U.S. cigar lovers stock up on Cuba visits, fearing clampdown

A photographer takes a photograph of cigars on display at the 19th Habanos Festival in Havana, Cuba, February 27, 2017. Puffing on a cigar at Cuba’s annual Habanos cigar festival, American aficionado Paul Segal said he would buy as many boxes of cigars as he could carry home in case U.S. President Donald Trump tightens regulations on visitors to the communist-run island again.

Dollar edges to lowest against yen since Feb. 9

A U.S. one-hundred dollar bill and Japanese 10,000 yen notes are spread in Tokyo, Japan in this February 28, 2013 picture illustration. The dollar slipped to a more than two-week low against the yen on Monday, as investors awaited this week’s speech by U.S. President Donald Trump for clues on tax reform.

Scientists debate underlying cause of bird flu

The answer to whether industrial-scale poultry farming is responsible for bird flu differs depending on who you ask – a virologist or a geographer. In a book published last month, Stephen Hinchliffe, a professor of human geography at the University of Exeter in Britain, argues that mass livestock production is driving molecular changes in diseases that could lead to human pandemics.

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The ‘Autism Finger Print’ app is a collaborative project between the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, the Sultan Qaboos University and the Advanced Simulation Matrix Technologies. The ‘Autism Finger Print’ app is a collaborative project between the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, the Sultan Qaboos University and the Advanced Simulation Matrix Technologies.

Health Canada proposing smoking ban in apartments, raising legal age to 21

Ottawa is considering new anti-tobacco guidelines that could ban smoking inside apartments and on post-secondary school campuses, as well as raise the legal age for buying tobacco products to 21. According to a discussion paper published by Health Canada on Feb. 22 , approximately four million Canadians smoke, making up about 15 per cent of the population. Their new proposal is to cut the smoking population to less than five per cent by 2035.

Latest breakthroughs in natural cures

… cures and remedies to diseases once thought to be incurable. Dr. Sears takes a fresh, novel approach to patient health and wellness. Our environment and food supply has changed for the worse and this is affecting our health. He helps patients return …

Second chance at life

Durban – The heartbreaking story of a baby without a brain becoming an organ donor has touched a Durban family, who have endured 19 long years of hoping and waiting for that call about new life. Matthew Legemaate, 19, from Hillcrest, north-west of Durban, spoke out after the Facebook posts this week of US couple, Royce and Keri Young, who made the courageous decision to donate their unborn child’s organs once she was born.

Global Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Market is expected to grow at a CAGR over 10% post 2022

Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Market Analysis and Forecast by Type , Diagnostic Test , End Users – 2022 Major Key Players are Eli Lilly and Company , TauRx , Alector LLC , Accera, Inc. , Treventis Corporation , Neuro-Bio Ltd ” PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, February 24, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Market Highlights Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia which causes failure of the functioning of the brain. This disease damages the areas which is responsible for the thinking, problem solving and behavior process.

No herbal medicine cures HIV /AIDS – GAC

… ensuring access to care by victims to help reduce viral load. The NSP would achieve its set targets by strengthened health systems, increased health facilities and staff as well as piloting self-testing and peer-led testing for HIV. Currently, the …

Working to beat the odds on a killer cancer

… Ovarian Cancer Australia board member Tracey Curro and CEO Jane Hill with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Shadow Health Minister Catherine King at morning tea during a visit to the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne last year. Picture: …

Can’t-Miss Spots for a Perfect London Honeymoon

Speaking of royalty, is there anywhere more impressive and highbrow than the home of the world’s most famous , London? If you’re heading to England’s historic capital to celebrate your newlywed status, make sure to add these can’t-miss , located in the heart of the stylish Knightsbridge neighborhood and overlooking Hyde Park. So British, in fact, that the Queen herself learned to dance in the hotel’s ballroom, also where Will and Kate had their rehearsal dinner.

The Danger Of Wounds That Don’t Heal

By Peruji Perumal Malaysian Nanban writer Peruji Perumal shares with Bernama his interview with Dr Harikrishna K.Ragavan Nair, the head of the Diabetic Foot Care Clinic at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and the president of the Malaysian Society of Wound Care Professionals . KUALA LUMPUR — Almost every second a diabetic’s foot is amputated somewhere in the world.

