Honeymoon turns to horror when bride suffers heart failure and nearly dies snorkeling
Sarah Corthorn, 37, of Nottingham, began gasping for air within minutes of the snorkelling session during a £5,400 Maldives holiday with her 32-year-old husband, Chris. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
(Ca)Nine Reasons An Office Dog Is Good For Business
For some time now experts have hailed the health benefits of having an office dog. Now, Professor Paul Zak, neuroeconomics professor at Claremont Graduate University in California is taking it a step further saying that an office dog can in fact create a rise in profits.
This is good news for my daughter, Catherine and I who run a media management company. Business is very good but, like any new company, there have been a lot of unexpected costs, so it's good to know that our office dog, Bailey, is an asset rather than a deficit.
Our chocolate lab is also a health boost. While we stress out over deadlines, edits an...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Essex bride gets her dream honeymoon after beating Hodgkin's lymphoma TWICE
Polly Demetriou, 30, from Grays, Essex. was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma a year before her wedding and the police community officer had to wait until last year to jet off to the Maldives. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cancer-stricken bride who postponed her honeymoon gets her dream trip after beating Hodgkin's lymphoma TWICE
Polly Demetriou, 30, from Grays, Essex. was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma a year before her wedding and the police community officer had to wait until last year to jet off to the Maldives. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Latest On Zika: Asia's Research Arms Race Has One Major Holdup
Brazilian abortion activists face an uphill battle as they lobby for fewer restrictions in a heavily Catholic country where many of the women most affected by Zika virus hold anti-abortion views. The virus, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is strongly suspected to be causing a new wave of microcephaly cases in Brazil. Babies born with the birth defect have smaller heads and brains that aren't fully developed, which can result in life-long developmental problems. And across the world, scientists in China, India and Singapore -- each of which have large populations and histories of mosqu...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zika virus infection – Maldives
On 7 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Maldives notified WHO of a case of Zika virus infection with onset of symptoms in June 2015, in a patient returning to Finland. The patient is a 37-year-old Finnish male who returned to Finland on 16 June 2015 after spending several months in the Maldives. On 18 June, the patient developed symptoms (mild fever and rash on the face and trunk, as well as eye pain and arthralgia); however, after a few days, these subsided. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - February 8, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: pesticide [subject], insecticides, fungicides, risk assessment [subject], zika, zika, Disease outbreak news [doctype], Maldives [country], South-East Asia Region [region] Source Type: news
From Fish Bladder Beer to Hurricane Hacks: This Week's Curios
Every day of the year, Curious.com CEO Justin Kitch writes a quirky fact, known as the Daily Curio, intended to tickle the brains of lifelong learners everywhere. This is a weekly digest. Last week's Curios covered why fish bladders are in your Guinness beer, tropical islands made of parrotfish poop, and the debate over "geohacking" hurricanes. Curio #881 | Hacking hurricanes Climate change isn't just warming the planet. It's almost certainly causing more frequent and intense hurricanes, thanks to warmer oceans. Some scientists are worried deadly storms could get very bad very soon. Possibly presenting a greater threat ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
From Fish Bladder Beer to Hurricane Hacks: This Week's Curios
Every day of the year, Curious.com CEO Justin Kitch writes a quirky fact, known as the Daily Curio, intended to tickle the brains of lifelong learners everywhere. This is a weekly digest.
Last week's Curios covered why fish bladders are in your Guinness beer, tropical islands made of parrotfish poop, and the debate over "geohacking" hurricanes.
Curio #881 | Hacking hurricanes
Climate change isn't just warming the planet. It's almost certainly causing more frequent and intense hurricanes, thanks to warmer oceans. Some scientists are worried deadly storms could get very bad very soon. Possibly presenting a greater threat ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why This Goal To Curb Climate Change 'Is Not Ideal'
If you're planning to follow the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Conference of the Parties -- which starts today and runs through Dec. 11 in Paris -- you'll likely hear a lot about the threshold of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
That number separates us from climate change-induced floods, droughts, storms, heat waves and rising sea levels more severe than those we've already seen, according to some scientists. Keeping our world from warming more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2100 -- so the average global temperature doesn't rise above roughly 61.6 deg...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
World's Pledges To Reduce Carbon Emissions Aren't Enough To Tackle Climate Change, UN Warns
Countries around the world are pledging to cut their carbon emissions ahead of next month's climate meeting in Paris, part of a desperate team effort to stave off catastrophic climate change. But even if these promises are kept, they won't go nearly far enough, according to an analysis released Friday by the United Nations Environment Programme. In its sixth annual "Emissions Gap" report, the UNEP analyzed pledges submitted by nearly 150 countries, which collectively contributed more than 85 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions in 2012. The report found that the pledges would amount to only about half of t...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 6, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Weekend Roundup: Turkey's 'Two Souls' Are Being Torn Apart
We report as well on a "Thank You Concert" in Munich by the so-called Syrian refugee "piano man," Ayham Ahmad, who has played for audiences along his route to Europe. Also from Munich, Sophia Maier describes what it was like to take in four refugees. In an act of "joy without borders" we report on a Jordanian couple who invited over 200 refugees to their wedding feast. From Athens, Danae Leivada reports on how non-profit organizations are "bringing hope and care" to senior citizens who have suffered years of cuts on social services during Greece's sovereign debt crisis. In a new series, Dominique Mosbergen examines the s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
At the Mercy of Mother Nature (and of Policies of Larger Nations)
The Vienna Convention for Protection of the Ozone Layer this month celebrates 30 years of environmental protection, including the establishment of the Montreal Protocol, which has successfully phased down hundreds of chemicals harmful to the ozone layer and to global climate. The one remaining challenge, the management of the powerful greenhouse gases called HFCs, is finally being negotiated after several years of calls for action by the Federated States of Micronesia and fellow island nations. Phasing down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol is essential to global climate-change mitigation this century and would enhance int...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Spratly Islands: Burying Coral Reefs Alive
It was tough to read the news a few weeks ago. My news feed was inundated with articles about islands being built on top of coral reefs from The Huffington Post, New York Times, and Washington Post, among others. China's recent efforts to build and expand islands in the South China Sea have serious geopolitical implications. But beyond any international jockeying, China's actions have environmental consequences that will affect the very future of coral reefs. The world's oceans have thousands of isolated reefs and atolls like those in the Spratly Islands. These reefs--far from the local threats that emanate from large hu...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
13 Photos To Remind Us How Amazing The Ocean Is
Did you know that 71% of the earth is covered by the ocean? Two thirds of which is still undiscovered in terms of wildlife. The ocean does a lot of amazing and essential things for us. Here's a quick short list: - Generates most of the oxygen we breathe - Helps feed us - Regulates our climate - Produces oxygen - Cleans the water we drink - Offers a pharmacopoeia of potential medicines - Provides homes for an incredible array of wildlife If this isn't enough to convince you how important it is for us to preserve the ocean as much as we can, check out these amazing Instagram photos that will. 1. @daviddoubilet - The Gre...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Meet Rajeesh, The Man Who Has To Live With Our Plastic Pollution
Imagine if you were confronted with overwhelming plastic pollution every single day.
That's life for Rajeesh, the supervisor and resident of Thilafushi, an artificial "trash island" in the Maldives where 300 to 400 tons of trash are dumped every day.
To combat the literal mountains of trash in the country's only landfill, Rajeesh burns some piles, but his health suffers for it.
Adventure filmmaker and reality star Alison Teal spoke with Rajeesh about the fumes he inhales and the ailments he's suffered as a result. The exchange (start at 8:42, above) is featured in the latest episode of her web series, "Alison's Adv...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
