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Eating Disorders Among Children Are Widespread

... later becomes compulsive behavior. There are also instances wherein many women are seeking help from the health service to overcome their anorexia and bulimia problems. The waiting time to see a specialist can be as long as 8 months. This is further complicated by the fact that most youngsters wait for lon...

Female Foeticide Practiced More By Educated People

...ith education and prosperity coming together’. The instances are less where women are not just earning members but have moved outside the confines of their homes to earn a living. At the government level, efforts are on by the national inspection and monitoring committee to get state governments and district...

Firms Told To Employ Those With Asperger's Syndrome

...o get full-time employment. There are also many instances of such people being able to lead perfectly normal lives. The business houses should also understand that those who suffer from Asperger's will not hold back the company from developing itself further, as they are very methodical and highly motivated...

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

...h Service Executive for the negligence. Although instances such as these continue to bring in mixed feelings of sympathy and empathy from the public, by and large, nothing much has changed in all these years. It only brings into focus the lacunae in elderly care, a subject often neglected in the social scena...

Ambulance queue before hospitals with emergency patients

...delay in attending an emergency patient. In some instances there are queues of ambulances lined up before the hospital with emergency patients and sometime the ambulance staff take these patients to other hospitals to avoid life casualties. The trust has reassured that patient life is very important and nece...

Archaic Law Hindering HIV Prevention In Namibian Prisons

...ther men." However, according to prison sources, instances of rape still occur between men in prison and condoms are needed to protect inmates. "We are sitting on a time bomb. The prevalence rate will increase if we do not protect the new HIV-negative prisoners from those who are positive from reinfection," ...

Campaign Against Witchcraft In Orissa

...ictims of witchcraft are women. But while actual instances of practicing occult are known, innocent women are the ones who are usually branded as witches by a few individuals. Many of these women are widowed or with no familes and have their own lands. Naik, who is heading the campaign, says he is optimist...

Botswana Continues Its Fight Against AIDS

...ats over 12,500 people. In spite of this there are instances wherein patients stop taking the drugs as soon as they start feeling better. Some of the other countries where the HIV prevalence rates are very high are Lesotho, South Africa, India, and Swaziland. Using the Prevention of the Mother to Child Trans...

Both Kidneys Robbed From A Poor Rickshaw Driver In Bihar

... Act to prevent commercialization of human organs, instances of ‘organ theft’ only reflect the lacunae existing in the Indian health care system//. The recent report of bilateral kidney retrieval and death of a poor rickshaw driver in Bihar has created much panic in the State. Surenda Das, 30, the rickshaw ...

Stricter Screening To Reduce Instances Of Heart Problems

...he guidelines. This will contribute towards lesser instances of strokes and heart attacks, and lesser risks for...y the Diabetes UK, with the object of reducing the instances of heart diseases. The optimal blood pressure level is at 140/85 according to the new guidelines. ...

DNA Underwent Changes Due To Culture

...es from the University of California, searched for instances of linkage disequilibrium in a collection of 1.6 m...an chromosomes. Then, they looked carefully at the instances to distinguish the consequences of natural selection from other phenomena, such as random inversions...

Health Officials Inquire Into OraQuick HIV Tests

...topped by the New York City health officials after instances of false positives. The follow-up laboratory tests threw light on the false positives....

AIDS Afflicted Children Abandoned

...do not have access to medical care. There are also instances wherein the afflicted children are abandoned, mistreated and even shunned, according to UNICEF sources. The UN sources reveal that by the year 2010, over 21 million adolescents and children will become orphans due to AIDS. ...

School Children Put To Risk Due To Shortage Of Nurses

... elapsed after the tragic incident. There are also instances wherein the nurses themselves make mistakes resulting in deaths of students. Parents are calling for a change, and a federal lawsuit has been filed by the American Diabetes Association for better health standards to be implemented. William Sears, ...

Dosage Of Tamiflu Sought To Be Increased

...from 5 days to 7 days for Tamiflu. There have been instances in Asia where patients died in spite of the drug being administered to them, and the reason for this is as yet unknown. One of the reasons for this could be that 48 hours had elapsed before treatment commenced. The Tamiflu trial will involve adminis...

Widespread Commercialisation Of Human Organ Donation In China

... for their donation) and transmission of HIV, such instances of commercialisation of human organs continue to e...nisations worldwide. There have also been numerous instances where the transplant team members have visited execution grounds to procure organs for transplantati...

Men Use Their Brain Differently From Women

...pression when in comparison to men. There are also instances where different profiles and symptoms were displayed by men and women under similar conditions. A total of 33 right-handed volunteers were used in the tests. This points towards differences with regard to ‘hard wiring’ in the case of men and women wh...

Critical Decisions Have To Be Taken By Mothers Of Premature Babies

...so plays an important role in this. There are also instances wherein the will of the doctors concerned is imposed upon the parents. A better documentation of the discussion between the parents and the doctors is necessary to ensure clarity in the decision taking process. An information sheet is provided to al...

Relaxation In Donor’s Age for Blood Donation in Scotlan

..., a form of blood cancer. There have been numerous instances where donors have been inspired to donate blood following real life circumstances that necessitated them to donate blood to their loved ones. One such is the case involving blood donation from a father to his daughter (afflicted with ALL). Blood do...

Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners

...gic roads where ice or snow is expected. Several instances of people stranded in heavy snow have been reported. Electricity company Scottish Hydro Electric warned of possible widespread damage to the electricity network and has deployed extra engineers into strategic points throughout Scotland, including th...

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