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Headache Complaint Leads to Removal of Bullet

...years were convicted felons and that there were no guns in the house. But armed with a warrant, deputies searched the home Tuesday afternoon, turning up bloody rags and a small-caliber revolver, deputies said. Both husband and wife have long criminal histories. The husband's record lists more than two...

14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada

...old TV station CP24. We absolutely have to get the guns off the streets. It's going to require some changes to our laws, but it has to be done. One of the victim's neighbours, who would only identify himself as Godfried, said in an interview that he was "shocked" to hear Jordan Manners had been shot. ...

Storage of Firearms Unsafe in Most Families

...aid. 'This concerns us a great deal because having guns in the home increases the likelihood that they wil...e that parents understand the necessity of storing guns safely in the home.' Storage patterns are most influenced by firearm type, family socialization wi...

Chandigarh to Become India's First Smoke-free City

...garh. They even terrorized people with bullets and guns to get the ban enforced but could not succeed. What they could not do through bullets, we have achieved through RTI petitions," Burning Brain Society chairman Hemant Goswami told IANS. Various departments of the local administration are engaged in ...

Tougher Gun Show Controls in California Slash Sales of Weapons Linked to Crime

...itored. These states are major outside sources for guns used in crime in California. California is uniqu...ry-style assault weapons. Also attendees who bring guns to sell must affix a tag to the gun recording identifying information. Armed attendees were more t...

Laws on Mentally Ill Endangers Public Life

...tient treatment. This unwell man was able to buy guns and ammunitions and the law enforcement could do n...ch as the patients. The ease of procuring arms and guns too must be controlled to avert such mishaps. <...

Household Guns Associated With Higher Rates of Suicide in US

...arms, the next best thing is to make sure that all guns in homes are very securely locked up and stored se... attempting suicide when they don't have access to guns in homes." Source-Eurekalert/B...

Playing Video Games Could Improve Eyesight

Playing video games that involve firing guns could improve eyesight, suggests// a study. Playing "Gears of War," "Lost Planet," "Halo" and other action video games can improve eyesight, say Daphne Bevelier of the University of Rochester and other researchers who conducted tests on 10 male col...

Pichkaris Not So Popular in Jharkhand

...l pichkaris were replaced with other forms such as guns or airplanes but the sale was good. In the last few years its been steadily going down." The price of sprayers varies from Rs. 5 to Rs. 90 depending on the shape, make and size. He admitted that health conscious people now prefer not to play with...

Guns, Knives - Main Cause for Hospital Emergencies

...e classified as assault, rest of the injuries from guns or knives were accidents, self-inflicted or described as 'intent unknown.' Moreover, it was found that the patients admitted in the emergency were mostly young men between the ages of 15 and 24. The overall deaths in Ontario from gunshot wounds an...

A Shot at the Gun

..., household firearms may be an important source of guns used to kill children, women and men, both on the ...revention, who led the study.More than 200 million guns are privately owned in the US, according to the Justice Department. In September, the FBI released...

Indian radiologist spearheads cure for osteoarthritis sans surgery

...gnetic resonance beams from 288 specially designed guns that are focused on a target tissue. The beams are delivered in the sub-radio and near-radio frequency spectrum by a computerised device called Cytotron to alter the cell membrane potential. "Like other tissues, bone and cartilage are constantly be...

Parents Unaware of their Children’s Knowledge about Household Firearm

...ed death among children, 3 children are injured by guns but do not die. Many of these injuries occur when...he parents said that their children knew where the guns were stored, and 60 said that they thought their children had handled a firearm in the home. On t...

Assaults On Hospital Staff On The Rise

... sexual assaults from drunk patients. Threats with guns and knifes are not uncommon either. The country’s nursing unions have called for legislation similar to that which protects emergency workers, to protect nurses also. The matter will also be raised with the Health Minister Andy Kerr. The health bo...

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