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Yawning Actually Helps You Keep Awake

...making it operate more efficiently. So rather than promoting sleep, yawning may help keep us awake. The resea...iently. According to our hypothesis, rather than promoting sleep, yawning should antagonise sleep. We think contagious yawning is triggered by empathic mechani...

Young Girls Turning to Speed for Losing Weight

... drug induced look. 'The use of skinny models is promoting a drug-induced look as fashionable, something we should clamp down on, Taylor said....

Organically Grown Food More Healthier

...t-chain fatty acids do not seem to have the health promoting benefits offered by long-chain omega-3 oils found in oily fish. The Soil Association is now pressing the Food Standards Agency to review its guidance on the merits of organic as opposed to conventional fruit and vegetables. Peter Melchett, its pol...

Air Pollution in India Causes 527,700 Deaths a Year

...projects ranging from rural poverty alleviation to promoting sustainable development. Yet Internet access to certain World Bank reports on China is now being blocked in Beijing. An official said the World Bank is still holding talks with Beijing on the final version of the pollution risk report, which is...

Eco-architecture Takes Root in Thailand, but Growth is Slow

...environmental plan for the capital, which included promoting energy-efficient buildings. But as yet, no incentives or laws for green buildings have been put forward. Nikom Wairachpanit, director of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's environment department, says they will switch to energy-saving light ...

No Progress in France on 'skinny Model' Charter

... awareness about the risks of eating disorders and promoting a healthy body image, rather than setting rules about body mass index (BMI). Concern over teenage anorexia and over-thin models mounted following the deaths of two South American models last year. In France, agencies require a government-register...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...rs - Orphan executives pleaded guilty to illegally promoting their drug Xyrem. That medication has been appro...g other things, Orphan's employees were accused of promoting the drug as a treatment for chronic pain, weight loss, depression, bipolar disorders and Parkinson's...

Researchers Find New Target for Anti-cancer Drugs

...gent in human cancer patients. Secreted proteins promoting the growth of blood vessels in tumours have been successfully neutralized in the past with antibodies. We believe that IL-6 is a viable target for drugs that holds promise in the treatment of cancers dependent on the ras oncogene, Brooke Ancrile, a g...

Hospital Provides an Oppurtunity to Quit Smoking

...ontinue after hospital discharge, are effective in promoting smoking cessation, says Rigotti....

India Requires Over $200 Bn to Provide Quality Healthcare

... expanding medical education and training, thereby promoting India as a global hub for quality and affordable healthcare services. It has also urged that the sector be granted industrial status, making provision for soft loans from public sector banks and reducing customs duty on medical equipments. To pro...

FICCI Proposes Models To Solve Indias Healthcare Crisis

... expanding medical education and training, thereby promoting India as a global hub for quality and affordable healthcare services. To promote India as a healthcare hub, FICCI has suggested bilateral initiatives like a Joint Economic Trade Committee (JETCO) between Britain and India, business-to-business faci...

Angelina Jolie Wants No Fewer Than 14 Kids!

... she said. The actress has been in New York City promoting her and Pitt's new movie A Mighty Heart, which premiered on June 14. Jolie also talked about asking journalists to sign a contract before talking to her. "There was a memo that went out to ask people if they would sign it that said, 'Don't get in...

Milk Firms in Philippines Violate Breastfeeding Code: WHO

...hilippines are violating a law that bars them from promoting their product as a substitute for breastfeeding, W...alth Department order that would extend the ban on promoting infant formula for children up to two years old....

Decline in Breastfeeding Linked to Child Deaths in Asia: UNICEF

...alled on countries in the region to invest more in promoting breastfeeding and to warn people of "the dangers of breast milk substitutes." WHO regional director Shigeru Omi warned that "breastfeeding rates declined in most developing countries in East Asia and the Pacific where just over one-third of mother...

Kerala to Set Up Holistic Tourism Centre to Promote Medical Tourism

...eport is submitted we will take concrete steps for promoting medical tourism in a big way. There is already a steady inflow of foreign tourists for medical needs. Five years from now, we expect an increase of 100,000 medical tourists every year," Balakrishnan said. Foreigners are arriving in Kerala's top hos...

Buckyball Has the Ability to Fight Against Allergy: Research

...s are quickly released into the tissues and blood, promoting an allergic response. The researchers found that the unique structure of the buckyball allows it to attach to free radicals noticeably better than any anti-oxidant currently available, such as vitamin E. Free radicals are molecules that cause oxida...

Indian Projects Win Top Ashden Awards

... from SKG Sangha in Karnataka won the second prize promoting food security. The award carries a grant of 10,000 pounds and is used for improving the lives of rural communities in Karnataka, by supplying them with both dung based biogas plants for cooking and a specially designed unit that turns the slurry fro...

Consume Less, Experts Advise as Malthusian Nightmare Returns to Haunt West

...od, accused the US and EU of "total hypocrisy" for promoting ethanol production in order to reduce their dependence on imported oil. He said producing ethanol instead of food would condemn hundreds of thousands of people to death from hunger. Robert Thomas Malthus was a political economist who shot to promin...

India to Get a Taste of 'British' Curries

...is shooting a television cooking show in New Delhi promoting British cuisine with an Indian twist, a combination she has dubbed Brit-Indi, and which has made her famous back in Britain. On the menu during the 40-part series are mango crumble, baked beans balti, couscous salad and the Scottish dessert cranacha...

Patient Confidentiality Must Be Ensured-UNAIDS

...ng day. In conjunction with the national goal of promoting public awareness and prevention of HIV, the Department of Health in differents are encouraging all sexually active citizens to get tested for HIV. 'Getting people tested is the first step in linking infected people to appropriate care, treatment...

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