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Alzheimers Incidence is Set to Quadruple by 2050

...revious projections of the looming global dementia epidemic with the graying of the world's population. But they serve as a sobering reminder of the toll to come if scientists cannot find better ways to battle Alzheimer's and protect aging brains. "If we can make even modest advances in preventing Alzheim...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

...rising rainfall has lengthened the lifespan of the epidemic each season," says Wiku Adisasmito, a dengue expert at the University of Indonesia. According to official figures, the number of dengue cases in Singapore last month was nearly three times that in the same period a year ago. The surge in cases has...

HIV Awareness Increases as Condoms are Distributed in Gujarat Theatres Screening Porn Films

... Surat has succeeded in spreading awareness of the epidemic among vulnerable groups. The city has a large number of migrant laborers who come to the city to work in its diamond and textile factories. Gujarat is not a high HIV/Aids prevalence state, but in its 2004 estimates, India's National Aids Control Or...

Exposure to Cocaine During Pregnancy Weakens Kindergarten Kids Attention

...iversity of Florida. During and after the crack epidemic of the 1980s, the so-called crack babies were the subject of media coverage that raised much of concern about their futures. Accornero, however, says that the effects in general appear to be more subtle and specific than initially believed. She ...

Alli- a New Weapon for War Against the Bulges

...growing number of children who weigh too much. The epidemic is especially crucial in Michigan, which has the nation's fifth-highest obesity rate. Unlike the hundreds of other weight-loss products for sale without a prescription, alli (pronounced AL-eye), is the only diet drug that is considered safe and effe...

New Virus Test Technology Experimented

A new diagnostic technology to detect epidemic diseases has entered the phase of clinical experim...nces of the viruses, namely DNA or RNA, to confirm epidemic diseases such as hepatitis or AIDS, said Charlie Xiang, chief scientist of the Microarray Centre of ...

Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

...nment Tuesday sounded an alert following a malaria epidemic that has claimed at least 25 lives// and affected ... well under control and compared to last year, the epidemic is not alarming. But we are not taking any chances," Sarma said. Some 304 people died of malaria las...

Abuse of the Disabled in Government Run Homes

...t the disabled has been largely ignored despite an epidemic of violence. An estimate shows that 4 to 10 times more likely that a disabled person is abused than a normal person but not much statistic is collected about them. Many a times these cases are not reported, mainly as some are unable to do so. Ther...

Sugary Foods Turn Kids Teeth Rotten in US

...es. "The same things contributing to the obesity epidemic can also contribute to tooth decay," said Dr. Gary Rozier, a dentist who teaches public health policy at the University of North Carolina. Inadequate dental care may also play a role. Cavities in young children can form very quickly, and parents sh...

Steps To Prevent Out-Break Of Bird Flu

...ource i.e. the animal by halting further spread of epidemic in poultry population. Based on the outbreak experience, a detailed Action Plan (first developed by the Department in 2005) has been revised and circulated to the States in November, 2006 to undertake control and containment operations. 2. Surveil...

Force-feeding a Scourge Among Mauritanian Nomads

...have realized that in reality, obesity has reached epidemic proportions among Mauritanian women. It is actually killing them. Barely into their 40s, fattened women are dying from obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Mounina Mint Abdalla is a health consultant who worked for years w...

Two Out of Five Cancer Cases in India Due to Tobacco

...been a forerunner in the fight against the tobacco epidemic which claims over 2,000 lives in my country every day," the minister told reporters at a cancer awareness programme organised by the American Cancer Society here. The minister said India would set up a national regulatory authority to oversee the e...

Tobacco Control Laws to Be Regulated in India

...been a forerunner in the fight against the tobacco epidemic which claims over 2000 lives in my country every day. In order to curb this epidemic, we have enacted comprehensive tobacco control legislation. Most of these provisions under this legislation, like ban on smoking in public places, prohibition on sal...

Qigong Help Chronically Ill People to Cope With Anxiety and Discrimination

...le insight into how chronically ill people cope in epidemic conditions and provides healthcare professionals with important pointers for dealing with the special needs of chronically ill people during future outbreaks." Source-Eurekalet SRM/V...

Obesity - A Major Crisis

...jor cause for worry. In fact it has almost reached epidemic proportions. Estimates show there are around 1.1 billion overweight people in the world, of whom 312 million are obese, and that in Europe 10-20 percent of men are obese and almost half the population is overweight. The body mass index ratio — or B...

Health Expert’s Appeal to Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB and Malari

...alawi -- trying to fight against a full-blown AIDS epidemic with a fragile health system to underline the crucial role of Global Fund support to the health workforce. Mozambique, for example, estimates that in order to roll out HIV drug therapy across the country, it would need 8 health workers per 1000 patie...

U.N. Officials Call on Countries To Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts

...V/AIDS. "A rebalancing of our perception of the epidemic and reinvigorating prevention is absolutely essential," De Cock said, adding, "If there's one big lesson, it's that you cannot separate prevention from treatment. If 700,000 people are accessing therapy every year, but every year we have over four mi...

The Flu- More Than Just That

...ths from heart attacks increased by a third in flu epidemic weeks compared to non-epidemic weeks and the chances of dying from chronic heart disease increased by a tenth. "This study shows that flu is an important trigger of heart attacks because flu is a severe infection, with high incidence rates and is r...

New Research Shows That Flu is a Trigger of Heart Attacks

... chances of dying from AMI increased by a third in epidemic weeks, compared to non-epidemic weeks, and the chances of dying from IHD increased by a tenth. This was the same for both men and women and in different age groups. Researchers believe that flu causes an acute and severe inflammation in the body, w...

Kids Watch too Many TV Junk Food Commercials: Study

... of food marketing to children and its role in the epidemic of childhood obesity. Experts have offered a national plan of action - calling on the food, beverage, and entertainment industries to voluntarily develop and implement guidelines for advertising and marketing directed at children and youths. Sourc...

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