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Russia's chief doctor prescribes siesta amid heat waveMoscow (AFP) July 13, 2010 It may not be Italy but Russians still need a day-time siesta to break up the work day amid the worst heatwave in the country in over 100 years, Russia's chief doctor recommended Tuesday. "Given the heat, work could be carried out earlier or later while during the hottest hours of the day we can institute a prolonged pause," the head of Russia's health and safety watchdog Gennady Onishchenko was quoted by state mouthpiece Rosskiskaya Gazeta as saying. Under current Russian legislation, labour m ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2010Ji Yunliang worked as a missile researcher at a large state-owned enterprise and later earned a doctorate in chemistry at a prestigious Beijing university. Now, he is running a small organic farm. In a country hit by a series of food safety scandals, the interest in organic produce is growing fast. Instead of using his cutting-edge technical expertise, Ji is employing traditional method ... more  
San Diego (UPI) Jun 22, 2010 U.S. medical investigators say a drug under development by Pfizer Inc. is showing promising results in reducing lung cancer tumors during clinical trials. Researchers at the University of California-San Diego's Moores Cancer Center said the drug, crizotinib, may be of benefit to patients with a specific kind of lung cancer. "The results of the first two trials have been very enco ... more  
Dhaka (AFP) June 20, 2010Up to 77 million Bangladeshis have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from contaminated drinking water, and even low-level exposure to the poison is not risk-free, The Lancet medical journal reported. Over the past decade, more than 20 percent of deaths recorded in a study that monitored nearly 12,000 people in the Araihazar district of the capital Dhaka appear to have been caused by ar ... more |
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Medical phone, vibrating earphone shine at trade showSingapore (AFP) June 17, 2010 Are you having chest pains and wondering if you should rush to hospital? The EPI Life, one of the gadgets on show at a Singapore trade fair, could be what you need. At first glance, the 106-gram (3.7-ounce) touch-screen phone looks like any other fancy smartphone, but its tiny frame also holds an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, which can put your heart reading literally at your fingertips. An ECG, which can detect abnormal heart rhythms, is usually carried out at a hospital or clinic, but Chow ... read more |
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