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The Rise in Unhealthy Snacking Habit

...releases as a part of it. 'I am concerned we are a nation drowning in excess oil, salt and sugar as we and o... 'Britons' taste for them is so strong that as a nation they consume a tonne of crisps every three minutes, enough to fill an Olympic size swimming pool eve...

Malayali Nurses - Lifeline of Keralites Abroad

...erala. "I am proud of my people. They serve this nation as devoted angels," Ravi agreed. The minister also noticed that the Malayalis abroad were more keen to protect their identity and culture. Some of the youngsters speak Malayalam fluently although they find it difficult to write the script. Wh...

Breast-Feeding May Reduce Childhood Obesity

...-Davis said. “The study comes at a time when the nation is struggling with an epidemic of children and adults being overweight and obese,” she said. “Obesity is one of the leading risk factors for type 2 diabetes, and this study underscores the importance of breast-feeding to reduce the risk for childhood...

Call To Increase Family Physicians

...cans. However, the study goes further to claim the nation is experiencing a dire shortage of family physicia...care increases. "We've known for a long time the nation needs more primary care physicians," said Rick Kellerman, M.D., president of the AAFP. "And our new ...

Cuba Introduces New Device for Detecting Vascular Diseases

...ing to the National Information Agency, the island nation has exported this equipment to Venezuela, and is all set for its production by the Medical Biophysical Centre headquartered in Santiago de Cuba. The centre is also working to widen the diagnostic possibilities of ANGIODIN PD-3000 so as to increase ...

Can 'Designer' Cities Keep Citizens Physically Fit?

... embarrassment of being labeled as the most 'obese nation in Europe' last week. //In a recent report by CABE... regime, the results that reflects upon the entire nation is appalling. CABE is of the opinion that cities should therefore be designed to encourage its ci...

New Zealand Says no to Herceptin Funding for Early Breast Cancer

...is outraged that New Zealand is the only developed nation that has declined funding. The Australian government's recent decision to subsidize the drug should have influenced Pharmac to do the same in New Zealand, argue advocacy groups. According to Dr. Jackie Blue, spokesperson for National Associate Heal...

AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin

...inics are also being rapidly set up all across the nation to combat drug addiction and to curb the spread of AIDS/HIV infection through infected needles. MST...

PEPFAR to help Zambia's efforts to fight AIDS

...IDS.// It is however commendable to see that the nation of Zambia has made considerable progress in keeping the HIV virus in check, which has been brought to the notice of the US government. In appreciation of this sizeable progress the United States has decided to support Zambia with a huge financial ass...

'Ire' of Irish Moms pained over maternity services in Ireland.

...r the last decade to accommodate the baby boom the nation has been experiencing since a couple of years now. Yet another report is expected to be published in a fortnight by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynecologists which also aims at studying the pitfalls that plague today’s maternal health care sy...

Its in your ‘hands’ to fight fatal nosocomial infectios

...of infection to almost half. Canada is the 30th nation to join hands with the WHO in taking a vow to make every effort to reduce health care acquired infections according to Sir Liam Donaldson, chairman of the World Alliance for Patient Safety.In an interview he emphasized the need to train, assess and i...

Obesity Raises Gasoline Consumption

...icans which is about three days' worth of what the nation currently consumes. Jacobson said, "Every additional gallon of fuel is coming from a foreign source, and it's expensive. NLA...

A Timely Reminder Of Devastating Health Impact Of Climate Change

... developing countries the hardest. “As a wealthy nation and a prolific per capita greenhouse polluter, Australia must take heed of the Stern Review and show leadership with its response to climate change. We can’t afford to sit back and wait for others to show us the way. “The body of evidence and opin...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Scare In Bhutan

... AIDS, from assuming epidemic proportions with the nation witnessing a rise in// the number of prostitutes and lack of safe sex practices. Bhutan's Public Health Division has launched a three-year programme to encourage the use of condoms and voluntary testing of blood to prevent HIV from spreading. The ...

Russians face the death trap laid by alcoholism

...tions regarding booze often finds thousands in the nation drowning themselves in liquor without any person//... a strong alcoholic drink. Police raids across the nation has uncovered many such illicit vodka stashed away covertly. However following the recent surveys ...

Government Announces Steps To Promote Ayurvedic Medicine

...erce, Jairam Ramesh, had already begun touring the nation for this purpose. Already, three zones have been planned at Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Uttaranchal. * Providing traditional medicine to the 10 zones that would help local farmers. * Incorporating traditional medicine as part of the curriculum for m...

Fear Over Maple Leaf Meat Being Contaminated

...at products found so far and no illnesses reported nation wide. Mr. Balsom told the press he was not at liberty to comment about the volume of meat being recalled or about the syringe test. He did however confirm that there was an internal investigation being held with the help of the police. However, a...

Let Us All Join Government To Ban Child Labour

...to fight against child labour as the future of our nation stands in the hands of those innocent faces. Source-Newswise...

Diabetes- a Threat to Several Indigenous Populations

...ous communities were at risk. Nauru, the Pacific nation and the world's smallest republic with a population of 10,000 people had over 30 percent of adults aged over 20 years with type 2 diabetes. And among adults aged 35 years and above this figure was about one in two adults. Similar rates of between 2...

Poor diabetics: bitter times and worse times with no sweet respite

...he end of the first decade of the 21st century the nation would be bustling with over three million diabetic patients majority of whom would belong to the poorer sections of society and communities world wide. A report published recently by Diabetes UK and the all-party parliamentary group for diabetes ...

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