New Tiny Water Mites Described In South Korea And The Russian Far East
Pensoft Publishers Water mites of the family Torrenticolidae are tiny, heavily sclerotized and crawling water creatures presently known from all continents except Antarctica. More than 400 species are described so far but this is expected to be...
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This Summer, De Hygienique (DH) adds another state-of-the-art cleaning technology – a new rug cleaning service – to their slew of cleaning solutions. Singapore (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Besides the numerous eye catching, huge price slashing discount posters displayed on shopping malls along the whole of Orchard road that marks the beginning of Great Singapore Sale shopping season, another not-to-be-missed element that ushers in the mood is mid-year cleaning. This year, De Hygienique have...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online By studying dust mites, two University of Michigan biologists claim to have found evidence that contracts Dollo’s law – a long standing scientific belief claiming evolution is irreversible. According to Pavel Klimov and Barry O’Connor of the Ann Arbor-based university’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the free-living dust mites that typically inhabit our homes evolved from parasites. Those...
COIT, a leading supplier of specialty cleaning and disaster restoration services headquartered in San Francisco, is offering tips for dealing with cold weather allergies. Many of COIT’s customers express surprise when they experience allergy symptoms before spring arrives, but according to the company certain allergies can be aggravated by the long months spent indoors. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 If someone has been coughing, sneezing, or experiencing watery or itchy eyes,...
Allergy Asthma Technology now provides allergy free blankets that ensure allergy sufferers will be able to lounge or sleep allergy-free. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 Although the winter season is generally when allergy sufferers get a break from the annoyance of outdoor allergens, other allergens can still lurk indoors and affect those prone to allergies. Allergy Asthma Technology’s allergy free blankets and bedding prevent allergens from latching to or penetrating its surface,...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Three years of allergy shots - or immunotherapy - may be enough to control allergic asthma, according to research published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. "The recommended duration of immunotherapy for long-term effectiveness has been three to five years," Iwona Stelmach, MD, PhD, lead study author, said. "Our research shows that three years is an adequate duration for the treatment of childhood asthma associated with...
BISMARCK, N.D., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- October is National Indoor Air Month, and the American Lung Association in North Dakota is offering a few tips about health concerns that could be in lurking in North Dakota homes. While the big weather story this year has been drought, not flooding, mold is still a real concern for many homeowners. It can grow unseen inside of walls, ceilings and floors, wherever there is enough warmth, moisture and food for the mold to...
Enzymes in ripe bananas found to have drawing action aiding in removal of Lyme Disease inducing tick parts, splinters, thorns and slivers of glass. South Salem, NY (PRWEB) July 10, 2012 Banana for a splinter – a parent’s dream solution! Most adults have painful childhood memories about having splinters removed and, as parents, dread the day they have to remove one from their own child. Sterilized needles and holding the screaming child down is a thing of the past…grab a banana...
Risks of the Alpha-Gal meat allergy as a result of Lone Star Tick bites can be reduced near the home with nearly invisible DeerBusters.com's Deer Fencing. Frederick, MD (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 Summer has finally arrived and that means picnics, hikes, trips to the lake and ticks. Ticks are not only a nuisance they are a dangerous insect that can lead to Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, and now according to University of Virginia a meat allergy. University of...
NEW YORK, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a Statement by Dr. Peter Daszak, President, EcoHealth Alliance: EcoHealth Alliance, an organization with a long history of ground-breaking work on species declines by our disease discovery experts, welcomes the publication of two new papers on the critical issue of honey bee colony declines, focusing on the role of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. The mite was introduced in South America in the late 1970s,...
A continued increase of Lyme disease in the United States, once linked to a recovering deer population, may instead be explained by a decline of the red fox, UC Santa Cruz researchers suggest in a new study. The team's findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveal that although deer populations have stabilized, Lyme disease has increased across the northeastern and midwestern United States over the past three decades. The increase coincides with...
