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Researchers Develop Non-Invasive Electric Patch To Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles developed a non-invasive electric patch to treat the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The electric patch uses trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) technique to stimulate the nucleus tractus solitaries to produce pain killer compounds in the brain.


Obesity in Children Increased Dramatically, WHO Seeks Political Commitment In Tackling The Issue

Childhood obesity has increased drastically worldwide and WHO seeks political involvement in handling the issue. About 48% of obese and overweight children aged 5 and below reportedly belong to Asia and Africa.

Argentina Is Facing The Worst Ever Locust Plague In 60 years

Argentinean farmers are reportedly facing the worst kind of locust plague ever in the last 60 years. The plague if not contained could lead to severe crop infestation, resulting in starvation and famine.

Angelsense, An App That Tracks The Location Of Your Autistic Child Ensuring More Safety

Angelsense is an application that can be used to track the locations of children with autism. Children with autism are often wandering off. With the features in this application, parents can find out where their children are, and also receive alert messages if their children move to unusual locations.


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Atari will release a new Atari game collection, which consists of 100 re-imagined classic games. The Atari Vault will also include the iconic titles, such as Tempest and Asteroids. The launch is expected to be done in Spring this year. There are some upgrades and new features added in the games that will make fans feel the classic experience in this modern time.
This year's winter in Delhi, India has been particularly cold with temperatures hitting 14 degrees Celcius affecting thousands of homeless who live on pavements under the open skies. NGOs have come to their rescue providing temporary shelters made of materials like bamboo, reinforcing rods, canvas, and net to keep away disease borne mosquitoes. At least 7 bodies have been found in several areas in Delhi of homeless people having died of winter cold. The government has also provided services to rescue homeless in distress.
Pennsylvanian small-animal dealer Holmes Chinchilla Ranch and Other Small Animals Inc is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over substandard conditions of facilities.
The media research firm Nielsen will enhance its methods for measuring people’s TV watching activities using the new “Social Content Ranking,” which will use Facebook and Twitter for their surveys.
A new app called Nutriray3D lets users to scan their food to determine calorie and nutrient count, but the company is still raising $50,000-worth of funds.
BBC journalist Rana Rahimpour who has a dual British-Iranian nationality was restricted from flying to the US due to changes to visa rules. Journalist deemed the new rules unfair.
The raiding of the party drug factories unravels that the drugs didn't come from foreign countries but instead being manufactured in India. The factories already have the license to manufacture drugs but were misusing the license to produce party drugs. Next, the agencies will trace back where the basic chemicals for the mass production of the party drug are originated.
The move to legalize online poker started six months ago and a few changes have been seen since then. The legalization is expected to stop illegal online gambling that has been going on in the country since the activity was banned, and in turn, could also increase tax revenues for Russia. The rest of terms and time measures on this remain unknown.
Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company launched an initiative that would help university and nonprofits researchers for the next three years, by donating $1 billion worth of Microsoft Cloud Services.
After the remelting scandal that hit Mast Brothers’ hipster chocolate, certain retail stores selling the product claim that sales of the bar went down by 66 percent.
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