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Mental Health of Children on the Decline

...eaking down of families and its values, increasing availability of drugs, sexy images projected by magazines, marketing by many companies aimed at the children, exam pressures as well as peer pressures are the main reasons for the ill health of the mental well being of the children. NCH, called for urgent actio...

Minister from MP Urges to Ban the Sale of Sex Toys

...ute complained to me a week ago about the abundant availability of sex toys. I have taken up the matter with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, urging him to take steps to ban the sale of such products," Vijayvargiya told IANS. The minister, however, denied media reports that the ban has already been impose...

Employer Leave Helps the Parents of Chronically Ill Kids

...mber 2003 and January 2004. The study examined the availability of paid and unpaid leaves of absence from work, how often parents missed work to care for their ill children, and the length of absences from work. Researchers found that less than half of the parents interviewed qualified for benefits under the fe...

Poor Health Practices Plague Rajasthan Tribal Women

... that the main reason behind this was lack of easy availability of modern contraceptives, traditional myths and misconception, fear of side effects and opposition by husband and other family members, especially mother in laws. The study said that almost all the mothers interviewed had either lost or mishandled ...

Highly Effective Method for Screening Drug-resistant Forms of HIV Developed

...nt form of the virus. They feel that the increased availability of antiretroviral drugs to meet the HIV/AIDS needs of developing countries in recent years may lead to a global rise in drug-resistant strains of HIV. "To overcome drug resistance, patients must be treated with drugs to which the HIV virus is stil...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

...re of indigenous DICOM compatible equipment. The availability of tele-radiology in hospitals enables easy data storage and retrieval of patients' history and use of this history as valuable diagnostic tool to deal with the current medical situation," he said. Kalam asked ECIL to become a tele-radiology soluti...

Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?

...n which UK neonatologists feel comfortable. The availability of active euthanasia as a therapeutic option would undermine this progress and be a step backwards, she says. However, we must look at how to provide for babies who might be candidates for euthanasia elsewhere in the world. Sadly, too often, paren...

New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

...eport pinpoints the barriers that are limiting the availability of additional generic drug options," said Gary Buehler, R.Ph., director, FDA's Office of Generic Drugs. "We hope these findings will encourage research collaboration, lower these barriers and accelerate access to safe and effective generic drugs." ...

WHO Launches Effort to Stop Spread of HIV, Other Infections from Hospitals

...giene of medical workers in part by increasing the availability of alcohol-based hand rubs; prohibiting the reuse of needles to prevent transmission of HIV and hepatitis; ensuring quality patient identification; ensuring operations are performed on correct body parts; double-checking similar-sounding medication n...

Many Elders in US Not Treated for Glaucoma

...und that many patients are not benefiting from the availability of these increasingly effective therapies. An important lesson emerges from this research: We need to do a better job of educating patients and their physicians, as well as health policymakers and insurance-industry leaders, of the benefits of consis...

Allocation Of Hospitals In Rural Areas

...hening physical infrastructure, manpower, medicine availability etc. at Sub-Centres PHCs and CHCs. Sustainable quality care with accountability and people participation is proposed to be achieved through a management structure called Rogi Kalyan Samittees/Hospital Management Committees. To take care of continuous...

Declining Sex Ratio

... and male bias in emuneration of population. Easy availability of the sex determination test and abortion services may also be facilitating the process which may be further stimulated by pre-conception sex selection facilities. The Government has taken a number of initiatives to implement the Pre-Conception and...

Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous From Lakes

...between what types of bacteria are present and the availability of phosphorus in the water,' says McMahon. She and her students also will incubate water samples in the laboratory. In one experiment, they will add radioactive phosphorus that will help them track which bacteria are responsible for phosphorus recy...

Aspirin can Prevent Bowel Cancer, Says UK Study

...e potential risks of long-term aspirin use and the availability of alternative prevention strategies - such as screening - these findings are not sufficient to warrant a recommendation for the general population to use aspirin for cancer prevention." Rob Glynne-Jones, chief medical advisor to the charity Bowel...

Florence Nightingales of India Honored by President

...rked for each State/Union Territory subject to the availability of nursing personnel with meritorious services. Each award carries a Certificate of Merit and Cash award of Rs.50, 000/-. Nurses have a very vital role to play in the patient care service in a hospital. Their role is, indeed, noble and invaluable. ...

Million Mentally Ill in India

...not seek help due to ignorance, stigma and lack of availability of services. However, most of these ailments could be treated at an outpatient basis and only a very small proportion requires hospitalization. This has led to acceptance of community-based treatment of mental disorders worldwide. Besides being less ...

Aspirin a Day Can Keep Colon Cancer Away

...e potential risks of long-term aspirin use and the availability of alternative prevention strategies such as screening, these findings are not sufficient to warrant a recommendation for the general population to use aspirin for cancer prevention."...

Web-based Asthma Program Improves Disease Management for Black Students

...s: controller medication adherence, rescue inhaler availability and smoking cessation or reduction. To our knowledge, our program is the first tailored, web-based multimedia asthma program for urban high school students evaluated in a non-clinic community setting, said Dr. Joseph. Results suggest that, for stud...

Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes

...affecting T-cell function and autoimmunity and the availability and simplicity of its use. However, additional studies in humans will be required to assess the full potential of this therapeutic approach. Autoimmune diseases such as MS and type 1 diabetes mellitus result from poorly understood interactions betw...

Teens Need to Eat More Fruits, Veggies to Prevent Obesity

...h community should be promoting and increasing the availability of fruits and vegetables while decreasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages....

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