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Skin Lightening Products Carry Risk of Cancer

...al skin lightening products are available over the counter but the FDA may soon change that.The FDA is planning //to ban over the counter skin lighteners that contain hydroquinone because studies in rats show the possibility that hydroqui...

Inhibitor That Blocks Host Receptors Found To be Effective In Treating Anthrax

...nly slows the progression of infection, but do not counter the effects of the toxins once an infection takes hold. However, the use of anthrax inhibitor could help address this issue as they block the receptor sites used by the bacteria to gain a lethal foothold in the body and thus can help reduce the nu...

Religious Activities Could Promote Obesity

...Purdue's Center on Aging and the Life Course. To counter these effects, religious fellowship should encourage physical activity and healthy eating, Ferraro says. He suggests organized walks with the pastor after services and serving fruit and vegetables instead of heavy casseroles. Churches' large rooms or...

Need for Change in Social Norms to Prevent Spread of HIV

...e can’t do away with poverty overnight, but we can counter some of its worst effects. We also need to change the social norms that condone coercive sex and treat women as property. How do you make it unacceptable for schoolmasters to harass young girls? You prosecute them for it.’ Dr. Helene Gayle asserted...

The IPU Want Morning After Pills To Be Made Available Over The Counter

...g after pill s should be made available across the counter to patients without a doctor's prescription.// I...ing Irish pharmacists to provide the drug over the counter should only be done with the appropriate counselling and within agreed protocols, said that the morn...

Vulnerable Suffer As NHS Budgets

...level needs and drawing on the budget reserves, to counter the situation. Social care spokesman for the LGA, Councilor David Rogers said that the NHS and councils should co- ordinate to prevent compromise on services. 'Health and social care are two sides of the same coin, it is impossible not to cut serv...

Menopausal Women Cautioned

...ers due to their consumption of a herbal remedy to counter menopause symptoms.// An official alert was issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency yesterday over Cimicifuga racemosa, and such warnings are to soon appear on all products containing the plant extract. Black cohosh, as ...

Kids To Junk Unhealthy Food, Take Up Fitness

...part of a plan set up by the Health Department to counter childhood obesity//. These recommendations follow revelations of overweight toddlers consuming soft drinks, even as they were being sent to dieticians. The NSW report, on the investigation of obesity in two to five-year-olds, is the biggest study...

Punjab Plans of Banning Sex Determination Kit from US

...to ban the entry of sex determination test kits to counter online threats to its skewed sex ratio//. A US-based website's offer of 'Gender Mentor Home DNA gender testing kit' for $275 promising results within 48 hours has sparked fears of a mass killing of unborn girls in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. "We wi...

Beer is More Healthier Than Wine

...redient in alcohol—whether from beer or wine—helps counter blockage of the arteries. 'People say red wine i... Bamforth says the beer industry has been slow to counter consumers’ false perceptions in part because beer companies don’t want to be perceived as pushing al...

No More Dietary Restriction for Heartburn Patients - Study Says

...gered by a particular food. Gerson's advice runs counter to the long-standing recommendations of virtually every professional organization of gastroenterologists, including the American College of Gastroenterology, as well as the National Institutes of Health. For the past 15 to 20 years, the standard trea...

Bihar Legislators Join Hands to Fight Against AIDS

...AIDS as it will not only check its spread but also counter the social stigma attached to the disease in India. An official with the Bihar State AIDS Control Society (BSACS) said: "There are 8,228 identified cases of HIV and 1,100 known cases of full blown AIDS till date this year and over 80 persons, incl...

UN Sending Aid To Angola To Counter Cholera

The United Nations is rushing aid to Angola to counter cholera epidemic which has killed about 2,000 peop... re-hydration salts, disinfectants and chlorine to counter the poor sanitation and a shortage of safe drinking water, major vector of the disease. "Although ...

Children In Slums Of Mumbai Might be Suffering From Malnutrition

...tly healthy and fine, and if the NGO is making any counter claims, that they will have to prove themselves. BHA have also claimed that their tests were based on the WHO recommended indices of height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height. Though the BHA did not have any medical professionals conduct...

Resistant Head Lice: A Study

...radication. These are both available as over the counter preparations, with pyrethroids the most widely used, because they require shorter application time and have a less strong smell than malathion. The authors used nit combs on a random sample of almost 300 000 primary schoolchildren at 31 schools sp...

Acupuncture to Relieve Fibromyalgia Symptoms

...Mayo’s trial, patients who received acupuncture to counter their fibromyalgia symptoms reported improvement in fatigue and anxiety, among other symptoms. Acupuncture was well tolerated, with minimal side effects. Mayo’s acupuncture study is one of only three randomized and controlled studies involving fibro...

Doctors Favor the Continued Publication of Free Drug Guide

...rcial pressures of the pharmaceutical industry and counter pressures from cash-strapped PCTs (primary care trusts) and that would be detrimental to the patients. The government asked National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) to analyze the evidence and rule on whether drugs work and are value for m...

Over 10,000 Drug Addicts In Meerut: Survey

...dicted to cough syrups that are available over the counter at pharmacies, Hasan Zaidi of the Kendra said. He said Meerut's cinema houses, tea-shops and medical stores were hot-spots for the drug business. Students often got trapped into the net of pushers out of curiosity or thinking it to be a sign of g...

Supreme Court Verdict Gives Hope to Striking Medicos

...extending reservation for OBCs. The court sought counter affidavit within eight weeks from the concerned ministries like Social Justice and Empowerment, Human Resource Development, Science & Technology, Commerce, Health and Department of Statistics and Programme on the petitions filed by advocate Ashoka Ku...

Supreme Court Verdict Gives Hope to Striking Medicos

... extending reservation for OBCs. The court sought counter affidavit within eight weeks from the concerned ministries like Social Justice and Empowerment, Human Resource Development, Science & Technology, Commerce, Health and Department of Statistics and Programme on the petitions filed by advocate Ashoka Ku...

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