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Healthy Mondays can Help Kick Start Your Health

Healthy Monday program incorporates a wide range of healthy lifestyle habits to encourage residents to use each Monday to get on a healthier track. The




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What Do We Do With Our Germ-harboring Smartphones Amid Pandemic?

As the novel coronavirus becomes pandemic, people are focused on stopping the spread of germs through largescale quarantines and everyday best practices like hand washing.




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Having a New Baby at Home can Spark Jealousy in Anxious Partners

Getting attached to a new baby can trigger feelings of jealousy among anxious couples, reports a new study. The findings of study are published in the iJournal of Social and Personal Relationships.




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Mysophobia to Clinical Depression Could be Evil Tertiary of Coronavirus Pandemic

COVID-19 has brought along with it a set of side effects, from Mysophobia (the constant overdrive to wash hands and be careful of contamination) to clinical




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Psychiatric Disorders After First Birth Decrease Likelihood of Subsequent Children

Women with incident postpartum psychiatric disorders are less likely to go on to have further kids, reports a new study. The findings of the study are




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Self-worth on Money can Lead to Social Isolation

People who base their self-worth on their financial success were found to feel lonely, stated new study by the University at Buffalo and Harvard Business




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Nearly Half of All Postpartum Psychosis are Isolated Cases: Study

Out of each thousand mothers, one or two are likely to suffer a postpartum psychosis, but the psychological vulnerability in connection with childbirth




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Novel Smart Speaker Could Help Ease Your Public Anxiety

New study has developed a public-speaking tutor on the Amazon Alexa platform that enables users to engage in a cognitive restructuring exercise. This




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WaterPartnership.org.au: AWP and IWMI to collaborate on water management across the Asia-Pacific

Strengthening DFAT and AWP’s partnership with IWMI provides the opportunity for working more closely together on critical water challenges facing the region




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EurekAlert.org: Interdisciplinary approach the only way to address devastating effects of soil erosion

Soil erosion can have a devastating impact on traditional farming landscapes in developing countries. But its effects can only be fully addressed through significant advances in interdisciplinary scientific and societal approaches, according to new research.





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Reuters: More deals, less conflict? Cross-border water planning key, report warns

New report suggests national leaders make water security a priority now, link water policy to other national policies, from agriculture to trade, and put in place water-sharing institutions early.





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CGIAR: How Sri Lanka’s septic tanks could become a sustainable support for farming

Farmers in Sri Lanka are positioned to benefit from a new policy that recognizes waste from septic tanks as an untapped resource. 




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Coronavirus Pandemic in TN: 49 New Cases Reported

Tamil Nadu has reported 49 new coronavirus positive cases, said Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar. He said that the state had adopted a multi-pronged




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COVID-19 in India: No Fresh Corona Cases in Northeastern States

No new coronavirus positive cases were reported from any of the eight northeastern states in the past 24 hours even as several people, who had earlier




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COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu: 33 New Positive Coronavirus Cases Reported

Thirty-three persons tested positive, while 27 Covid-19 patients got discharged on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu, the state Health Department said. In a




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COVID-19 in Telangana: 15 new coronavirus cases reported

One more person died of coronavirus in Telangana while 15 new positive cases were reported on Wednesday. With the latest fatality, the death toll in the state rose to 24.




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COVID-19: India Importing High-speed Testing Machines

India is getting high-speed testing machines for Covid-19 from Swiss firm Roche Diagnostics in the US. The import is being facilitated by the Ministry




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India Donates Medical Aid Worth 5 Million USD To Fight COVID-19

India has donated USD 5 million worth of medicines and related supplies to the world till now to combat COVID-19 pandemic. Sources in the ministry




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COVID-19: 293 More Cases Reported In 24 Hours In Delhi

With 293 cases added, the total coronavirus cases in the national capital reached 2,918 on Sunday while the toll remained 54. As many as eight people




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KGMU Hospital Starts Plasma Therapy to Treat COVID-19

Convalescent plasma therapy was started on a patient by doctors of King George's Medical University (KGMU) on Sunday. A 54-year-old government doctor




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COVID-19 Updates: Delhi Govt Steps Up Efforts To Protect Its Employees

The Delhi government has stepped up its efforts in order to protect its officials and employees from coronavirus pandemic. Nikhil Kumar, who is currently




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Be Alert As Ovarian Cancer Has 'Silent' Symptoms

Since ovarian cancer has very silent symptoms, women can take care of themselves by staying vigilant and going for regular health checkups. It is a




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New Study Sheds Light on Best Way to Deliver Nanoparticle Therapy for Cancer

Immune cells of the host exposed to nanoparticles induced an anti-cancer immune response by activating T cells that invaded and slowed tumor growth, said




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Shorter Radiotherapy Treatment can Benefit Bowel Cancer Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, bowel cancer patients will benefit from the use of effective, shorter, and safer radiotherapy treatment, reports a new study.




