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Britain is Now Europe's Cocaine Capital

...ope said after a survey last year that prices have dropped to 44 pounds a gram, nearly a third down on 65 pounds a gram in 2000....

Russian Health Care Marred by Corruption

...re also especially high. Russia's population has dropped sharply in the past 15 years, to below 143 million in what President Vladimir Putin calls "the most acute problem of contemporary Russia." The state covers all Russians under a standardized medical insurance package, while well-heeled citizens can ...

Pete Doherty Set for Another Drug Trial

... in 2005 before blackmail and robbery charges were dropped against him. He was also jailed in 2003 for burgling an ex-bandmate's flat....

Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend

Teenage birthrate in US has dropped to a 65-year low. According to a report released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics, the birth rate for teenagers declined 2 percent in 2005, falling to 40.4 births per 1,000 women age...

Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study

...ife expectancy for men freed from the Iron Curtain dropped by six years between 1991 and 1994 amid social disruption, physical hardships and economic instability. The degree to which men were affected depended upon how rough the transition to capitalism was and how much income inequality increased, the new...

New Trends in Drug Abuse Among Teenage Girls

...hem were the fallout of drug abuse among girls. It dropped to 35% for women when the drugs employed were street drugs....

Mumps Breaks Out In Canada

...s a large outbreak in 2004. Immunization rates had dropped significantly in Britain because many people believed the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine caused autism. The vaccine-autism link has since been disproved, experts note. The disease reached Iowa last year, and Rau says it has now found its way into Ca...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

... right to use marijuana for medicinal purposes has dropped her lawsuit against the federal government. "I... argument, not other constitutional issues. Monson dropped out, but Raich pressed on as the case returned to the 9th Circuit for those other arguments. Thoug...

Check Your Physiology Before You Choose A Diet

... lost equal amounts of weight on both diets. They dropped about 10 pounds in six months and regained about half of it at the end of 18 months. Anthony Fabricatore of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says: 'This new work raises the question of whether patients seeking weight loss should be...

Three-year-old Abandoned in Box Meant for Unwanted Babies in Japan

...sday was in good health. He reportedly said he was dropped off by his father, who was seen holding the youngster's hand as they approached the hospital. I came with Daddy," the boy was quoted as saying by the Mainichi newspaper. The find triggered a wave of outrage among political leaders on Tuesday, wi...

Soy Products a Double-edged Sword for Breast Cancer

...reast cancer in women aged 50 and over in the U.S. dropped significantly after use of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) declined in 2002 and 2003. While purified genistein is not as potent as HRT, Helferich said, it still poses a risk to midlife women because the amount consumed is much higher. The labels...

New Pill to Suppress Menstrual Bleeding Indefinitely

...ith no bleeding after six months, but 18% of women dropped out of studies because of spotting and breakthrough bleeding, according to Wyeth."You're now basically trading scheduled bleeding for unscheduled bleeding, and I don't know whether American women will buy into that," Shulman said....

Ganges River Dolphins Continue to Die in India

...are found in the Ganges in Bihar. The numbers have dropped drastically over the past decades. In the 1980s, the Gangetic delta zone alone had around 3,500 dolphins. In 1996, freshwater dolphins - locally known as 'sons of the river' - were categorised as an endangered species by the World Conservation Unio...

Wrinkles can Be Really Ironed Out, Thanks to Vitamin A

... assumed by the researchers that the 13 people who dropped out had not seen any benefits in how their skin looked. However, even with this added in to the results, there was a significant improvement between the retinol and non-retinol arms. The small skin samples taken supported this - showing an increase...

Single-tablet With Two Drugs may Help Control High BP Better

...patients had an episode where their blood pressure dropped too low, which is a potential effect of aggressive BP treatment. "These data suggest strongly that single tablets containing two drugs will control the vast majority of patients who are taking medication but have not achieved ideal blood pressure. ...

FDA Approves Wyeth's Oral Contraceptive Lybrel

...but 18% of women participating in a clinical trial dropped out because of bleeding or spotting. A European trial found that the drug prevented pregnancy in all 323 women who took it, according to Wyeth. The drug has received mixed reviews from women and health experts. In a study conducted by Wyeth, nearly...

Shortage of Doctors and Nurses Affects AIDS Treatment in Africa

...mber of new patients starting treatment each month dropped from 270 in May 2006 to 100 last December mainly because of lack of health workers. South Africa has 393 nurses and 74 doctors per 100,000 people, but a high percentage work in the private sector and shortages are especially acute in rural areas. ...

Detecting Cold, Feeling Pain: Study Reveals Why Menthol Fresh

...tween warm and cold surfaces until the temperature dropped to extremes. Its been known for years that menthol and related cooling agents evoke the psychophysical sensation of cold somehow by interacting with the aspect of the sensory nervous system thats related to cold detection, says Julius. The curre...

Blood Test may Help Signal Tumor's Remission, Return in Throat Cancer Patients

...blood levels of these cytokines and growth factors dropped and remained low following treatment were more likely to continue in remission. Patients who experienced large increases in protein levels were more likely to exhibit a return of the cancer or to die from it. For example, large increases in IL-6, VEG...

New Studies: Commercials Aren't Making Kids Fat

...number of advertisements seen by kids has actually dropped in the past few decades. Despite being accused of luring children to eat fatty foods, advertisements for fast food restaurants make up only 3.3% of commercial breaks, the Archives study found. Furthermore, the study notes that "the dramatic increas...

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