Monday, July 4, 2016

Sri Lanka tackles dengue fever crisis and other top stories.

  • Sri Lanka tackles dengue fever crisis

    Sri Lanka tackles dengue fever crisis
    Sri Lanka tackles dengue fever crisis
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  • Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?

    Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?
    After one of the longest election campaigns in Australian history, a winner is yet to be decided. As Australia is based on the Westminster system, government is formed by the party (or coalition of parties) that wins a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, also known as the lower house. The leader of this majority becomes prime minister. There are 150 seats in this chamber, so a majority needed to form government is 76 seats. This is the magic number that the Labor Party and Libera..
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  • Infant Bodies Were Prized by 19th Century Anatomists, Study Suggests

    Infant Bodies Were Prized by 19th Century Anatomists, Study Suggests
    A study of the University of Cambridge anatomy collection dating from the 1700s and 1800s shows how the bodies of stillborn foetuses and babies were a “prized source of knowledge” and were dissected more commonly than previously thought and quite differently to adult cadavers. Historical research combined with the archaeological assessment of collection specimens shows that foetus and infant cadavers were valued for the study of growth and development, and were often kept in anatomical museums...
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  • Dog Kisses Infect Woman, Requires Medical Attention

    Dog Kisses Infect Woman, Requires Medical Attention
    A pet owner who received some loving dog kisses from her beloved canine got seriously infected, and it left her in the hospital fighting for her life. Fox News reports that a bacteria known as capnocytophaga canimorsus septicaemia is what the woman contracted from her dog. It’s found in isolated areas of oral cavities in dogs and cats. It’s extremely rare and may cause infection after a dog bite, according to case study from BMJ Case Reports. Since the infection originated from licking, it made..
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  • Medical Marijuana Proves Useful In Treating Migraines: Cannabis May Greatly Reduce The Occurrence Of Headaches

    Medical Marijuana Proves Useful In Treating Migraines: Cannabis May Greatly Reduce The Occurrence Of Headaches
    Medical marijuana can help prevent migraine headaches, according to Tech Times. The study revealed that those who used cannabis saw a reduction in migraine headaches, and those who continued to suffer from migraines reported their pain was less severe. For those who experience headaches, they know the pain all too well. The pain is debilitating, and it can knock you off your feet for days. As migraine sufferers search for a cure — it looks like the treatment could have been sitting before them ..
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  • Artificial pancreas may be available by 2018: Scientists

    Artificial pancreas may be available by 2018: Scientists
    By: PTI | London | Published:July 3, 2016 5:13 pm Currently available technology allows insulin pumps to deliver insulin to people with diabetes after taking readings from glucose meters, but these two components are separate. (Source: File) Artificial pancreas – a device which monitors blood glucose in patients with diabetes and automatically adjusts levels of insulin entering the body – is likely to be available by 2018, scientists say. Currently available technol..
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  • Dealing with a childhood trauma now

    Dealing with a childhood trauma now
    Richard was always afraid of heights. His legs would shake uncontrollably at the sight of a ladder and he didn’t know why. It wasn’t until Richard was in his 60s that he decided to do something about it. It was starting to interfere with some of the trips he and his wife had planned in their retirement. Due to his crippling fear her couldn’t go up the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. These were things that he always wanted to do and he was going to get to the bottom of his fear and fi..
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