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Russia Hit By Cheap Bootleg Vodka Epidemic

...es proving fatal. Experts familiar with the scene blame the government's alcohol policy for the wave of poisonings. In July, many small shops that sold alcohol were forced to close because they could not meet the requirements for a tightened licencing. Unscrupulous merchants took advantage of the loophol...

Tribals in the Brink of Extinction due to Malnutrition and Diseases

...both mother and child," said a doctor. While the blame game continues, it is clear that the village has suffered monumentally from administrative neglect and needs speedy and massive measures to make up for the lost time. Source-IANS...

Portion Sizes in Restaurants Larger than Before

... or extra large. 58% of the chefs also shifted the blame to the diners saying that even if customers are served a huge amount of food, it was the diners' responsibility to eat the appropriate amount. 86% said that customers would tend to notice if the portions were decreased by 25% although around 60% sa...

Mammograms Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths, But Increase Overdiagnosis

...e a problem with overdiagnosis,” he said. “I don’t blame screening for that. I blame our inability to determine which cancers are life threatening and which ones are not. So the challen...

Cancer patient Dies of Massive Radiation Overdose

...ly responsible for her death. Her parents however blame the radiation overdose saying, "We remain convinced it was the overdoses that did this, not the cancer. We knew things weren't looking good but we never ever expected Lisa to pass away so soon. We had hoped to see Christmas". The Scottish Executive ...

AIIMS Campus - A Breeding Ground for Mosquitoes

...uthorities and hospital administration playing the blame game, patients continue to suffer with relatives saying that the sanitation situation has worsened. "The situation has really gone down here. With so many dengue cases being reported from the campus itself, there is a sense of fear among us," said ...

NHS Reprimanded for Demeaning Words

...lic, Harry Cayton said such negative words shifted blame to patients and should be avoided, according to th...charge." Terms such as bed-blockers, shifted the blame to the patient from the NHS. Other examples included referring to those who do not turn up for appoi...

Deterioration of Air Quality Affecting Children's Health

...ing Pearl River Delta region. However green groups blame local coal-burning power stations and diesel-powered buses for the deteriorating air quality. The growing concern over the severe increase has has listed the issue at the top of the political agenda, and the government has borne the brunt of criti...

Why some take to greens, while others don’t

Don’t blame yourself, if your taste buds get tickled at the thought of greens or simply clam up at its mere mention! A recent investigation into the reasons// for the delights and aversions to green vegetarian food has shown that such tendencies are gene-centri...

10% of the people in Mumbai are pre-diabetic

...e to 75 million in another 20 years. The doctors blame lifestyle for the rise in diabetes and pre-diabetes. "Mumbaikars who lead crazy lives with high levels of stress, have little physical activity and follow unhealthy diets, are prone to pre-diabetes," explains Joshi, who is attached to civic-run KEM...

Babies in Womb Exposed to Harmful Chemicals

...deformed sex organs have been found. Scientists blame agricultural pesticides and other hazardous chemicals such as those found in flame retardants that have leaked into the environment. Last year, a similar report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK and Greenpeace found that babies are being expo...

Lakhs Affected As Chikungunya Sweeps Across The Nation

...ince December. Many people hold the authorities to blame for not having given enough support in time to control the spread of the disease. Critics claim that the authorities awoke from their slumber only after several districts had been affected. Chikungunya has also affected over 65,000 people across Tami...

Multiple Sclerosis Patient Says Stem Cells Useless

... understand what he was saying. He said he doesn't blame me for not wanting more treatment. I'm angry." ACT uses stem cells to claim that treatments for spinal cord injury, lung cancer, deafness and HIV/AIDS will be successful. But BBC found that it was using cells that should not be injected into people...

Inordinately Long Waiting Times at A&E Infirmary

...the hospital. However health bosses have shifted blame to the Marmion Pub shootings in Gracemount for influencing the recent figures as it happened while the waiting time survey was taking place. According to then the massive resources needed to cope with the aftermath of the shooting at Scotland's busie...

Sheer exhaustion makes a junior doc’ kill a patient!

...I would just like to say that we do not attach any blame to you. You did your best." The tragedy shows how ...s medicine and at no time did she try to place the blame on any member of staff. It was a full and frank admission with the mitigation of the hours she had w...

Medicare Sends out Reimbursement Checks Erroneously

...ciaries caught up in the mistake. He also took the blame upon his agency for the error. The subsequent letter going out on Tuesday is said to contain an apology. The error occurred while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated the Social Security Administration on the various changes in c...

Britons Are Bloating!

...junk food and lack of exercise to blame. Experts blame the over-consumption of junk food and present-day ...les for the explosion in obesity levels. They also blame the sedentary lifestyle that the children now follow thanks to the TV’s and computer games directly ...

Processed foods – "the" cause of obesity!

...besity. He says that it is unjust and of no use to blame personal behaviors, especially a lack of self-cont...at obesity," Lustig emphasizes. "While most people blame obesity on a lack of self-discipline, research shows today's foods and drinks actually trigger the b...

More and Better Management Is Key to Fixing the NHS

...k’s BMJ. Those who are against reforming the NHS blame problems on a lack of resources, bureaucracy, government interference in clinical judgement, and the “greedy” private sector. But there is evidence that better management makes more difference than more investment, writes Management Consultant, Steph...

Warrior Gene Claims Slammed by Maori

...ors and I think that it's too easy to kind of just blame one thing. There are a whole lot of things that contribute to violence in Maori communities’ Lea stated that unpublished studies had proved that Maori had the highest prevalence of this strength gene which was discovered by United States researche...

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