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FDA Proposes Availability of Experimental Drugs

...e to needy individuals .They will also clarify the norms and conditions were such drugs may be prescribed. The proposed rule will enable patients, or patient groups to avail experimental drugs when no other adequate therapy is available to treat a particular disease condition. This proposal is designed to ...

'Prevention, Cultural Changes Must Lead AIDS Battle'

...ase// cannot be done without changing the cultural norms that drive it. That was the message during a "st...eral determinants of health".But changing cultural norms is difficult, because each society has different norms that affect their view of prevention techniqu...

ESI to Set Up Model Hospitals in Each State

...SI Corporation has sanctioned the staff as per the norms and the process of recruitment is in progress. Besides this, the hospitals are being technically upgraded with latest equipments as per the requirement of the various hospitals. This was stated by the Minister of State(Independent Charge) of Minist...

Underweight Children in the Country

...velopment Scheme (ICDS) and revising the financial norms for supplementary nutrition under ICDS. 5. Revival of nutrition programme for adolescent girls. 6. Advocacy through Mass Media. 7. Various States have taken up these initiatives like the Bal Sanjeevani programme of Madhya Pradesh, Dular projec...

West Bengal Performs 'Yagna' to Ward off Dengue, Malaria

...ked the WBPCB to take necessary steps if pollution norms were flouted. Source-IANS...

Why Do People Stick To Their Bad Habits?

...s that really concern people and to look at social norms and why they are starting to dictate our actions. We as a society have to rethink and challenge those norms.' Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Fast Food Heavy Weights Act Fast To Bell The Fat Out!

...w that would entail manufacturers to follow strict norms and safety standards while dishing out food products. Earlier research has always painted trans fat, black. Further, the ongoing research by the Harvard School of Public Health has made no bones about the contribution of trans fat in the escalation...

Using Hormone Therapy to Shape Children’s Height to Social Norm

... its use to conform a child’s height to fit social norms may provide valuable insight into the present-day ...thin a specific social context, and those societal norms and beliefs can greatly impact the work of practicing clinicians.” SourceNewswise...

Portion Sizes in Restaurants Larger than Before

...e younger ones grew up at a time when the cultural norms were bigger servings." While 76% of chefs referred to their portions as "regular" sized only 17% of them described them as large or extra large. 58% of the chefs also shifted the blame to the diners saying that even if customers are served a huge a...

Kids Help Other Kids to Protect Their Hearing from Personal Music Devices

...t fits into their cultural norms. "So changing the norms associated with their peer group is key," says Sobel. Koski and Sobel both plan to apply these and other education models to the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. Meanwhile, Genna Martin can't wait to return to her Portland, Oregon home for...

The FDA Will Do Well To Fine-Tune Drug Safety Norms

...e taking adequate steps to improve the drug safety norms and are soaking in the suggestions of the IOM report. AV...

All in the Name of ‘Breast Cancer Awareness

...reast cancer awareness has crossed all barriers of norms and decencies with many campaigns right from China to South Africa to the United States using young models, celebrities or actresses going topless. This year, a charity distributed a mouse mat featuring a photograph of a pair of perfect breasts to al...

Reforms Suggested By TN Doctors’ Foru

...nating assistant professors in accordance with the norms of the medical council of India (MCI), ensures that there are enough senior professors to choose for the post of Dean. The haziness in this issue started with the MCI norms, which until then were mere guidelines, being made mandatory in the year 2...

Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?

...the pharmacy practice adopted strict and stringent norms for drug dispensation. Prescription re-use and unchecked purchase of drugs over the counter without a prescription have got many adults and teens addicted to drugs and stimulants. Tonic Mania The indiscriminate use of vitamin supplements is an ...

MRSA - more prevalent than ever

...ency rooms. The doctors are also not following the norms to// prescribe the right antibiotic. Doctors are advised to culture the infection before prescribing antibiotics but most of them just assume that the staph strain causing the infection will be susceptible to routine antibiotics, says M. Lindsay Gr...

Need for Change in Social Norms to Prevent Spread of HIV

...s worst effects. We also need to change the social norms that condone coercive sex and treat women as property. How do you make it unacceptable for schoolmasters to harass young girls? You prosecute them for it.’ Dr. Helene Gayle asserted that the big remaining challenges for governments, foundations and...

Central Government to Caution all States About Soft Drinks

...eport that found pesticides beyond the permissible norms in samples of well-known brands of soft drinks. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Kerala have said the colas cannot be sold in schools, colleges and government departments. Karnataka is all set to take a similar step, while Jammu...

MPs Demanded an Immediate Ban on Coke, Pepsi

...e soft drink companies have not been following the norms issued by the joint parliamentary committee last year. He alleged the government was bowing before the multi-national companies "which is very condemnable". Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) Mohammed Salim and Anil Basu accused the governme...

Yoga to De-stress Indian Army Soldiers

...gently," the committee noted, adding that staffing norms at AFMS hospitals should be improved to one medical officer per 21 beds. Further, the 10 percent cut in recruitment in the armed forces should not be made applicable to the civilian manpower of AFMS, particularly in essential categories and trades ...

High Court Stops Functioning of Ayurvedic, Unani Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

...ic Awam Unani college, none fulfilled the required norms and hence recognition of eight remianing colleges were withdrawn in 2000. Source:PTI News...

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