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Over Five Million Illegal Abortions In India Every Year

...female sex ratio. The sex ratio in India has been declining for several decades. According to the 2001 census, the adult sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 males. The child sex ratio is 927 girls per 1,000 male children. "Strict regulation and stringent punishment are two major points that both the government ...

Fewer Graduates Choosing General Practice

...oose to become general practitioners. "A rapidly declining proportion of new graduates from Monash University Medical School, particularly female graduates, are choosing general practice as a career," says Dr Joyce. Eight years after graduating, 50 per cent of Monash medical graduates from 1980 and 1985 we...

Norway Grants $80 mn to India's Health Mission

...ild mortality rate in the world, even though it is declining over the last few decades. The five states account for 60 percent of the total number of infant deaths reported in the country. (Source: IANS)...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic to Cause Adverse Effects to Indian Economy

...points over the next 14 years with unskilled labor declining by 0.35 percent and skilled labor by 0.22 percent. In addition there will be lower labor productivity of HIV-affected workers as well as a decline in sectoral total factor productivity growth rates. Inevitably there will by impoverishment with the ...

Australia's Baby Bonus Plan has Increased the Birth Rate

...to "procreate and cherish" in order to reverse the declining fertility rate that is the bane of Australia - and most other rich countries. "Let's just see if we can stabilise the decline and turn it back up - it would be a great thing for our country," Costello told reporters. "It's hard to maintain living...

AIDS Pandemic Slows Population Growth In South Africa

...ity levels and rising AIDS deaths have resulted in declining population growth in South Africa.// In a report... statistician-general, Pali Lehohla, has said that declining fertility levels from 2.86 children per woman in 2001 to 2.73 children this year as well as the impa...

Staying Indoors Responsible for 1995 Heat Wave Killings

...lts of the study suggest that the elderly in these declining neighborhoods may be at risk during other types of disasters as well, according to Browning. "When these people see their own neighborhood as a risk, they may discount the more uncertain danger of a potential disaster," Browning said. Source: E...

Need for Change in Social Norms to Prevent Spread of HIV

...countries , a few hard-hit countries have reported declining HIV infection rates. However Bill Gates addressing the International AIDS Conference in Toronto this week said that current trends don’t bode well for the future because estimates have shown that for each person who started anti-HIV therapy last year...

Lower Birth Rate and Fewer Girls under China’s one Child Polic

...y. Likewise many other Asian countries that have declining birth rates and traditional preferences for male babies are seeing serious sex imbalances. Even without the policy, sex selective abortion would be likely to continue, although it would probably be less common. This can only be solved by a change i...

Valve Disease Study Suggests New Public Health Concern

... of valve diseases today and their contribution to declining health with aging.” Physicians have suspected the increase in valvular disease, but Mayo’s research is the first comprehensive study to look at data from the general population and the community. Data from the general population reveals information...

Insights Into Lead Pollution

... an extremely strong decline over time, reflecting declining emissions from car fuel: otter bone lead levels in 2004 were less than a quarter of those in 1992.' Dr. Chadwick stresses that the research highlights the importance of long-term monitoring and archiving of samples and shows that with help from the ...

Suicide Rates Declining

Australia’s suicide rate has been steadily declining since its peak in 1997, Professor of Psychiatry Robert Goldney revealed in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia // . However, Professor Goldney, of The Adelaide Clinic, warned the improvement is no reason for complacency. The gene...

Study Suggests Vitamin K Deficiency as an Osteoporosis Risk Factor

.... The study found that one of the early effects of declining estrogen is the impairment of vitamin K function in bone even before any bone loss that could be attributed to menopause can be measured. "Our study suggests that the generally accepted level of vitamin K in healthy women is inadequate to maintain b...

Most Suicide Rates Decline, but Findings Are Puzzling

... rates among younger and older Americans have been declining since the early 1990s. Now, the puzzling news: No ...oticed the trends had reversed and that rates were declining among adolescents, young adults (younger than 25) and older adults (65 and older). He recruited Schu...

Dengue Claims Another Victim in Delhi Taking the Toll to 46

... the total number of cases 69," said Yadav. The declining signs of dengue were also visible at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) where most of the dengue cases were brought in. In the past 24 hours, only 18 new cases were reported here while 30 patients were discharged. "We are looking a...

13-Year-Old Boy Is Latest Dengue Victim; Delhi Toll 47

...e number of cases in these states would also start declining soon as the state governments were making all efforts to control the disease," said Negi. Apart from Delhi, dengue cases were reported from Rajasthan (972) followed by Kerala (834), Gujarat (456), West Bengal (675), Uttar Pradesh (513), Tamil Nadu ...

Despite One More Death, Dengue Cases Continue to Fall in India

...ng reported in the city. "We think that if this declining trend continues, we would soon stop getting any more cases," he said. Source-IANS...

Testosterone Levels in Men Decline Over Past Two Decades

Testosterone levels in American men have been declining steadily over the past two decades, a new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism concludes. // The reasons for this decline are unclear; the study suggests that neither aging nor changes in certain health factors, such as obe...

Majority Chinese Men Lack Testosterone: Report

... Only 40 percent of the people surveyed knew about declining testosterone levels and few people bothered to go to hospital for treatment in a survey conducted in China's Shanghai municipality, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces in 2002. Besides fostering good living habits, men should receive testosterone supplement...

Sun, Sand and Smoke! A Bad Deal for New South Wales Women

...tistics on rising rates for some cancers, but also declining death rates for most cancers and overall improving survival rates. The NSW government is making real progress in the fight against cancer, but this report emphasizes that we have more work to do."...

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