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MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative

... to feed. He thought it best to end his problem by drowning the expensive child. The situation would have been diametrically opposite if the poverty stricken man had just planned his family well. The Men Problem . Statistics show that every sixty seconds an expectant mother breathes her last during chil...

Nature Unleashes Terror Across America

...ansas State. In addition to 11 tornado deaths, two drowning deaths were blamed on the storms, one each in Oklahoma and Kansas. At least 20 levees were flooded along the Missouri River and other streams in the state, according to authorities.No injuries were reported but the Missouri Water Patrol rescued ab...

14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada

...n. After police received a call about a possible drowning at the school, they arrived to find the 14-year-old in serious condition from a gunshot wound. He later died at a hospital. The police went into the school with tear gas, crowbars and sledgehammers in the expectation that the gunman was still in th...

Death Due to Drowning can Be Identified With the Aid of 'Virtual Autopsy'

...e or reduce the need for conventional autopsy when drowning is the suspected cause of death," said lead author... Sciences in Bethesda, Md. The determination of drowning as a cause of death for a body that is found in water is imperative in forensic investigation becaus...

Skewed Sex Ratio! No Problem, We Will Buy Tribes - Says Patel Community In Gujarat

...unity in which a new-born girl child was killed by drowning her in a pot of milk.' But today to the contrary to the above practices, the community is even ready for female foeticide.The skewed male-female ratio (fall in the female ratio) availing in the community is the main cause. It is believed that an am...

Russians face the death trap laid by alcoholism

...egarding booze often finds thousands in the nation drowning themselves in liquor without any person// in authority ever raising eyebrows until recently. So it comes as little surprise when recent estimates prove that over forty two thousand Russians die annually from disorders which are linked to alcoholism. ...

The Rise in Unhealthy Snacking Habit

...s as a part of it. 'I am concerned we are a nation drowning in excess oil, salt and sugar as we and our children continue to ignore the warnings and consume excessive amounts of unhealthy foods. Crisps are just the tip of the iceberg,' said Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director of the charity. 12.5 te...

Two-thirds of outdoor pools in Montreal are closed

...mmer facilities. The inspection aims at preventing drowning and checking chemical levels. "Water contamination that can affect human health is a serious concern for us," said Reg Ayre, manager of Toronto Public Health. “Pool operators frequently complain that inspectors are too strict”, he said. "But we would...

Assam Heat Wave Claims Five.

...n, washing away villages, submerging paddy fields, drowning livestock, besides causing loss of human life and property, in Assam. Local villagers in many parts of the state were taking recourse to superstition - performing frog marriages in an effort to appease the rain god and end a near drought like situat...

Children of Unemployed Parents at 13 per cent increased risk of death

...ed to smoke, fire and flames, suffering accidental drowning or being a cyclist involved in a transport accident - accounted for over 80% of deaths due to injury and poisoning. Phil Edwards, Lecturer in Statistics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and lead author of the study, comments: 'Gi...

Paramedics save more lives following unconventional rules

...much less common situation following, for example, drowning or drug overdose." Thus this new method offers hope! ...

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