INSIGHT: Study: Vision loss improves hearing sense

>Try closing your eyes for a minute. Without the luxury of vision, your sense of hearing seems to kick into overdrive, with every rustle and stir sounding louder and clearer. Sit in darkness long enough and your brain may end up rewiring itself to turn you into a super-listener.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

16 Oct

New Study Finds that Orange Maize Improves Vitamin A in Children

Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa

Just ahead of World Food Day, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (http://goo.gl/AwrAkl) has established that ‘orange’ vitamin A maize increases vitamin A storage in the body. This maize has been conventionally bred (non-GMO) to have higher levels of beta-carotene, a naturally occurring plant pigment that the body then converts into vitamin A.

Lack of sufficient vitamin A blinds up to 500,000...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Apr

HEALTH: Noise making vs hearing loss in TZ

A lot has been written and said about noise pollution, particularly in urban areas. In Tanzania, after a long silence on the social and health hazards due to the problem, tough legislation have been passed in a bid to punish noise makers.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Mar

Millions of youth face hearing loss

>You probably hear it in your neighbourhood -- that loud recreational sound from a local club.

 

5 years ago

The Irish News

05 Mar

Teacher tells of shock at waking up to find he had suffered hearing loss overnight

Teacher tells of shock at waking up to find he had suffered hearing loss overnight  The Irish News

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Feb

INSIGHT: Technology helps keep couples together: Study

>Technology helps bring married couples closer together even though the use of electronic devices can be a source of tension, a US survey shows.

 

5 years ago

Deccan Herald

10 Apr

Global warming to cause 'catastrophic' species loss: study

Global warming to cause 'catastrophic' species loss: study  Deccan HeraldView Full coverage on Google News

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

17 May

INSIGHT: Shorter men likely to live longer: Study

>Here’s some good news for gents who may have been robbed of a few inches in height: A new study shows that shorter men may live longer. In fact, according to data culled from researchers out of the University of Hawaii, the taller the men, the shorter they lived.

 

5 years ago

CNET

01 Apr

Coronavirus study finds 'surprising' link between infection and loss of smell

Coronavirus study finds 'surprising' link between infection and loss of smell  CNETCells’ Response to SARS-CoV-2 Different from Flu, RSV  The ScientistShould pets be tested for coronavirus?  Science MagazineFive things we still don't know about the coronavirus  Times of IndiaWhat is coronavirus and Covid-19? An explainer  CNNView Full coverage on Google News

 

5 years ago

Daily Sabah

10 Apr

Global warming to cause 'catastrophic' species loss around world, study finds

Global warming to cause 'catastrophic' species loss around world, study finds  Daily SabahView Full coverage on Google News

 

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