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Decline in Breastfeeding Linked to Child Deaths in Asia: UNICEF

...0 infants die each year in the Asia-Pacific region due to a decline in breastfeeding, a UNICEF expert told a regional conference on Wednesday . There are "roughly 160,000 children dying annually in Eastern and Southeastern Asia whose deaths are attributed to something as preventable and as imminently ...

Notice Sent to Courts Asking Them to Stop Courting Mosquitoes

...pal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials said that due to rain, dengue has raised its head in mid-June as against its usual arrival time in end July. The civic body has already sent over 1,200 notices to people so far for breeding mosquitoes. "Our officials have detected 10,000 mosquito breeding spots ...

Lindsay Lohan is 'serious' About Her Rehab Stint

...and that there is no clear time frame for her stay due to her work schedule. "She is staying in Promises for longer than a month. We don't know how much longer because of her work schedule, but she is taking rehab very seriously this time and not messing around," the New York Post quoted the friend, as...

Go for Russia, Not China, Wine Experts Say

... bottled wine in 2006, from 379 million in 2005 -- due to the banning of Moldovan and Georgian wine and the change in a customs stamp required on bottles -- are predicted to soar in 2007. Official Russian statistics estimate that in 2005 imports totalled 1.2 billion dollars, more than double the amount o...

Male Circumcision Overstated as Deterrent to Global AIDS Pandemic

...d western Africa, but this lower prevalence is not due to higher numbers of circumscribed males in these Muslim communities, but rather results from the fact that there are significantly fewer prostitutes in northern Africa on a per capita basis. In a frequently cited academic paper, Daniel Halperin, an...

Rural Work Ethic Curbs Elderly Heart Care

...be hospitalized than their urban counterparts, and due to differences in prescribing, are less likely to get the drugs they need at the right dosages, Clark said. Preliminary results of the study suggest that support for the rural patients should stress the importance of recognizing symptoms and seekin...

Uttar Pradesh to Declare Revised Medical Entrance Results

...d that about 75 percent of the result was affected due to wrong application of computer software." He, however, denied any irregularity in the checking of answer sheets. "A random re-scan of 14,000 answer sheets did not reveal any mischief." According to him, the anomaly could have been nipped in the...

Novel Method to Inhibit Prostate Cancer

...application in cancer therapy is limited, in part, due to its low water solubility, making it difficult to effectively deliver the drug to the points needed. It is also known to induce hypersensitivity reactions. Therefore, novel methods are needed that would allow for delivery of effective concentrati...

'Lights Out' as London Does Its Bit for Climate Change

...longest day of the year in Britain when the sun is due to set in the British capital at 9:21 pm (2021 GMT). "Excessive illumination contributes to climate change and you may like to join in, if you are in London tonight, the London Lights Out campaign," said Ben Bradshaw, minister of state for the envi...

Wine Packaging: Bag-in-box, Plastic Bottles, Cork Comeback?

...loped in the 1970s that is now coming into its own due to its recyclability. "Even the finest Bordeaux and Burgundy will be seen in lighter glass, and or, plastic bottles," forecast Brian Howard of Britain-based consultancy group Wine Intelligence. Howard predicted that packaging would be driven as muc...

Childrens Health Program Covering More Adults Than Children

...g the State Children's Health Insurance Program is due to be referred next week to the full Senate by the Finance Committee. Congress will consider renewing the politically popular program before it expires on Sept. 30. Some lawmakers, particularly Republicans, have said the coming legislation should r...

A New Milestone in Stem Cell Research

...f the heart muscle loses its blood supply (usually due to furring up of the arteries with fatty material) and cells in that part of the heart die, leaving a scar. This reduces the ability of the heart to pump blood around the body. While the blood supply to the heart can be improved with coronary bypas...

Stroke - Unfair to the Middle-aged Fair Sex

...during mid-life, as compared to men, thought to be due to expanding waist lines and heart disease. For the study, researchers analyzed data from 17,000 people over the age of 18 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Of the participants, 606 people experienced a stro...

Nephrologists Reassess Disaster Response Strategies

...ndergoing regular dialysis are not in dire straits due to interruptions caused in the aftermath of natural disasters. The July Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology presents an update on the nephrology community's efforts to meet the unique needs of people with kidney disease in the a...

Doherty Will Marry Moss If He's 'smack and Needle-free'

...e would appear to be in somewhat of a rage perhaps due to my being decamped to the potting shed," he writes. The singer claimed that the supermodel told him after a holiday in Thailand, that his behaviour has turned intolerable and that the relationship has become 'an unbearable and intolerable disaste...

Phase II Data Show Efficacy and Tolerability of Tapentadol in Chronic Pain Treatment

...n the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee(1). The broad ana...y patients are forced to terminate their treatment due to intolerable side-effects", comments Prof. Dr. Eric Paul Pques, member of the Executive Board of G...

Polyethylene Glycol Offers Relief to Chronic Constipation

...esults were observed when analyzed for differences due to gender, race and age. Although some patients did show slight side effects, there was no significant difference between the PEG-treated and placebo groups....

Recall of the AIDS Drug Causes Panic in Zambia

...g the users who feel that the drug may not be safe due to contamination. There are many HIV-positive Zambians on the antiretroviral therapy. The HIV drug has been recalled after a "human error" led to a higher than normal level of a chemical which can cause cancer. The drug Viracept, whose generic nam...

One Fifth of Timor Needs Food Assistance: UN Report

...bstantial reductions in all of the country's crops due in large part to recurring drought, especially on the north coast, and an outbreak of locust infestations in the western regions. Production of maize, Timor's most important crop, declined by 30 per cent to 70,000 tonnes. Output of cereals, cassava...

Pulmonary Function Testing in Children

...important, not only for clinical reasons, but also due to the considerable growth and development of the respiratory system that occurs with associated changes in lung mechanics, said Dr. Davis. The working group envisions that these guidelines will help facilitate multi-center collaboration using thes...

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