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Internet Health Advice Causing More Harm than Good

...leading and dangerous information available on the internet is causing eating disorders among several patients...r patients and their families. He said: 'A simple internet search produces over 15 million hits for eating disorders. Some of these sites are simply inaccurate...

Prescription Opioids Abused More Than Heroin - A Report Says

...linics or hospital emergency rooms or even through internet buy and sell options. Researchers found that out of the 7 cities where the study was conducted, heroin still remains No.1 illicit drug in Vancouver and Montreal. In the other five cities - Edmonton, Toronto, Quebec City, Fredericton and Saint John,...

India to Be Made Medical and Health Tourism Destination

... over the last two years in the print, electronic, internet and outdoor medium under the Ministry of Tourism’s Incredible India Campaign”. vii) Brochures & CDs on Body, Mind and Soul covering the traditional system of medicine have been produced and circulated extensively by Ministry of Tourism. Source-PIB...

Information Regarding Human Case of Bird Flu in Canada, ‘false

Information over the internet about human incidence of bird flu in Quebec is not true, and is just a rumor, health officials confirm.// Dr Patrick Dolce, the man at the helm of infection control at the hospital in Rimouski, Quebec, said. "Everything is false; there is no patien...

Stomach – Most Affected During Festive Seaso

...is festive season. NHS Direct is// a telephone and internet health counsel service and can be contacted on 0845 46 47. Stomach ache, tooth ache and coughs lead the nation's medical complaints calls received during the festive period. NHS Direct got more than 250,000 calls during the ten-day Christmas and ...

YouTube’s Latest Use-Offering Medical Advic

...adband access is not ideal, people tend to use the internet for all sorts of things.’ RI...

The Food Pyramid Guide Enters Supermarkets

...abits. The food pyramid guide which had made the internet its home has begun going places. The guide, shaped like a triangle has made a beeline for the supermarkets, and is assisted by many of the food companies and stores who believe in the best interests of people. Cal Dooley, head of the Grocery Manufa...

Consumers Warned of Using Cat Food Due to Salmonella Contamination

...wide to retail stores and through distributors and internet sales, nationwide. The manufacturer declined to recall this product despite several requests by FDA that it do so. Consumers who have purchased this product should not feed it to their pets, but should instead dispose of it in a safe manner (e.g., ...

GMC Disapproves Internet Doctor

...f prescribing addictive drugs to patients over the internet has been criticized by the// General Medical Council. Dr. Julien Eden who runs an online medical service e-med.co.uk is charged with a list of accusations like prescribing sixty sedatives to a teenager with a history of psychiatric disorder. The bo...

A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor

The internet ever since its introduction has been constantly ch...tive angle there is another side of the story. The internet has introduced new avenues of both social and ethical issues that need to be understood and addresse...

WHO On Measures To Combat Spurious Medicines

...ater marks and radio tags. Zucker pointed to the internet as the main reason for the spread of fake drugs business in developing and under developed countries. This problem has assumed a greater significance for health care professionals as well as drug firms as it affects their profits. Harvey Bale from In...

Online Book Helps Children Understand the Effects of Stroke

...rship of David Murray, editor of the Stroke Center internet site. Another intern and student at Maryville, Christine Warner, provided the watercolor illustrations that accompany the text. Jing Shi, a web designer for the center, combined the text and illustrations in a format that simulates the turning pages ...

Spicy Pepper Remedy Equalizes Spring Pollen Allergies

...4 with a handful of health food stores and a small internet business. Today Sinus Buster is sold in more than two thousand stores. In fact we're in a number of supermarket and drug store chains, and we just landed a deal with Vitamin World which has nearly 600 stores. Everywhere Sinus Buster sells, the stores...

Don't Gamble With People's Health, Warn Experts

... likely to include a daily lottery game as well as internet based services and interactive games. Furthermore, the introduction of the National Lottery led to strong pressures for deregulation from British casinos, betting shops, football pools, arcades, and charitable gambling industries. This virtual expl...

No Laptop Please for Children

... experts are warning against laptops with wireless internet too. // Professor Lawrie Challis, head of the government's committee on mobile phone safety research, said children should keep a safe distance from the embedded antennas. Challis, a retired professor of physics at the University of Nottingham, sa...

Paris' Sex Tape Comes Back to Haunt Her in the Slammer

...h time with jail inmates who are poking fun of her internet porn video, One Night In Paris , with ex- beau Rick Salomon. A fellow inmate greeted the frightened socialite at the Lynwood centre by saying 'Paris sure knows how to do hard time, we've seen the movie'. A jail inmate, Danita Daniel, said that pr...

Gay Gang in Netherlands Lures, Rapes and Infects Fellow Homosexuals With HIV/AIDS

... such horrid fantasies. They allegedly trawled the internet to lure fellow homosexuals, drugged those ventured...ree seropositive men invited gays contacted on the internet to private homosexual orgies. When the victims turned up, they were allegedly given ecstasy and GHB ...

India Main Source of Counterfeit Medicines Seized in Europe

...y criminals to trade in fake goods, the use of the internet and the transport of small quantities by air or postal traffic make customs job even more challenging. The 2006 statistics show an increase in almost all sectors of goods. In the sector of electronic equipment there has been an increase, particular...

Sacked Employee Says Stress Led to His Sex Addiction

...station of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - internet sex addiction. And when he frequented chat roo...ms have left him addicted to sex, especially adult internet chat rooms. His lawyer, Michael Diederich, says Pacenza did not visit pornographic sites at work,...

My Space Pressured into Sharing Data on Sex Offenders

...susing popular networking sites and thus make the internet safer for everyone. Social networking sites allow users to create online profiles with photos, music and personal information, and let them send messages to one another and, in many cases, browse other profiles. The hugely popular MySpace had ini...

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