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Three weeks ago, an outbreak of Avian influenza was confirmed along the shores of Lake Victoria at Lutembe bay in Wakiso and Bukakata in Masaka district. South Sudan Livestock Minister Martin Daku sharing a moment with Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry, And Fisheries Vincent Ssempijja during a press conference on bird flu at the Ministry head offices in Entebbe Wakiso district.

Bendigo faced power cuts to ensure NSW made it through big heatwave

It was a case of Bendigo and Ballarat losing electricity or maintaining supplies to the most populous state, NSW. Photo: Glenn Campbell As NSW suffered through its record-breaking heatwave this month, with power supplies stretched to breaking point, the head of Australia’s main electricity grid faced a choice: keep the airconditioning running in Sydney, or keep the lights on in Victoria.

.com | Logistics nightmare: Helping the Boko Haram displaced

Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there’s no way to communicate to the outside world, as all the telephone lines have been blown up. But it is here that humanitarian groups are trying to bring aid to at least 57 000 people forced out of their homes by Boko Haram Islamists, whose insurgency has devastated the remote region since 2009.

7 mouthwatering foods everyone should eat in Chile

With the mountainous Andes and rugged Patagonia regions, Santiago and its populous city life, and the countless coastal beach towns and port cities, Chile is one the most regionally diverse countries in South America. Each area of the country offers travelers unique environments, and Chilean cuisine is equally as varied.

Dental Elevator and Luxator Market: Industry Analysis, Trend, Demand and Global Forecast to 2024

PUNE, MAHARASHTRA , INDIA , February 21, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Dental Luxator and Elevator Market: Dental luxator Periotome are specially designed periodontal ligament knifes with a fine tapering blade that compresses the aveolar, cuts the membrane to enable the dentist to gently ease the tooth from its socket. The extraction operation may be performed with the minimum amount of tissue damage.

Keighley Town Council issues warning to fend off bird flu threat

OUTBREAKS of avian flu creeping closer to Keighley have prompted Keighley Town Council’s allotments officer to issue a warning to allotment holders who keep poultry or other captive birds. Lee Senior said the council is aware of instances of this disease as close as Gargrave and Addingham , adding that the town council is continuing to take advice from the Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Teenager, 18, with Tourette’s films himself using a hose

Teenager, 18, with Tourette’s films himself swearing constantly while using a hose to highlight his struggle with physical and verbal tics A teenager with Tourette’s has revealed footage showing how the syndrome makes him struggle with simple everyday tasks like using a hose. Lewis Nickell, 18, asked his brother to film him using the water jet in their garden in Bangor, Northern Ireland, to highlight his struggle with physical and vocal tics.

SW China province reports two H7N9 cases

Two human H7N9 avian flu cases were reported Tuesday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, bringing the number of infections in the province this year to eight, including two fatalities. Both patients had contact with live poultry and no symptoms have been observed among those in close contact with them, according to the provincial health and family planning commission.

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A BLIND World War Two veteran from Stafford has been formally presented with France’s highest honour for his part in the liberation of France. Rowland Edwards, 93, received the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur during a special ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum.

Bank funds cancer treatment*Feb. 19, 2017, 10:28 PM Ast

CHAT: Dr Curt Bodkyn, from right, paediatric oncologist lecturer/Unit Coordinator Child Health, The University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, chats with Lisa Francis-Mc Carthy, administrator of RBC Children’s Cancer Fund, Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society; Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh; and Gretchen Camacho-Mohammed, regional operating officer, RBC Royal Bank Trinidad & Tobago, during the tour of the Children’s Clinic of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where the RBC-donated Flow Cytometer will be housed.

Māori and Pacific more vulnerable to pancreas diseases

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of acute pancreatitis in the world with Maori and Pacific people at more than double the risk of developing pancreatitis and post-pancreatitis diabetes than New Zealand Europeans. A nationwide study on the frequency of inflammatory diseases of the pancreas and post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus, showed that the New Zealand risk is twice that of Western Europe and has nearly doubled over the past decade.