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George Bush pledges 200 million dollars for AIDS relief

... the occasion. However AIDS activists have brushed aside the payment as woefully inadequate and asked for more. Details on the fund's operation are yet to crystallize. The UN General Assembly is due to hold a special session to discuss the global AIDS scenario and the corrective measures the world body pla...

How to avoid a bad hair day

...kin can. The best way to treat damaged cuticle - aside from avoiding the causes - is to use a good conditioner frequently. To strengthen brittle hair, a protein conditioner is the best option. If you intend being out in the sun, take extra care and use a leave-in conditioner containing zinc oxide. It's b...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...been shown to have additional benefits to patients aside from lowering cholesterol -- which is known to help reduce heart attack risk. "This study may get the attention of the interventional cardiologist," said Dr. Roger Blumnethal, a spokesman for the American Heart Association and director of preventive...

How to arrest cough

...t often it's part and parcel of a cold or flu and, aside from resting and trying not to spread the infection, there's little you can do.// Other coughs, however, may signify a more serious underlying medical condition. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic point out the situations where a cough needs prompt medical...

Smoking habit affects your baby's health

...f rest. But are those moms who smoke, ready to set aside their habit or smokers who live or work with expectant moms willing to put their habit on hold for the sake of the child? A statistics that came out of a recent meeting of the Baxter County Tobacco Control Committee was that// Baxter County has the ...

House heads for Medicare drug vote

...e next decade, $5 billion less than the amount set aside for the package under the fiscal 2004 budget outline, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis. That gave the plan's drafters room to sweeten the proposed drug benefit in a bid to further build support. Among the changes, the proposed de...

Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Treatment of Peptic Ulcer May not Prevent Gastric lymphomas

...orld's population. It is now widely accepted that, aside from gastritis and ulcers, H. pylori is also a causative agent of gastric lymphoma, specifically gastric B cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). While antibiotic treatment eradicates the bacteria and promotes tumor regression, th...

Bird Flu Spreading in China's Poultry

... Prime Minister John Howard urged countries to put aside 'national pride or self-consciousness' and be open about reporting outbreaks. 'The last thing that any nation can afford, not only in its own interests but in the interests of fellow members of the world community, is to in any way hide or cover up t...

All Specialty Care Treatments Will Be Offered At Belle Vue.

...l types of surgeries. Three theatres will be set aside especially for eye surgeries. The clinic charges around 15,000 – 100000 per patient depending on the ailment. It plans to conduct public workshops and seminars periodically to increase the awareness among the people about specialty health care tr...

Hospitals to Equip Themselves with ER Especially For Psychiatric Patients

Hospitals are setting aside part of their Emergency department to also handle mentally ill patients. There is a great increase in the psychiatric patients turning towards emergency care. //But the emergency departments are not well equipped to tackle the psychiatric patients....

Delhi Faces Flu Threat Due To Change In Weather

... said. He suggested that people should not keep aside their woolens, nor resort to antibiotics. ‘This is a tough season and people in the capital have started complaining about bad throats and seasonal flu. We advise residents to be careful about their food and drinks,’ said K.N. Tiwari, chief medica...

Youngsters, now have a good reason to interact online

...you fear would hamper social interaction? Just put aside your fears // for a while and read this. A Northwestern University researcher feels otherwise, after she spent valuable 7 years, observing an online club of 3000 youngsters between 10 to 16 years. According to Justine Cassel, professor of communicat...

All Set To Face the Avian Flu?

...ge to all those country’s economy that had not set aside a plan of action against the avian flu. // The IMF is a leading global financial watchdog. It said that a pandemic would trigger sharp fall in the price of various commodities, tourism and trade would recede and lead to boycotting of work. The vi...

High Court: Disabled Baby Should Live

...e Judge’s ruling disallowed the NHS trust to sweep aside the parents’ wishes and withdraw the life support system. Anti-euthanasia and Charity outfits have favored the ruling, that it has put a full-stop to a trend down a dangerous slope. The boy, known as MB for legal purposes, had a congenital spinal m...

Hurricane Hangover: Katrina Still Haunts

...ctims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But cost aside the Katrina response is proving the agency's toughest challenge ever. The people need to be bolstered emotionally, as even those trained to offer solace break down easily and often: A hospital nurse, a school psychologist, a paramedic, a counselor al...

10-Kilo Tumor Removed From Cancer Patient

...nt woman, the report said. 'It pushed everything aside and was pressing the aorta and lungs, creating vascular and respiratory problems,' surgeon Darko Milinovic stated. 'The operation was complicated by the size of the tumour and during this the patient received four packages of blood transfusion.' Tu...

HIV Patient Who Turned 50, Alive and Going Strong

...the company to guarantee annual payment, or to put aside a large sum so she can pay the premiums herself. She was also treated for AIDS-related cancer more than a dozen years ago, she has not had any other opportunistic infections or been hospitalized because of her condition. While there is no cure for ...

Women aware of “feminine health” : their attituds

... their gynecological health, put the embarrassment aside and foster frank, open relationships and discussions with their doctors." Honesty with the doc is pr paramount importance, "One example is smoking – there are certain methods of birth control with which women should not be smoking, so if you don't...

Respite from the bird flu crisis: Chinese Official says high Risk Period is "Over"

...rovince.// But as a damper this claim was brushed aside by other health specialists. The senior health official was Luo Huiming, director of the Guangdong Centre for Disease Control's Epidemic Disease Prevention and Cure Research Institute. He said, "The weather has begun to get warmer and lowered the ...

Technical Reversal Of Virginity Now For Rs.20, 000!

.... Only the doctors will prosper.Jani, however, put aside the question on the future of hymenoplasty by saying, 'This is a transitory phase. After a couple of decades, if a boy claims that he has married a virgin, people will laugh at him.'Edited IANS...

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