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Danger and insecurity in contemporary life

...ghes, University of Cardiff, have analysed British media coverage of "risk" in relation to the debates on genetically modified crops and human genetic research. They will tell the meeting that journalists did not cover the stories as a purely scientific issue, but drew on a plethora of social and cultural ...

Ear Infections Treated with “Let’s Wait and Se’

...ke to see this number go down because acute otitis media often gets better on its own, with no treatment, w...e shown that children who don't have severe otitis media often get better without antibiotic treatment, the new study looked at a sicker group of children to...

Cartoons to Indicate Aggressiveness in Urban School Girls

...ial environments. "It's important to find forms of media that children can best relate to," he added. Source-Eurekalert NLA...

Flu Pandemic Could Cost Global Economy $2 Trillion

...as 2 trillion in the worst-case scenario," he told media persons. "So I think the economic threat remains real and substantial." The World Bank announced a $15-million grant to Indonesia, the worst hit with 46 bird-flu deaths so far. Fifty-five countries have reported outbreaks of the H5N1 virus, mostl...

Luxury Spas Ride Boom in Wellness Industry in Poland

... year the country's state tourist board launched a media blitz in Western Europe featuring a buxom young nurse. Designed to attract attention to Poland's sanatoria, she stood against a backdrop of leafy sanatorium scenery with the somewhat suggestive quote of "I'm expecting you" printed above her head. ...

Common Cold All Too Easy To Catch

...tor to the development of such illnesses as otitis media (ear infections), sinusitis (sinus infections) and can make both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease worse. "Most people know about the need for good hygiene, particularly when interacting with cold sufferers. What they may not be aware...

Teen Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Quit Rates

...ograms, which counter tobacco industry promotions, media images and peer pressure, also significantly increased the quit rate. Programs conducted in classrooms or school clinics seemed to be more effective than programs conducted in other settings, such as medical clinics. According to Sussman, the schoo...

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Publishes Research by Iraqi Surgeons

...d textbooks as they need—it's immediate electronic media that they lack. Having access to JCS and other educational tools will allow them to go on the Internet and read about the new techniques and outcomes." Source-Newswise SM...

Cell-Wall Carbohydrate in Anthrax Bacterium Holds Promise for New Vaccines

...ters made its way into several offices of the news media and two US senators//. The letters contained a virulent strain of anthrax bacteria, which killed five people and infected 17 others. In a bid to ensuring the safety of citizens, researchers at the University of Georgia, teaming up with scientists a...

US to Lift Ban on Canadian Drug Imports

...have declined after the crackdown was disclosed in media reports. Seniors complained about their failure to receive needed medications while certain members of Congress criticized the agency for failing to adequately warn people of the crackdown. A Homeland Security spokeswoman would not discuss the chan...

Mental Health: Mind at Peace or in Pieces?

...abooed perception of mental illness. Indeed the media can buck the trend, by using its power to undo the misconceptions created, in an all out effort to remove prejudices from people’s mind. Finally ‘Mental Illness’ is not a bad word and like any other form of illness, can be successfully treated. As t...

Botulism Toxin in Carrot Juice Paralyses Two Canadians

...et following its link to the botulism toxin. The media has issued a warning to all consumers to stay away from the juice and throw away remaining stock....

‘Evil’ Gene causing ‘glue ear’ in ids

...g bouts. Though the involvement of genes in otitis media was already known, the precise pathways involved w...s published in Public Library of Science. Otitis media causes recurrent glue ear in some kids. The mouse Junbo showed the same symptoms.Scientists have quo...

Crying Need for Awareness on Organ Donation in India: Sir Peter Morris

...ilanthropists, social workers, politicians and the media should be tapped, to endorse organ donation. Media, he said, is very powerful in India and it should be used to spread the message of organ donation to the masses. Sir Morris a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Internati...

Dengue Outbreak Feared in Nepal

...in Banke district, showed symptoms of the disease, media reports in Nepal said Wednesday. After examining the patients at Nepalgunj Medical College and Kohalpur Teaching Hospital, the doctors there advised them to go to India for medical tests, Kantipur, Nepal's largest daily, reported. "Three patients...

Scientists Have Developed Faster, More Accurate TB Test

...under a microscope relatively easily. The liquid media also means TB drugs can be more easily administered for testing. If the bacteria grow in the presence of these drugs, this indicates resistance. The MODS test is also cheaper and more sensitive to drug resistant strains than current tests. It yield...

Impact of weight on IQ

..." is the nickname given to this phenomenon by some media in North America. The other study establishing a link between physical and mental fitness, conducted by Scot researchers included 460 people. They had participated in a mental health survey in 1932 at the age of 11 and again in 2000 at the age of 79...

Australian PM’s Brush with Cance

...arts of many when she revealed to the public// and media for the first time that she had battled cancer al...ncer and hoped that her testimonial would clear up media stories of old. Mrs Howard went on to urge the people gathered there to remind every friend and re...

AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin

...nd control at the Ministry of Health Hao Yang told media this week that statistics reveal that about 48% of new AIDS infection is reportedly from sexual contact. First line proved drugs have helped to prolong the lives of almost 650,000 HIV infected persons in China . But HIV a retro virus, is known to mut...

Tussle between doctor duo and Austalian health service board

Australian media reports that the board of the Central Gippsland Health Service has decided to stall mediation with two paediatricians.from Sale//. Peter Goss and Jo McCubbin had resigned from the Sale Hospital last June, saying that they were compelled to take such...

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