Environmental awareness through mass- media
Region: India
Mass- media can play a vital role in creating peoples' awareness about environment and conservation of natural resources. It can serve this purpose by means of its multi-channel regional and network service comprising programs such as talks, interviews, plays and documentaries etc. The electronic media can identify and bring to a halt forces affecting the natural and even the man- made environment. It matters much how the public mind can be mobilized to reduce pollution and promote environm... more
Views: 553Louis Kraml’s Medical News Review – March 2013
Region: United States1. When people have a positive perspective on aging, recovery is much better, says a new research that has been conducted in the U.S. On the other hand, people that have a negative perspective get well much harder and over a longer period of time. The question that arises is if positive thinking has indeed the power to get older people well a lot faster. The study was conducted by Yale School of Public Health and it is the first one on this theme. The leader of the team is an epidemiologi... more
Views: 281The 3 Basic Elements For A Long Term Relationship
Region: CARelationships as we all know are not easy, they require a lot of work, a lot of patience and a big dose of understanding. To develop a healthy relationship, you need to surpass the many conflicts you will encounter with your partner. Some people get discouraged in the process, some others give up to soon and others just move on to the next person. Whatever direction you might choose, know that many of the conflicts you have experienced with your lover, could have been avoided to start w... more
Views: 237Modern lifestyle and public health
Region: India
The changing economic status of people has brought a host of non- communicable lifestyle related diseases. Food habits The focus has shifted to cholesterol and fats in may parts of the world due to over consumption of food items. Spicy food items (pizza, chips a snacks etc.), are responsible for increase in stress and heart problems in human beings. Synthetic products There is a growing demand for synthetic clothes, dyes and plastic products for modern lifestyle. The continued use of the... more
Views: 345A few interesting facts about smell
Region: India
Contact with a new odor begins to fade after a while and may disappear completely even though the odor is still there and still reaches our brain. the reason for this is that contact with our conscious centers gets cut off. There is no long ague of smell. smell works through associations and images- this rubber smells like vanilla or you smell of strawberries. Our nose can be trained to differentiate several hundred different odors. Poets and writers have gained inspiration from different... more
Views: 389WWF-P Chitral rescued Lynx lynx isabellinus from Chitral
Region: PakistanThe WWF-Pakistan Chitral have finally succeeded in capturing of a Lynx that injured two children and several cattle in Chuenj village of Chitral Pakistan. CHITRAl : WWF-Pakistan Official sources said that after it injured two children and many cattle in Village Chuenj of Mustuj. According to Mr. Shafiqullah Khan Field Biologist associated with WWF-Pakistan the species was Lynx lynx isabellinus known as “Doorchon” in local language which is found in the forest of Chitral. 45 depr... more
Views: 377Energy demands have almost doubled in the last three decades
Region: IndiaEnergy resourses are very essential for human society. Energy consumers in the developing world falls into two distinct groups. First, those with access to modern commercial fuels like petroleum products, natural gas and electricity live in primarily in urban areas. On the other hand, those living in rural areas continue to rely heavly on traditional biomass fuels like wood, crop waste and animal dung. The typical rural economy is subsistance-based and has little access to commercial ... more
Views: 293Fortunately, we have good natural defense against many germs
Region: IndiaOur bodies are made up of millions of very small cells, just as a building is made up of many stones or bricks. Some of these cells move about, eat away germs too stop them from harming us. We also make special substance in our bodies which attack germs are always present in our bodies. For example- our tears contain some to protect our eyes, and our saliva contains to protect our mouths. Other substances are made inside our bodies when certain kinds of germ attack us. These substance are ca... more
Views: 272The participation of women in environmental awareness program
Region: India
The participation of rural women in environmental awareness programs is very essential. The reason being, she spends a great part of her life in arranging fuel, fodder water for her family, and actively involved in sustainable use of common resources. Thus, women's involvement in decision making, especially for natural resources management and development act ivies should constitute an essential case for building a solid framework for environmental awareness programs. Public awareness about... more
Views: 383Protection against diseases through immunization
Region: IndiaViews: 262
