Meeting To Discuss Issue Of Personal Health Records
..., social activist, and philanthropist. "With the nation on the verge of adopting personal health records (PHRs) to serve the needs of patient care, public health and research, we're at a critical juncture where the design and implementation of PHRs can be fully aligned with patients' needs for privacy and...India To Claim 'Bird Flu Free' Status
...ths, which makes us eligible for the bird flu free nation status," he told reporters here. The claim would be made before the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on August 10. The last case of avian influenza (H5N1 virus) in India was reported in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in West India in May....Large Scale Free Access On Usage Of HIV Drugs Could Help In Fighting Its Spread
...oronto who has been working in Lesotho, an African nation where an estimated 23% of adults are HIV positive, dismissed the idea, stating that people who are infected with HIV may not be willing to start taking antiretroviral drugs before treatment is needed, given its side effects. He further explained that...Government Views Cola Contamination with 'Utmost Seriousness': Anbumani
...to ensure this". Three years after it shocked the nation with a report showing exceedingly large amounts of pesticide content in leading soft drink brands, CSE last week released its second study 'Soft Drinks - Hard Truth II' showing three to five immune-suppressive pesticides again in 11 brands. A fresh...NIMH Grants Funds To Study The Impact Of Terrorism
... be conducted in three parts and will focus on the nation of Israel and its citizens. The first part is a series of cross-sectional polling (Jews and Arabs) of mental health during a three-year period. Part two is an analysis of 1,500 Israelis over a multi year period to determine how their mental health is...Pepsi Offers to Work with CSE for Maintaining Stricter Standards
...tatement added. Three years after it shocked the nation with a report showing exceedingly large amounts of pesticide contents in leading soft drink brands, last month's CSE report said that the harmful content has only gone up since. The study also found that all the 11 brands of the Coke and Pepsi fami...Apollo Group Planning to Set up a Hospital in Fiji
...g to set up a large hospital in the Pacific island nation of Fiji. The Fiji Chamber of Commerce (FCC) has supported Apollo's proposal, according to the website of Radio New Zealand International.// "The Apollo group (has) already secured a site in Lautoka for such a facility; so we are hoping that in th...Billions of Pounds Squandered on NHS
... The report claims that UK is the only developed nation not to improve stroke care between 1999 and 2003 in spite of being 24th out of 27 countries for the number of doctors per 1,000 of the population. Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: “This is a damning summary of mismanagement.” However ......his would thereby increase, the annual cost to the nation as a whole would probably rise by an astounding £7billion. The latest figures from seem to indicate an even more dramatic worsening of the condition. The study seems to indicate that the epidemic of obesity would on all possibility increase to 38% ...Netherlands to lift livestock restrictions over avian influenza
...o the agriculture ministry in the Netherlands, the nation was ready to ease some restrictions imposed to curb a mildly pathogenic strain of bird flu, with other// measures on poultry due to follow next month. On August 1, traces of the mildly pathogenic H7N7 strain, were found on a farm in Voorthuizen, si...Changing Food Habits: Fodder For Thought
...ys when dietary choices decided the destiny of the nation and look forward to a blazing tomorrow that is unblemished by inequality, thereby, saving our great nation from the brink of a civilzational collapse....Religious Activities Could Promote Obesity
...ith the problem. "America is becoming known as a nation of gluttony and obesity, and churches are a feeding ground for this problem," says Ken Ferraro, a professor of sociology who has studied religion and body weight since the early 1990s. "If religious leaders and organizations neglect this issue, they ...Latest Enhancements to the Free Access Grid Toolkit Now Available
...ce America's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for the future. Argonne is managed by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. (Source: Newswse)...46.6 Million People In The United States Have No Health Insurance
...au shows that California is the fifth worst in the nation in terms of the percentage of residents without health insurance.// Texas was the worst with an uninsured rate of 24.6 percent, while 18.8 percent of California’s population was uninsured. Minnesota had the best record with only 8.7 percent of the...Women Are More Likely To Die Than Men When On Oxygen Therapy
...his debilitating disease. In 2004, the cost to the nation for COPD was $37.2 billion in direct and indirect health care costs. “The only therapeutic regimen that has been shown to improve life expectancy in these patients is oxygen therapy,” said Dr. Machado. “Interestingly, we found that men and women ex...Teachers are Creators of Enlightened Citizens in the Country- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
...nly we dedicated the UGC-CEC Edusat network to the nation and inaugurated the launch of expansion of network in North-Eastern Region. This project was started in 1975 by Smt. Indira Gandhi. We are in a position today that we can disseminate education to the masses to the far flung areas of the North Eastern...Plateau Reached in the Battle against Breast Cancer
...ing// that a turning point may have reached in the nation against the feared malignancy. According to the latest federal data it was found that after a steep rise since the 1980s, the breast cancer rate stopped rising in 2001 and may have started to fall in 2003, according to the latest federal data. As to...Fight Back Against Inherited Sudden-Death Heart Condition
... the disease.” The U-M team is one of few in the nation offering genetic testing for HCM patients and their families, and they are conducting a research study to analyze genetic results from many families. Day and her colleagues are also performing laboratory research to understand why HCM gene mutations ...Slow Fight Against Childhood Obesity
...ciences Center, said at the press briefing. "The nation is beginning to grasp the severity of the epidemic," Koplan said. "But despite some encouraging efforts, many of them remain fragmented and small in scale. We are still not doing enough to prevent childhood obesity and the problem is getting worse.""...... reflux disease], which has been increasing as our nation gets heavier. In both forms, irritation — whether from smoking, alcohol or stomach acid — causes damage to cells, which the body then repairs. Unfortunately, these new cells are much more susceptible to cancer. " Barrett's esophagus is the milder f...