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More People Come To India For Cosmetic Surgery

...ey added that such operations are mainly sought by educated and prosperous British Asians, who feel the need and pressure to have Western-style physical features. A large majority of such Asians are women, born and raised in Britain and who hanker for Western dimensions of beauty. While the Asians who visit...

Spread Of AIDS Is Reduced Greatly In Zimbabwe Due To Change In Behavior

...this factor other factors such as Zimbabwe's well educated population, good communications, and health service infrastructure played a crucial role in bringing down the prevalence rate. The study included 9,454 people, who were first interviewed in 1998 and later in 2003. It showed that in 2003 the prevale...

Annual Dental Checkups in Children Lagging Behind

...dren. * 60.9 percent of children with at least one educated parent had a dental check up once a year, while 33.2 percent of children whose parents had only completed high school or less had an annual checkup. * It was also found that in 56 percent of children the main reason for lack of dental care was financ...

Increased Risk Of HIV Transmission Following Vaginal Washing

...may be passed on. In an ideal world women would be educated about these risks and have access to condoms. Sadly, that kind of education is unavailable in many parts of Africa”, said Rod Watson, deputy head of health promotion at HIV/Aids charity Terrence Higgins Trust. “Vaginal washing is commonplace in Afr...

Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa

...ncy. Twenty-year-old Samali Juang, the only woman educated up to the seventh standard in Hatisila village, was more fortunate. Although her third child survived, the boy suffers from malnutrition. "What can I do? We are poor, only getting 10 days' wages in a month. I am still trying to provide him a good di...

10 Million Indian Females Aborted In 20 years

...as second children was more than twice as great in educated than illiterate mothers, but did not vary by religion. Based on the natural sex ratio from other countries, the team estimated that around 13·6 to 13·8 million girls should have been born in 1997 in India. However, the actual number was 13·1 million...

Mainstream medicine collides with alternate treatment: increasing health risks

...r of complementary and alternative medicines is an educated woman aged 25-44, who lives in a city and earns a high income. Younger respondents were more likely to believe such treatments helped their immune system and older respondents used them for chronic problems such as joint pains or circulation. Women...

High Prevalence of AIDS among Indian Truck drivers

...he importance of safe sex. "Besides, they must be educated on the use of condoms. They should also be motivated to seek early and complete treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Communicating messages through peer educators comprising sex workers and fellow drivers needs to be taken up on a large scale...

China Doubles Its Investment In AIDS/HIV Treatment.

... the disease. The awareness among people who are educated is also very low. About 60% of the educated people are still scared to go near or have a conversation with a HIV/AIDS infected person. Statis...

Bad professional behavior dates back to medical school

...knowing, paternalistic doctor whom medical schools educated prior to the 1970s. The change began in the 1980s and 1990s. Today there's a great deal more emphasis being placed on professionalism, humanistic behavior and ethical issues. Disciplinary action by a state medical board is rare. Of the 725,000 prac...

Trust in Doctor gives better cure

...s found that trust and cure were increased in less educated people compared to educated people. The researchers also found that in African-Americans, the poor and the uninsured delayed car...

Blair Offers James Support To Fight AIDS

... farm. The people of the country also need to be educated with regard to HIV, to prevent the infection from spreading further. The incidence of HIV is quite extensive in the African Continent, with countries like South Africa and Botswana reporting high figures with regard to the number of infected people. ...

Computers Can Teach Patients About Screening for Cancer

...ucation and no computer skills can be successfully educated about health topics using computers that can have ...knowledgeable about the topic as patients who were educated by a nurse. In addition, the two groups had equal success rates completing the screening test. With ...

Indian Olympic Association And UNICEF To Collaborate On HIV/AIDS Awareness

..., and at the same time students and players can be educated about how they can contribute towards raising awareness about health issues." Eimar Barr, deputy director (operations) Unicef-India said, "Unicef strongly believes that sports-related organizations are uniquely poised to spread crucial information ...

Influence of Celebrities on Breast Cancer Awareness

...ebrities were open about their illnesses, it often educated the public. Increasing public awareness of common diseases is good, but few celebrities publicize the most obvious messages on disease prevention. For example, no celebrity is yet talking about his or her high cholesterol and heart disease, drunken d...

Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women

...y stations and public bathrooms especially in well educated states like Kerala. However, surprisingly this bold step by the government has to some extent backfired. The step has raised anger in the Muslim women’s organization (Jama’at – e_Islami Hind Kerla) who strongly feel that, the introduction of condo...

Education And Income Level May Not Guarantee Health

...child. Among Danish children, those with the most educated and highest earning parents were the least insulin...en from Estonia and Portugal - those from the most educated and highest earning parents were the most insulin resistant. The higher levels of insulin resistanc...

Junk Food Causes High Level Of Insulin Resistance In Children

...ts of the study show that the children of the most educated and highest earning parents were the least insulin...en from Estonia and Portugal - those from the most educated and highest earning parents were the most insulin resistant. High fatty foods “Junk food” may be the...

Education in women brings sounder sleep

...ducated. But the results reverse in case of highly educated men who get less sleep....

Clothes may provide better protection against sun-related skin problems in children

...ns for protection from the sun. Parents need to be educated in the beneficial role of using sun screening agents like clothes and sun block creams on children to make them protected when out in the sun. Reference: American Journal of Epidemiology, issue April, 2005...

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