summer season
Heart :: First Open-Heart Surgery Performed in Fort Bend County
A 53-year-old Richmond grandfather underwent heart valve replacement and by-pass surgery at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital last week, becoming the first patient to undergo open heart surgery in Fort Bend County.
West Nile Fever :: First mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Illinois
Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, today announced mosquito samples collected in DuPage County have been confirmed as the first positive test results in Illinois this year for West Nile virus.
Skin :: Keep skin protected this summer
Dr. Susan Chon, associate professor in the Department of Dermatology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, knows adults and teens alike benefit from the seasonal reminder to practice key skin cancer prevention strategies.
Skin :: Burnt Brits don’t feel hot
Nearly forty per cent (37 per cent) of British women and a quarter of British men have confessed that they have felt unattractive on holiday as a result of excessive exposure to the sun, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK. This research has been conducted to highlight Sun Awareness Week, which kicks off Monday 7 May.