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Antony Concerned Over Growing Suicide Rates in Armed Forces

...owing incidents of suicides and fratricides in the armed forces, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday called... five-day Army Commanders' Conference here. The armed forces witnessed a staggering 146 suicides in 2006. There have been 21 cases this year alone. "All...

Numerous Defense Personnel Granted Early Retirement Due to Mental Illness

...alcohol dependence syndrome and depression". The armed forces have witnessed a spurt in suicides - 21 thi...re engaged in counter-insurgency operations. The armed forces witnessed 146 suicides in 2006, with 120 in the army, 24 in the air force and two in the navy...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

...force, which visited 38 military bases in the four armed services within the past year, confirmed many of the lawmakers' fears. Both the VA and the Pentagon in recent weeks have acknowledged a need to improve mental health treatment. Jan Kemp, a VA associate director for education who works on mental hea...

Virginia Tech Shooters Mental Health Records No More Secret

...ers of the news media tour Norris Hall. Here, Cho, armed with two handguns, had fired 174 shots in nine minutes in four classrooms. Bullet holes have been patched, walls freshly painted off-white, and doors, ceilings, and floors replaced, leaving no visible evidence of the rampage or its victims. Said p...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

...2 years and found that those who had served in the armed forces at some time between 1917 and 1994. The risk was highest in veterans who could not participate fully in home, work or leisure activities because of a health problem. Veterans that killed themselves were also more likely to be older, white, b...

Child Vaccines a Key Issue for OIC Forum in Malaysia

...eventable diseases and exacerbated by HIV/AIDS and armed conflict, result in a child born in sub-Saharan Africa with a life expectancy of only 46 years," they said. Malaysia's Health Minister Chua Soi Lek, in an interview with the state Bernama news agency released late Monday, said halal vaccines were ...

Armed Forces Enroll Wives in Fighting HIV/AIDS

...field units. The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in the armed forces has alarmed authorities. Since the first de...s of soldiers is part of a thrust programme in the armed forces to combat HIV/AIDS, the enemy within the ranks. Underlining the role women could play in ch...

Chikungunya Affects Kerala's Healthcare Status

...he state government requested the Centre to deploy armed forces in the state and the army responded positively. "The need of the hour is not the Indian Army. People must start practicing cleanliness and make better sanitation efforts at the earliest," said Soman. He put part of the blame for the presen...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

Climate change is armed with little surprises up its sleeves; one of which is a surge in dengue cases in Southeast Asia. According to experts, the spread of dengue, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and is endemic in much of the region, has also acceler...

Zambia Trying Hard to Tackle Crisis in Mental Health Care

...st for the whole country. The 560 bedded hospital, armed with a small force of trained personnel, do what they can to treat psychiatric patients from across the country. The situation is not different in the case of psychologists, occupational therapists and counselors and the like. here has been a steady...

Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years

...n the event of a humanitarian or natural disaster, armed conflict, or other situation where life-saving anti-TB drugs are unavailable. The Stop TB Partnership, which is hosted by WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, is a network of more then 500 international organizations, countries, donors from the public and p...

Army Hospital Conducts First Multiple Organ Retrieval and Transplantation

...onor Ramesh Chand, 60, whose two sons serve in the armed forces, was critically injured in a hit-and-run road accident at neighboring Faridabad town May 14. He was operated upon at the hospital but breathed his last late Wednesday evening. Chand's wife Hemlata wanted to donate her husband's organs but be...

Government Hospitals to the Rescue of Loss-making Pharma Companies

...ls run by state governments , the railways and the armed forces have been asked to purchase drugs from them to make them profit making units. According to the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers, Hindustan Antibiotics Limited, Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited, Hindustan Insecticides Limited...

Strife in Kashmir Drives Thousands to Psychiatric Wards

...daily humiliation of Kashmiris at the hands of the armed forces contributes significantly to the feeling of depression. Whenever I come close to the men in uniform I get nervous and try to avoid them. My heart begins to palpitate fast and I become restless. I feel humiliated whenever they stop me for fri...

Scientists in Britain Create Artificial Blood

...ties could be carried easily by ambulances and the armed forces." A sample of the artificial blood prototype will be on display at the Science Museum in London from May 22 as part of an exhibition about the history of plastics....

Study Offers Clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

... stress varied dramatically, however, ranging from armed robbery to a heated argument, tooth extraction, or preparation for a colonoscopy. "We don't know why some women develop this syndrome after what appears to be minimal stress, while other women experience severely stressful events but don't develop ...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

...force, which visited 38 military bases in the four armed services within the past year, confirmed many of the lawmakers' fears. Both the VA and the Pentagon in recent weeks have acknowledged a need to improve mental health treatment. Jan Kemp, a VA associate director for education who works on mental hea...

Tech Heads Go Gaga Waiting for Apple's IPhone

...m. (2200 GMT) Friday. Late Thursday some 60 fans armed with umbrellas and rain gear -- and a handful with pup tents and lawn chairs -- braved the elements outside Apple's 5th Avenue store in New York city. First in line was Greg Packer, 43, who arrived Monday at 5 a.m. -- a whole 109 hours before iPhon...

Indian-born Australian Scientist Wins Award for Stem Cell Research

...ersity in St Louis (USA). "I returned to India, armed with my knowledge of new technology and went on to win the Young Scientist Award for facilitating the development of assisted reproductive technologies given by the Indian National Science Academy," Sidhu says. "My study looked at molecules present o...

Headache Complaint Leads to Removal of Bullet

...lons and that there were no guns in the house. But armed with a warrant, deputies searched the home Tuesday afternoon, turning up bloody rags and a small-caliber revolver, deputies said. Both husband and wife have long criminal histories. The husband's record lists more than two dozen arrests that occu...

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