BBC News - China's economic growth speeds up?

BBC News - China's economic growth speeds up?






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The chief reason of speedy economic growth of China is understood because its not a habituate war-mongering country since its existence unlike a very few rich and influential countries of the world that keep on creating and conducting wars here and there on their vested interest damn caring tragic loss of lives and economy of the victimised countries.

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Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO | HEALTH - geo.tv

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO | HEALTH - geo.tv



HEALTH AWARENESS WELFARE (HAW):

Besides multiples of other health complications creating outdoor air pollution has scientifically been proved as a leading cause of cancer in humans that needs to be faught against.

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// GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Thursday classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans.

"The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances," said Kurt Straif of the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

"We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general, but also a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths."

In concrete terms, said IARC director Christopher Wild, outdoor air pollution has been classified as a "Group 1" cause of cancer, the riskiest category on its four-step scale.

The IARC underlined that a panel of top experts had found "sufficient evidence" that exposure to outdoor air pollution caused lung cancer and raised the risk of bladder cancer.

Wild underlined that air pollution was not a primary cause of the disease.

"We have well over a million lung cancer cases per year, the vast majority of which are actually due to tobacco, rather than I think around 10 percent, perhaps, which are to things like ambient air pollution," he told reporters.

Although the composition of air pollution and levels of exposure can vary dramatically between locations, the agency said its conclusions applied to all regions of the globe.

Air pollution was already known to increase the risk of respiratory and heart diseases.

The IARC said pollution exposure levels increased significantly in some parts of the world in recent years, notably in rapidly industrialising nations with large populations.

The most recent data, from 2010, showed that 223,000 lung cancer deaths worldwide were the result of air pollution, the agency said.

The data did not enable experts to establish whether particular groups of people were more or less vulnerable to cancer from pollution, but Straif said it was clear that risk rose in line with exposure.

In the past, the IARC had measured the presence of individual chemicals and mixtures of chemicals in the air -- including diesel engine exhaust, solvents, metals, and dust.

Diesel exhaust has already been classified as carcinogenic by the IARC.

The latest findings were based on overall air quality, and based on an in-depth study of thousands of medical research projects conducted around the world over decades.

"Our task was to evaluate the air everyone breathes rather than focus on specific air pollutants," said the IARC's Dana Loomis.

"The results from the reviewed studies point in the same direction: the risk of developing lung cancer is significantly increased in people exposed to air pollution," he added.

"Nobody has private air. We can't do very much for the air we breathe. This really needs collective action to solve the problem," he said.

The predominant sources of outdoor air pollution were transport, power generation, emissions from factories and farms, and residential heating and cooking, the agency said.

"Classifying outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans is an important step," said Wild.

"There are effective ways to reduce air pollution and, given the scale of the exposure affecting people worldwide, this report should send a strong signal to the international community to take action without further delay."

The IARC said it was set to publish its in-depth conclusions on October 24 on the specialised website The Lancet Oncology.

The IARC said it had also conducted a separate evaluation of what is known as "particulate matter", classifying it as a Group 1 cancer cause.

Particulate matter includes both solid particles and liquid droplets found in air -- such as soot -- which can penetrate deep into the respiratory system.

Beyond cancer, known health effects include coughing or difficulty breathing, chronic bronchitis, and premature death in people with heart or lung disease.

In addition, such matter has environmental effects such as corrosion, soiling, damage to vegetation and reduced visibility due to haze.//

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Gene mutation speeds up brain decline in Alzheimers | HEALTH - geo.tv

Gene mutation speeds up brain decline in Alzheimers | HEALTH - geo.tv


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Gene mutation speeds up brain decline in Alzheimer's

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Humans mostly during their later age are found in the prey of a rare genetic mutation associated with Alzheimer's disease that has been found to accelerate the loss of brain tissue and lead to quicker mental decline, researchers

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// WASHINGTON: A rare genetic mutation associated with Alzheimer's disease has been found to accelerate the loss of brain tissue and lead to quicker mental decline, researchers said Wednesday.

People with the TREM2 gene variant lost brain tissue twice as fast as healthy elderly people, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

"This is the first study to use brain scans to show what this gene variant does, and it's very surprising," said co-author Paul Thompson of the University of Southern California.

"This gene speeds up brain loss at a terrific pace."

Thompson and colleagues did magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on 478 adults, whose average age was 76, over the course of two years.

They found that mutation carriers lost 1.4 percent to 3.3 percent more of their brain tissue than non-carriers, and the deterioration happened twice as fast.

Brain tissue loss was concentrated in memory centers of the brain, including the temporal lobe and hippocampus.

The TREM2 variant was first described in January as rare mutation, existing in about one percent of the North American and European population, that could triple a person's lifetime risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Subsequent study has confirmed the mutation's link to Alzheimer's in blacks as well.

The genetic mutation has also been linked to an increased likelihood of Parkinson's disease and a rare form of early brain decline called Nasu-Hakola disease.//

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO | HEALTH - geo.tv

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO | HEALTH - geo.tv


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Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO

My Opinion - Comment - Concern - Say :

For a Happy, Healthy and Lengthy Living besides other eseentials our priority need is clean and fresh air, not polluted air.

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// GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans.

"The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances," said Kurt Straif of the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

"We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general, but also a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths."

The IARC said a panel of top experts had found "sufficient evidence" that exposure to outdoor air pollution caused lung cancer and raised the risk of bladder cancer.

Although the composition of air pollution and levels of exposure can vary dramatically between locations, the agency said its conclusions applied to all regions of the globe.

Air pollution was already known to increase the risk of respiratory and heart diseases.

The IARC said pollution exposure levels increased significantly in some parts of the world in recent years, notably in rapidly industrialising nations with large populations.

The most recent data, from 2010, showed that 223,000 lung cancer deaths worldwide were the result of air pollution, the agency said.

In the past, the IARC had measured the presence of individual chemicals and mixtures of chemicals in the air -- including diesel engine exhaust, solvents, metals, and dust.

But the latest findings were based on overall air quality.

"Our task was to evaluate the air everyone breathes rather than focus on specific air pollutants," said the IARC's Dana Loomis.

"The results from the reviewed studies point in the same direction: the risk of developing lung cancer is significantly increased in people exposed to air pollution," he added.

The predominant sources of outdoor air pollution were transport, power generation, emissions from factories and farms, and residential heating and cooking, the agency said. (AFP) //

6 Surefire Ways to Boost Energy and Beat Fatigue Naturally | Reader's Digest

6 Surefire Ways to Boost Energy and Beat Fatigue Naturally | Reader's Digest


HEALTH AWARENESS WELFARE (HAW):

Regular practice of walking keeps one far in better health than those who avoid walking.

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// Go for a quick walk.
Step away from the vending machine and take a stroll around the block instead. In a classic study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researchers had people either eat a candy bar or walk briskly for 10 minutes on 12 different days. Walking turned out to be the better long-term energy booster; the snackers’ energy levels plummeted within an hour of eating the bar. In a later study, the same researchers discovered that the more steps people take each day, the higher they evaluate their overall mood and energy.//

1920*1200 The Best of Nature - The most Beautiful and Tranquil Landscape Wallpapers 7 - Wallcoo.net

1920*1200 The Best of Nature - The most Beautiful and Tranquil Landscape Wallpapers 7 - Wallcoo.net

Nature's unique production can seldom be immitated

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