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Banning Smoking in the Home Helps Infants

...m the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, found banning smoking in the home was associated with a small bu...s needed to determine if measures less strict than banning smoking, like opening windows and using fans while smoking will have any effect on infant cotinine l...

Antidepressants Harmful for Kids

...nts in children, they did not recommend completely banning the use of the drugs. They say the drugs may still be appropriate for some children, such as those who cannot tolerate Prozac or children who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. They also say children who are currently taking the drugs should ...

Limiting Infants Exposure To Smoke At Home

...m the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, found banning smoking in the home was associated with a small bu...s needed to determine if measures less strict than banning smoking, like opening windows and using fans while smoking will have any effect on infant cotinine l...

Beef, Pork Ban Hit Bhutan Restaurateurs

...e in Bhutan have been hit hard with the government banning the sale of beef and pork following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the kingdom.// A Bhutan government spokesperson said cases of the contagious viral disease that affects all species of cloven-hoofed animals were being reported since the b...

Vitamin Supplements - Good, The Bad And The Ugly

...d bone fractures. A new European Union directive banning the sale of high-dose supplements is expected to come into force in August. -(DPA) Medindia on Immune System: Damage to the body caused by injury or disease is repaired naturally by the growth and spread of new tissue to replace damaged ones. T...

Consumers Worried About Trans-Fats The Most

... in Canada. The Canadian government is considering banning trans-fat in all food products. In the U.S., labeling trans-fat will be required starting on January 1, 2006. The US government does not seem to have any intention to ban use of trans-fats in foods in the foreseeable future. Source: North American ...

French and wine: inseparable and just perfect?

...ort also calls for a strict application of the law banning sale of alcohol to under 16 year olds. The report recommending warning labels is the controversy riser. There is a large hue and cry over this latest report and a rift has been created between wine manufacturers and the government. Another point in ...

Archaic Law Hindering HIV Prevention In Namibian Prisons

A 30-year-old law in Namibia banning male-to-male sex is coming in the way of condom distribution in the country's prisons and hindering HIV prevention efforts, according to HIV/AIDS advocates.// Government officials hold the view that condom distribution would promote sex between men,...

Mexican candies with lead content banned

Department of Health Services would be banning Mexican candies with lead contents for sale in United States. Following reports of high levels of lead// in Mexican candies the Officials have banned the sale of Mexican brand of candies with high amount of lead. It is known that there are more than...

Bush asks for complete ban on Reproductive cloning

...an President George W. Bush as called for complete banning on human cloning including embryonic stem cell research for cloning and as asked to reduce the medical // liability system; the President is in all praise for the change in culture among the American people which has reduced the number of abortions a...

Female Foeticide Practiced More By Educated People

...e more active in implementation of the legislation banning the misuse of modern technologies for selective abortions. Last month, five clinics in New Delhi were sealed for violating the law and for not maintaining proper records. To check the problem, the monitoring committee is keen to involve civil socie...

Smoking Ban To Be Soon Implemented In South East Asian Bars

...uments to include bars and night clubs in the bill banning smoking in hotel lobbies, but the minister was ready to sign them.' Thailand, which along with Singapore is at the forefront of the region's anti-smoking campaign, has enacted a host of restrictions on the tobacco industry including bans on cigarett...

Don’t forsake the chicken: Cooked poultry free from bird fl

...ictions, including Japan and Hong Kong temporarily banning the imports of French poultry.// Due to this development World Health Organization publicly stated that cooked poultry does not transmit bird flu, with intentions to ease consumers' fears and concerns. In its statement, "The World Health Organizati...

To safeguard poultry farmers a Rs. 35-crore fund set up.

...rd vaccine, sealing of seven border districts, and banning of transport of poultry from neighboring States. Stocking of the drug, Tamiflu, will be in adequate quantities in case of outbreak of flu. So Karnataka is all prepared for the eventuality....

Abortions Banned In South Dakota

The governor of South Dakota signed a law banning abortions, which may be a challenging to the women's right to abortion and also which may trigger national debate. // The law was essentially designed to challenge a 1973 US Supreme Court decision, known as Roe vs. Wade, that made it legal for wome...

New Generation Teenagers Addiction to Prescription Drugs

...o such a problem would be to control abuse without banning drugs that do more good than harm to society. Government statistics show that teenagers are not the only prescription drug abusers. The number of people over the age of 55 treated for abuse of opiates has nearly doubled between 1995 and 2002....

Say no to smoking: passive smokers may develop diabetes

...Diabetes UK said, "If we needed another reason for banning smoking in public places, the risk of blindness, heart disease and amputation that can be caused by Type 2 diabetes should be pretty compelling. Diabetes is already increasing at an alarming rate and lifestyle factors definitely play a huge role in t...

Advertisements in High School Newspapers Encourage Students to Sport a Tan

...cers mandates a public health policy response. The banning of youth-directed advertising of other carcinogens, namely tobacco, provides a model for public policy response. Further advocacy of legislative restrictions on tanning marketing to adolescents should be adopted....

Antibiotics Used In Food Animals Causes Antibiotic Resistance In People

...ss. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed banning fluoroquinolones in poultry in 2000, but were finally enacted in September 2005. Reducing the use of antibiotics in food animals, along with the suggestions by the researchers regarding the sensible use of fluoroquinolones in clinical settings coul...

Diclofenac Drug Banned By MP Government Over Vulture Deaths

...he conference felt that there should be urgency in banning the drug. The central government has selected a forest sanctuary at Bhopal under its vulture augmentation scheme, which would be executed by the Van Vihar (forest department), Bhopal. "Besides, the Ratapani, Singhori and Narsingharh sanctuaries,...

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