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Diwali Health Risks: 8 Things To Watch Beyond Air Pollution This Festive Season
Diwali celebrations can bring more than air pollution. From firecracker-related eye injuries and burns to foodborne illness, blood sugar spikes and sleep disruption, here are eight health risks to watch out for and practical ways to reduce them.
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Living Near A Golf Course: Could The Green Views Come With Hidden Health Risks?
Golf courses use chemicals to maintain putting greens, fairways and other landscaped areas, including products intended to control weeds, insects and fungal diseases.
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Gym, Supplements And The Heart: Can The Wrong Nutrition Choices Add To Cardiac Risk?
Young, fit-looking people are showing up in cardiology clinics with arrhythmias and elevated troponins. Is excessive supplementation to blame?
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40 Years After Chernobyl Disaster, Scientists Find Radioactive Particles Surprisingly Stable
Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have found that some radioactive particles released during the accident have retained much of their internal structure.
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Air Pollution Is Not A One-Ministry Problem, Says Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Air pollution increases the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Addressing it requires sustained action across multiple sectors, including transport, industry, household fuels and waste management.
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Four Dead And Eighteen Hospitalised After Consuming Spurious Liquor In Gujarat
Four people have died, and 18 others have been hospitalised, eight of them in critical condition, after consuming spurious liquor illegally brought from Madhya Pradesh and sold in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, police said on Wednesday
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International Symposium Confirms Alcohol As Group 1 Carcinogen With No Safe Consumption Level
Any level of consumption increases health risks, and it is generally considered that there is no absolutely safe threshold for intake
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World's First HIV-To-HIV Lung Transplant Offers New Hope For Patients
Doctors at NYU Langone Health in the US have successfully performed the world's first lung transplant between an HIV-positive donor and an HIV-positive recipient. Experts say the breakthrough could significantly expand organ access for people living with HIV.
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Pentagon Locks Down, Then Opens Up After "Hazardous Materials" False Alarm
Amid Iran Tensions, Pentagon On Lockdown After "Hazardous Materials Incident"
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40,000 Evacuated As Chemical Tank Leak Threatens Explosion In California
A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate overheated Thursday and began venting vapors into the air at an aerospace plastics facility in Garden Grove
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Air Strikes Near Iran Nuclear Sites Pose Major Health Risks, Warns WHO
The WHO has specifically highlighted the dangers of a potential CBRN event. This refers to incidents involving Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear hazards.
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Air Strikes Near Iran Nuclear Sites Pose Major Health Risks, Warns WHO
The WHO has specifically highlighted the dangers of a potential CBRN event. This refers to incidents involving Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear hazards.
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Did You Know? You Might Be Eating Around 5 Grams Of Microplastics Every Week
Microplastics enter the body via food, water, and air, potentially causing oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular damage.
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Did You Know? You Might Be Eating Around 5 Grams Of Microplastics Every Week
Microplastics enter the body via food, water, and air, potentially causing oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular damage.
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Not Just Disrupted Sleep, New Study Says Drinking Coffee At Night Can Lead To Risky Behaviour In Women
A new study finds that drinking coffee at night may do more than disrupt sleep, it could increase impulsive and risky behaviour, especially in women.
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Diwali Health Risks: 8 Things To Watch Beyond Air Pollution This Festive Season
Diwali celebrations can bring more than air pollution. From firecracker-related eye injuries and burns to foodborne illness, blood sugar spikes and sleep disruption, here are eight health risks to watch out for and practical ways to reduce them.
-
Living Near A Golf Course: Could The Green Views Come With Hidden Health Risks?
Golf courses use chemicals to maintain putting greens, fairways and other landscaped areas, including products intended to control weeds, insects and fungal diseases.
-
Gym, Supplements And The Heart: Can The Wrong Nutrition Choices Add To Cardiac Risk?
Young, fit-looking people are showing up in cardiology clinics with arrhythmias and elevated troponins. Is excessive supplementation to blame?
-
40 Years After Chernobyl Disaster, Scientists Find Radioactive Particles Surprisingly Stable
Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have found that some radioactive particles released during the accident have retained much of their internal structure.
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Air Pollution Is Not A One-Ministry Problem, Says Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Air pollution increases the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Addressing it requires sustained action across multiple sectors, including transport, industry, household fuels and waste management.
-
Four Dead And Eighteen Hospitalised After Consuming Spurious Liquor In Gujarat
Four people have died, and 18 others have been hospitalised, eight of them in critical condition, after consuming spurious liquor illegally brought from Madhya Pradesh and sold in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, police said on Wednesday
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International Symposium Confirms Alcohol As Group 1 Carcinogen With No Safe Consumption Level
Any level of consumption increases health risks, and it is generally considered that there is no absolutely safe threshold for intake
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World's First HIV-To-HIV Lung Transplant Offers New Hope For Patients
Doctors at NYU Langone Health in the US have successfully performed the world's first lung transplant between an HIV-positive donor and an HIV-positive recipient. Experts say the breakthrough could significantly expand organ access for people living with HIV.
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Pentagon Locks Down, Then Opens Up After "Hazardous Materials" False Alarm
Amid Iran Tensions, Pentagon On Lockdown After "Hazardous Materials Incident"
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40,000 Evacuated As Chemical Tank Leak Threatens Explosion In California
A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate overheated Thursday and began venting vapors into the air at an aerospace plastics facility in Garden Grove
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Air Strikes Near Iran Nuclear Sites Pose Major Health Risks, Warns WHO
The WHO has specifically highlighted the dangers of a potential CBRN event. This refers to incidents involving Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear hazards.
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Air Strikes Near Iran Nuclear Sites Pose Major Health Risks, Warns WHO
The WHO has specifically highlighted the dangers of a potential CBRN event. This refers to incidents involving Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear hazards.
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Did You Know? You Might Be Eating Around 5 Grams Of Microplastics Every Week
Microplastics enter the body via food, water, and air, potentially causing oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular damage.
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Did You Know? You Might Be Eating Around 5 Grams Of Microplastics Every Week
Microplastics enter the body via food, water, and air, potentially causing oxidative stress, inflammation, and cellular damage.
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Not Just Disrupted Sleep, New Study Says Drinking Coffee At Night Can Lead To Risky Behaviour In Women
A new study finds that drinking coffee at night may do more than disrupt sleep, it could increase impulsive and risky behaviour, especially in women.
