A new study has found that medical marijuana can help in easing multiple sclerosis to a larger extent when taken in pill or oral-spray form. According to the researchers, the medical marijuana can help in reducing stiffness and involuntary spasms. Moreover, it can also help in easing the pain that can come with those symptoms. Problem of frequent urination can also be checked with the help … [Read more...]
Google creates ‘near-real-time’ tool to step up fight on deforestation
Two endangered whooping cranes shot in Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents said that someone shot a pair of whooping cranes in Jefferson Davis Parish in southwest Louisiana, killing the female and critically injuring the male on Thursday morning. The whooping cranes were found and recovered near the corner of Compton Road and Radio Tower Road just north of Roanoke about five miles north of … [Read more...]
Utah forecasters predict heavy snowfall, strong winds
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Wasatch Front and Wasatch Plateau, as well as the western Uintas. Utah forecasters have predicted heavy snowfall and strong winds from Wednesday evening till wee hours on Friday. Valley rain, snow in the mountains was predicted to begin falling in northern Utah on Tuesday morning. Rain will change to snow in … [Read more...]
Space missions posing serious health threats to astronauts
Space discoveries may have amazed us many times. Even there are many who have thought of becoming astronauts. But have we ever thought what a risky life these astronauts live when they are in the space on a mission. Humans have adapted themselves to live in the harshest of atmospheric conditions. Be it semi-arid grasslands in Africa or the frozen tundra in Siberia and steamy jungles of South … [Read more...]
China bans cigarette smoking in schools
In a bid to check the increasing popularity of e-cigarette and traditional cigarette smoking among teenagers in China, the authorities have banned smoking in schools. Ministry of Education’s ban on smoking covers kindergartens, elementary and middle schools, and vocational schools. The universities have been asked must set up smoking areas and forbid lighting up in academic … [Read more...]
Toxins released by food-borne bacteria may trigger Multiple Sclerosis
The US researchers have found a link between food bug and multiple sclerosis, suggesting that food poisoning may trigger MS in people who are susceptible to the disease. They carried a test on mice where they found that a food poisoning bacterium may have implicated in MS. A team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College carried a study in which they found that the toxins released by … [Read more...]
Third H7N9 avian flu death in Hong Kong
A day after Chinese authorities culled 22,000 birds to curb the spread of H7N9 bird flu, Hong Kong on Wednesday reported its third death from the disease. A 75-year-old elderly man, who had previously travelled to the neighbouring Chinese city of Shenzhen, died on Wednesday morning due to disease. Since December, Hong Kong had registered two deaths of men who had recently returned from … [Read more...]
Oldest hearth found in Israel
The humans have discovered fire over a million years ago but when did they exactly start cultivating it and use it as a tool, said Ruth Shahack-Gross of the Kimmel Center for Archeological Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science. In a related discovery, a team of researchers has uncovered a 300,000-year-old fire pit in Israel which is considered to be the oldest hearth. Scientists say, the … [Read more...]
GlaxoSmithKline halts deliveries of two chickenpox vaccines
The drugmaker giant GlaxoSmithKline has halted the worldwide deliveries of two variant of chickenpox vaccines given to children after they failed to pass the quality tests. According to the company sources, some batches of the vaccines that were produced at its factory in Wavre, Belgium, were found to be sub-standard. This forced the company to disrupt its supply. Priorix-Tetra also called … [Read more...]