WHO writes new prescription to prevent misuse of antibiotics
WHO estimates that more than 50% of antibiotics in many countries are used in appropriately for treatment of viruses,when they only treat bacterial infections or are the wrong choice of antibiotic, which contributing to the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
# The WHO issue new prescription - Rx : Keep it simple, to combat the growing menace of antibiotic abuse and burgeoning resistance world wide.
# It aims to increase the proportion of global consumption of antibiotics in the "Access" group to at least 60% and to reduce the use of antibiotics most at the risk of resistance.
# In India, Health Ministry has made it mandatory to display a 5 mm thick red vertical band on the packaging of the prescription - only drug to sensitive people to be cautious while buying these medicines that are widely sold without any prescription.
# WHO suggested the adoption of "Access, Watch and Reserve", that specifies which antibiotics to used for the most common and serious infections, which on is ought to be available at all time in the healthcare system and those that must be sparingly or reserved and used only as last resort.
Earliest signs of Parkinson's disease in brain finds by Scientists
Scientists reveals that they had found the earliest signs of Parkinson's disease in the brain years before patients showed any symptoms.
# It lead to better screening for at-risk people.
# The Disease is diagnosed by a build-up in the brain of a specific protein, a synuclein, the cause of which is unclear.
# The Serotonin system in the brain of Parkinson's sufferers started to malfunction well before other symptoms occurred.
# Serotonin function was an excellent marker for how advanced Parkinson's disease has become.
Cognitive miser
This refers to the theory of human behaviour which states that the human brain tries to expend the least amount of energy to solve the various problem that is encounter in daily life.
# According to theory, the human brain is similar to a miser who economises when it comes to expending money.
# Such tendency to conserve energy causes human being to arrive at simplistic, and often wrong , solution to issue that might actually require a sophisticated solution requires a significant amount of energy.
G20 agrees to tackle ocean plastic waste
A new implementation framework for actions to tackle the issue of marine plastic waste on the global scale is adopted by the group of 20 Environmental Ministers on two day Ministerial meeting held in Japan.
# One of the top issues was Ocean plastic waste as images of plastic debris-strewn beaches and dead animals with stomach full of plastic have sparked outrage with many countries banning plastic bags outright.
# Japan offers to lead the world in reducing marine plastic trash, including developing biodegradable and other innovations.
# The new framework is aimed to facilitating further concrete action on marine waste, though on a voluntary basis, after the G20 Hamburg summit in Germany adopted the "G20 action plan on marine litter " in 2017.
# Under new framework, G20 members will promote a comprehensive approach to prevent the reduce plastic litter discharge to the oceans through various measures and international cooperation.
Bitcoin use causing huge CO2 emissions
The use of cryptocurrency Bitcoins emits 22 mega tonnes of carbon dioxide annually according to a study.
# For a Bitcoin transfer is to be executed and validated, a mathematical puzzle must be solved by an arbitrary computer in the global Bitcoin network, which anyone can join, rewards the puzzle solver in Bitcoin.
# The computing capacity used in this process is known as Bitcoin mining.
# Researchers in Germany, carried out most detailed calculation of the carbon footprint of the Bitcoin system to date.
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