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Shock TV Reality Organ Donor Show Goes on Air

... woman deciding who will receive her kidney. The controversy stirred by "The Big DonorShow" has spread even beyond the borders of the Netherlands, but public broadcaster BNN is determined to go ahead. While acknowledging the programme's potential for bad taste and insisting the show will be a one-off one-nig...

Brazil Slashes the Price of Contraceptives to Stop Illegal Abortions

...idized 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 launch a debate on...

Antibiotics Highly Effective for Treating Lyme Disease

...l Lyme disease, there continues to be considerable controversy and uncertainty about the best approach to treating neuroborreliosis, in which Lyme disease involves the nervous system," said lead guideline author John J. Halperin, MD, with Atlantic Health in Summit, NJ, and Fellow of the American Academy of Neuro...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

...Committee, which oversees consumer protection, the controversy surrounding Avandia is likely to have an impact on the Houses look at FDA reform. "It is incredible that the agency charged with protecting the public health has such a poor record when it comes to post market drug safety," he says. "Regrettably it...

Where is Our Soul, Asks Michael Moore

...uba or Fidel Castro," Moore said, referring to the controversy surrounding his trip to Cuba, which has prompted a U.S. government investigation. "They are going to say to themselves, 'You're telling me that the al Qaeda detainees are receiving better health care, the people that helped participate in the attac...

Albuterol may Be Helpful for Infants Suffering from Bronchiolitis

...tion, epinephrine and albuterol, and there is some controversy and passion involved in the choice of medication. In a paper to be presented at the 2007 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, a double-blind randomized clinical trial involving over 700 infants over a three year period sh...

Diet for Autism

...e need to find a cure for autism is a subject of controversy , as some desire a disease - free status while others are compelled to resist it. The latter believe that autism is a way of life that provides the individual with an identity. However it is vital to acknowledge that the disability generates financi...

HCV Patients Survival After Liver Transplantation is Not Improving

...ation with worse outcomes in recent years, and the controversy that seems to surround this observation, is likely due to differences in distribution of these variables from study to study, from center to center, and from year to year." For future studies, she suggests that researchers use large databases to id...

Mice can Produce Embryonic Stem Cells Similar to That of Humans

...en from human embryos, a practice that is mired in controversy because harvesting the cells from embryos leads to their death. Stem cells are master cells that can change into every type of tissue. They are seen as a 'repair kit' for the body, which can potentially replace the defective, dead and worn out cel...

Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again

...Auto: San Andreas," was at the center of a ratings controversy two years ago that sparked a Congressional inquiry...exual encounter. It's not clear what effect the controversy had on sales, as the title had already been available for months by the time the hack was discovered...

Jade Goody Left devastated by Miscarriage

...Jack Tweed . The 25-year-old, who was caught in a controversy after the Big Brother racial row with Indian actress Shilpa Shetty, was thrilled about the baby as it came as a surprise. Sadly for Goody and Tweed, they lost the baby a few days back when the reality TV star miscarried. And though she was taken ...

Minister from MP Urges to Ban the Sale of Sex Toys

...s a condom with a vibrating ring continues to stir controversy in the state, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya urged in a letter to Manmohan Singh that the import and sale of products like sex toys be banned. "The Madhya Pradesh government stresses yoga shiksha (yoga education) inste...

Many Sceptical of Healing Hand Treatment Practiced in Europe

...an that has spread through Western Europe bringing controversy along with it. "Reiki is a Japanese word for life energy," said Reiki instructor Wolfgang Niedermeyer of Bielefeld. When someone undergoes a Reiki treatment, energy from the practitioner is transferred to his patient. This is how, according to the t...

Efficacy of Lyme Disease Vaccination Examined

...thors suggest the research also sheds light on the controversy over whether girls should receive the HPV vaccine to fight cervical cancer. Ticks spread Lyme disease, which is usually treatable by antibiotics. However, late detection or a poor response to antibiotics can lead to lasting pain, fatigue and neurol...

Analysis of Hemoglobin Level Control in Dialysis Patients

...c kidney disease (CKD). This drug is surrounded by controversy regarding its apt clinical usage and the high cost...ol anemia in CKD. "One is an unresolved scientific controversy over the possible cardiovascular risk of treatment intended to produce higher (more normal) hemoglob...

SKorean Online Dogmeat Retailer Closes Site Amid Uproar

...ts about it Tuesday. "We're too exhausted by the controversy to speak. We no longer run the website. We erased all photos," Jo Chang-Geun told AFP. He operated the site along with Ko Se-Hoon, who sells dogmeat in the city of Seongnam south of Seoul. Online messages to the Seongnam city government's website...

Same-sex Marriage: Shahzina Tariq Vows to Live With groom

... stay with Shumail Raj, the bridegroom , after the controversy surrounding their marriage ends. Recording her statement before civil judge Syed Hassan Abbas Rizvi, Shahzina said she was not abducted by anyone, adding that their marriage took place with mutual consent. I called Shumail and wished to be his li...

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