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Nobel prize given for Brain’s Positioning System

John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. O’Keefe, who holds U.S. and U.K. citizenship, and the Mosers, who are Norwegian, will share the 8 million-krona ($1.1 million) prize, the Nobel Assembly said today in Stockholm. O’Keefe will receive half the amount, and the Mosers, who are married, will share the other half. nobel prizeLast year’s Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to three U.S. scientists -- James Ro...

“Celebrity Couples” of global health and development

Sanitation and nutrition, contraception and newborn survival, girls’ education and child survival, infrastructure and maternal survival, women’s incomes and violence—these are just some of the most powerful relationships in global health and development today. Odd couples, you might think. women healthMaybe they were odd couples once upon a time, but, after 15 years of hard work under the Millennium Development Goals, we know that lack of access to toilets compromises a child’s ability to absorb food. We know that lack of access to cont...

Maternal deaths decline sharply in Bangladesh

Experts are struggling to explain what has been called the “Bangladesh paradox” after the developing nation reached a milestone in the battle to reduce the number of women dying during childbirth, but failing to score well in other development indices. It has become one of only a handful of countries to achieve one of the United Nations’ key development targets by sharply decreasing its maternal mortality ratio (MMR), the number of mothers who die per 100,000 live births. [caption id="attachment_9532" align="alignleft" width="300"]maternal death

Steroid-fattened cattle start coming to Eid markets

Violating the law and driven by the motive for making quick money, traders and farmers are using excessive harmful drugs to fatten cattle for the Eid market, posing a serious threat to public  health, experts said. Terming such process of fattening cattle ‘unethical’, veterinary experts said the process had enormous health impact on cattle and it could kill the cattle as well, reports the New Age. Cattle traders with the help of veterinary quacks and dishonest livestock officers are using ‘cheap’ steroidal drugs like Oradexon, Decason, Dexamithson, Streron and Presdnisolon, they said.

Here are some benefits of lemon

orange-300Lemons have a variety of benefits, right from being great for your skin to being beneficial for weight loss. Rich in vitamin C, lemons are also known for their high nutrient value. Here are some benefits of using lemon as a part of your everyday routine:

- Drinking lemon water mixed with honey every morning on an empty stomach can help promote weight loss, for those who are looking to shed a few extra pounds. It also flushes out the toxins in the body.

Canada reaffirms help improve maternal, newborn health in BD

In an attempt to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Bangladesh, the Conservative government Tuesday (Aug. 26) reaffirmed its support to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Mississauga East-Cooksville MP Wladyslaw Lizon Tuesday morning hosted a parliamentary level meeting in Mississauga where Canada confirmed it will continue its commitment to improving lives in developing countries. [caption id="attachment_9022" align="alignleft" width="300"]Canada_support___Content Mississa...
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