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Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...ns, but the patient wanted to keep on his jeans. A male nurse "used excessive force" to remove them, the h...at the ER was "very, very busy." In June 2006, a male teen in the Merrimack Valley Hospital ER in Haverhill began pulling medical equipment out of a wall,...

Women With Heart Disease Suffers from Depression

...of lingering depressive symptoms compared to their male counterparts . In surveying 486 patients, 102 of...he men. As well, the women scored lower than their male counterparts in physical and social functioning after one year (52.97 compared to 74.82, and 77.9 to...

Diaphragms offer no extra protection Against HIV

...hat the female condom used in conjunction with the male condom is in no way superior to the latter, in pre...ethod that women could use (without the consent of male partners) to protect themselves against HIV. The study was conducted in Durban and Johannesburg, So...

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

...wing athletes, Dr. Mair and colleagues followed 32 male baseball players between 13 and 21 years of age for six years to study changes in range of motion, strength, and X-ray images. The researchers found that the act of throwing causes changes in the upper arm bone and soft tissue in the shoulders of y...

New Book Gives Gruesome Account of India Girl Killings

...forced to endure successive pregnancies to produce male children, and of others forced to have up to four ...ex with his brothers. Instances came to light of male foetuses dumped in dustbins by doctors who aborted them to make money after lying to parents that th...

Alcohol may Help You to Be Cool

...ober. In the first part of the study, 48 healthy male social drinkers between 21 and 33 were measured for aggressive responses.Some of the men drank three to four screwdrivers before the experiment, while others stayed sober. Then they had them all compete against another person in a somewhat stressfu...

Male Circumcision can Cut HIV Infection, Studies Show

...studies have confirmed a long-standing belief that male circumcision can reduce HIV infection rates in men...e held in Sydney from July 22-25, said research on male circumcision represented a major development in HIV prevention. "We always knew that if you went i...

Male Casting Couch in Bollywood?

...him) since the project was worth crores. Now, even male actors are subjected to similar overtures, Khan sa...One out of every five aspirants is a victim of the male casting couch. Not just freshers, even known actors are victimised. Sonu is just one of them who cho...

Help is Hard to Find for Child Sex Abuse Victims in India

...onymously to AFP. She was eight, her abuser -- a male cousin -- was twice her age and the abuse happened when they met at family gatherings. "The people you like the most and trust the most can abuse you. Your parents are right there and it is taking place two minutes away, out of their sight," she re...

Pediatric Use of ADHD Drug may Affect Developing Brain

...of Neuroscience, the researchers injected week-old male rat pups with Ritalin twice a day during their more physically active night-time phase. The animals continued receiving the injections up until they were 35 days old. "Relative to human lifespan, this would correspond to very early stages of brain ...

Japanese are Weighed Down by Deviating from Their Traditional Diet

...apan's health ministry estimates that every second male and every fifth female over the age of 40 is obese and experts have identified a change in lifestyle as the main cause of the problem. "The everyday habits among the Japanese have become rather chaotic," explained healthcare expert Masayo Kaneda of...

Penis Loses Its Most Sensitive Parts During Circumcision Process

...es of circumcision on sexual function in the adult male have received even less attention. But now, a re...ed the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the adult male penis in circumcised and uncircumcised men and compared the two populations. Adult male volunteer...

Europe's Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse

...Getsovo. Her son, Veselin, led out his 19-year-old male bear Misho and 17-year-old female Svetla by their chains. At the sight of the crowd of strangers, the two nuzzled close to their master, gently biting and licking his hand while he petted them. "How would I live without my bears. We have been toget...

Robot Hosts South Korean Wedding

...ng lights -- said in front of smiling guests. In a male voice, the robot introduced the couple to the crowd, let the couple bow to them and performed its programmed duties. Manufacturer Hanool Robotics claims it is the first time a robot has been used as master of ceremonies at a wedding. After its marita...

Twin Brother may Reduce Sister's Fertility by 25 Percent

...e National Academy of Sciences, blames exposure to male hormone testosterone in the womb for this. Lead ...sister are exposed to each other's hormones. Since male and female foetuses have similar oestrogen levels, the female child is more likely to be affected, s...

The Custom of Circumcision Decline in the US

...ent figures are available, about 57 percent of all male newborns delivered in hospitals were circumcised. ...se during the 1980s, while the initial declines in male circumcision rates began during the 1980s as well, said Katharine Barrett, an anthropology lecturer ...

World's Oldest Man Says Sorry He's Still Alive

...iyakonojo city official said. He became the oldest male after his predecessor, Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, died at the age of 115 on January 24. Since then, the Guinness Book of World Records has investigated who should take the title as the oldest man on Earth and contacted Miyakonojo autho...

Hair Restoration Procedures Performed Worldwide Increased 34 Percent in 2006

...younger age. ISHRS members provided percentages of male and female surgical patients treated by age catego... loss compared to15 percent in 2004. The number of male surgical patients between the ages of30 to 39 years old also increased -- with 31.6 percent seeking ...

Male Circumcision Overstated as Deterrent to Global AIDS Pandemic

... He also made two important discoveries. First, male circumcision, which in previous studies had been f...pment and one of the world's leading advocates for male circumcision, weighted results from individual countries by their population. When this artificial w...

Urate Reduces the Risk of Parkinsons Disease

...lth Professionals Follow-up Study, a population of male health professionals established in 1986, as the source for their data. The study cohort included more than 18,000 men without Parkinson's disease who had provided blood samples between 1993 and 1995 and whose subsequent health status was followed. ...

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