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Sydney, Sep 17 (IANS) Surgical masks offer doctors no protection against a pandemic and need to be replaced, says a new study. The study by University of New South Wales (UNSW), which compared the efficiency of various masks, found that specialised respirators (N95 masks) offer the best protection to health workers. This is the first study to compare the efficiency of various masks, and it revealed that surgical masks offer no protection at all to either influenza or respiratory disease. N95 masks provided 75 percent protection against proven influenza infection and 56 percent protection against proven respiratory viral infections. The findings could revolutionise current medical practice, which relies on surgical masks providing defence against influenza when vaccines aren't available. The protection of health workers is crucial, as they are at the front line of an effective pandemic response, according to Raina MacIntyre, UNSW professor, who led the study. The results su...

Suggesting the symbolic power of money, a new study has found that counting money makes people feel better about themselves -- even if it isn't your own. According the study, published in Psychological Science, the psychological benefits increase feelings of internal strength, fearlessness and confidence, prompting a researcher to suggest that counting cash before a night out could also help men approach women in bars. A series of studies which tested the symbolic power of money found that although it may not buy us love, it does has a strong effect on our emotions, the Daily Telegraph reported today. "Maybe young men who are going out to bars to try to meet women should count money," co-researcher Dr Roy Baumeister, of Florida State University, was quoted as saying by the British daily. "These effects speak of the power of money, even as a symbol, to change perceptions of very real feelings such as pain," said study leader Kathleen Vohs, of Minnesota Univers...

Prasun Sonwalkar London, Sep 17 (PTI) Almost two-thirds of UK companies expect to earn more than 20 per cent of their revenues from emerging markets like India and China within the next five years, according to a new government survey. Nearly 60 per cent of the 540 senior executives from 19 business sectors questioned in the Government-commissioned survey said that they expected to reach this level by 2014, almost doubling the 31 per cent who say they have already done so. Almost 77 per cent of the companies questioned said they expect the prospects for the world economy to improve during 2010-11, with emerging markets providing support for global profitability. The survey, commissioned by UK Trade and Investment, was released as Business Secretary Lord Mandelson asked UK firms to step up their efforts to seek out opportunities in the emerging markets. Lord Mandelson is scheduled to address the Economist Emerging Markets Summit in London. According to him, UK companies should be strat...

Bangalore, Sep 12 (IANS) With the H1N1 virus claiming 53 lives in Karnataka, the state authorities are blaming frequently travelling IT professionals and pollution in cities like Bangalore for the surge in swine flu cases. 'We are trying our best to control it. But look at the pollution level in cities like Bangalore - it is compounding the problem of swine flu,' Karnataka principal secretary (Health) I.R. Perumal told IANS. 'Pollution and less precaution on the part of IT people have worsened the situation. IT people travel a lot and during the initial days they hardly took any precaution,' said Perumal. In terms of swine flu fatalities, Karnataka is second only to Maharashtra, which has seen 72 deaths from the disease so far. The health secretary said even companies like Infosys had failed to do their duty in helping people take precaution against the disease, which has affected nearly 700 people in the state. 'They have become conscious, but initially none of ...