Women, Exercise and Colon Cancer
...ions in the analysis, but this could only confer a marginal benefit if any, "Our results do not support the hypothesis that physical activity confers significant protection against the overall development of colon cancer in women. Our findings point towards the need for conducting further research, particul...UCI Closed Its Liver Transplant Program
...ents. A panel of experts found the program to have marginal staffing and inadequate resources. It lacked the financial and management resources needed to assure quality and success. It also questioned the UCI's plans for building a new hospital as doubts regarding its services were raised. The medical sch...Women call for health right to rural women
...ed to the poor, dalit, tribal women and those from marginal communities. At the end of the public hearing, the women made it very clear that unless demands like supply of essential drugs, equipment and availability of doctors are ensured, the quality of health services will never improve. Reinforcing thei...Stem Cell Treatment For Children With Brain Injury To Be Initiated
...n other similar children with brain injury. Even marginal improvement could mean a great deal to someone who suffers a brain injury. "It could be the difference between being able to recognize your loved ones and not being able to, or between doing things for yourself or having to rely on others. That would...Health Literacy Rate Associated With Physical And Mental Health
...rs. Approximately one third of those surveyed had marginal (11 percent) or inadequate (22.2 percent) health literacy. Individuals with lower health literacy were more likely to have never smoked and to abstain from alcohol than individuals with adequate health literacy, the researchers report. Individuals wi...Prime Minister Manmohan Against Incentive-Based Population Control
...es and disincentives as they have, at best, only a marginal impact and sometimes may even cause resentment and non-acceptance of the programme," Manmohan Singh said. Pointing out that coercion of any kind to achieve population stabilisation was unacceptable in a free society, he said his government would evo...