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Elton John's Free AIDS Awareness Concert in Ukraine

...s performance would increase AIDS awareness in the country that has one of the highest HIV infection rates in Europe with a new case every 10 minutes, reports the BBC. The event which had the slogan 'Stop Aids before it stops us' has however been boycotted by a religious group that urged the people that th...

Panther Population Rising in Rajasthan

...ariska from June. "This is the first time in the country that such a study is being undertaken in which use of habitat, travelling patterns and eating habits of panthers would be monitored and analysed," said L.N. Dave, the forest and environment minister. "This would help in knowing the eating habits of...

US Dentists Help Victims of Domestic Violence Smile Again

...e of more than 800 dental professionals around the country who've taken part in the program. Kauffman was very timid and nervous during her first appointment, Sadati said. "She was abused and hit many times and she had many different dental problems that we had to take care of," he said. "She had multiple ...

Abbot Sues French AIDS Group

...educed price in Thailand on the condition that the country agrees to not allow generic versions of the drug into the market. The group encouraged between 500 and 1,000 HIV/AIDS advocates from Canada, France, India, Thailand and the U.S. to click on a link posted on Act Up-Paris' Web site that caused Abbott'...

World's Oldest Man Says Sorry He's Still Alive

...the longevity is also presenting a headache as the country has one of the lowest birthrates, spelling a future demographic crisis as a smaller pool of workers supports a mass of elderly....

Special Backpacks Provide Much Needed Relief for Cancer Patients

...e hospital beds." UCLH - the first hospital in the country to introduce the backpacks - is now looking at how this approach could benefit other chemotherapy patients. Susanna Daniels, lead pharmacist of cancer services at UCLH, said it was possible to give chemo through backpacks. She said the increase in am...

Domestic Abuse a Curse to Public Health

...y and break the cycle." Domestic abuse costs the country more than 3 billion a year. The report said that physical and psychological abuse has become a major health problem leading to heart attacks and mental illness. It calls for a Government-funded refuge building programme to deal with it. Professor F...

Huge Rise in AIDS Cases Among Nepal Housewives

...ve become one of the most vulnerable groups in the country with the rate of infection rising by more than 100...ng housewives to growing migration both within the country and abroad, mainly India and the Middle East. "You have all these migrant men leaving home in search...

Parents are More Concerned on What Their Kids Watch

...at they are "very" concerned that children in this country are exposed to too much inappropriate content in the media and a similar proportion supported government regulations to bound TV content during early evening hours. Minority parents such as Black and Latino parents, were the most concerned. With bl...

Sharon Stone to Raise AIDS Awareness in Dubai

...t their sexuality during the visit to UAE, for the country has strict laws for homosexual activities. According to the report, the country 's civil and Islamic law also 'criminalize homosexual activity'. Offenders of the law face arrest, i...

Decline in Breastfeeding Linked to Child Deaths in Asia: UNICEF

...eir babies for up to six months." He cited host country the Philippines as an example, where the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first five months fell from 20 percent in 1998 to 16 percent in 2003. The rate of exclusive breastfeeding of babies six months old varied widely in the region with Thaila...

Israel Offers Help to India in Tackling Water Scarcity

... here, making an elaborate presentation on how his country was seeking to tide over the issue. "Israel's go...technologies. Israeli experts explained that the country has three major desalination plants already in place and a 75 percent recycling rate. The country pr...

AIDS Charity AVERT Launches Stop AIDS in Children Campaign

...lso looking to international agencies anddeveloped country governments to increase emphasis on, and funding for,PMTCT. AVERT intends to run the Stop AIDS in Children campaign untilWorld AIDS Day on 1st December 2007. However, if insufficient progress ismade, the campaign will be extended beyond this date. ...

Insilico Studies on Chlorine Eating Bacteria

...rs. "There are still thousands of sites around the country that need to be cleaned up," she said. "Ithaca has three or four, and that's not atypical."...

Male Circumcision Overstated as Deterrent to Global AIDS Pandemic

...found that the number of infected prostitutes in a country is the key to explaining the degree to which AIDS has infected the general population. Prostitute communities are typically very highly infected with the virus themselves, and because of the large number of sex partners they have each year, can act ...

Vietnam Plans Human Trial of Bird Flu Vaccine

... skills of Vietnamese epidemiologists and help the country deal with future health threats, including dangerous new strains of the flu, Iademarco said. Vietnam's long-term goal, he said, "is to develop influenza vaccine capacity, because it's H5N1 today, but who knows what it's going to be tomorrow in terms ...

Japanese Humanoid Happy to Work on in the Rain

...kilograms (149 pounds) including the battery. "Our country is rapidly ageing and it is an urgent task to develop robots that can perform tasks only done by humans now," the statement said. "If a humanoid can substitute human functions, the entire social cost would be reduced," it said. Kawada Industries s...

Oral Anti Viral Tamiflu A Cost Effective Treatment

...ing an influenza pandemic. The reality is that country stockpiles of Tamiflu are limited and are targeted at treatment only rather than treatment and prevention.2 However, some governments are now planning for sufficient antiviral stockpiles that will allow them to provide Tamiflu preventatively to close...

Recall of the AIDS Drug Causes Panic in Zambia

...ld strengthen quality assurance mechanisms in this country - maybe there are many drugs that we are taking without actually ensuring their quality. People should know what they are taking." Minister Chituwo said all HIV-positive patients on Viracept would be checked by healthcare providers before being swit...

Afghan Couple Turn to Indian Sperm Banks for Help

...ock, it is stated. India has 10 sperm banks in a country where the population is over a billion. Dr Iqbal Mehdi, who runs India's oldest semen bank, Cryogene in Delhi, told the BBC that at least 25 Afghan couples have recently sought his help. 'Sometimes a woman wanting to have a baby from Afghanista...

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