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Too Much TV Watching Linked With Poor Academic Performance in Teens

...of those who watched many hours of television fell behind or failed to graduate by age 22. By comparison, on...ercent greater chance of not graduating or falling behind compared with teens who watched less than an hour - even after accounting for other factors, such as...

Nature Unleashes Terror Across America

...an 800 acres in the city's sprawling Griffith Park behind the iconic Griffith Observatory.The danger to homes south of the park eased Wednesday and many of the hundreds of residents evacuated overnight were allowed to return. The fire appears to have been accidental, according to Battalion chief John Mil...

Study Confirms Health Benefits of Whole Grains

...the parts removed in the refining process, leaving behind the energy-dense but nutrient-poor endosperm portion of the grain. Examples of whole grain foods include wild rice, popcorn, oatmeal, brown rice, barley, wheat berries and flours such as whole wheat. In addition to protecting against cardiovascular...

Government to Amend Birth Registration Act

...g to government estimates, states that are lagging behind most are Bihar and Jharkhand where the birth registration rate is between 0-30 percent, followed closely by Uttar Pradesh and Assam. Sikri said the governments of these states should implement a mechanism of sharing best practices with other high p...

Government to Amend Birth Registration Act

...g to government estimates, states that are lagging behind most are Bihar and Jharkhand where the birth registration rate is between 0-30 percent, followed closely by Uttar Pradesh and Assam.Sikri said the governments of these states should implement a mechanism of sharing best practices with other high perf...

Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy

... technique uses tissues that would normally remain behind after prostatectomy tissues that we can flip around and support to our advantage," Dr. Tewari explains. "We reconstruct the anterior and posterior parts of the sphincter and surgically join the bladder and the anastomosis (the gap in tissues left by...

Mother's Day Surprise

...ts down. Last time when I was in Delhi, I had left behind some chocolates and a perfume, which happen to be my mothers favorite, to be delivered to her on Mothers day informs Parakh. No just this; on Sunday starting at 12 PM in the night, Parakh will be getting bouquets of flowers delivered to her mother....

The Forgotten Indian Medical Genius

...t and Maharashtra in 1994. He was also the brain behind the discovery of Di-ethylcarbamzine, which has helped affected nations fight the ugly scourge of filaria. "The tragedy of SubbaRow is that while he pioneered the research leading to the discovery of these molecules and helped synthesise the drugs, ...

Paid Maternity Leave Pushed By Australian Rights Activists

..."The participation of women is around 10 per cent behind many of our first-world trading partners," Professor Pocock says....

Outrage Against Gay PartnersInCrime Kept Together

...rquhart are spending up to 10 hours a day together behind bars after being separated from the main prison population for their own safety. At night, they sleep in separate cells. The Secretary of the Prison Officers Union, John Welch will not comment specifically on the case but says overcrowded prisons m...

Sunstroke Has Claimed Eight Lives So Far in Orissa in Two Months

...but 21 deaths are due to other reasons. The causes behind the rest of the casualties are being probed, Sahu said. The temperature recorded Saturday was over 40 degrees in the western towns of Sambalpur, Bolangir and Sundergarh. But it was below 40 degrees Sunday, a meteorological department official said ...

Deforestation Plays a Critical Role in Climate Change: Study

...his study ensures we have a sound scientific basis behind the consideration of deforestation reduction, he further said. The findings appear in the journal Science....

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

...cessful on the continent but the UK is lagging far behind Europe there are only 43 care farms in the UK, none of which are directed at mental health, compared to 600 in the Netherlands and 400 in Norway, Mind says. Minds report presents the findings of the first ever study looking at how green exercise s...

Influenza Vaccine FluMist To Be Approved In Younger Children As Well

...aZeneca for 15.6 billion dollars. AstraZeneca was behind MedImmune because it did not have its own flu vaccine business. Once the deal closes, MedImmune becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca. The vaccine FluMist has had more than its share of hurdles, such as the preliminary safety concerns, b...

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

...uitary gland of humans, deep inside the brain just behind the eyes. It is a microscopic protein substance that is secreted in short pulses during the first hours of sleep and after exercise. It is made throughout a person's lifetime, but is more plentiful during youth. It stimulates growth in children...

List of Compounds That Causes Breast Cancer Identified

...our food, air and water that appear to be a reason behind breast cancer. The researchers assert that 29 of the prospective carcinogens on the list are generated in the US in huge amounts with each going beyond 500,000 kilograms per year. Nevertheless, although scientists have strictly inspected these ...

Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy

... technique uses tissues that would normally remain behind after prostatectomy tissues that we can flip around and support to our advantage," Dr. Tewari explains. "We reconstruct the anterior and posterior parts of the sphincter and surgically join the bladder and the anastomosis (the gap in tissues left by...

Americans Get Least Value For Money In Healthcare

...to the countrys medical woes. The US is also far behind in adopting modern health information technology, which translates into spiraling costs and poor care, according to the researchers. We pride ourselves on being advanced on so many areas of technology but its not the case on health information tec...

Three-year-old Abandoned in Box Meant for Unwanted Babies in Japan

...gh-profile cases in which newborn babies were left behind in parks and supermarkets, triggering a public out...in the cradle could be traumatized. The boy left behind Thursday was in good health. He reportedly said he was dropped off by his father, who was seen holdi...

Now Fingerprints can Be Used to Detect Drugs and Diseases Instead of Blood Samples

...le of the person whose fingerprints have been left behind if a crime has been committed, and this could shrink the pool of suspects. In this way, it should be possible to use fingerprints to detect drugs, medications, or food that has been consumed, and also to diagnose some diseases. Researchers want t...

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