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Female Circumcision highly Prevalent in Mali

...ttle surgical skill, equipment or awareness of the dangers of such practices making the women vulnerable to infections, hemorrhage, pre-natal and post-natal complications and psychological disorders, the report said. Many women ultimately die from complications, the report added. Awareness campaigners say ...

Women Will Be Paid to Donate Eggs for Science

... health at King's College London, said the medical dangers involved in the process of collecting the eggs sho... exaggerated, while others highlighted the medical dangers to women who undergo the painful and invasive three-stage process to remove the eggs. But one lead...

FDA and CDC Remind Consumers of the Dangers of Drinking Raw Milk

...nd Prevention (CDC) are reminding consumers of the dangers of drinking milk that has not been// pasteurized, known as raw milk. Raw milk potentially contains a wide variety of harmful bacteria – including Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, Campylobacter and Brucella – that may cause illness and possibly...

Post Operative Complications More in Obese Patients

...est. "Our study provides further evidence of the dangers of obesity as it relates to surgery," says lead author Olumuyiwa A. Bamgbade, M.D., FRCA, a visiting instructor in the U-M Medical School's Department of Anesthesiology. "One manifestation of this public health epidemic is that patients who are obe...

TB Cases, Deaths Decline in Yemen Because of Awareness Programs

...GOs who are interested in raising awareness of the dangers of TB and ways of preventing it." Yemen's TB control program in February launched a new survey to determine the TB situation in the country. The survey, which is supported by the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is focusing on ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy- Not A Fallen Angel

...ished that a study which made such a claim for the dangers of HRT is now showing just the opposite." Experts say that for women, age becomes a risk factor for heart disease at 55. After menopause, women are more apt to get heart disease, in part because their body's production of estrogen drops. Women ...

Alarming Rise of Methamphetamine Use Among Australian Youth

...I think that people need to be really aware of the dangers of mixing drugs, particularly illicit drugs where you don't know what the content is in the first place. You could be getting anything really." The Number of people who use Methamphetamines on it own is only 3.8%. The use of drugs in combination...

Come Summer, Lawnmower Injuries Increase in US

...alerting parents and other child caregivers to the dangers and providing tips for preventing such injuries. * Keep children under 6 years old indoors while a power mower is in operation. * Let no child under 12 use a walk-behind mower. * Keep children under 16 off ride-on mowers, even if with a parent. ...

Counseling to Mothers Against too Much Shaking of Children

...t if only mothers are sufficiently educated on the dangers inherent in shaking infants too much they could handle crying babies better. According to the Department of Defense records, there are about 10 to 20 deaths that occur in infants across the military that are caused by Shaken Baby Syndrome. Such ac...

Massive Recall of Magnetic Toys in US

...en reported. “CPSC is deeply concerned about the dangers that small, powerful magnets can pose to children ...nd other stakeholders to protect children from the dangers of magnets. New voluntary standards requirements were approved on March 15th. In addition, the volun...

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Claims Another Set Of Victims

... get informed about. By educating ourselves on the dangers of CO, experts believe that we can significantly reduce health risk as well as save lives. ANN/...

Alcohol Abuse During College Days Leads to Heart Disease in Later Life

....). Drinking alcohol excessively increases such dangers as alcoholism, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, breast cancer, suicide and accidents. Also, it's not possible to predict in which people alcoholism will become a problem. So the association cautions people not to start drinking alcohol if they d...

Humans Aren't the Only Ones With Obesity Problems

... humans, however, horse owners often don't see the dangers of an// obese horse. Caretakers may see no harm in giving their horses rich foods, but obesity in horses is just as unhealthy as obesity in humans and can lead to fatal diseases. "There is a striking parallelism between humans and horses when it c...

Black Cohosh-Black Magic Against Breast Cancer

...sole means of breast cancer prevention.“One of the dangers is that people sometimes think, ‘I’m taking cohosh, so I don’t have to do anything else. But not doing the other things – like getting regular mammography screenings – is what can hurt you. Herbal preparations are at best additions – not alternatives...

Force-feeding a Scourge Among Mauritanian Nomads

...hat government radio sketches warning women of the dangers of obesity have had little effect on a society where fatness is revered as a symbol of nobility and good breeding. Nonetheless, force-feeding and the nomadic way of life is fast disappearing, said Mounina. 'The country has been hit by years of dr...

No Laptop Please for Children

...at children are much more sensitive than adults to dangers such as pollutants like lead and UV radiation. "So if there should be a problem with mobiles, then it may be a bigger problem for children. "Since we advise that children should be discouraged from using mobile phones, we should also discourage...

Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change

Many people know about the dangers of global warming, but only few act. // The explanation, says Professor Andreas Ernst of the University of Kassel, has two parts. One, human beings get stubbornly comfortable in their habits. On the other, the human species is biologically programm...

Tritium Risks at New Heights

...ngs should prompt the government to reconsider the dangers of tritium and the provinces reliance on nuclear power. OPG says it also tests the water around its nuclear plants on a regular basis. Greenpeace is the second influential entity to raise concerns about Canada's tritium standards recently. Last Sep...

SKorea Launches Campaign to Curb Hard-drinking Culture

...n and elsewhere to enhance public awareness of the dangers of excessive drinking, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said. "South Koreans consider offering alcohol to others as being generous. More worrisome is quick and excessive drinking," Park No-Man, a ministry official, told AFP. Excessive drinking da...

Doctors Condemn Any Attempt to Dilute Smoking Ban

... is to protect the public and all workers from the dangers of passive smoking. 'We are urging politicians to throw out this amendment at the very early stages of the Bill's progress through the Assembly.'...

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