Kashmir University Stops Construction to Save Chinar Trees
... While many historians credit the Mughal rule for bringing the majestic chinar tree to Kashmir from Iran, others argue the chinars in the Valley owe their origin to Greece. The broad, thick leaves of the chinar are famous for their changing colours during the autumn season. From green to crimson, red and...Video Game Addiction to Be Termed as a Medical Condition
...Psychiatry, agreed. He praised the AMA council for bringing attention to the problem, but said excessive video-game playing could be a symptom for other things, such as depression or social anxieties that already have their own diagnoses. For 160 years, the AMA has made recommendations on the nation's health...LifeCycle Pharma Forms Scientific Advisory Board in Solid Organ Transplantation
...d who will play a pivotal role in LifeCycle Pharma bringing innovation to this disease area,' added Dr.Orsnkov. In addition, LifeCycle Pharma has strengthened its clinical development capabilities in the U.S. with the addition of Drs. Robert Gordon, as Senior Director of Medical and Clinical Research, and ...Two MSU Professors Spearhead International Water Project
...nal Science Foundation (NSF), the team leaders are bringing together domestic and international expertise, as well as investing in students, to develop water purifying strategies using what are called membrane-based technologies. Membrane-based technologies selectively remove things such as chemicals and p...Drugs More Important Than Kids for Katona, Says Her Candy Man
...e added. "It's hardly a great environment to be bringing kids up in with all the drugs and booze knocking around her house," he said. Ogden said that Katona was once so knocked out in the morning that she would not see her kids off to school and the girls had to look out for their nanny if they wanted a...New Research Centre at Sydney to Lead Cancer Fight
...y finding a cure for disease. "We believe that by bringing all these researchers together under one roof, the research output will be enormously magnified," the Professor said. The centre will house up to 400 cancer researchers, from UNSW and CCIA. The Lowy Cancer Research Centre has already received a $3.......10-year-old girl died of bird flu earlier in June, bringing to 15 the number of fatalities in Egypt. Egypt's geographical location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside of Asia. Women and ...US Supreme Court Could Protect Medical Equipment Manufacturers from Law Suits
...de active state prosecutors and trial lawyers from bringing lawsuits that could result in higher safety standards for a variety of products and processes. Agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, hav...Emotions Play 'significant Role' in Recovery from Hip Surgery
...patients see a psychologist. "That could include bringing in social workers and psychologists to work with the patients in the areas that surgeons, who often are super subspecialists, may not be able to deal with," he said. Moed says both underlying depression and new depression brought on by the injury a...Back to Basics in Health in Advanced Countries Now
...ions like Unison. Maybe what we should be doing is bringing the unions in the health service much more closely into social partnership. Meantime in far away Australia, LABOR leader Kevin Rudd's plan to up-end the health system by putting prevention ahead of cures has been welcomed by health groups. A leak...Cabinet Approves Bill to Regulate Clinics, Hospitals
...nd, Mizoram and Manipur, have already consented to bringing a similar bill."...Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures
... plates. Chhiv Thy says she has not worked since bringing her children to hospital. The medical care is free, and good, but the beds cost 30,000 riels (7.50 US dollars) each. Since January some 7,655 Cambodian children under the age of 15 have been hospitalised with dengue, with 109 of them succumbing to ......er 7 has a magic sacred side and the reputation of bringing luck," said numerologist Jean-Daniel Fermier. So several sevens could bring an extra dose of good fortune. "Number 7 is the union of 4, symbol of matter, and of 3, symbol of the spirit," said Fermier, author of a French guide to numerology. "A pr...Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore
...warming crisis. The concerts have the intent of bringing together 150 of the world's most popular music acts and drawing a worldwide audience of 2 billion people, making it one of the largest global events in history. The umbrella organization for the event is a new global movement under the name Save Our ...Sylvester Stallone Admits He Tried to Smuggle Banned Growth Hormone to Australia
...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 goods by a medical pr...A School Teachers Crusade to Promote Sex Education
...their children. But they hesitate. We are formally bringing in the parents into our mould (education system)," said Madhu Behl, the headmistress of D.A.V School. Behl has now been joined by a social organization associated with propagating sex-education. "Yuv Satta" (Power of Youth), a social organizati...America on Brink of Allergy Crisis
...nitiative to fund additional GME positions, and is bringing this to the urgent attention of federal policy makers. The College is taking the lead by funding 20 allergy-immunology 2-year fellowship training positions from 2005-2009 at a total cost of $2 million. However, this is only a beginning. We at Ameri...Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration
...pinal cord injuries, and is a vital "next step" in bringing this new technology to clinical use. The second presentation focuses on peripheral nerve injury, which affects 2.8% of all trauma patients and quite often results in lifelong disability. Since peripheral nerves relay signals between the brain and t...Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment
... Local Court in Sydney. He was fined $2,975 for bringing banned hormones into Australia. He is also to pay ...ses again," Cloran said. The maximum penalty for bringing Jintropin into Australia without a license is a fine of $91,500 and five years in prison. But Stallo...Climate Change Reorganized Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago: Study
...asked. Scientists credit the Asian monsoon with bringing much-needed summer rains to nearly half the world's population. The seasonal shift in wind usually brings moisture-laden clouds to India, Bangladesh, China, and other countries in south East Asia. The shift over far western Tibet was probably t...