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Maternity leave mooted for South African girls

...igh number of teenagers who drop out of school and fail to continue their education once they become mothers. It is one of only a few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that allows pregnant girls to return to school after they give birth. It is estimated that around 72,000 girls countrywide between the age...

Breast Cancer Screening in Meghalaya

...cer. In spite of early detection, the rural people fail to come back for treatment until it reaches the advanced stage at which it cannot be cured. The medical camp conducted breast cancer screening by clinical examination and free ultra sonography. For better access of patients to treatments like radia...

Season for Ladder Accidents!!

...on ladders to blow leaves out of gutters and often fail to secure the ladder or harness themselves in case the ladder gives way,' he said. According to the 2004 data from various hospitals across Ontario, 3,200 people ended up in emergency departments due to ladder accidents between late August and earl...

Britain Faces Aids Epidemic

...Even two years after immigrating into the UK, many fail to get help 'despite showing symptoms of illness'. This creates the danger of a viral explosion in some areas. 'It is ironic that the Government are encouraging people to take precautions to stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases when a l...

Call Centre Staff Could Face Hearing Damage Risk

...ected noise. Two thirds of call centres in Britain fail to protect their workers against hearing damage from noise, reported the online edition of BBC News. A group of experts from The National Health Service (NHS) in Britain have formed an Acoustic Safety Programme, aimed at making call centre managers ...

Tasty Cosmetic Recipes to flavor your day

...orld vehemently oppose wastage of food. They never fail to point out that many third world countries have children who are starving. //However Euro monitor International, a Global Research Firm has published reports about Canadians who take the effort to make use of every morsel of food. They literally da...

Vitamin B deficiency may lead to poor athletic performance

...cording to the study highly energetic athletes may fail to excel in rigorous and demanding exercise simply because of a lack in Vitamin B complex in their diet. Studies prove that its Vitamin B complex in the diet that enhances the growth and repair of muscles. The study was conducted at Oregon State Uni...

Pandemic Planning for Hospitals

...al infrastructure such as power and telephones may fail in the event of an //influenza pandemic, biosecurity and health specialists have warned in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. In a special influenza pandemic supplement, Mr Ralf Itzwerth, a medical sociologist from the National ...

Majority Of Doctors Tend To Ignore Milk Allergy Cases In Babies

A New survey reveals that majority of doctors' fail in recognizing cow's milk allergy in babies, which causes serious health problems. //Four in five GPs are not able to correctly diagnose the disease, wrongly recommending soy-based milk instead - which can pose a risk to long-term health. The surve...

More then Four Million New HIV Infections in 2006: UNAIDS

...ss Latin America but most national AIDS programmes fail to address the specific needs of these people," states the report. Referring to India, the report says that the bulk of HIV infections in the country occur during unprotected heterosexual intercourse. Consequently, women account for a growing propo...

Cost of Illegal Drug Abuse - ￡15b

...). EMCDDA chairman Marcel Reimen said: "We cannot fail to be concerned that across Europe drugs are becoming cheaper in real terms. If this means that those who have a tendency to consume drugs will use them more, then the ultimate cost of drug-taking in terms of healthcare and damage to our communities ...

Technology Predicts Outcome of Child Heart Surgery

...’ Fontan, investigating why these pumping chambers fail in the hopes of devising new strategies to give these children a second chance in life. Using advanced imaging and bioengineering tools, the project hopes to describe how blood flows in this type of circulation and how this blood flow might be altere...

American Red Cross Face Fines After Blood Safety Lapses

...how they intend to rectify their mistakes. If they fail to meet the deadlines, they will be penalized again, warned the FDA. In a previous instance, the American Red Cross had to pay a huge sum, amounting to$10 million as fines for discrepancies seen in maintaining blood safety regulations. This was in v...

Children of Bhopal Gas Victims Suffer from Deformity

...age and treatment methods for waste were likely to fail and contaminate ground water. According to local groups monitoring the water quality, contamination from the factory has now spread to 16 wards and affects an estimated 16,000-20,000 people. A study carried out by Sambhavna Trust Clinic showed tha...

Scotland Women Wait For Weeks For Getting Breast Cancer Results

...s for breast cancer as one in eight patients still fail to meet the two-month waiting target.' – said the report. SR...

Britain Plans Medical Hub To Meet India, China Challenge

...ology is now central to our economic future. If we fail to make the most of what we have, then we will fall behind." According to Blair, the situation can be turned to Britain's advantage by linking business and academia. Noting that Singapore, Dubai, Shanghai and New Delhi were developing similar appro...

Obesity Could Bankrupt the Health System, Warn Doctors

...has to change, they add. Thus education alone will fail to halt this obesity epidemic, and environmental changes (physical, food, and fiscal policy) are urgently needed. They believe that prevention is the only economic long term solution to the problem and recommend that: The food industry needs to ta...

Britain Plans Medical Hub to Meet India, China Challenge

...ology is now central to our economic future. If we fail to make the most of what we have, then we will fall behind." According to Blair, the situation can be turned to Britain's advantage by linking business and academia. Noting that Singapore, Dubai, Shanghai and New Delhi were developing similar app...

Misuse Of Anti-Microbial Drugs Have Given Rise To Multidrug-resistant TB Strains

...strains which are drug-resistant. Patients often fail to complete a full course of the drugs and small amounts of the bacteria that may remain, returns with more vigour and resistance. Multidrug-resistant TB strains are found to be resistant to the two most potent drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. Sc...

Psychological Treatments Improve Outcomes for Back Pain Sufferers

...n in Seattle, patients with chronic pain sometimes fail to recognize the value of psychological treatments because they’ve been set up to expect a cure. “Even the latest and greatest treatments don’t cure people with chronic pain,” he said. “Psychological interventions are not cures, but they do reduce ...

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