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Importance of Family History-based Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Study

Using family history-based criteria to identify people for earlier screening is justified and has promise for helping to recognize individuals at risk




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Blood Infection With Certain Bacteria Linked to Colorectal Cancer Risk

An association between blood infections with certain anaerobic bacteria and increased risk of developing colorectal cancer has been revealed by new research




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Artificial intelligence helps assess cancer risk of lung nodules

CT scans for people at risk for lung cancer lead to earlier diagnoses and improve survival rates. A study published in American Journal of Respiratory




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New Guidelines Improve Treatment of Hyperthyroid Patients

Radioactive iodine is the recommended frontline treatment for patients with hyperthyroidism seen in Graves' disease, according to an evidence review led by University of Birmingham researchers.




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Vitamin C may Shorten Ventilation in Patients

In five controlled trials including 471 patients requiring ventilation for over 10 hours, vitamin C shortened ventilation time on average by 25% according




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Old Italian Couple Died of Covid-19 Two Hours Apart

Elderly Italian couple died of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) just two hours apart after spending 60 years of their lives together. The couple did not




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Pakistan Reported 179 Coronavirus Cases

Pakistan reported 179 coronavirus cases after a sharp raise reported among pilgrims who had returned from Iran through the Taftan border and were quarantined in Sukkur.




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Scientists Are Developing Portable Kits For Future Pandemics

Researchers are developing virus testing devices that could be used without the benefit of medical facilities, which would be particularly useful in rural or remote regions.





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A continental coalition is set in motion to support sustainable groundwater use across Africa

Inclusion of groundwater in continent-wide strategies has potential to help keep Africa’s broader development on a sustainable footing.





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Delivering equality means systems change, say IWMI experts

On International Women’s Day, Deepa Joshi shares a lesson from South Africa to demonstrate why delivering gender equality demands far-reaching systems change.




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PV-Magazine: Solar will turn vicious water-energy-climate cycle into virtuous loop

The International Water Management Institute is promoting the Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) initiative to expand the use of solar irrigation systems throughout Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.




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Developing Telecoms: Satcoms to support African water management

A welcome piece of positive news for Africa comes from the Sri Lanka-headquartered International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a new satellite data initiative.




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Phone app gives opportunity to improve water productivity in Lebanon

For the phone app to be effective and sustainable, it must only be regarded as being a part of a more integrated approach to development and codesigned with the end users.




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DailyMirror: To help an Earth under stress, let’s look to Sri Lanka’s wetlands

With Earth Day marked on April 22, we look to nature’s solutions to climate change and other challenges. Wetland preservation is vital for our environmental, food and societal futures.




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Down to Earth: When Covid-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself

Countries in south Asia are bracing themselves for an onslaught of climate disasters, as if managing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not enough.




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Stem Cells Transformed into Bone Using Artificial Muscle Sheets

Researchers discovered a polymer sheet that functions as an artificial muscle as it transforms stem cells into bones. Stem cells are known for their




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Gene Therapy Prevents Heart Dysfunction in Barth Syndrome

Gene therapy could prevent or reverse cardiac dysfunction in Barth syndrome according to the new research at Boston Children's Hospital. The findings,




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Cold-induced Urticarial Rash: A New Hereditary Disease

New, previously unknown form of inflammatory skin disorder known as familial (hereditary) cold urticaria develops when exposed to temperatures below 15




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Genetic Scoring Detects Risky Men for Aortic Aneurysm

Novel genetic risk assessment tool detected more men at increased risk for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, according to the study presented at the American




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Use of HCV-Infected Organs Viable for Patients Awaiting Heart Transplants

Nine patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) after receiving lifesaving heart transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease




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Novel Study Offers Solution to Decrease Organ Shortage Crisis

New study provides incentives to boost organ supply without compromising organ quality or inducing excessively high costs of donating. The findings of




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US Pediatric Heart Transplant Waitlist Policy Is Not Working as Planned

The waitlist policy which aimed to protect children lives by giving importance to children anticipating heart transplantation in the U.S has unwanted consequences.