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Tag: "march" at medical news

Trade Unionists Join Polish Nurses' Protest

...onstrators mingled with nurses who since a June 19 march have been camping out in all weathers opposite the cabinet office in a high-profile protest. Poland's state-employed medical workers are notoriously overworked and underpaid, like their counterparts across most of the former communist bloc. Polis...

Violence at Croatian Gay Pride March

...ople on Saturday after violence marred a Gay Pride march through the centre of the Croatian capital Zagreb ... of onlookers to take part in the annual Gay Pride march through Zagreb to back demands for gay rights. The marchers were protected by almost as many polic...

Germany, Greece Hold Gay Rights Marches

...ools, but only about 1,000 people joined a similar march in Greece, organisers said. In the German capital...othing or wearing elaborate masks and wigs, as the march wound its way from the Kurfuerstendamm shopping avenue to the historic Brandenburg Gate. "Unfortuna...

Hundreds of Thousands Attend Madrid Gay Pride Parade

...arseille, Stockholm and Zurich -- took part in the march through central Madrid under the slogan "Now Europe. Equality is possible." The march ended in central Madrid, where a mega-concert was scheduled for later in the evening. Culture Mini...

Various Civil Society Groups Form Alliance to Fight HIV/AIDS

...g with the 24th International Candlelight Memorial march in the state in memory of those who died of AIDS. "Several programmes were being organised from workshops to advocacy programmes, including a session with lawmakers from the state," Ahmed said. Only 19 percent of Asians who need AIDS drugs recei...

Gays Get Green Light for Jerusalem Rally

...esman said on Thursday. "Police decided to allow a march of homosexuals in the centre of Jerusalem which will finish with a party in a public park," Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. He said police have also authorised a counter-demonstration at the entrance to Jerusalem called for by members of the ultra-Orthod...

Alzheimer’s Patients Plead for Greater Understanding and Suppor

...support groups. Alzheimer’s disease is perhaps a march to oblivion. But the process can unfold over two decades. Patients at the front end, said Paulette Michaud, manager of early stage services at the New York City Alzheimer’s Association chapter, “lose the sense of independence and control much more qu...

Avian Nightmare

...ation season is expected to run from January 22 to march end. Quelling doomsday talk, Salisbury added “The immunization programme we are announcing today is a precautionary measure which reduces any very low risk of a pandemic flu virus emerging in the UK.” <B...

Cellular Cues Identified for Stroke Recovery

...eagues report that in the mouse model, this neuron march is the direct result of signaling from the newly blooming blood vessels, thus casually linking angiogenesis the development of new blood vessels and neurogenesis, the birth of new neurons. Further, they have identified what these molecular signals ar...

Testosterone Levels in Men Decline Over Past Two Decades

...Nevertheless,” said Travison, “time and technology march on, so it’s impossible to completely rule out the influence of subtle changes in the way the samples were obtained or processed. That being said, our results appear to be consistent across the various waves of the study.” The researchers point out ...

Fear of violence among older women

... 25-31) and the national Reclaim the Night women's march (October 27). "It is clear that as women grow into the older years, they experience increased feelings of vulnerability," Professor Lovie-Kitchin said. "They need information and want opportunities to learn about ways to protect themselves against ...

NHS 24 Helpline Service Improved Remarkably Says Health Minister

... nurse to call back has also dropped from 44% last march to 11% this June with pharmacist and dental nurses now being added to the team of patient advisers to deal with the calls. There was also a drop in staff absenteeism from 12% in 2004-05 to 8% in the past financial year. Acknowledging that the publ...

Global AIDS Conference Calls for Long-term Strategies

... AIDS sufferers and carers gathered for a protest march in Toronto ahead of the conference, aiming to highlight calls for more assistance for the 40 million people infected with the virus worldwide. "Universal access to treatment is possible - now, not later," a petition signed by many of the protestors...

HIV Epidemic Can Slow Down Economic Growth: UNDP

...e economy arising from the continued and unchecked march of the HIV epidemic could be quite high," according to the report released here Thursday, based on a study in India by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) with the support of state-run National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) a...

Unchecked Spread of HIV/AIDS May Impact Eco Growth: UN Report

...severe beating if HIV/AIDS continues its unchecked march in the country, a UN report said here today. // The study based on the computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of the likely impact of the epidemic over a 14-year period between 2002-03 and 2015-16 showed that with the rapid spread of HIV/AID...

AIDS: Why the pandemic outpaces us

...ng with other global NGOs, had organised a protest march to the UN headquarters during the meet. Vulnerable groups such as intravenous drug users, sex workers and gay men have been made invisible in this document. Even the mention of the word "condom' - essential in the prevention of the spread of HIV in...

Other Professionals Side With Medical Students In Delhi Peace March

...ts on Saturday in the Dilli Chalo rally. The peace march started// at Maulana Azad Medical College and ended at the Jantar Mantar. This was a surprisingly peaceful rally with no sloganeering. The participants also formed a human chain, but took care not to disturb the normal traffic. “We do not want to i...

Medicos' Plan Anti-Quota Stir In Mumbai; Bollywood To Join Up

...professionals including Bollywood stars in a peace march on May 21 to protest against the quota// increase ...semble at Birla Matorshri Hall in south Mumbai and march towards Azad Maidan," Ashish Tiwari, convener of the Indian Medical Association Mumbai Chapter told ...

Anti-Quota Stir: Students Take Out Massive Silent Rally

...ical faculty taking out a massive silent protest// march in the national capital amid tight security. The striking medicos under the banner of 'Youth for Equality' were joined by students from the Delhi University, medical colleges around the capital, parents of some agitating students, lawyers and a gro...

Violence Erupts In A Pro-quota Rally In Bihar

... College and Hospital (PMCH), then continued their march towards the Dak Bungalow crossing where they clashed with media persons and policemen. The pro-quota students and doctors attacked the lens men and policemen accusing them of being biased towards the anti-quota lobby. The students claimed that the ...

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