Treaty With Japan may Legalize Dumping Toxic Waste in India
... the amount of electronic and machinery waste that comes into India from Japan. Currently, soft loans to...nd 2006. This does not include the e-waste that comes in from Japan. "If the agreements negotiated by Japan with the Philippines and Thailand are anythi...Children of Asylum Seekers Dont Get Adequate Medical Care in Australia
...the Federal Government not to discriminate when it comes to the health needs of young asylum seekers. At the moment their visa category makes them ineligible for Medicare coverage. The College says only a third of asylum seekers living in the community are covered by Medicare and none of them have acc...The Plot Gets Thicker In The Woolmer Case
...anded over the champagne bottles. This revelation comes from Pakistans media manager for the world cup, Pervez Mir. Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his room at Pegasus hotel in Jamaica, a day after the shock defeat of Pakistan by fledgling team Ireland. According to ARY TV report...Drug Risks Must Be Balanced Against Benefits, Researchers
...decisions more clear-headedly, he said. "When it comes to medication, we have to be methodological and cool-headed in looking at risks, not that they should be ignored, but we need to look at them within a framework," Cohen suggested.. "We need a way of thinking about these risks rationally."...GlaxoSmithKline, Brazil Expected To Sign Deal on Providing Antiretroviral at Reduced Cost
...e to $2 per dose, according to Dow Jones. The deal comes one week after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva issued a compulsory license to produce a lower-cost, generic version of Merck's antiretroviral Efavirenz. World Trade Organization regulations allow governments to declare a "national eme...Gentle, Real, Well-mannered - Kangana's Mr. Right
...m first in love with one man, and then another man comes along. I hope I find at least one man to love me in real life!" But Kangana is angry about reports that they are steamy love scenes between her and Kay Kay in "Metro". "I don't know who's spreading these rumours. There's no torrid love scene. I...Taking The Bull By The Horns- Australia To Tackle Bullying In Schools
...nd expel problem students. Mr. Howard's speech comes ahead of negotiations for the next $42 billion, four-year, federal-state agreement on school funding....Influenza Vaccine FluMist To Be Approved In Younger Children As Well
...children younger than 5 years. This announcement comes at a time when the company is planning to self itself to UKs AstraZeneca 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 subsidia...Risk of Heart Attack, Death High Among Extremely Anxious Patients
... of patients, the greatest anxiety-reducing effect comes from having a good relationship with a doctor," Dr Blatt said....Glucosamine-like Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes
... glucose levels in type 1 diabetes. This study comes on the heels of others showing the potential of GlcNAc in humans. One previous clinical study reported that 8 of 12 children with treatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease improved significantly following two years of treatment with G...Extinction Risk of Grazing Animals Depends on Reproductive Speed
... loss is the biggest issue. But whether the threat comes from hunting or habitat destruction, extinctions are "all human-caused at some level". The worst-case scenario, she said, is where humans are expanding into an area and changing its habitat, and hunting the indigenous animals as they go. Three a...Study Finds That Fruit Flies also Have Free Wills
...nd necessity - which is exactly where fly behavior comes to lie," Brembs said. "The question of whether or not we have free will appears to be posed the wrong way. Instead, if we ask 'how close to free will are we"' one finds that this is precisely where humans and animals differ," Brembs added. "I wou...Decoding Protein Structures Helps Illuminate Cause of Diabetes
...ing a clear picture of a moving target . When it comes to molecules, however, sometimes the motion is exactly what scientists want to see - for example, to understand the pathological protein mis-folding and assembly that seem to underlie a host of human disorders, including diabetes and Alzheimer's dise...Three-year-old Abandoned in Box Meant for Unwanted Babies in Japan
...re of an abandoned baby in Melbourne in Australia, comes the news that a pre-schooler was found left in a cardboard box kept by a Japanese hospital for unwanted babies. The drop-off was opened by the Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto to discourage abortions and the abandonment...Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas
...ting of any kind is highly unjustified and when it comes to patenting yoga, it is even more criminal. The entire issue of patenting is very corporate," Navtej Johar of Abhyas, a yoga centre in the capital, told IANS Wednesday. "Patenting an invention is understood but patenting organic matter like turmer...It is Possible Reverse Hair Loss, US Scientists Say
... be encouraged using a single gene. The human head comes equipped with 100,000 tiny hair follicles, from each of which grows a single hair. These follicles are produced by the embryo in the first stages of pregnancy, and it was thought that no further replacement follicles could be produced during life. ...Quality Versus Quantity: Transforming Kidney Transplant Policy
...d to continuing dialysis. However, such a system comes with a number of significant trade-offs, with some ethnic and age groups being more likely to benefit from transplants, and therefore ranking higher than others. The challenge for policy makers is to create a ranking system that takes into account th...Ulcerative Colitis Disrupts Many Aspects of Daily Life: Survey
...urthermore, they describe UC as disruptive when it comes to their relationship with a spouse, their sexual relations and their emotional state. UC patients "normalize" aspects of their experience to the point that they resign themselves to these burdens. The majority say that there is not much they can d...US Hospital Group Offers Warranty on Surgeries
...o move the courts , with mixed results. And here comes the news that a hospital group in central Pennsylvania is offering warranty on its workmanship, charging a flat fee that includes 90 days of follow-up treatment. Even if a patient suffers complications or has to come back to the hospital, it would ...Combining NSAIDs With Chemotherapy May Improve Cancer Therapy
... A. Carver College of Medicine. "The real debate comes down to use of these compounds in two settings: cancer prevention, which involves long-term use of a drug, and cancer treatment involving short-term, focused use of the drug," said Douglas Trask, M.D., Ph.D., UI associate professor of otolaryngology ...