6 Amazing Tips for Staying in Shape While Traveling
Staying fit while on the road (and otherwise) is extremely important and somehow I feel that fitness and travel go hand in hand. If you travel a lot , you tend to stay fit and if you are not fit, traveling is just not as much fun, or important anymore -- after all, health always comes first, right? I would like to think of myself as a fit traveler though I am always striving towards harder fitness goals. Staying focused and motivated is the key. As a traveler, any sort of "regular" gym sessions are impossible , however, if you are focused, you can exercise literally anywhere in the world. You don't need a fancy gym and re...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
African Rhinos May Be Extinct In 10 Years Or Less, Experts Warn
It was only 150 years ago that more than 1 million black and white rhinos roamed the savannas of Africa. Since then, poaching has decimated populations across the continent. By 1990, there were just 6,000 white rhino and 2,400 black rhino left in the wild. Conservation efforts and a global crackdown on wildlife crime saved the threatened animals from the brink of extinction. By 2008, white rhino numbers in Africa had ballooned to almost 20,000 while the black rhino population nearly doubled. It looked like a perfect comeback story, a narrative of hope and survival in the face of terrible odds, but then, the tale of th...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
[Editorial] Global science engagement
In rural Laos, more than 50% of newborns will be stunted by age 2 due to chronic malnourishment. Worldwide, 161 million children under the age of 5, many of them in Africa and Asia, suffered irreversible stunting as of 2013. The developed world is not immune. As recently as 2010, stunting affected 8 to 9% of babies enrolled in U.S. federal food-subsidy programs. Next week in Washington, DC, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS is the publisher of Science) will convene its annual meeting (11 to 15 February), where world leaders will discuss food security and other major challenges that lie ahead in ...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 29, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Geraldine Richmond Source Type: news
UNISON bursaries for activists
UNISON is able to offer bursaries for union activists studying trade union and labour studies or women’s studies at certificate, diploma or degree level.
The size of the bursary or grant depends on the level of the qualification.
Certificate or diploma courses: grants of up to £300 for members on trade union and labour movement or women’s studies courses.
BA degrees: grants of up to £500 for members on trade union and labour movement or women’s studies courses.
Masters degrees: grants of up to one-third of fees for a union representative studying trade union and labour studies or women’s studies.
Details and ap...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - January 27, 2016 Category: Food Science Authors: tonyb Tags: Article News activist training pathways activists activists' learning bursaries grants laos ruskin college trade union and labour studies women women's studies Source Type: news
Facts & Figures Report: Cancer Rates Vary Widely Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
By Stacy SimonA new report from the American Cancer Society details the rates of new cancer cases and the rates of cancer deaths among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs). The rates vary widely among this population, mostly because of significant differences in exposure to cancer risk factors. The report is published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and also as a Special Section in Cancer Facts & Figures 2016.Asian American refers to people with origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. This group includes, but is not limited to, Asian Indians, Cambodians,...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - January 19, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Disparities Source Type: news
First discovery of a hibernating primate outside Madagascar
Up to now, three species of lemurs on Madagascar were the only primates known to hibernate. Researchers at Vetmeduni Vienna in Austria, now show for the first time that another primate species that lives in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China, the pygmy slow loris, also uses hibernation to save energy. The results were published in Scientific Reports this week. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 3, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Weekend Roundup: Advent of the Third Industrial Revolution
The WorldPost strives every day to chronicle the ongoing contest between two competing futures. One future is a world coming together through the convergence of new technologies that promise ecological stability, the empowerment of diversity and opportunity for all. The other is a world falling apart through bitter partisanship, religious warfare and the return of geopolitical blocs. This week we begin a new series that takes sides. Futurist Jeremy Rifkin lays out a vision of "the Third Industrial Revolution" that, through digital connectivity, clean energy and smart transportation all tied together through the "Interne...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
As world seeks to eradicate polio, Laos suffers vaccine-linked case
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Laos has suffered a case of vaccine-derived polio, the World Health Organization said on Monday, in a new setback to a global plan to eradicate the crippling disease after the virus resurfaced in Ukraine and Mali. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Primary Care Strengthening in Southeast Asia (Laura Goldman MD)
The developing countries of Southeast Asia have until recently allocated very little human and economic capital in the health care system. Within the region, however, the stage of development of primary care is very disparate. Vietnam is poised to transform its health care system with the adoption of the Family Medicine model throughout the country. Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar lack both the workforce and the organization to provide comprehensive primary care. Despite this, there is significant momentum and interest. In our work as consultants, we have developed programs in all these countries to strengthen primary care....
