Calcium carbide related ocular burn injuries during mango ripening season of West Bengal, eastern India - Bandyopadhyay S, Saha M, Biswas S, Ranjan A, Naskar AK, Bandyopadhyay L.
INTRODUCTION: Calcium carbide used in fruit ripening industry as a cheap alternative to natural plant hormone ethylene produces highly inflammable acetylene gas. Inadvertent ignition of this gas can cause severe ocular burn injury with unilateral or bilate... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Fruit how to: Mango salsa pizza
Want a new way to enjoy fresh fruit? Try mango . . . (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - September 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is It Okay To Eat Mango Skin?
You may bite into an apple to eat it, but you probably don't eat a mango the same way! The peel of a mango fruit is tough, fibrous and bitter-tasting. ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
Source: About.com Chemistry - September 6, 2013 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news
Brazil faces drop in crops
Country's status as world's major producer and exporter of food could be severely threatened unless its farming methods are urgently adapted to take account of climate changeHigher temperatures, drastic changes in rainfall, lower productivity, more blight and disease − these are just some of the expected consequences of climate change in Brazil if the projections of 345 scientists who make up the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change (PBMC) prove true.They predict that if present trends in greenhouse gas emissions continue, average temperatures in Brazil will be 3º-6ºC higher by 2100 than they were at the end of the 20th c...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 3, 2013 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Farming Food security Brazil Climate change Editorial Agriculture Environment Source Type: news
'Seed freedom is the answer to hunger and malnutrition'
We must resist seed monopolies of corporates, they harm us all, writes biodiversity campaigner Vandana Shiva • Vandana Shiva will be speaking at the Resurgence & Ecologist Festival of Wellbeing on 12 October 2013What happens to the seed affects the web of life. When seed is living, regenerative and diverse, it feeds pollinators, soil organisms and animals - including humans. When seed is non-renewable, bred for chemicals, or genetically engineered with toxic Bt or Roundup Ready genes, diversity disappears.In recent years, beekeepers have been losing 25% of their hives each winter. According to a scientific study in 2008,...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 28, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Blogposts Farming Guardian Professional Biodiversity Food security GM Sustainability Guardian sustainable business Global development Conservation Health and wellbeing Agriculture Source Type: news
Asian pork tenderloin
To turn this pork tenderloin recipe into a meal, add steamed pea pods, brown rice with dried apricots, and fresh mango and papaya. (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - August 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Recipe: Asian pork tenderloin
To turn this pork tenderloin recipe into a meal, add steamed pea pods, brown rice with dried apricots, and fresh mango and papaya. (Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day)
Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day - August 20, 2013 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Mango Health users most adherent on Wednesdays
Mango Health, the Rock Health startup behind a gamified medication adherence app that launched in April after 16 weeks of beta testing, released aggregated data about adherence habits of its user base. “Our belief is that understanding how consumers interact with medications and supplements each day is an important part of the quantified self movement [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 11, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized birth control apps iPhone drug apps iPhone medication apps Mango Health medication adherence medication reminders Mental health apps Rock Health Source Type: news
GP suspended for telling cancer sufferer to take paracetamol tells undercover reporter showing bowel cancer symptoms to 'eat some mangoes'
The reporter was investigating Dr Inayat Inayatullah from East London, who had been allowed back to work despite failing to spot the symptoms of a cancer patient who later died. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Recipe: Mango salsa
This mango salsa gets its heat from Fresno peppers. Serve with chips or as a topping for grilled fish and chicken. (Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day)
Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day - June 16, 2013 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Orientation – to – Gallapo Ward
Greetings Friends & Family of our VP1 Crew,
Orientation has officially ended. We spent nine intense days at the training site in Babati, Tanzania. Every morning the volunteers started the day with Swahili lessons while our fantastic Tanzanian teaching partners reviewed biology and vocabulary specific to HIV/AIDS.
It didn’t take long to see that this group was shining. On the fourth day, everyone began sharing their lessons. Topics include: transmission, prevention, testing, reproductive health, and addressing stigma. They worked incredibly hard to improve their teaching practices and implement all the feedback &...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - June 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: johnson Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Mangos Help Regulate Blood Sugar Levels Among Obese People
The positive health effects of Mangos have been recently explored and presented by researchers at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). They found that mangos have properties that can help regulate blood sugar levels among people suffering from obesity. * Spelling - the plural of "mango" is "mangos" or "mangoes". The study, which was led by Edralin Lucas, Ph.D., evaluated what effect eating mangos everyday would have on a total of twenty obese adult people. The participants ate 10 grams of freeze-dried mango everyday for 12 weeks... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Mango's Potential Health-Affirming Properties Explored
Two of the most serious health conditions facing Americans today - obesity and cancer - are the subject of new mango nutrition research presented this week at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) in Boston. This preliminary research identifies important findings that merit further investigation to determine whether mangos can potentially have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation. Preliminary research examines effects on blood sugar A study led by Edralin Lucas, Ph.D... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Mangoes may help lower blood sugar and cancer risk
STILLWATER, Okla., April 23 (UPI) -- Mangoes may have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation, U.S. researchers suggest. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New studies explore mango's potential health-affirming properties
(Salt & Co.) New mango nutrition research was presented this week at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Boston. This preliminary research identifies important findings that merit further investigation to determine whether mangos can potentially have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
