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A new decision-support tool finds top spots for boosting livelihoods with water technologies

The Targeting AGwater Management Interventions (TAGMI) tool could support government planners to better target interventions at resource poor farmers in Africa. STOCKHOLM (3 SEPTEMBER 2013) Africa’s smallholder farmers stand to gain from a new online tool that highlights the water management methods most likely to be effective in given contexts. The tool, developed for the […]

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CEA partners with IWMI to improve Colombo’s municipal waste management and farmers’ access to organic fertilizers

Colombo, December 10, 2013. At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the City of Colombo. The meeting was held at the […]

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Agriculture climate science in Zambia gets boost with launch of new World Bank-backed grant

The World Bank and IWMI will rapidly scale climate science to support agri-business in Zambia, tackling the climate challenge head on through the new AICCRA-Zambia Accelerator Grant.

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Improve Your Cognitive Health With the MIND Diet

Highlights: People following the MIND diet experienced slower cognitive decline High diet adherence linked to a




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Combat Hypertension With Just 5 Minutes of Exercise Daily

Highlights: Five minutes of daily exercise can lower blood pressure Replacing sitting with 20-27 minutes of exer




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Optimizing Breast Reconstruction With AI Molds

In the United States, bone in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer/b in their lifetime, and more than 40% of those who undergo surgery will need breast reconstruction.




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Prostaglandin Receptors: New Hope for Women with Infertility

medlinkProstaglandin/medlink receptors are responsible for successful embryo implantation, and new research from Kumamoto University has revealed




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People Whose Gonorrhea Is Cured With Simple Oral Antibiotic Now Identified Easily

New test that can detect which people with gonorrhea will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin has been discovered. In




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Dealing With Secondary Infertility in Males

Secondary infertility arises when a couple has at least one child, but doesn't conceive after at least one year of trying. In many cases, about one-third




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How to Predict Future Fertility in Children With Undescended Testis?

The ratio of a few sex hormones in serum can serve as important clues to predict future infertility in cryptorchid boys, revealed a pioneering study by




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Male Fertility Have Such a Hard Time With Aging - Here's Why

The abnormalities associated with aging sperm cells might be exacerbated by elevated body mass index (BMI), suggests research that appears in the journal iDevelopmental Cell/i.




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"Painting With Light" Exposes the Visual Impact of Air Pollution

Collaborating researchers and artists have united to "paint with light," rendering invisible air pollution visible. Their efforts underscore the health




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Himalaya Wellness Company Marks Milestone With One Million Trees Planted

medlinkHimalaya/medlink Wellness Company, a prominent wellness brand in India, proudly announces its landmark achievement of planting over one million trees across the country.




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PM Modi Promotes Yoga With AI-Generated Asana Videos

Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to advocate for Yoga as a vital part of daily life. On Thursday, he shared a video on X (formerly Twitter) demonstrating




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States Grapple With Dengue Spike as Rains Settle In

Relief from the monsoon's coolness is overshadowed by a surge in medlinkdengue/medlink cases across several states, including in Karnataka, Kerala,




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Treating Dental Caries on the Tooth Root With Plant Medicine

How Anacardic Acids (AAs) impact oral bacteria, from an antibacterial and anti-collagenolytic perspective, as well as their biocompatibility with dental pulp stem cells is assessed by a new study.




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Treating Gum Disease With Gel that Targets Inflammation

A topical gel that blocks the receptor for a metabolic by-product called succinate treats gum disease by suppressing inflammation and changing the makeup




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Detect Tooth Decay More Accurately With Invisible Light

Dental caries also called 'dental cavities' or 'tooth decay,' can be debilitating. Modern dentistry has tried-and-tested solutions for treating caries without the need to remove the tooth altogether.




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Track Gum Disease With Cytokine Score in Saliva

A single score is developed to describe the level of cytokines in the saliva, and this score is linked with the severity of clinical gum inflammation,




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Treat Aggressive Gum Infections With New Antibiotic-Delivery System

Developing a nonsurgical medlinkdrug delivery system/medlink that will enable the controlled delivery of medlinkantibiotics/medlink that helps




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No Need To Fast Before A Cholesterol Test With A New Method

A newer method of calculating so-called "bad cholesterol" levels in the blood is more accurate than the older method in people who did not fast before blood was drawn.