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - September 28, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Road traffic injuries in Northern Laos: trends and risk factors of an underreported public health problem - Slesak G, Inthalath S, Wilder-Smith A, Barennes H.
OBJECTIVES: Road traffic injuries (RTI) have become a leading cause for admissions at Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital in rapidly developing northern Laos. OBJECTIVEs were to investigate trends, risk factors, and better estimates of RTI. ME... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Pedestrians and Bicycles Source Type: news
Issues surrounding children as motorcycle pillion rider in ASEAN country - Paiman NF, Ariffin AH, Hamzah A, Husin SFM, Jawi ZM, Solah MS, Mohamed N.
BACKGROUND: In ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) where motorcycles are the main mode of transportation, it is worth to explore on... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 24, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
A Nobel Scientist Just Made a Breathtakingly Sexist Speech at International Conference
Renowned scientist and Nobel prize winner Tim Hunt told a room full of high-ranking scientists and science journalists Wednesday that the trouble with “girls” working in science is that “three things happen when they are in the lab … You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry.”
Hunt, who was speaking at the World Conference of Science Journalists in the South Korean capital, Seoul, went on to say that scientists should work in gender-segregated labs, adding that he hoped not “to stand in the way of women,” the Guardian reports.
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Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - June 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: alissagreenberg Tags: Uncategorized Chauvinism gaffe human behavior nobel prize Science sexism South Korea STEM twitter women in science Source Type: news
Researcher finds rare Vietnamese rabbit
A rare and elusive rabbit has been found, held and photographed by a researcher. The Annamite striped rabbit, found in the forests of Laos and Vietnam, was first documented by rabbit expert Dr Diana Bell in 1999. It has rarely been seen since. A British researcher set out on a three-month expedition to track the recently discovered rabbit and study its habitat. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Despite Setbacks, Global Sanitation Makes Progress, Says Fund
An open drainage ditch in Ankorondrano-Andranomahery, Madagascar. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPSBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 2015 (IPS)When the United Nations hosted a panel discussion last year urging its partners to “break their silence” on open defecation, Singapore’s deputy permanent representative Mark Neo was outspoken in his characterisation: “Open defecation is a euphemism. What we are talking about is shitting in the open.”And over one billion people worldwide do so every day.“This is a crucial step towards achieving better health, reducing poverty and ensuring environmental sustainabil...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Thalif Deen Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & SDGs Water & Sanitation Women's Health Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) India open def Source Type: news
Thorny frog and dementor wasp among new species discovered in Mekong
139 new species were identified in South East Asian region in 2014, including four moths named after Thai princesses and a new mammalA “dementor” wasp named after the Harry Potter creatures, a stick insect more than half a metre long, and a colour-changing thorny frog are among new species discovered in South East Asia’s Greater Mekong region.The discoveries also include a bent-toed gecko which is the 10,000th reptile to be recorded on Earth, a feathered coral whose nearest relatives are found in Africa and four moths named after Thai princesses. Related: Flying squirrel and eyeless spider discovered in Greater Mekon...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Press Association Tags: Wildlife Environment Cambodia Laos Burma Thailand Vietnam World news Asia Pacific South and Central Asia Source Type: news
