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Violence at Croatian Gay Pride March

...ysical assault in Croatia, whose population of 4.4 million is nearly 90 percent Roman Catholic. The Croatian parliament passed legislation giving limited recognition for same-sex unions in 2003....

Pumpkins Could Be Showing Insulin Injections The Door Soon

...betes - a lifestyle disease, affects more than 230 million people, which is almost six per cent of the world's population. For those who dread painful insulin injections, a few bites of the humble pumpkin may well keep them at bay....

An Accurate Score to Measure Heart Risk

...cardiovascular disease or diabetes , there are 3.2 million adults under the age of 75 in Britain at high risk...o GPs.The researchers tracked the progress of 1.28 million healthy men and women, registered at 318 general practices over a period of 12 years up to April 200...

China Bans Sales of Leukemia Drug in Latest Medicine Scare

...urt said Cao Wenzhuang was guilty of accepting 2.4 million yuan (315,000 dollars) while heading up the drug registration division of the state food and drug administration. In China, suspended death sentences are often commuted to life in prison. Cao's conviction follows a death sentence meted out in May...

Higher Rates of Trampoline Injuries

...cian at Hasbro Childrens Hospital. There were 1.2 million new trampoline sales in 2004, indicating that parents continue to purchase this as a form of fun and exercise for children. We urge parents not to purchase this equipment for their children based upon the dangers they pose and the injuries that have ...

Boom in Internet Shopping may Be Adding to CO2 Emissions

... said. The total CO2 emitted by cars fell by 2.3 million tonnes, or 3.2 per cent, between 1997 and 2005, while emissions from vans rose by 3.3 million tonnes, or 24.4 per cent, and from lorries by 2.6 million tonnes, or 10 per cent, during the same pe...

Ships to the Rescue of Medically Deprived Assamese

...ound 3,000 such islands inhabited by more than 2.5 million people. In most of these islands, there are no health centres, schools or power supply, Sanjoy Hazarika, a managing trustee of C-NES, said. With two ships - Akha (meaning hope in Assamese) and Shehnaz, C-NES is conducting camps free of cost in the ...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...land's Potato Famine of 1845-50, in which around a million people died; at famines that killed around 45 million people in British-ruled India from 1875-1902; and at the 1984-85 famine in Ethiopia that killed arou...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

...rier Safety Administration estimates there are 1.3 million long-haul drivers nationwide and is considering tightening its rules for conditions including diabetes and high blood pressure. And many companies are stepping up their own efforts at improving health. "It takes a while to undo years and years and ...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

...th's annual gay pride festival in Sao Paolo drew 3 million people, according to Gay Life, a Baltimore newspaper. Yet J.C., a District man from Rio de Janeiro who spoke on condition he not be further identified, won his asylum petition in 2001 after proving that he had been repeatedly beaten and abused by ...

Americans Bloated On Happy Pills

...ts to doctors and hospitals in 2005. Of those, 118 million were for antidepressants. High blood pressure drugs followed with 113 million prescriptions. The study claims that the use of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs (tho...

Erection Drugs Don't Boost Men's Self-esteem

...t the drug "improved the sex lives of more than 30 million men worldwide". The findings will be published in the International Journal of Impotence Research....

Size and Position of Floral Anther Plays a Vital Role in Pollination

... appearance of flowering plants on earth about 150 million years ago had a profound effect on the evolution of many other kinds of organisms like insects, birds, and mammals, who became the pollinators and consumers of those plants, thus ensuring the continuity of both the plant and its animal partner. Sci...

Indonesia Confirms 81st Bird Flu Death

...1918, just after the end of World War I, killed 20 million people worldwide. Indonesia stepped up its campa...igures published before the latest death. Some 250 million poultry have also been culled, or have died from bird flu....

Pharmacogenomic Market Gaining Greater Acceptance Across Europe

... finds that revenues in this market totalled $57.1 million in 2005, and are likely to reach $109.4 million in 2012. "Considering the imminent benefits of pharmacogenomic testing, governments across Europe ...

Indian Boffins to Fight Wrinkles With Camels' Milk

...ry, currently worth around 180 billion rupees (400 million dollars) annually....

Pennsylvania Government's Partial Shutdown Ends

...m more than 24,000 to 23,562. Their wages are $3.5 million a day, according to Rendell's Office of Administration. The furloughed workers won't be paid for the time they are off but will continue to be covered by the state's health plan, at least temporarily. br> In state Commonwealth Court on Monday, la...

Eyeglass Guide Launched That Aids in Choosing the Right Eyewear

...sch, O.D., Penn Optical Group. "With more than 3.2 million people each year suffering from preventable forms ...ugh this effort, the guide will reach more than 45 million readers....

FDAs Gesture for Firm Manufacturing Drug for Cushings Syndrome

... aged 20 to 50. An estimated 10 to 15 of every one million people are affected each year. It is precisely in treatment of such rare diseases the designation of orphan drug helps. In the US an orphan drug is any drug developed under the Orphan Drug Act of January 1983 ("ODA"), a federal law concerning r...

FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients

...ent therapy because they can do the same thing two million times with perfect consistency, said Dr. Steven C. Cramer, a neurologist at the University of California. His team uses computer games to make the practice less tedious. In one application, as patients grasp and release their hands, an image shows ...

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