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Cocaine Stigma Continues to Haunt Kate Moss

...onlookers when he taunted supermodel Kate Moss and asked for some cocaine when she refused him an autograph.Moss reportedly walked past the boy in a New York hotel without signing an autograph for him, reports mirror.co.uk. The schoolboy, who had been waiting all day, turned and shouted: "Can I at least h...

The Forgotten Indian Medical Genius

...lippings," Gupta, in his 70s, told IANS. "I even asked the Nobel committee whether they had ever considered him for an award. I have written about it in my book. SubbaRow had discredited one of the Nobel prizes given to a British and German biochemist. He had disproved their theory with his own findings....

Its the Face and Not the Body That Grips the Attention of the Opposite Sex

... they looked at photographs. The volunteers were asked to rate attractiveness on a scale of 1 to 7, as researchers measured the face-only and body-only ratings to see how well the group predicted the "entire person" ratings. They found that contrary to popular belief, faces are more apparently more imp...

Sex Advice to Teens by Parents Focuses More on the Negative Aspects

...A total of 286 male undergraduates aged 18-24 were asked to recollect who had had the maximum influence on their sexual education and, more particularly, who had discussed or been responsible for which aspects. In line with previous studies, the researchers found that most parents had imparted some ed...

Heart Attack Risk Increased by Unfair Treatment

...of the Whitehall Study II, the civil servants were asked to score their responses to the statement: "I often have the feeling that I am being treated unfairly" on a scale of 1 to 6, where 1 equals "strongly disagree" and 6 equals "strongly agree." Unfair treatment applied to all aspects of their lives, i...

Mediterranean Diet Could Help to Prevent COPD

...75, who were surveyed every two years. They were asked questions about lifestyle, including smoking and exercise, diet and medical history. Dietary intake was assessed in detail every four years. Eating patterns fell into two distinct categories: those who ate a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, whole gr...

Sylvester Stallone Admits He Tried to Smuggle Banned Growth Hormone to Australia

...had marked "no" on a customs declaration form that asked if he was bringing restricted substances into the country. But an X-ray of bags belonging to his entourage uncovered the bottles of Jintropin, which is made by Chinese firm GeneScience pharmaceuticals. "You have not been validly prescribed the go...

Early Prediction of Huntingtons Disease is Possible by Subtle Signs

...h participant was given a particular alphabet, and asked to speak in 60 seconds as many words as he could starting with that alphabet. With the help of a memory and writing task, it was also tested how quickly the participants could combine thinking and movement. People whose performance was worse on...

Smokeless Cannabis Delivery Device Found Efficient and Less Toxic

...ding to study findings. In addition, patients were asked which method they preferred. "By a significant majority, patients preferred vaporization to smoking, choosing the route of delivery with the fewest side effects and greatest efficiency," said Benowitz....

Talking With Families may Help Prevent Childhood Obesity

...ucted a nonrandomized clinical trial in which they asked 91 families about their dietary habits and lifesty...ician and a registered dietitian. Families were asked about their eating habits, TV viewing, and activity behaviors in all three groups. They used new tec...

Americans Get Least Value For Money In Healthcare

..., Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the US who were asked to speak about their experiences and views on their health systems. The US ranked last in most areas, including access to healthcare, patient safety, timeliness of care, efficiency and equity. Americans were also last in terms of whether they had ...

Survey Shows That Patients Have Trust and Confidence in Their Doctors

... In virtually all of the questions patients were asked in this survey, the majority of respondents have answered that doctors are providing high standards of care. The questions range from providing understandable information, washing or cleaning hands between touching patients to answering patients an...

Rajasthan Government Urged to Keep a Close Watch on Doctors

... doctors are prescribing unnecessary medicines has asked the state government to keep a close watch on the doctors. The council has suggested that the state government should ask doctors to prescribe only generic medicines and monitor the prescriptions so that no unnecessary medicines are given. There...

Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas

...India. How can anyone else think of patenting it?" asked a surprised Deepika Jindal, wife of steel baron Ratan Jindal and an ardent yoga enthusiast. "That's the thing with us. We don't take our possessions seriously until someone else tries to grab it from us. Patenting of yoga overseas must not happen,"...

Risk of Bladder Cancer Reduced by Broccoli and Cauliflower

...tched by age, sex, and race. The participants were asked to complete a dietary questionnaire, following which the intake of ITCs was compared with bladder cancer risk and with the expression of genetic polymorphisms for the arylamine N-acetyltransferases 2 (NAT) and glutathione S-transferase genes. Avera...

Government Hospitals to the Rescue of Loss-making Pharma Companies

...ents , the railways and the armed forces have been asked to purchase drugs from them to make them profit ma...PSUs with an investment of over Rs. 10 billion and asked the hospitals under government, railways and army to purchase drugs from them," said G.S. Sandhu, jo...

The Plight of Jharkhand's Mysterious deaf Village

...ght of the villagers just two days ago. "I have asked the district administration to go to the village with doctors and investigate. If need be, we will send specialised doctors from Ranchi for treatment of the villagers."...

Where is Our Soul, Asks Michael Moore

...any of whom cannot afford health insurance. When asked about this latest ouvre, irrepressible Michael Moo...is out of the main Cannes competition. Moore was asked by journalists why he painted such a rosy picture of other countries' health systems, including Brit...

New Brain Neuromarker May Shed Light on Autism and Schizophrenia

...ous finger motion. At first, the two subjects were asked to wag their fingers but were not allowed to see each others hands. Then, like the shutter release of a camera, the barrier placed between them was removed so they could see each other as they continued to wag their fingers. When subjects were allowe...

Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment

...Stallone had with customs officers in which he was asked why he took the human growth hormone. The actor had replied that as you got older, the pituitary gland slowed and you felt older. This stuff gives your body a boost and you feel and look good, Stallone said. Doing Rambo is hard work and I am go...

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