Article ID: 691064 Johns Hopkins MedicineIn a study conducted in rural India, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers working in collaboration with Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS), a nonprofit Indian organization focused on child health, have found that mobile phone reminders linked with incentives such as free talk time minutes work better than phone alerts alone to improve childhood immunization rates in poor communities. |
Article ID: 690540 Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaAseem R. Shukla, MD, a pediatric urologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, along with several of his colleagues from around the world, have created an innovative program to help address urological needs in India. The team is specifically addressing bladder exstrophy, a complex, rare disorder that occurs during fetal development when the bladder does not form completely and drains onto the surface of the abdomen. |
Article ID: 687617 Wildlife Conservation SocietyGilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (January 8, 2018) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) applauds the Government of Gilgit-Balitistan (GB) for the expeditious arrest and sentencing of markhor poachers in Astore District of the GB. Further, the penalties are of a severity that meets the seriousness of the offense, and are sure to send a message that will deter others from considering similar pilfering of Pakistan’s unique natural resources. |
![]() Article ID: 687146 George Washington UniversityResearch to develop and test an intervention that reduces the threat of this health problem for women of childbearing age |
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![]() Article ID: 684641 Case Western Reserve UniversityMany people around the world, especially in Asia, wear face masks to protect against air pollution. Do they work? Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, Herman Hellerstein, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief of cardiovascular medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, has received a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant to help find out if face masks really protect against air pollution. Channels: Pollution, China News, India/Pakistan News, Local - Ohio Air Pollution, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, University Hospitals, Asia, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Cardiovascular Medicine, face masks, Aspire, respirators, N95 respirators, China, India, Brazil, Acute Coronary Syndrome, high-pollution locales |
Article ID: 683739 Florida State UniversityResearchers from Florida State University have created a tool for objectively defining the onset and demise of the Indian Summer Monsoon — a colossal weather system that affects billions of people annually. |
![]() Article ID: 682132 University of AdelaideUniversity of Adelaide researchers are planning to produce simple, low-cost, self-assembly water purification kits to provide fresh drinking water in the Indian state of Rajasthan, South Australia’s sister state. |
Article ID: 681822 Rutgers School of Public HealthRutgers researchers say that lead levels in sindoor, a red powder used in Hindu ceremonies, is a real concern that must be addressed. |
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