Is Dry January a good thing?
Dr May van Schalkwyk from the University of Edinburgh shares her thoughts with Drs Chris and Xand on What’s Up Docs? Source link
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Liquor worth Rs 23 crore seized in dry Bihar since announcement of Assembly polls
Enforcement agencies have seized liquor, cash, drugs and freebies with a combined value of Rs 64.13 crore across Bihar since the announcement of the schedule for the assembly elections on October 6, officials said on Monday. These seizures include liquor worth Rs 23.41 crore in dry Bihar, they said. The police and other agencies concerned … Read more
Telangana mulls one more plastics park near Shamshabad, first dry port in Medak
TGIIC Vice-Chairman and MD E. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy (third from left) with TAAPMA leaders at a conference in Hyderabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: Arrangement Setting up one more industrial park exclusively for firms focused on plastics to the south of Shamshabad airport as well as the State’s first dry port in Medak district’s Manoharabad … Read more
A health scheme in Kerala that is bleeding hospitals dry
The outpatient ward at the Municipal Corporation Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Public hospitals in Kerala are paying a heavy price for the State government’s administrative inefficiency in running Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP), the health insurance scheme covering nearly 42 lakh families. The scheme that wins Kerala laurels from … Read more
Record Dry January saved the average person £118
This January was the driest in history with a survey suggesting one in five drinkers gave up alcohol. Source link
Assault on minor domestic help: Delhi’s dirty linen hung out to dry
On the morning of July 19, the same day that a video clip of the sexual assault on women in Manipur went viral and shook the country, social media threw up another series of disturbing images. Except these were from a middle-class neighbourhood in Delhi, and featured a couple, the woman in pilot’s uniform, being … Read more
Dry January: I stopped drinking and never really went back
With Dry January under way, more people are choosing to reduce alcohol consumption year round. Source link
Dumfries Alpha Solway factory to close after NHS orders for PPE dry up
Alpha Solway is to shut a new plant built to cope with the Covid pandemic, with the loss of 65 jobs. Source link
Preventing Eczema in Babies With Dry Skin
Does your baby have flaky, irritated, cracked skin? About 1 in 5 kids gets eczema. For some, it’s the first symptom of a lifetime of allergies. Infants who have eczema are more likely to develop hay fever and asthma later. Doctors refer to this type of allergic disease progression as “atopic … Read more
Know the Signs of ‘Dry Drowning’ and ‘Secondary Drowning’
You pay close attention to your kids when they’re swimming or playing in the pool, splashing in the ocean. You make sure a lifeguard is on hand, and you never leave your little ones alone near any water — even the tub. And that’s the right thing to do. But there’s still more you can … Read more