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UK Nurses Complain of Stress, One Quits After Screaming at Heart Attack Patient

... that worries about job security and a pay cut, it comes as no surprise that stress levels are affecting nurses' personal lives and relationships." A RCN poll last year found more than a quarter of nurses surveyed had been physically attacked at work, while nearly half had been bullied or harassed by a man...

Delivering the Green Message to Children

...ostering an eco-culture. Given that the commitment comes from a conviction, the best way is to integrate awareness into school education," educationalist Sanaya Nariman, who is the chairperson of the Delhi chapter of PEAS, told IANS. Environment, she added, should not be just a separate subject in school...

American Who Exposed Air Passengers to Drug Resistant TB Quarantined

...now it isn't zero,'' Gerberding said. "Anybody who comes into contact with XDR-TB could become infected." The man, a Georgia resident, left Atlanta on May 12 on Air France flight 385, arriving in Paris on May 13. Gerberding said he had been advised by public health authorities in Georgia he should not tr...

Hearing Loss Becoming an Epidemic in Canada

...e noise adds up." As Ferguson notes that when it comes to earplugs, there's a disconnect between what we know, and what we are willing to do. "Musicians on stage will be wearing specially designed earplugs, but the fans aren't. A parent will wear hearing protection in an occupational setting and then use...

Antidepressant Use May Boost Fracture Risk, From Harvard Women's Health Watch

...changes that can damage bone. Whether the danger comes from depression, the drugs used to treat it, or something else, doctors are paying more attention to this association. During the 1990s, depression began to emerge as a possible cause of bone loss, rather than a result. Scientists studied women who...

Work-related Stress Restrains the Sex Lives of Nurses

... that worries about job security and a pay cut, it comes as no surprise that stress levels are affecting nurses' personal lives and relationships, he added. Apart from mental and emotional stress, the nurses also faced physical assault at workplace. A RCN poll last year found that more than a quarter o...

Brazil Slashes the Price of Contraceptives to Stop Illegal Abortions

...t offers subsidized medicines. The new programme comes amid a controversy between the Catholic Church and Lula's government over abortion. During his recent visit to Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI attacked the suggestion of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his health minister, Jose Gomes Temporao, to...

Multinationals Exploit Groundwater Sources, and People Suffer

...n abundance of water -- pristine spring water that comes from Shasta's glaciers and feeds some of the world...stimated 77 percent of Northern California's water comes from that area -- so the impact on communities downstream, many of them agricultural, could be dire....

China Bans Smoking at Olympics

...rawl, with several workers injured. The decision comes even as The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged China to take comprehensive measures to curtail smoking, as cigarette-related deaths in the country are likely to more than double by 2020. According to Henk Bekedam, the WHO's representative in...

Bush Announces Request for $30B, Five-Year Extension of PEPFAR

...om 1.4 million to 2.5 million. Bush's announcement comes one week before leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations are scheduled to meet in Heiligendamm, Germany, for their 2007 summit. "Once again, the generosity of the American people is one of the great untold stories of our time," Bush s...

Indonesian Teenager Dies of Bird Flu

...ar after contracting the virus. The latest death comes after officials started to distribute kits containing masks, gloves and bars of soap, in a new initiative to fight the virus. About 100,000 leaders of villages will receive the kits, which also contain educational material about the virus, and urge...

Top Iraqi Shiite Leader Returns Home

...ts in the 275-member parliament. Hakim's illness comes as one of his main rivals, radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, has resurfaced after several months in hiding. Despite SIIC's close ties with Iran, Hakim has tried to build bridges with the United States, and last year met President George W. Bus...

Research Says Small Penis Syndrome Affects Men Than Women

... They authors are, however, very cautious when it comes to treating a psychological condition like small penis syndrome with gadgets or surgery. There is poorly documented evidence to support the use of penile extenders, and while information is starting to emerge on the success of some surgical techni...

Travolta Maybe Reluctant to Publicaly Discuss About Sons Autism

...avolta doesnt shy away from accepting the fact and comes forward, awareness about autism would get a major boost. The editor also said that the actor should join other celebs like Sylvester Stallone, Doug Flutie, Jenny McCarthy and Toni Braxton, who all have autistic kids, in raising awareness and resear...

Brain Inflammation A Friend for Alzheimer's Patients

...y inflammatory regulator , a known villain when it comes to parsing out damage after a stroke and other bra...indings show that the opposite may be true when it comes to Alzheimers disease. Perhaps inflammation is playing the role of protector and is acting more like...

Yale Cancer Center Answers: A New Weekly Radio Progam on WNPR

... fight against cancer, Miller explained. The help comes from experts at Yale Cancer Center who are working to develop new and better treatments. The hope comes from our doctors, nurses and staff whose knowledge and compassion are helping to win the battle agai...

New Drug to Help Kick Smoking Habit Cleared in UK

Ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces comes into force in the UK on July 1. And for those inveterate smokers who might despair help is at hand. A twice-daily drug, varenicline, (brand name (CHAMPIX), has been given the green light by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellenc...

Neural Basis of Anxiety: Newer Insights

... a tone, is always followed by an electrical shock comes to associate the two and freezes with fear whenever it hears the tone even if the shock is not delivered. But in real life the situation is not always so clear; a stimulus will only sometimes be followed by a threat while other times nothing might ha...

Hot Flashes in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer Reduced by Non-hormonal Drug

... their cancer. So any symptom relief these men get comes with worry about new cancer growth. "To my knowledge, this is the first nonhormonal treatment of hot flashes in men, where results from a placebo-controlled trial are positive enough to support that a nonhormonal medication can be used to help some...

Global Emission of CO2 Rising Three Fold Than Anticipated

...actually be understated. Incidentally, the study comes soon after warnings by the International Energy Agency that China may overtake the US as the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases by 2010, a decade earlier than previously assumed. Scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US), the Universi...

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