Chinese Cities Choked by Dangerous Smog for Fifth Day: Factories, Schools Closed

Northern China was shrouded in almost record pollution for a fifth day on Wednesday, disrupting flights, traffic and shipping, and closing factories and schools, with some residents complaining emergency anti-smog measures were not operating. Hundreds of government inspectors patrolled Beijing on Wednesday to enforce temporary bans on barbecues and make sure that cars with even number plates were the only ones on the roads. Many Beijing highrises simply disappeared into the grey haze, as commuters wearing face masks headed to work. Emergency closures of power plants, steel mills and ports…

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One Fifth of Brain Stroke Patients Aged 40 and Below

Neurosciences experts from around the world on Friday warned that patients with brain stroke are continuously rising in India and nearly one-fifth of patients with first-ever stroke admitted to hospitals are aged 40 years or less. Doctors participating at a three-day international meet to discuss the epidemic of stroke cases, also said that India had witnessed a extreme rise in smoking, systolic hypertension, high fasting blood glucose level, and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the population at a younger age predisposing to a stroke sooner. The first day on Friday…

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each fifth Indian youth is stricken by Spinal ailments: doctors

each fifth Indian in the age group 20-30 is laid low with various type of spinal ailments, which until a decade in the past were commonplace amongst senior residents. in step with doctors, there was a 60 in step with cent rise in spinalproblems a number of the youth.”prolonged sitting inside the identical posture can add a remarkable quantity of pressure to the again muscle mass and spinal discs, a slouched position can over-stretch the spinal ligaments and strain the spinal discs and causemajor pain in lower back and neck.…

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