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Selection of Best X Chromosome in Women

... than the other. The observations also seem to run counter to the usual idea that the biological mechanisms evolve in ways that allow a "best" choice to be made between things rather than a random one. Now researchers led by University of Warwick physicist Dr Mario Nicodemi have explained how this randomn...

HIV Awareness Increases as Condoms are Distributed in Gujarat Theatres Screening Porn Films

... now don't hesitate to buy condoms from the ticket counter or the tobacco shop. "Many times they come and talk to our social workers about sexually-transmitted diseases, seek advice on treatment and where to get it and now some of them even attend our group meetings." Another NGO involved in the project, the...

Teenagers Untimely Death Draws Attention To Safety Of Over The- Counter Drugs

...m, has put the spotlight on the safety of over-the counter drugs . Arielle Newman, 17, from Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island died April 3, from an overdose of the muscle cream BenGay, which contains the active ingredient methyl salicylate. Such muscle creams are used very commonly to soothe aching mus...

Over the Counter Drugs can Be Highly Addictive, Warn Doctors

Over the counter (OTC) drugs can be highly addictive, warn two doct...le on prescription but has been available over the counter in combination with aspirin, paracetamol, or ibuprofen for many years. The authors searched the sc...

India’s First ‘condom Bar’ Inaugurated by AIDS Patint

...he use of condoms and safe sex, the bar even has a counter that offers free condoms. It has been set up by the semi-government Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) in a unique gesture to show its commitment to a social cause. "I am so happy that CITCO has taken the initiati...

Today Cancer is the Deadliest Killer

...the health and safety measures are not adequate to counter these risks. The pollutions levels are not checked to regulate carcinogens. "The tragedy of occupational cancer resulting from asbestos, benzene and other carcinogens is that it takes so long for science to be translated into protective action," said...

Numerous Defense Personnel Granted Early Retirement Due to Mental Illness

...prompting the defense ministry to take a series of counter measures including counseling and yoga classes to help soldiers cope with stress. "Training capsules on relaxation exercises including yoga and meditation have been introduced," even as officers at various levels had been asked to identify and coun...

Costlier Health Care Weigh Downs the Women

... and the availability of generic medicine over the counter have also resulted in the states like Minnesota incurring loss over their health plans. Almost close to 86 million dollars. According to Julie Brunner, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, “This double-digit increase in over...

Emergency Contraception Does Not Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Rate

... said. “So steps like making EC available over the counter are still incredibly important.” When advanced access to emergency contraception was first proposed, critics worried that a medicine cabinet stocked with pills to prevent pregnancy would lead some women to be more promiscuous, have riskier sex or n...

Dipyrone may Treat Headaches -- but Use With Caution

...opean countries. Oral doses can be bought over the counter in Brazil and Spain. A group of Cochrane Researchers set out to evaluate whether dipyrone was effective and safe for acute primary headaches in adults and children. They identified four trials that involved 636 adults. None involved children. Thr...

Doctors in UK Promoting Awareness of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

...ch as antacids and histamine antagonists (drugs to counter histamines). Histamines are chemicals found in plant and animal tissue and released from certain type of cells as part of an allergic reaction in humans. It stimulates gastric secretion and causes dilation of capillaries, constriction of bronchial ...

Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals

...njay Solanki, a teacher. Efforts are underway to counter alcoholism among tribals, though the progress is n... administration. If the government really wants to counter alcoholism then it should stop promoting foreign liquor also," said Shankar. Alcoholism is linked...

Pump Design Could Give Heart Patients New Hope

...utput centrifugal model that pushed the blood in a counter direction to ensure correct flow through both sides of the heart, and is the subject of a patent application. "The counter-flow pump is a bi-ventricular assist device (BVAD), meaning it supports both the left and right sides of the heart simultaneo...

Protecting Oceans is Important to Keeping Planet Cool

...protected areas (MPAs) and how marine reserves can counter climate change and other threats to the marine environment. Currently, only one percent of the world's oceans are protected. Last week, a UN panel of 2,500 scientists from around the world issued a report on global warming that was six years in t...

Cochlear Implantation Increases Meningitis Risk

...ned that children who receive cochlear implants to counter hearing loss are more likely to develop meningitis. Source-Newswise...

Weight Gain in Pregnancy Linked to Overweight in Kids

...more than they used to. We need to find out how to counter this trend--but not go too far back in the other direction when women were gaining too little weight." Source-Eurekalert...

Implications of Statin Therapy in Bladder Cancer Patients

...erlipidemia and, in fact are available as over the counter drugs in some countries due to a perceived significant impact on overall mortality from cardiac disease. In the January issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Hoffmann and colleagues reported on a series of patients with bladder cancer who w...

New Ribosome Finding Could Lead to Antiviral Therapies

...the foundation for design of new antibacterials to counter resistance of pathogens to drugs,” said Dinman. “This study also provides a basis for deeper insight into design of small molecule antiviral therapies, hopefully in the near future.” Source-ewswise SRM...

Phone-based Therapy Eases Depression Long Term

...rapy. They encouraged the patients to identify and counter their negative thoughts (cognitive behavioral therapy), pursue activities they had enjoyed in the past (behavioral activation), and develop a plan to care for themselves. “The patients participated more fully in psychotherapy and completed more ses...

Mom's Food to Replace Junk Food in Schools

...7 percent eat lunch at their school canteens. To counter these alarming figures and even more alarming consequences, the government has asked for junk food to be stopped and instead urged mothers to form self help groups (SHG) and provide food in the canteens. Welcoming the move, Shyama Chona, principal ...

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