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Eat Fruits- Keep Diseases at Bay

... surveys and may reflect changes in diet that were adopted by all race¨Cgender groups. Dr. Ashima Kant, PhD, Queens College of the City University of New York, concludes, "Dietary intake trends in blacks and whites over the past several decades appear to be similar?asuggesting that previously identified di...

Medical Fraternity Criticizes Doctor’s Recruitment Proces

...families condemning the latest selection procedure adopted by the government. According to Cameron, the new computerized system of hiring junior doctors should be replaced by the old procedure of interview system. A review of the new procedure has been ordered by the government and if it found the online sys...

NHS Leaner by 11000 Employees

... cuts in the NHS workforce.” According to him, the adopted measures are bound to negatively impact patients and services. While reiterating that the numbers, spanning the whole of UK are only an estimation, the Department of Health spokesman said "We must get this in context, there are 1.36 million staff w...

Spain Launches Movement Against Skinny Fashion Models

...es of Barcelona and Valencia, though they have not adopted rules as strict as those in Madrid, he explained. "We are pioneers" in what is evolving into an international movement, the spokesman says. The first step was taken by the Pasarela Cibeles, Madrid's top fashion show is in September. The show ex...

French Women can Get Fat

...s stars to promote junk food to kids. Britain has adopted nutritional guidance for food packages. Hopefully, the French will think twice before succumbing to foods high in sugar, salt and fat. NN...

Mothers Gives ‘thumbs Up’ for Traffic Light Labelig

...ling over the guideline daily amount system (GDA), adopted by most food companies. In the former system, akin to traffic lights, each color signifies an amount. For example, red signifies high, amber, medium and green, low. Foods like savory snacks may carry labels showing red lights for high fat content, ...

Srinagar Plagued by Stray Dog Menace

...with little option, the municipal authorities have adopted dog eradication programmes to check the menace. 'We eradicated over 6,200 dogs last year. We plan to reduce the population of stray dogs in the city by three times this year. This programme will begin by next month,' said Syed Haque Nawaz, the muni...

AMA Calls For Ban On Duty-Free Cigarettes

...ce the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was adopted by the World Health Assembly, and yet the Australian Government continues to allow the sale of duty-free cigarettes, to travelling citizens and visitors alike,” Dr Haikerwal said. “The health argument against smoking speaks for itself. “Action ...

E.U. Panel Backs Novartis' Mock-up Pandemic Flu Vaccine

Europe's main medical regulator said it has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for Focetria, from Novartis //AG (NVS) Vaccines and Diagnostics unit. Focetria is a mock-up pandemic influenza vaccine, intended for the prevention of influenza during an of...

Developing Countries may Fail MDG Sanitation Targets

... According to Davis, even if extra measures were adopted to help developing nations meet the sanitation target, there would still be problems maintaining the facilities after the 2015 goal passes. She highlighted the urgent need for developing countries to improve engineering capacity through training an...

Spirited, Smiling Young Warriors Take on Cancer

... first year of graduation. The Cankids group has adopted 650 kids to provide them medical assistance in various hospitals like AIIMS and Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (IRCH) in the capital. They are also helping 170 children, who are battling cancer or are cancer survivors, in their educational endea...

India Lags Far Behind in Controlling Maternal Deaths

...homes and financial accessibility, which have been adopted in countries like Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Bolivia and Honduras have greatly helped. These nations have been able to reduce their MMR by 52 percent. In India, only 40 percent women have access to skilled birth attendance. And according to the National...

Man-Made Proteins Could Be More Useful Than Real Ones

...condary structures. But these synthetic a-peptides adopted very little or poorly defined tertiary structure, and no one had yet shown that a a-peptide could self-assemble into the kinds of stable bundles of spiral-shaped helices that are characteristic of natural proteins, Schepartz said. In their studies...

New Guidelines For Assessing Lymphoma Treatment

...ogists. Although the IWG criteria have been widely adopted by clinicians and regulatory agencies and used to approve several treatments, recent advances, including increased use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans and immunohistochemistry in lymphoma response assessment, prompted the IHP to substanti...

Cancer Scientists' Gene Research Offers New Treatment Hope

...in the journal Nature. Another approach is being adopted by Professor Michael Weller, medical director of general neurology at the University Clinic in Tübingen, who is using smaller molecules of RNA to silence a gene that otherwise protects brain tumours from being attacked by the body's immune system. ...

Fertility Clinic Web Sites Doesn’t Adhere to Ad-Guideline

...ior author of the study. Advertising guidelines adopted by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) seek to improve the accuracy of online information for patients. The guidelines, which are mandatory for membership in SART, require ...

Contract Doctors in Jharkhand Go on Strike

...r strike,' said Singh. The state government had adopted the contract system to improve medical facilities in the state. The regular doctors do not go to hospitals and primary health centres located in rural areas. Reacting to the demand by contract doctors, Health Minister Hemendra Pratap Shahi said: 'T...

Clear Guidelines on Oral Chemotherapy Needed

... are routinely used for infusion chemotherapy were adopted for oral chemotherapy treatment. Most of the 42 organisations which took part in the study had no required elements for prescribing oral chemotherapy and few requested patients’ written consent for off protocol prescribing. Only one in three organi...

Nurses Ease the Wounded Heart

...e, their current level of danger of such violence, adopted safety behaviors, resources used, mental health, and parenting knowledge and skills. Children will be examined for physical and mental development and health problems, including injury. According to Sharps, the study 'could go a long way towards help...

China Bars Obese from Adopting Children

...overnment would want to ensure that children being adopted out of the country go to loving and secure homes,” said Puhl. “But the criteria that the PRC have chosen could do more to exclude good potential parents.”For more information contact: Rebecca Puhl, email: rebecca.puhl@yale.eduSource: Yale University ...

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