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Win Against Prostate Cancer With Vitamin K Supplement

The Pro-oxidant supplement menadione, a precursor to vitamin K, commonly found in leafy greens turns out to be a powerful weapon in the fight against prostate cancer.




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Better Care for Babies With Gastroschisis

Gastroschisis is a birth defect with a hole in the abdominal wall near the belly button. This results in the baby's intestines and other organs like the stomach and liver to develop outside the body.




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Dengue Cases Rise With Monsoon Onset in West Bengal

Early indications suggest a potential increase in medlinkdengue/medlink (!--ref1--) cases during the monsoon season in West Bengal, with over 2,000




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India Improves Clinical Research With ICMR's New Agreement

In a landmark development for India's clinical research landscape, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced the formalization of Memorandum




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Enhanced Virtual Reality Walking With Tactile Senses

Walking is a basic human activity that affects physical mobility, as well as cognitive and sensory perceptions. The use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented





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A conversation with IWMI’s knowledge management team on enhancing agricultural research with FAO’s AGRIS and AGROVOC programs

AGRIS is a comprehensive bibliographic database focused on agriculture and nutrition, while AGROVOC is a multilingual thesaurus covering a wide range of agricultural terms.

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Gaps in Mental Health Care for Those With Chronic Pain

A new study discovered that adults with medlinkchronic pain/medlink are more prone to symptoms of medlinkanxiety/medlink and medlinkdepression/medlink




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Mental Health Services Expand Across India With Tele-MANAS

The national tele-mental health initiative in India was launched in October 2022 with the introduction of the Tele-MANAS toll-free number. Prataprao Jadhav,




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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Worsens Health in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Individuals suffering from both medlinkposttraumatic stress disorder/medlink (PTSD) and medlinktype 2 diabetes/medlink experience significantly




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Helping Patients With Emotional Eating: A Primary Care Approach

Primary care providers are ideally suited to tackle medlinkemotional eating/medlink due to their ongoing relationships with patients, as highlighted by Jana DeSimone Wozniak, Ph.




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Application with Geo-Goviya information system launched

The new application, supported by IWMI, includes information about Sri Lanka’s land use, quantity of paddy land, number of farmers, land cultivated in one season and available yield, and emergency agricultural information.

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Pakistan Water Week 2023 concludes with call to collaborate on shared asset

Co-organized by IWMI, experts in water management, agriculturalists, government officials, and business leaders from different parts of the world discussed practical strategies to tackle water scarcity.

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Liver Transplantation Made Easy With Perfusion Machine

A hypothermic oxygenated perfusion machine can preserve donor livers safely for a longer time without compromising donor liver quality. This enabled to




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More Transplants Possible: Study Offers Hope With New Technique

In the United States, around 30-40% of potential donor hearts are excluded from transplant consideration due to insufficient function. This limits available




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Making Heart Transplants Safer With Antibodies

Transplanted hearts functioned longer in mice when the recipients who received the organs were administered with the novel antibody treatment before the surgery.




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New Gene Therapy for Children With Genetic Epilepsy

CDD - CDKL5 deficiency disorder, a most common type of medlinkgenetic epilepsy/medlink in children, occurs due to the loss of genes producing the CDKL5 enzyme.




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Chikungunya Nose: Doctors Say No Cause of Worry, Fades With Time

Medical professionals have advised the public to remain calm regarding the phenomenon known as 'chikungunya nose' amid the current outbreak in the city.




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Stay Active With Type 1 Diabetes: Beat Hypoglycemia Anxiety

Learn how educating type 1 diabetic adults about hypoglycemia may help to achieve better health through physical activity.




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Specific Diabetic Drug is Now Safe for Cancer Patients With Kidney Concerns

Contrary to concerns, GLP-1RA medications don't appear to elevate AKI risk in patients undergoing cancer treatment.




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Reducing Alzheimer's Risk in Diabetes With Semaglutide

Compared to other diabetes medications, semaglutide might offer added protection against Alzheimer's for type 2 diabetes patients.




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Do Men Infected With COVID-19 Have Semen Problems Like Infertility?

Scientists have long suspected that COVID-19 causes infertility in men who take it. These new findings suggest that COVID-19 also alters levels of fertility-related