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Air pollution
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Air Pollution Kills 7 million people a year- WHO

May 2, 2018 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

9 people out of 10 here on earth breathe polluted air says World Health Organization in a recent news release. According to their  report updated estimations have revealed that around …

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Manganeses in Well water
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We Should Worry about the Manganese Levels in our Drinking Water – Study Suggests

November 17, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Sr Lanka, a well known battle ground for the war against the Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin is yet to identify the real cause behind this deadly condition. Number …

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Antibiotics
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The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms

September 25, 2017November 21, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

A report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis, launched last week by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under …

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We Should Worry about the Manganese Levels in our Drinking Water – Study Suggests

August 29, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Sr Lanka, a well known battle ground for the war against the Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin is yet to identify the real cause behind this deadly condition. Number …

We Should Worry about the Manganese Levels in our Drinking Water – Study Suggests Read More
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Sri Lankan Scientist at UNC to Test Therapeutic HIV Vaccine

July 26, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

By Akila Wijerathna Yapa A multidisciplinary research team lead by Prof. Nilu Goonetilleke at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), will lead the study testing a therapeutic …

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Over 100 lives “Re-shaped….

July 4, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

The ‘Obesity Surgery Patient Support Group’ has decided to gather yet again on the 9th of July from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm at the Victorian hall, Kingsbury hotel, Colombo. …

Over 100 lives “Re-shaped…. Read More
Health sciences / News

Green and Black Tea may have Antiparasitic Properties!

June 28, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

This Article originally appeared on “Hanthana Vision” Magazine, which is the research magazine of University of Peradeniya. To read more about “Hanthana Vision Magazine” Click here Toxocara canis is a …

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Health sciences / News

Prevent malaria – save lives: WHO push for prevention on World Malaria Day, Today

April 25, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

At an event on the eve of World Malaria Day in Nairobi, WHO called today for accelerated scale-up of efforts to prevent malaria and save lives. Even though Sri Lanka …

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Garbage Problem: A Look at How Other Countries are Tackling this Issue?

April 20, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Sri Lanka as a small island nation which is in a booming development drive have been engaged in a battle against a worsening problem of garbage in most of it’s …

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1.7 million Children Die Every Year Due to Environmental Pollution – Says a WHO Report

March 7, 2017 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

For every country, the economic development comes with a cost, and most of the time it’s the environment that is affected directly by the activities related to development. A recent …

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