Health

 No kidding

Kids asthma linked to cat allergens

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Asthma, Health, Children, Research
Health

 Artificially real

Researchers develop artificial human eggs that will enable infertile women to have children with their genetic features

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Health, Women, Children, Technology, Research, United States Of America (US)
Environment

 UNITED NATIONS

The UN has launched a four-year study to examine the damage to the Earth's environment and identifying ways to contain them. Some 1,500 scientists will undertake the study Millennium Ecosystem

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Environment, Malnutrition, Children, Immunisation, UN
Natural Disasters

 Drought hit state

Titanic sank not because it hit the iceberg, the reason for its sinking lies in its inability to take a turn on time'. These words are aptly used by Mahesh Bhat, the noted filmmaker, to describe the

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Gopal Krishna
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Natural Disasters, Drought, Migration, Children, Education, Rajasthan
Environment

 The fittest survive

An inherited evolutionary change in the current human population is leading the women to have their first child at an early age. A team of British, Australian and American scientists have shown the

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
A Asha
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Environment, Women, Children, Environmental Science, Research
Health

 Roman tragedy

A mosquito brought down an empire that worlds militaries couldn t

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
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Environment, Malaria, Garbage, Children, Research, Italy
Environment

 A complete American diet

Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
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Environment, Lead, Health Effects, Children, Smoking, Hazardous Products, Research, United States Of America (US), Diseases, Toxic Wastes
Industry

 Malnourished Children

S K Kabra , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to Nidhi Jamwal about

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Pollution, Malnutrition, Starvation, Respiratory Diseases, Urban Habitat, Children, Health Care, Breast Feeding, Pneumonia, Environmental Health, Governance, Developing Countries
India

 Old Batteries New Rules

The Indian government comes out with the draft rules for recycling lead acid batteries. Their effectiveness is questionable

Publication Date: 
29/09/2000
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Environment, Lead Industry, Lead, Health Effects, Women, Children, Legislation, India, Waste Recycling, Electronics
Air Pollution

 Chemical banned

CONSUMERS have decided to stop using products containing chlorpyrifos till more information about it is available. Even store managers are going to lay off these products for the time being. The

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
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Pesticides, Health Effects, Children, Mental Health, Hazardous Products, United States Of America (US), Toxins

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