Americans Asked To Exercise Caution While Eating
...in popular hotels// are very high in calories. The centre which advocates nutrition says that American’s ‘eating out’ has increased a lot which is leading to many health issues related to obesity. Details regarding calories of the food and its nutritional information enable the consumer to make the right...Family Planning Method is as Effective as the Contraceptive Pill
...ducted by the German Natural Family Planning study centre between 1985 and 2005. The 900 women provided data on 17,638 cycles to Prof Frank-Herrmann and her colleagues. STM identifies the beginning and end of a woman’s fertile period using two measurements (body temperature and cervical secretions) in ord...Support Fails Rural Heart Patients
...idge the gap between very remote communities and a centre of care. Source-AMA SRM...Kolkata's Birla Hospital to Foray into Bangladesh
... "We are going to set up a super speciality heart centre in Jamshedpur, while one multi-speciality hospital...tendent of the hospital, said the first diagnostic centre would become operational soon in Bangalore. "All these centres will have hi-tech facilities like ...The Other Side of Transsexuals
... to become a tailor and Ramya is working at a call centre after completing a computer course. Saranya is a beautician who does not hesitate to say: "I was not comfortable being a boy. I am an aravani. "During adolescence itself I realised I am different. I stopped going to school and went to work in ...On the 'Fast Buck' Trail: Kidneys on Sale
...nown to have established ties with a major medical centre in Boston in the US. In China , organs are harvested from an ever-increasing number of executed prisoners, while in Brazil, Argentina and S.Africa organs are removed from the dead bodies of the poor with scant regard for the sentiments of thei...Food from Cloned Animals Will Not Have Indicative Labels
...ril 2007. Dr. Stephen Sundlof, Director of FDA’s centre for veterinary medicine cites that the consumer would surely be informed about the cloned products. When there is a green seal given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on products it implies that the food is not cloned. Organic products can never ...Ten Percent of Tihar Jail Inmates are Drug Addicts
...nstructed a 120 bedded integrated dug de addiction centre in the jail hospital premises." "In 2006, 5,180 prisoners took the de-addiction treatment," he said. Speaking about the role of jail staffs in providing tobacco to the jail inmates, Gupta said he had already suspended six staffs for such illegal ...Army Dental Corps to Get Multi-speciality Unit
New Delhi: The Army Dental Corps is to get a mega centre with multi-specialities, with army chief Gen. J.J....d will be known as Army Dental Centre (R&R). The centre will provide under one roof facilities for training dental officers, specialists and paradental staf...Hindujas to Make $1 Bn Foray into India's Healthcare Industry
...evels. At the top will be a research and knowledge centre that will have highly specialised people involved ...l, with over 350 beds, also has a medical research centre in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the same model will be consid...‘Smart Way of Living’ for Dementia Patiens
...ice, Dementia Voice (dementia services development centre for the south west) and Housing 21 (a national provider of housing with care and support for older people). “The really smart thing about the wireless technology we have used in this flat is that we can take the elements that clients find particula...New Cause of Chronic Liver Disease Identified in HIV-positive Patients
...iduals receiving treatment// at a specialist liver centre had nodular regenerative hyperplasia, a rare, but potentially fatal, liver disease. The syndrome involves the build-up of pressure in the portal vein, which connects the intestines with the liver and can cause bleeding into the stomach. Writing in...Sleeping Sickness Comes to India
...ans. In December 2004, a researcher form the IRD centre in Montpellier, a specialist in the African form of human trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), undertook the identification of the pathogenic agent, at the request of the Indian authorities and mandated by the WHO in collaboration with local medical ...Huge Ayurveda Library Coming Up in Jaipur
...and researchers. "It will be an important learning centre for all national and international ayurvedic scholars," Sharma said. Built under the planning of the Central Public Works Department, the library will be a three-storey building that is being finalised by a team of New Delhi-based architects. Sour...Bulimia Can Be Treated With Contraceptive Pills
...ted. The Riverdale Grange Hospital is a specialist centre for the treatment of eating disorders and alcohol. More research needs to be done before the Pill can be recommended for treatment. The current treatment for bulimics includes antidepressants and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Dr Joan Br...Activity Added to Video Games can Fight Fat, Shows Mayo Clinic
...nningham-Foster, Ph.D., from Mayo obesity research centre is the study leader. "The point is that children -- very focused on screen games -- can be made healthier if activity is a required part of the game, she said." The study is the first to scientifically measure the energy spent playing video games. ...Tihar Jail Gets De-Addiction Centre
... today inaugurated a new 120-bed drug de-addiction centre with a pathological laboratory and counseling faci...t at a cost of Rs.17 million. It is the biggest centre of its kind to be started in any jail in the country for treatment, post-treatment care and counseli......er now, told IANS. "When I first came to the TAI centre I was afraid, now I am with them. I tell everyone about condom use and talk to other women about TAI services. I lead a life of grace and confidence." TAI also offers two path-breaking initiatives, "Akshay Patram' and "Vastra Dhanam", food and clot......l continues as he checked himself into a treatment centre near his Michigan hometown after suffering a relapse//. Said Elena Fondacaro, his manager: "Verne was in rehab and now he's in outpatient therapy. "Alcoholism is an illness that comes and goes ... and Verne realised he was slipping. He decided ...University Hospital centre affiliated to University of Southern California be...le causes for the demise of patients. The hospital centre generally select high risk patients, so that there are not left without one more chance to live. Obs...