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Diet ‘linked’ to low sperm counts

Diet ‘linked’ to low sperm counts

A diet high in saturated fat has been linked with a reduced sperm count. A study of 99 men attending a US fertility clinic found those eating junk food diets had poorer sperm quality. High intakes of omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish and plant oils, were associated with higher sperm concentration. More work is [...]

Are sperm counts really dropping worldwide?

Are sperm counts really dropping worldwide?

The shock conclusion of a study 20 years ago indicated that sperm counts had halved. But a closer look at the evidence then and now paints a much more complex story. Ask someone what they know about men’s sperm counts, and the chances are you will hear that they are dropping. People will probably have [...]

Preventing Buruli ulcer

Preventing Buruli ulcer

Buruli ulcer could spread as agriculture intensifies in Africa, making prevention research vital, says agro-eco-health expert Rousseau Djouaka. The intensification of lowland agriculture has been linked with the increased incidence of human diseases such as malaria, schistosomiasis and Buruli ulcer (BU). Of these, Buruli ulcer remains the least well documented and most neglected in the wet agro-ecosystems of [...]

Child deaths: Preventable infections ‘the leading cause’

Child deaths: Preventable infections ‘the leading cause’

Most deaths of young children around the world are from mainly preventable infectious causes, experts have said. A US team, writing in the Lancet, looked at mortality figures from 2010. They found two-thirds of the 7.6m children who died before their fifth birthday did so due to infectious causes – and pneumonia was found to [...]

Argentina Senate passes dignified death law

Argentina Senate passes dignified death law

The Argentine Senate has approved a “dignified death law” to give the terminally ill and their families more say in end-of-life decisions. The legislation means patients who are dying or suffering incurable illness or injury can refuse treatment, if there is an existing signed consent form. Until now, a court order was needed to end [...]

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Hand washing saves lives and reduces transfer of disease

Hand washing saves lives and reduces transfer of disease

Hand washing facts. Germs are everywhere. We acquire germs by touching contaminated objects or surfaces and transmit it through our hands. According to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), over 1.5 million children under five years old die each year of diarrhea as a result of poor hand washing. Aside from diarrhea, 80% [...]

Weight Loss and Household Chores

Well, you can kill two birds with one stone by doing these household chores that burn the most calories or weight loss. The great thing about the household chores that made this list is they work out more than one muscle on your body. Some of these household chores even offer a full body workout. [...]

Dengue summit 2012

Dengue summit 2012

Dengue summit 2012 was conducted at the Heritage Hotel on 13 April 2012 to prepare local leaders, health practitioners and stakeholders on the onset of the rainy season. Among the topics discussed during the dengue summit 2012 include the following. Dengue modeling plan by Dr. Maria Theresa Alera of USAMC-AFRIMS During the Dengue summit 2012 [...]

Male Circumcision against HIV Infection: Reel or Real?

Male circumcision is said to be a preventive measure against the spread of the Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. This microbe is responsible for the highly risky and deadly disease: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS. Among the US military, male circumcision is the strongly reiterated among its troops especially those deployed in Africa, Eastern [...]

Water bug, a promising dengue mosquito control agent – study

Water bug, a promising dengue mosquito control agent – study

Water bug a promising dengue mosquito control. “A water bug found in the Philippines could be an effective biological control agent for dengue-carrying mosquitoes,” said in an interview by Dr. Pio Javier of the College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). Dr. Javier conducted a study entitled “Water bug Diplonychus rusticus: A [...]

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Plagiarism case attributed to poor training

Plagiarism case attributed to poor training

Science advisor to India’s prime minister, C.N.R. Rao, has become embroiled in a plagiarism controversy. Rao, materials scientist Saluru Baba Krupanidhi at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and two of their students explored the use of reduced graphene oxide and graphene nanoribbons as infrared photo detectors and published the results online in Advanced [...]

Facebook forces the use of Timeline

Facebook forces the use of Timeline

Facebook timeline tips. NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook will start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline, making photos, links and personal musings from the past much easier to find. Timeline is essentially a scrapbook of your whole life on Facebook, compared with a snapshot of you today found on [...]

Twtter for twitter applications directory

Twtter is the biggest all in one Twitter application directory. People here can subscribe to whole lots of apps and get benefits- of all the applications free of cost. Twitter is not just a place where you Tweet, it is more than that where people can share and help each other out. So, twtter has [...]

Wikipedia will go offline to protest SOPA

Wikipedia SOPA protest. Wikipedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets. “This is going to be wow,” reads one tweet. “I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday. Tell everyone you know!” Wales [...]

‘Its more fun in the Philippines,’ foreign and local officials agree

Gaiman, no stranger to the Philippines, having already been in the country thrice, has repeatedly posted on his blog how much he loves the Philippines, especially its people. After his last visit to the country in March 2010, he related that while signing hundreds of books for avid fans left him ’’aching and tired,” it [...]

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Happy mothers day

Happy mothers day

WorldNgayon.com gives all the honor and praises to all the mothers today. For without you mom, we may not see this world, we may not be who we are today, your love and care that always understands and are willing even to sacrifice your own life. We love you. Happy mothers day     You [...]

Claudine Raymart versus Ramon Tulfo at NAIA

Claudine Raymart versus Ramon Tulfo at NAIA

Claudine Raymart VS Mon Tulfo now trending… The Claudine-Raymart versus Ramon Tulfo clash in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) became viral in the internet. It is now the topic and trending in almost all social networking sites. So what? Some may ignore it. Yes, it has nothing to do for us but we can learn our [...]

Twtter for twitter applications directory

Twtter is the biggest all in one Twitter application directory. People here can subscribe to whole lots of apps and get benefits- of all the applications free of cost. Twitter is not just a place where you Tweet, it is more than that where people can share and help each other out. So, twtter has [...]

Wikipedia will go offline to protest SOPA

Wikipedia SOPA protest. Wikipedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets. “This is going to be wow,” reads one tweet. “I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday. Tell everyone you know!” Wales [...]

New technologies open windows of affordable solar power

Poor parts of the world can be supplied with affordable solar power by 2020 through a combination of cheap technology and services provided by cell phone companies, argues Carl Pope, chairman of the US grassroots organisation Sierra Club. Progress in technology, finance and business models is overcoming traditional barriers to getting renewable power to poor [...]

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| May 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

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| May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

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WHO reveals dengue biological control agents

WHO reveals dengue biological control agents

| May 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dengue biological control strategies promoted by WHO. “In the absence of vaccines and effective drug against dengue, vector control has been considered as an important strategy to prevent and control the disease,” said Dr. Moh Seng Chang of the World Health Organization (WHO) during the Dengue Summit at the Heritage Hotel, Manila on 13 April [...]

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Women’s Day celebration highlights disaster risk reduction and climate change

| May 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

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Lower dengue cases in 1st quarter of 2012 – DOH

Lower dengue cases in 1st quarter of 2012 – DOH

| April 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

“Reports on dengue cases for first quarter of 2012 is lower than last year,” said Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Enrique Ona during the Dengue Summit held at Heritage Hotel, Manila on 13 April 2012. As of March 2012, a total of 15,536 dengue cases was reported, 30 percent lower compared to the 22,200 cases [...]

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