India

 Gout gene

SCIENTISTS are now looking for a defective gene that leads to over-production of uric acid, a condition that may lead to gout-related disorders and kidney complaints. Recent research shows that gout

Publication Date: 
14/08/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Medical Research, Renal Failure, Science And Technology
India

 Worm eaten

The Hindi proverb that derides the enfeebled mind as one with "worms in the brain", is no longer a literary expression. A study involving 159 worm-infected Jamaican children between 9 and 12,

Publication Date: 
30/07/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Health Care, Science And Technology, Research
Poverty

 Children: victims of war and poverty

WAR HAS emerged as a major child-killer in the 1980s. Some 1.5 million children died in conflicts; Five million were turned into refugees and another 12 million were rendered homeless. War caused

Publication Date: 
Monday, June 29, 1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Children, Poverty, War, Statistics

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