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Australians Opt for DIY Kits to Test for Diabetes

...agnosis trend: supporters claim it improves public awareness and critics insist professional medical advice is ...ain reasons for purchasing the product were health awareness and having a family history of diabetes. Diabetes Australia has raised concerns about the DIY tes...

Canadians Urged to Renovate Houses to Check Radon Gas Radiation

...ing radon in homes. He called for greater public awareness about radon gas, noting "most people don't know what it is. Half the challenge is explaining it to people. They're not very responsive to it."...

Breast Reduction Surgery Among Boys Rising in US

...fessional golf may have also contributed to public awareness of gynecomastia; several prominent popular players have slightly enlarged chests. But in most adolescents who are not obese, the condition will resolve itself spontaneously as the boy progresses through adolescence and produces more testosterone, s...

UK Facing Major Sexual Health Crisis Among Teens

...chairman of the IAG, said: "We applaud the various awareness campaigns for young people around sex, drugs and alcohol but they are not enough in isolation. "As well as health promotion and prevention messages, all involved should review the areas that potentially encourage the young to use alcohol and drugs,...

Naked Activists March Against Burberry Use of Fur in Fashion

...s is part of globalisation. There is now a growing awareness everywhere in the world about the need to save the Earth."...

National Eye Institute Targets Mexican-Americans for Glaucoma Awareness

...ational Eye Institute is seeking to raise glaucoma awareness among Mexican-Americans, who have a higher risk for// the disease than others, the Casa Grande Valley Dispatch reports. Mexican-Americans over age 60, blacks over age 40 and people with a family history of glaucoma all face a higher risk for the d...

Unprotected Sex Among the Gays on the Rise

...and ignorance about HIV status occurred despite an awareness campaign and access to condoms, virus testing and antiretroviral drugs, they note. This showed that the message was not getting through to some communities and more needs to be done to spread awareness. BINB...

India’s First ‘condom Bar’ Inaugurated by AIDS Patint

...appy that CITCO has taken the initiative to create awareness among people, especially youngsters, regarding HIV...nia Trikha appreciated the move by CITCO to spread awareness about the use of condoms through a regular bar. "Those visiting the bar will not be under any com...

Women Unaware of When Breast Cancer Risk is Greatest

...n, Cancer Research UK is working hard to raise the awareness of breast cancer risk and to encourage, in particular, older women to attend screening." Source-Cancer Research UK SM/B...

Awareness About HIV/AIDS is High Among the Transgenders: Survey

..."Most of our sample population displayed very high awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS. As much as 99 percent said that HIV/AIDS testing must be made mandatory and 83 percent said they used condoms during sexual activity," said R. Isabel, executive director of the Madras Christian Council of So...

Condom Promotion-Crucial To HIV/AIDS Prevention

...y some shopkeepers). "The bar aims at providing awareness on condom use to prevent HIV/AIDStransmission. It is part of our social commitment initiatives," saysBir. So, what is their goal? "Our major target is the youth. There isno commercial consideration. “It is our social responsibility”, Birstresses. ...

Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident

...national action is needed to: · increase public awareness of the disease to make sure patients and health professionals recognize the disease and are aware of the severity of associated problems; · organize and co-ordinate global epidemiological surveillance to monitor global and regional trends in asthma...

Abuse of the Disabled in Government Run Homes

...isability. We're just beginning to see a raising awareness about the abuse of the disabled," said Dr. Diane Bryan, executive director of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. "It's a very, very complex issue." The department's director-general, Brendan O'Reilly, said the Government had begun...

Polio Cases In The Country

... leaders, Panchayats and celebrities for community awareness and mobilization for vaccination. This information was given by the Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaka in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. Source-PIB/V...

Cricket Science and Medicine Congress in Barbados

...o cricket. In brief it has aimed to increase the awareness and understanding of the game, thus raising the standards of support provided to cricketers around the world. The congress in Barbodos was supported by the pharmaceutical Pfizer Inc and Dr. A. Llewellyn Harper was the chairman of the conference. I...

Alcoholism Develops Cognitive Problems in Women

...ism. There is a need for gender-sensitive public awareness campaign that highlights these cognitive deficits. IN/M...

Reindeers Could Hold the Key to Elephantiasis Cure

... implement community education programmes to raise awareness in affected patients. This would promote the benefits of intensive local hygiene and the possible improvement, both in the damage that has already occurred, and in preventing the debilitating and painful, acute episodes of inflammation. GPL/M...

National Eye Institute Targets Mexican-Americans for Glaucoma Awareness

...ational Eye Institute is seeking to raise glaucoma awareness among Mexican-Americans,// who have a higher risk for the disease than others, the Casa Grande Valley Dispatch reports. Mexican-Americans over age 60, blacks over age 40 and people with a family history of glaucoma all face a higher risk for the d...

Priority Needs to Be Given to Maternal Health in Afghanistan

...lence against women, in law enforcement and public awareness .The active support of the men is very much needed to further the cause. The whole community has to be involved to make a difference. Female health personals are to be trained in order to look with the female patients. Ms Obaid went on to say that...

Survey Shows That Most People Unaware About Cancer Prevention

...be touring the UK over the next 12 months to raise awareness of how we can reduce the risk of cancer and spot t...ancer. Crucially the survey highlights a lack of awareness about how many cancers could be avoided. If people know what they can do to help prevent the disease...

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