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Contraceptive Use Helps Reduce Rate of US Teen Pregnancy

... study examines the data to determine the relative contributions of abstinence and contraceptive use to this decline. According to the analysis, most of the decline (86%) was due to more se xually active teens using contraceptives, using more effective methods (e.g., condoms and birth control pills) and using mult...

Scientists Pursue New Treatment For Asthma Sufferers

...o those pathways and to see how we can block their contributions to asthma. Some of these genetic pathways were known to be important in asthma, says Fulkerson, but no one had previously attributed them to eosinophils. “That’s the exciting part,” she says. “If we can prevent eosinophils from being activated...

Children of a lesser God?

...d increasing their woes. In spite of the inspiring contributions of many charitable organizations as well as rich endowments from the government at many a juncture its children who stand to lose out on specific medication due to the fact that the available free medicines are often not suitable for them. Pharmaceu...

Detention, Uncertainty take their Toll on the Mental Health of Refugees

...h TPV status each made substantial and independent contributions to PTSD symptoms. “Our study provides consistent evidence that the migration trajectory experienced by TPV holders, particularly adversity in detention and ongoing living difficulties, is accompanied by persisting and wide-ranging mental health pro...

Premiums for Health insurance Soar

... The survey found that since 2000, workers' annual contributions have increased on average by $293 for single coverage and by $1,354 for family coverage. Rising health-care costs have forced many companies to scale back or drop coverage. Five million fewer workers are receiving job-based coverage in 2006 than in ...

Indian American Surgeon Wins US "Genius" Award

...vity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future. "Selection for a MacArthur Fellowship is the culmination of an intensive review of the creative efforts and promise of each Fellow. Our call comes as a complete surprise and offers the new Fellows the gift of time and an unfettered o...

Most people applying for coverage end up not buying it

...at have expanded coverage through shared financial contributions from individuals, employers, and government." Other key findings from the report include: Individual health coverage is more expensive · Two of five (43%) adults with individual coverage spent 5 percent or more of income on premiums, compared to 14...

A young scientist recognized for biomechanics innovations

... remarkable range of research. One of his unique contributions to the field of injury biomechanics is the world's first computer model of a pregnant driver. The inspiration for the model came in 2001 when was his wife, Christine, was pregnant with the couple's first child. 'If a pregnant driver is in a car acc...

Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?

... market and offering out-of-the-box solutions, the contributions of the industry’s powerful trident - Pharmaceutical Industry, Doctors and Pharmacists, is no mere coincidence. “Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases”, said Karl Marx, and what better time other than the pharmacy week, to laud the efforts of the ...

Direct the strengths of traditional healers into Anti-AIDS initiatives, says WHO

... initiatives.Anti-AIDS programs should include the contributions of traditional healers, by partnering with them to increase the awareness about AIDS. It would indeed be an intelligent move, to use the good relationship shared between the traditional practitioners and local communities in Africa, to impact a worth...

Higher Health Cost Due to Forest Fires

... effect of 2001 fire in Chisholm, Alberta, and the contributions of the fire to concentrations of particulate matter in the air. The researchers found the particulate matter to be well above the air quality guidelines for Canada....

Genes And Aging

...us research has revealed that genes make important contributions to exceptional longevity, the goal of this study was to identify regions of the human genome that contributed, along with lifestyle factors, to reaching age 90 with preserved cognition. The study involved 100 people age 90 and older who had preserv...

Device Can "Battle" Hospital Infections

... others spun out of the university will make major contributions to economic development in Western New York." The NYSTAR funding will support construction of a test room for evaluating a prototype for health-care applications. The goal of the award is the development of a health-care division for Buffalo Bio...

Center Launches New International Stem Cell Research Institute

... of Cedars-Sinai’s ability to make major worldwide contributions to an exciting new era of scientific discovery involving stem cells in research, therapy and healing,” said Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai. Source: Newswise)...

China Nominates Margaret Chan to Run for WHO Director-General's Post

... the key role of the WHO and hopes to make greater contributions to the development of world health affairs," Liu was quoted as by Xinhua as saying. He said Chan has profound medical knowledge and rich experience in public health management and has thorough understanding of WHO rules as well as challenges and opp...

Free Medical Care for Residents of San Francisco

...ncially backed by the local government, compulsory contributions from employers and income-adjusted premiums. This plan which is aptly named so is a sweet surprise to all the residents of San Francisco. This plan would not pay for any services that the patient seeks outside San Francisco. On the other hand the r...

Health Minister Ramadoss Honoured for his Exemplary Work

...cs, the timeliness of recognising these achievers' contributions is particularly relevant," said John R. Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society. "As reported by WHO, there are approximately 1.3 billion smokers in the world - one-third of the global population aged 15 years and older," Seffrin added. "Eventu...

Corporate Groups To Participate In Jharkhand Health Care Scheme

..., the release said, are expected to announce their contributions to the trust corpus soon to facilitate the unique experiment aimed at ensuring health coverage and medical treatment to the poorest of the poor at affordable prices. The trust, with its own executive organisation, would run on the principles of acce...

Gene Variants Linked to Early Heart Attack Discovered

...studies can provide valuable insights into genetic contributions to early-onset heart attack," said John P. Kane, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at UCSF and associate director of UCSF's Cardiovascular Research Institute. "A number of studies have identified genes linked to increased heart attack risk, but many of ...

'Expedition Everest' Finds New Species

...onservation through their scientific and financial contributions to the expedition. Even though they faced rugged terrain and frigid temperatures not normally associated with new discoveries, the team of international and local scientists also documented a significant number of new, rare and endangered species - l...

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