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Children At Risk For Chronic Disease Due To Consumption Of Fried Food

...over a period of three years. It is one issue that demands superior priority because it is equally important to ensure a healthy generation. From the study, it has been found that when the children increased the amount of fried foods they ate away from home, their body mass index (BMI) increased. In the su...

Northeast To Get Mega Rural Health Mission

...system was able to cater to just 20 percent of the demands and the rest 80 percent were left to be cared for by the private sector. But now things would change for the better," Ramadoss said. --IANS...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

...ity of Herceptin to women with early breast cancer demands cooler heads than have so far prevailed, in politics, in public, and even in medical journals," The Lancet editorial concluded....

Programs for development of health in poor countries not effective

...urse, say the authors. The fight against malaria demands a much larger injection of resources than currently available, and substantial investment is also needed to meet targets on reducing tuberculosis, they argue. The papers, which examine the cost-effectiveness of health policies in Africa and South-E...

Botched Abortions Trigger Concern Over Legal Ambiguity In Britain

...spectively. The shocking disclosure has triggered demands for the time limit for terminations to be cut. Britain's leading obstetricians accuse the doctors who carried out botched abortions of 'sub-standard' medicine....

Turkey Is Listed In The Christmas Meal Despite Bird Flu Scare

...mains popular inspite of the bird flu scare. The demands for Christmas turkeys have risen by 25% in Britain. Supermarket owners say that the sales of the bird //are as good as the previous year. When bird flu was spreading and was in its peak in the month of October and November people feared that its sa...

Women call for health right to rural women

... hearing, the women made it very clear that unless demands like supply of essential drugs, equipment and availability of doctors are ensured, the quality of health services will never improve. Reinforcing their demands, Nagina from Chitrakoot said, "Many Primary Health Centres (PHC) today are inaccessible ...

Inadequate labeling in sandwiches sold at UK supermarkets

... ranged between 94% and 99%. The consumer group demands that the labels should prominently feature more and all ingredients used in the preparation. "We want food companies to come clean, and spell out clearly on the front of packs exactly what shoppers are paying for. Are they paying for meat, or meat ...

Chinese Hospital urged to cater to the poor

... care for the common man and not just cater to the demands of the wealthy minority, the country's health minister said.// Hospitals are spending too much public money to buy expensive medical equipment, trying to keep pace with developed countries, and offering exclusive services that few can afford, Healt...

Leisurely Pursuits Tune The Brain

... detours around brain blockages in response to the demands of daily life, much in the way a commuter is able to find quicker routes home. Edited IANS ...

Job stress thickens plaque build-up in arteries

... report high job strain - the combination of heavy demands and little control at the office // – were found to have thicker carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). IMT is considered a reliable way of determining the early stages of atherosclerosis, the narrowing and stiffening of the arteries, even in men who ...

SIDS on the rise

...ce of the mothers tiring out due to the motherhood demands which makes them fall asleep in the bed, sofa and causes the death of the baby. Professor Peter Fleming of the Royal Hospital for Children in Bristol analysed the effects of the previous campaigns asking the parents to avoid the habit of making the...

Kellogg Warned Against Its Marketing Strategies

...rather than sue. Still, the Center added, if its demands were not met, a lawsuit would be filed asking a Massachusetts court to stop the companies from marketing junk foods in venues where 15 percent or more of the audience is under age 8, and to stop promoting junk foods through Web sites, toy giveaways, ...

Kerr Discourages Transfusion Hepatitis Inquiry

.... The Holy rood health committee was considering demands from campaigners to look into the happenings during 1970 and 1980 when transfusions led to such problems. During this period nearly 3500 patients were said to have received blood transfusion. Now, the numbers of infected people has risen to an alarmi...

Quality Platelets and Improved Blood Availability No Longer a Pipe Dream

... Canada is presently able to cater to the platelet demands of Canadian patients but the demand is only going to increase, according to Maurer. It is only a matter of time when the positive impact of a contribution of this genre is felt across the world. Testing of the device will take place this year after ...

Pill ‘o’ mania: Sleep of mind is priceles

... sound. Some just can’t afford to sleep due to the demands of a compelling job. Sleep deprivation is detrimental to over all well being, contributing to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This also amounts to whopping annual health care costs of $16 billion and $50 billion in lost productivity.A...

Students Seek Help From Prisoners for Kidnapped Child's Release

...he jail and begged for money to fulfill the ransom demands made by the child's kidnappers. Nirmalendu was kidnapped in Phulwarisharief while he was on his way to school. His schoolmates are now appealing to the prisoners to use their contacts outside the jail to help trace the missing boy. The students sai...

Bird flu raises debate in EU for compensation for farmers

...p poultry producers," Italy and Greece repeated demands that the commission help support businesses in countries where farmers have been severely affected by falling poultry prices. Poultry sales have dropped by 70 percent in Italy, 40 to 50 percent in Greece and 15 percent in France. Current EU law pro...

Women Portray Stronger Immune Response As Compared to Men, Study Suggests

...response of female rats' could have risen from the demands of motherhood, researchers seem to say in the study titled “Social isolation and the inflammatory response: sex differences in the enduring effects of a prior stressor”. This study has been carried out by Gretchen L. Hermes, Anthony Montag and Martha...

Health Services Came To A Halt As Mumbai Doctors Strike Continues

...ork. "We are willing to talk and look into their demands with an open mind but before that they have to resume their duties. They cannot hold the government to ransom like this," said the official. The state government had invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) Wednesday night...

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