Mobile phones filthier than toilet seat
September 2nd, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Mobile phones are actually filthier than toilet seats because they are never cleaned even after being handled by different people, thus swarming with germs, say researchers.Tests ... Read more...
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Lift buttons 40 times filthier than toilet seats
September 27th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 27 (IANS) A lift button swarms with nearly 40 times as many bacteria as a public toilet seat.
A study carried out in hotels, restaurants, banks, offices and airports found 313 ... Read more...
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Soap ingredient could treat parasitic disease that affects 2 billion
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Soap, toothpaste, odour-fighting socks, and even computer keyboards contain an anti bacterial ingredient that could treat a parasitic disease that affects almost two billion people, reports a new ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
School children paint their faces with new Rupee symbol to create awareness
August 1st, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Jehovah. GCoimbatore, August 1 (ANI): School children in Coimbatore paint their faces to create awareness of the new currency symbol of Rupee."We have drawn this symbol on our faces to ... Read more...
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Mobiles have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handle
July 28th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) The average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed.
One of the phones in the test ... Read more...
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Keyboards ‘more contaminated with bacteria than emergency departments’
June 4th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 4 (ANI): Computer keyboards in hospitals can be more contaminated with bacteria than emergency departments, a new American study has shown.The study conducted at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found ... Read more...
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American teen to undergo surgery on both wrists after heavy texting
March 22nd, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, March 22 (ANI): Heavy texting on the cell phone proved quite expensive for Annie Levitz - the schoolgirl has lost feeling in her hands and will now have to undergo surgery ... Read more...
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Simple ways to protect your child from swine flu
September 20th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): As swine flu continues to infect school kids, parental anxieties have stirred up with each one trying to be cautious enough to avoid the spread of HINI virus ... Read more...
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Now, a device to automatically sanitize hard-to-clean hospital equipment
August 1st, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 1 (ANI): Experts at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have unveiled a prototype device that automatically sanitizes all sorts of hard-to-clean equipment in the highly trafficked hospital emergency department ... Read more...
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Shared keyboards are hot spots for infection
July 2nd, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 2 (IANS) Do you frequent a cyber cafe? If yes, then think twice as shared keyboards in cyber cafes and elsewhere are swarming with deadly germs and are potential sources ... Read more...
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Computer criminals can hear what you type on a keyboard
October 22nd, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 22 (ANI): Swiss researchers have shown that computer criminals can misuse the electromagnetic signals produced by when buttons on a keyboard to eavesdrop on what a user types.
Martin ... Read more...
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Computer keyboards are filthier than loo seats!
May 1st, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by admin
London, May 1 (ANI): The next you go on a clean home drive make sure to head first to the computer and then the toilet seats, for according to a new ... Read more...
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Crime TV series methods could help battle hospital infections
April 24th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by admin
London, April 24 (IANS) Inspired by popular TV serial "CSI", medical investigators in Holland have applied its forensic methods to pinpoint potential hospital infection risks. For example, they applied Luminol at Deventer ... Read more...
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