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China Cracks the Whip Against Drug Manufacturers Who Fail Quality Norms

...ompetition among government agencies are among the ills supposedly afflicting the country. But China retaliates such criticisms are only a ruse for protectionism. All the same it has stepped up enforcement of health and safety rules in the export industries that drive its economic growth. In a notice ...

Stress- Harms Now And Later

...our present life miserable, it drags you to worse ills in the future, such as Alzheimers, say researchers. Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago opine that those who most often are anxious or depressed are 40 times more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, a form of memory...

Cough Up More for the Health of Afghan Women, UNFPA Urges

... of the nation; Afghanistan bears testimony to the ills meted out to women. Therefore, measures to empower and uplift women will benefit Afghanistan as a nation greatly. Putting an end to violence against women, by allowing the men to participate in such endeavors, will bring reprieve to the many who su...

Hotdogs And Co.-The Long And Short Of It

...tting the lungs on a journey of no return-into the ills of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The research led by Dr. Rui Jiang, of Columbia University Medical Center in New York City examined the diet and lung function of 7,352 people with an average age of 64.5 years. Findings published in the...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic may Strike Malaysia-experts Warn

...heterosexual relationships as well as other social ills are behind this gloomy numbers. The U.N. body UNAIDS last year said that Malaysia was among several Asia-Pacific countries that risked an HIV epidemic among drug users, unless the government took the problem more seriously. In response, the gove...

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

...of those questioned said there were alerted to the ills of smoking by these messages. Here the ads printed on the cigarette packet were large colorful graphic representations such as a drooping cigarette indicating impotence, a rotting mouth –indicative of gum disease, mouth cancer etc. Next came Britai...

Coffee, Tea-Beneficial or not?

...han that of most North Americans’. The benefits or ills of Coffee are still not very clear having received both laurels and black marks in the medical literature. Although it too contains antioxidants they role has not been as well studied as that of tea polyphenols. Evidence for the health benefits of co...

Awareness about anaphylaxis crucial to prevent fatalities

Education is a panacea for many ills and who knows it better than US health experts who have set a public campaign rolling, to inform the public about the virulence// of an allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis can actually descend upon its victim silently and with such ...

PM Stresses Need for More Awareness on Human Sexuality

...out other sexually transmitted diseases and social ills like large-scale practice of violence against women, gender-based violence and son-preference that are leading to a decline in female sex ratio in many parts of the country. The report by the Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and...

Several helping of fruits and vegetables help the pressure off the pump- the heart!

...o recommended that high blood pressure and related ills like kidney malfunction and heart disease could be prevented by consuming diets rich in plant-based foods. The study was conducted based on close monitoring of the subjects’ health for 6 weeks and a survey of their dietary intake 4 times during the...

Inhospitable Response Curtail Growth Of Specialty Hospitals: United States

...Specialty Hospitals thought of as an answer to the ills of prevailing healthcare systems, was nipped in the bud, owing to vested interests and inadequate support. Wilson, in an opinion write-up in The Wall Street Journal, has expressed disappointment at the inadequate support that stifled the hospital’s g...

Dominant Discoveries and The Darker Side Of Methamphetamine Drug Addiction

... no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. -P.J. O'Rourke // Methamphetamine, a known stimulant, commonly used by college...

More information sought by patients on medical errors

Medical mistakes is one of the ills plaguing the field of medicine and patients are now demanding that they be given full information when a medical error happens. However, doctors are often reluctant to give full disclosure, not because they do not care. In fact, doctors confessed to ...

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