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Health Warning Labels On Sodas And Colas May Help Reduce The Consumption - Experts Reveal
The study on Health Warning Labels on sodas and colas takes a cue from University of Michigan School of Public Health and UC Davis' earlier initiatives to control tobacco consumption.
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People Who Don't Drink Alcohol Still Suffer Because Of Alcohol
The authors have concluded that the harmful effects of alcohol on people other than the drinker need to be recognized, as a public health problem and effective ways of preventing such harms are required.
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Lack Of Sleep Becoming A Public Health Crisis
Sleep problems have long been recognized as a symptom of psychiatric and neurological disorders, ranging from depression to Alzheimer's. But increasingly, researchers are exploring the two-way street between disrupted sleep and disease.
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Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Tips To Control Air Pollution You Must Know
Delhiites beware! Air pollution can also affect cardiovascular diseases and blood vessels, new study has found. Read here to know some important tips to curb air pollution.
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Pilot Whale Meat Poses Health Hazard, Faroese People Warned
The Faroe Islands' ritual pilot whale hunt is not only highly controversial, eating the whale meat also poses a health hazard, public health authorities in Denmark's autonomous North Atlantic territory warn, advising against eating it.
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Delhi Begins New Year With 'Hazardous' Levels of Pollution
The first day of New Year was not very happy for Delhi as air pollution levels showed a sharp rise. The levels of lethal particulate matter hovered around the danger mark. If they rise further and stay there for four days, emergency pollution control measures like odd-even road rationing scheme and ban on construction activities will have to be bro...
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Delhi Air Pollution Turns Toxic For Health: Experts' Tips You Can Use
Delhi air pollution has touched hazardous levels and a toxic smog continues to cover the city for over a week now. The doctors have declared it a public health crisis.
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Odd-Even For Delhi Starting Mon, Rs 2,000 Fine For Violations: 10 Facts
As a toxic smog hung over Delhi for a third day and air quality worsened by the hour, the capital has declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity; the odd-even scheme which restricts traffic will apply from Monday to Friday. There are growing calls for bigger government action to tackle what doctors have ...
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Beat The Ill Effects Of Air Pollution With Tips From Delhi's Top Nutritionist
In times when air pollution in Delhi has been declared as public health emergency, taking extra precautions for our well-being has become the need of the hour.
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In 'Gas Chamber' Delhi, Junior Schools Won't Open Today: 10 Updates
All junior schools - private and state-run - will be closed today and children in Class 5 and above should not be permitted any outdoor activity including the morning assembly, Delhi's government announced on Tuesday, advising residents to avoid morning and evening walks as the capital breached hazardous levels of pollution. Thick, brown smog desce...
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Climate Change Fueling Disasters, Disease In 'Potentially Irreversible' Ways: Report
Climate change significantly imperils public health globally, according to a new report that chronicles the many hazards and symptoms already being seen. The authors describe its manifestations as "unequivocal and potentially irreversible."
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World Environment Day 2017: Save Yourself From The Hazards Of Air Pollution
Deadly ozone has raised its ugly head in Delhi and NCR and without a time bound implementation strategy and preventive action this can deepen into a serious public health crisis.
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Use of Cancer Causing Food Additive, Potassium Bromate Banned in India
The government today banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive following a CSE study that found its presence in bread causing cancer.
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Loneliness Grows From Individual Ache To Public Health Hazard
It torments the young and terrorizes the old. It carved "caverns" in Emily Dickinson's soul and left William Blake "bereaved of light."
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Plea On Eradicating Animal-Borne Hazards In Western Ghats Closed
Expressing satisfaction over the action taken by Tamil Nadu government in eradicating animal- borne health hazards among people in the offshoots of Western Ghats area in the state, the Madras High Court on Friday closed a Public interest litigation (PIL) which sought a direction to the government to this effect.
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Health Warning Labels On Sodas And Colas May Help Reduce The Consumption - Experts Reveal
The study on Health Warning Labels on sodas and colas takes a cue from University of Michigan School of Public Health and UC Davis' earlier initiatives to control tobacco consumption.
-
People Who Don't Drink Alcohol Still Suffer Because Of Alcohol
The authors have concluded that the harmful effects of alcohol on people other than the drinker need to be recognized, as a public health problem and effective ways of preventing such harms are required.
-
Lack Of Sleep Becoming A Public Health Crisis
Sleep problems have long been recognized as a symptom of psychiatric and neurological disorders, ranging from depression to Alzheimer's. But increasingly, researchers are exploring the two-way street between disrupted sleep and disease.
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Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Tips To Control Air Pollution You Must Know
Delhiites beware! Air pollution can also affect cardiovascular diseases and blood vessels, new study has found. Read here to know some important tips to curb air pollution.
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Pilot Whale Meat Poses Health Hazard, Faroese People Warned
The Faroe Islands' ritual pilot whale hunt is not only highly controversial, eating the whale meat also poses a health hazard, public health authorities in Denmark's autonomous North Atlantic territory warn, advising against eating it.
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Delhi Begins New Year With 'Hazardous' Levels of Pollution
The first day of New Year was not very happy for Delhi as air pollution levels showed a sharp rise. The levels of lethal particulate matter hovered around the danger mark. If they rise further and stay there for four days, emergency pollution control measures like odd-even road rationing scheme and ban on construction activities will have to be bro...
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Delhi Air Pollution Turns Toxic For Health: Experts' Tips You Can Use
Delhi air pollution has touched hazardous levels and a toxic smog continues to cover the city for over a week now. The doctors have declared it a public health crisis.
-
Odd-Even For Delhi Starting Mon, Rs 2,000 Fine For Violations: 10 Facts
As a toxic smog hung over Delhi for a third day and air quality worsened by the hour, the capital has declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity; the odd-even scheme which restricts traffic will apply from Monday to Friday. There are growing calls for bigger government action to tackle what doctors have ...
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Beat The Ill Effects Of Air Pollution With Tips From Delhi's Top Nutritionist
In times when air pollution in Delhi has been declared as public health emergency, taking extra precautions for our well-being has become the need of the hour.
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In 'Gas Chamber' Delhi, Junior Schools Won't Open Today: 10 Updates
All junior schools - private and state-run - will be closed today and children in Class 5 and above should not be permitted any outdoor activity including the morning assembly, Delhi's government announced on Tuesday, advising residents to avoid morning and evening walks as the capital breached hazardous levels of pollution. Thick, brown smog desce...
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Climate Change Fueling Disasters, Disease In 'Potentially Irreversible' Ways: Report
Climate change significantly imperils public health globally, according to a new report that chronicles the many hazards and symptoms already being seen. The authors describe its manifestations as "unequivocal and potentially irreversible."
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World Environment Day 2017: Save Yourself From The Hazards Of Air Pollution
Deadly ozone has raised its ugly head in Delhi and NCR and without a time bound implementation strategy and preventive action this can deepen into a serious public health crisis.
-
Use of Cancer Causing Food Additive, Potassium Bromate Banned in India
The government today banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive following a CSE study that found its presence in bread causing cancer.
-
Loneliness Grows From Individual Ache To Public Health Hazard
It torments the young and terrorizes the old. It carved "caverns" in Emily Dickinson's soul and left William Blake "bereaved of light."
-
Plea On Eradicating Animal-Borne Hazards In Western Ghats Closed
Expressing satisfaction over the action taken by Tamil Nadu government in eradicating animal- borne health hazards among people in the offshoots of Western Ghats area in the state, the Madras High Court on Friday closed a Public interest litigation (PIL) which sought a direction to the government to this effect.
