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Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...ation and Rehabilitation Foundation said, "We have got to change the way our culture dances with alcohol or future generations will suffer the consequences. At the moment it's a bit like David fighting Goliath. Government revenue is directly related to the economy of the alcohol industry, and it has powe...

Cause of Gender Differences in Blood Pressure, Kidney Damage Under Study

...ey may end up at the same point, but the way they got there could be very different, says Dr. Jennifer C. Sullivan, pharmacologist/physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia Vascular Biology Center. Its known that men tend to develop hypertension earlier than women and the increase in blood pre...

New Technique Dissects Stem Cells' Picky Likes, Dislikes

... in stem cell growth and differentiation. And that got Kiessling thinking. "If we want to control stem cell fates," she says, "maybe we could start to create surfaces of defined molecules, put stem cells down on them, and ask, 'What happens?'" To this end, the researchers tethered 18 distinct protei...

Ostracized HIV Victim of Bihar Commits Suicide

...While he contracted the virus in Kolkata, his wife got it from him, health officials said. According to official figures, 1,100 people among Bihar's over 83 million population are infected with the virus, but AIDS campaigners claim the figures are underreported. Unofficial figures put the HIV popul...

Court Seeks Explanation from Hospital for Childs Amputation

...eg was plastered so tightly that a sensitive nerve got pressed, leading to insufficient blood supply in the limb. Pushpa, Jai's mother, said: "On Jan 21, we noticed boils peeping out of the plaster and immediately rushed to hospital." When the plaster was cut open, the child's leg was covered with bo...

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Holds the Ladle, is Not to Be Blamed If the Child Isnt in Fine Fettle

... A study of 5000 youngsters revealed that dads who got involved with child management had kids with lower BMI. A mothers parenting style did not do much to address issues of weight in children, according to research by Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. ...

Many Senior Citizens in the Grips of Malnutrition

...same time, the study found that those patients who got help from a dietician were able to reduce their period of stay in the hospital. Associate Professor Bolin said 'What we've exposed is the tip of the iceberg. Malnourishment doesn't just happen out of the blue. I'd suggest that in these individuals...

Pregnant Irish Teenager Wins the Right to Abort

...establishment by asserting her right to abort has got the nod from the Dublin High Court. She has moved the Court demanding that she be allowed to go to Britain to abort her fourth month old brain-damaged fetus. The 17-year-old who cannot be named, known only as Miss D, last week found out that the ...

Army Training Regimen Brutal in US, Needs Overhauling

...Scarano's confinement to the program, his shoulder got worse, and so did he. "The Army has me on Ambien, ...chest by a drill sergeant. "There was a kid that got shipped to basic [training] with two of the four valves of his heart closed. ... I talked to a kid a...

China Eyeing US Cooked Chickens Market

...eLauro said. "There is lax regulation, and they've got unsanitary conditions. They need to hear from us they're at risk. Congress has to look at limiting some of their agricultural imports." But officials in Washington are scrambling to work out something that both the Chinese and Americans can agree...

Man Keeps Wife and Sons in Maggot-infested House

...ppened - how you get to live like that. I think he got so wrapped up in drugs and wanting to control everything, nothing else mattered.' The young boys, ages 4 and 8, did not go to school. Police say that they rarely were allowed out of the house and that a video camera monitored their room and the doo...

The Forgotten Indian Medical Genius

... The irony is that others with similar discoveries got the Nobel and even many of those who took forward his own discoveries got the award. And there is no posthumous Nobel," said Gupta, who had visited the US to track down Subba...

I was an Ugly Duckling as a Child: Mendes

...e was quoted as saying by pagesix.com. "I never got braces because I am okay with my imperfections. In fact, I like to accentuate my buckteeth when I smile. I just have a big old smile. I never cover my mouth," she said. Cosmetic dentistry early in life can help to straiten a lot of the problems. S...

'Metro' - a Witty Look at Insensitivities of City Life

...eartless city. After "Gangster", Anurag Basu has got another winner in "Metro" - a subtle, sly look at a bunch of characters locked in the throes of infidelity. Basu harnesses his narrative into a fiesta of reined-in feelings, all indicating the growth of a city that cares little about one's sensitiv...

Gentle, Real, Well-mannered - Kangana's Mr. Right

...h him. He was planning another film with me but we got stuck at the story's climax," she said. The film Kangana recently signed is called "Roshan". "I don't like the scripts that I hear everyday. The minute I heard Samir Karnik's 'Roshan', I wanted to do it."...

Outrage Against Gay PartnersInCrime Kept Together

... are sent to specialist protection units. "We've got 500 more prisoners than the system was designed fo...ion would almost certainly tear them apart if they got their hands on them - as I think many West Australians would. "But they should not be allowed to ...

Furious Reaction to insensitive Caption of the Picture of Abandoned Baby Girl

...dea about the circumstances, what right has anyone got to prejudge? There could be a range of reasons why this girl has left her baby at the hospital. It's obviously a sign of care that she put it at a hospital, instead of just discarding the child, and it may be for a whole range of very good reasons....

Ontario Court Awards Compensation To Paralyzed Worker

...they refused to pay him accident coverage after he got paralyzed, during work. The incident that led to his incapacitation was an insect bite by a mosquito carrying the West Nile virus. The accident took place in 2002 when Kolbuc, a mason was plastering some buildings. The effects of the insect bite w...

Check Your Physiology Before You Choose A Diet

...nd resulting in overeating. Dieters on this plan got about 40% of calories from carbohydrates, 35% from fat and 25% from protein. One of the biggest differences between the diets is that people on the low-glycemic-load plan were encouraged to moderately decrease carbohydrates and increase healthy oil...

Women Less Likely to Control LDL Cholesterol Levels Than Men

...active role in your care. The data show that we've got our work cut out for us in terms of raising awareness among both physicians and patients," E. O'Kane said. "Women must know their risk for heart disease and how to manage it. These study findings show an opportunity to improve patient care for wome...

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