Shanghai To Tackle Hypertension
...million people with a high blood pressure in 2002, mostly due to low awareness levels and an unhealthy lifestyle, in addition to improper medication. The neighborhood hospitals’ professional standards do not come up to the expectations of the people who seek large and expensive hospitals for treatment. Be...Dog (Man's best friend) Genome Sequenced
...man health and disease as both humans and dogs are mostly affected by cancers and the sequencing will help in identifying treatments for hereditary cancers. The Researchers isolated the DNA sequence covering nearly 99 percent of the dog genome, from a female boxer named Tasha. The boxer was chosen as a re...Health Problems Due To Ecosystem's Degradation
...onsible for 3% of the disease burden of the world, mostly in the form of respiratory diseases. Solid fuels are used by much of the world’s population for cooking, which is also increasingly contributing towards deforestation. Adverse impacts on the human health are being produced by activities like climat...India preferred for AIDS treatment
...e people who come to India for their treatment are mostly from the higher class who could afford the treatment. The patients get appointment to Indian doctors and urge the doctors that their personal information is not relieved. Though, the patients have the right to preserve their anonymity ethically, this...Palliative care for chronic diseases
...motherapy or other treatments no more works, it is mostly a symptomatic treatment given to patients to lessen their suffering. It is found that there is a rapid increase in demand for palliative care. Palliative care programs provide quality, efficient and cost-effective care focused directly on our sicke...Slimmer not happy compared to Obese people
Study has showed that slimmer people mostly commit suicide and are unhappy compared to obese people. It is found that depression level decreased as Body Mass Index (BMI) increased. //It is generally thought that people who are overweighed felt very depressed but the research results found reve...HPV Vaccines for Cervical Cancer
...ective the women reproductive system, which occurs mostly by the infection of Human Papilloma Virus which is transmitted sexually which transforms the normal cells on the surface of the women cervix to malignant cells....Study finds no link between fibre and cancer risk
...ous, and are certainly not just roughage. They are mostly sugars. And whatever else fibres are, they are a highly confounded lifestyle factor. People who eat fibre do a whole lot of other things that may account for the benefits they may gain. However, one study excluded from the study is the European Pr...Bony Vitamin D a boon for lungs too
...wer amounts. “While the vitamin, which people get mostly from sunlight, is linked to lung health, the exact relationship is unclear”, they said. The source other than sun could be dietary sources as well."Although there is a definite relationship between lung function and vitamin D, it is unclear if incr...Canadian Street Prostitutes Requests Protection
... they are not sure about the place of business and mostly face brutality by the customer in the unknown new location. The Sex workers feel that the police and court is being biased against street prostitution but protect and encourage prostitution in massage parlors and escort services. The partial law ag...Positive Emotions lead To Life Longevity
...cts of positive and negative emotions, as they are mostly living alone or independently and they are not sure about their long life is due to their being sad or happy. Source: Eurekalert....New Method To Identify Protein Hot spots
...e hot spots in folded globular proteins, which are mostly protected by their folding in their outer surface, but are mostly liable to accidental breaks. Source: Eurekalert. ...Disadvantaged Students May Not Go In For College Education
...dents suited college admissions. The students were mostly concerned about fitting in, competence, personal identity, and preparedness....Africa Needs More Drugs For HIV
...alone has an adult HIV positive population of 16%, mostly among fishermen who indulge in unprotected sex. The ‘widow inheritance’ system prevalent in the country is also contributing towards this. There are 144 volunteers like Regina Ombita in Busia District, who contribute towards improving the life of...Flu Pandemic Gets More Attention Than AIDS
.... The areas that are worst affected by AIDS are mostly poverty stricken African nations. The developed wo...5% as a result of a possible flu epidemic. AIDS is mostly prevalent among homosexuals in the developed world, whereas in the developing world it is taking a h...Cancer Clinical Research in India
...creased their funding to cancer clinical research, mostly involving cancer prevention and early detection. There would be an increased testing of new drugs on cancer patients in India. In a recent initiative in clinical research a new collaboration has been signed between University of Oxford and GlaxoSmi...Snippy haircuts, snappier AIDS lessons from barbers
...of the customer. Rickshaw-pullers and labourers, mostly migrants, who constitute a high risk HIV/AIDS category, frequent these shops. So the project is an ideal way to reach out to them. The "Barbers Intervention Programme" was formally started in March this year and is sponsored by the Swiss NGO Francoi...Increase in drug abuse by teenagers
...ged painkillers. The painkillers the teen students mostly take are Oxycontin, Vicodin or Marijuana. The researchers feel that teen students should be well informed about the ill and side effects involved in drug abusing as study shows that more and more teens are popping up pain killers....FDA allows barley producers to make healthy heart claims
...d omega-3 fatty acids. A cereal grain, Barley is mostly grown in the western province of the the United States. Many other countries also grow the product and though majority of it is used as animal feed or for making beer, it can be cooked like rice as a dish while its flour is used in baking. Barley is ...... takes a toll of 2.7 million human lives annually, mostly in Africa. The survival of the parasite is based on its genetic machinery, according to the HHMI research. The gene's promoter which is a DNA sequence initiates the production of its protein, and also keeps under cover the other cloaking genes, accor...