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Tussle between doctor duo and Austalian health service board

...l standards and medical ethics and starkly visible discrimination against them. The hospital administration has categorically denied the allegations flung at them by the duo and explains that further mediation was not possible until certain existing issues were dealt with. .The board has countered this letter by c...

Eating Strawberries may boost memory

...hey tested fisetin's effects in a so-called object discrimination test in mice. The mice get to explore two objects for a certain amount of time. The next day, one of the objects is replaced with a novel one. If the mice remember the object from the day before, they spend less time exploring the old one and instead...

Injustice to cancer patients at work

...cer patients are experiencing unjust dismissal and discrimination at work place in spite of the new legislation to p...ation about the law. A DRC spokesman said: "Direct discrimination and failures to make adjustments is turning the world of work into a very hostile environment for wo...

Understanding Stress Triggers for African Americans

...rim, though, states might investigate the level of discrimination claims involving bank loans to Black businesses, and whether state commerce agencies are making appropriate levels of support available to new Black businesses," he added. The number of Black prisoners and the uninsured Black residents who are not ...

Remove Stigma to Defeat HIV/AIDS in India, says UN Envoy

...e in India, says a top UN official//. "Stigma and discrimination are indeed problem areas in tackling HIV/AIDS in India," said Nafis Sadik, special envoy of the UN secretary general for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. "There is acceptance of the problem at the highest level, although lots needs to be done to m...

Stigma of AIDS at the workplace

...nly been accelerated by ignorance and fear causing discrimination at the workplace. In spite of laws that are meant// to prevent discrimination at the workplace when it comes to HIV/AIDS patients, no one seems to be paying any heed. Several m...

Jamaica Sees 1000 New Cases of HIV Annually

...ides that, the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS has contributed to the population increasingly vulnerable by driving the epidemic underground. The document has called attention to the several sensitive social issues that need to be addressed, as well as the n...

AIDS Sufferers Turn to British Doctor to Prolong their Survival

...disease that is considered a stigma and faced with discrimination and high cost of treatment, which combine to a cocktail as lethal as the fatal inevitable end, the grandfatherly Briton, Jack Preger, is the god who has not failed them. Preger has not only rushed to a HIV/AIDS combat zone that even the Indian gov...

AIIMS Goes to Polls Amid Reservation Issues

...tors will closely monitor the process to check any discrimination or malpractice," said a senior professor at AIIMS. Meanwhile, some Dalit students have written to AIIMS Director P. Venugopal complaining of harassment by upper caste students in the institute. Source-IANS...

Religious Activities Could Promote Obesity

...eart disease. Increasing health-care costs, social discrimination and a poor quality of life also are consequences of an obese lifestyle, Ferraro says. In other health contexts, religion is considered positive. Prayer, meditation and the social interaction provided by religion can be good for people's health, he ...

Risk of Silent AIDS epidemic in Middle East and North Africa

...t could save their lives because of the stigma and discrimination that is attached to the disease and hence choose to remain silent. Public ignorance about the disease, the region's young demographics, large movements of displaced people fleeing war and strife, and entrenched taboos about homosexuality have been i...

Legislation to Prevent Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Victims

Draft legislation on prevention of discrimination against HIV/AIDS victims will be tabled by the Union Health Ministry before the Cabinet for approval.// In the light of the XVI International AIDS Conference, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said, "it took a little time, because we wanted s...

Clinton, Gates Highlight Treatment, Discrimination of AIDS

... said inadequate access to treatment and continued discrimination were among the biggest problems// in combating the... further into poverty and are often the subject of discrimination from others in their village, the report says. Doctors, nurses and teachers are also suffering or ...

Need for Newer AIDS Drugs In China

...with the disease refusing to be tested for fear of discrimination against themselves and their family have all contributed towards this problem. Children especially have been hard to find. "Definitely there are a lot of kids who haven't been found and a lot of kids who died without knowing they had AIDS," Zhan...

India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas

...th Aids, who generally suffer from a great deal of discrimination and isolation. Ms Rao further stated that local leaders would be encouraged to make sure that condoms would be more easily accessible and also to introduce Aids education in schools. Currently the village councils manage rural development plans, co...

AIDS Control Programme to Focus on District Level

...made part of the campaign so as to curb stigma and discrimination of the HIV-positive people in the rural hinterlands. "Besides, municipal chairmen, elected representative of panchayats will be given proper knowledge in collaboration with self-help groups and NGOs on the issue. "Increasing the usage of condoms am...

Indian to Conduct Workshop at Global AIDS Meet

... would help create strategies to remove stigma and discrimination against those with HIV/AIDS, he told News India-Times. Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are expected to address the gathering. Among the other distinguished participants include former US president Bill Clinton, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and...

Doctors Warn on Pregnancy Counselling

...ose-knit communities - and may potentially lead to discrimination against the patient. "In addition, the item number excludes use by GPs who have been associated with termination services and restricts the provision of such counselling to GPs who have undergone mental health training. "In combination, these thr...

Most HIV/AIDS Patients do not Disclose Status: Report

...d their status, 10.3 per cent have reported facing discrimination at the hands of the employer," a UNDP-NACO-NCAER report on "Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in India" said. Discrimination against people living with the disease is higher in rural areas, and in cities many among them have been forced to resig...

Community Based Organisation for Transgenders and HIV Affected

...of the members, but also a major way of preventing discrimination and social ostracism, Dr R Lakshmi Bai, project director, TAI-VHS, said. Source:PTI News...

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