Tag: "graphic" at medical news

India Grapples With First Bill to Stop Workplace Sex Harassment

...a sexual nature whether verbal, textual, physical, graphic or electronic" as "unwelcome conduct," but it applies only to women working in the organised sector. "Finally, this bill will empower Indian working women to fight back injustices they have been suffering for decades," said Jaya Arunachalam, a prom...

New Oz Road Safety Campaign Hits Speeding Youngsters Below the Belt

...rtisements that warned against speeding by showing graphic images of car crashes and injuries were no longer effective for young people who frequently viewed worse images on computer games or in horror films," he added. Whelan added that the ad isn't 'light-hearted', but has an element of 'darkish humour' ...

A School Teachers Crusade to Promote Sex Education

...dules to be too explicit, and some pictures as too graphic for secondary students. States like Kerala and Karnataka too are contemplating a ban on sex-education. According to the World Health Organisation, about 86 per cent of the HIV infections in India occur due to sexual intercourse, one key reason ...

Are Main Rivers in Himalayas Under Threat?

... describe the CIA-India project and its failure in graphic details....

Computer Mouse can Cause Arm Pain

... Alternate input options like voice recognition or graphic tables should also be considered. "Stretching exercises, natural arm and hand movements as well as frequent brief breaks help keep the arm musculature relaxed," Bergmann recommends. "If symptoms appear like a pulling in the lower arm or pain when w...

Beer Bashes of Teens Spinning Out of Control in US

... As much as it 'disgusts' her, Colombi relays the graphic details of the Maple Avenue mayhem, which caused thousands of dollars of damage. Fifteen juveniles are charged with burglary and criminal mischief. All 15 are lawyered up and pleading not guilty. So much for teaching kids to take responsibility for...

Seeing is Believing – Cigarette Packs in India to Carry Graphic Description of Risk

...tive June 2007, all cigarette packets will include graphic descriptions of inherent health risks caused by sm...elated to the consumption of tobacco products. The graphic warnings will adorn the packs of bidis and packets of chewing tobacco which are a must-have amongst ...

Parents Should Do Their Homework to Aid Autistic Child's Education

...es and sign language, teaching the child to select graphic symbols or line drawings appropriate to his or her needs or feelings, and electronic speech-generating devices. "Tantrums and inappropriate behaviors at home and school, such as biting or hitting, are very often a result of when a child with autism...

AMA Calls For Ban On Duty-Free Cigarettes

...arettes should be exempt from taxation. “To air graphic anti-smoking advertisements and display on-packet warnings on the one hand and allow the tax-free purchase of cigarettes on the other is a glaring anomaly in the Government’s approach to this health scourge. “Cigarettes are killers. Why should th...

Statutory Warnings on Cigarette Packs- Make It Bigger and Brighter, Say Researchers

...ep all warnings// printed on cigarette packages as graphic and as big as possible. The UN’s World Health Or...rinted on the cigarette packet were large colorful graphic representations such as a drooping cigarette indicating impotence, a rotting mouth –indicative of gu...

Potential Threats of Bioterrorism

... either a potent bioterrorism message portraying a graphic account of a horrific case of bioterrorism, or a message more neutral in tone that presented bioterrorism as a risk that was minor relative to other public health challenges. Those receiving the more potent message became the “experimental” group, wh...

Herpes Simplex and Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Single Gen

Scientists have now uncovered graphic evidence that suggests a link between a particular gene named ApoE-4 with the occurrence of herpes simplex infection//. The journal, Neurobiology of Aging, published the results of the research. In older individuals, the same gene is implicated in c...

Video Games Fun but Pose Social, Health Risks

..." Most parents know to watch out for violent and graphic video games, but even educational games may not be as beneficial as they seem in commercials. Many games that claim to be educational aren't evaluated to find out if children are actually learning from them, Vandewater said. "Parents need to know t...

Graphic warnings on cigarette packets might just do the trick!

...h, to fight reality staring at them in the form of graphic pictures, depicting the potential //damage smoking can cause! This move is taking shape after the Government gave the go ahead for the use of images on cigarette packets. The type of graphics planned will be pictures of diseased lungs, decaying teet...

Cartoons to Indicate Aggressiveness in Urban School Girls

...cial expressions, among other things (see attached graphic showing one cartoon vignette before and after the girls' feedback). "Our goal was to make the cartoons developmentally and culturally sensitive to the children we want to reach," said Dr. Leff, adding, "We believe that partnering with research partic...

Cigarette companies adopt devious methods to ensure customer patronage

... of the smoking bans by many nations, inclusion of graphic warnings on cigarettes and other initiatives, as companies increase the nicotine levels in the cigarettes, on the sly, in a bid to ensure the patronage of customers. A unique study, the first of its kind undertaken to gauge the levels of nicotine i...

Study to Identify People at Risk of Alcoholism

...ted. "The observations from this study provide a graphic display of the close relationships between genetic vulnerability to alcoholism and genetic vulnerability to other addictions," says Dr Uhl. "Ongoing and future studies will help us to identify how the variations in these candidate genes contribute to...

From genes to alcoholism

...ted. "The observations from this study provide a graphic display of the close relationships between genetic vulnerability to alcoholism and genetic vulnerability to other addictions," says Dr Uhl. "Ongoing and future studies will help us to identify how the variations in these candidate genes contribute to...

Alcohol affects quality of sleep in young women

...'s sleep and sleep electroencephalograms (EEGs), a graphic record of the electrical activity of the brain – a technique that can analyze the "microarchitecture" of sleep, were examined by the researchers. This study was published in the June 2006 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental R...

No Smoke Without Fire – Is Benson and Hedges Making Light of Health Regulations

...the government still mulling over the inclusion of graphic pictures on cigarette packets, Benson and Hedges, a tobacco company has raised the ire of anti-smoking// groups, by reinventing the packaging of cigarettes in tins which carry health warnings in the form of stickers that can be easily removed. Act...

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