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UAE Reports lowest number of AIDS cases

...ng to the report, "Cultural, social and behavioral norms have contributed to keeping infection at very low levels. However, another contributing factor was the Aids Control Program, which was adopted by the ministry and considered as the first of its kind in the region." The joint program launched by gov...

HIV Certificate from NRI Students No Longer Made Mandatory

...ed to AIDS test then why one should insist on such norms for NRI/foreign students. The education department has laid down norms for admission to BE/B Arch courses insist that foreign students should produce an attested AIDS-free...

Experts Warn of Bird Flu Recurrence in Maharashtra

...intains that it followed World Health Organisation norms in composting of culled chickens. "Despite givi...y department, however, said that they followed WHO norms and MPCB had given them a clean chit. "We followed the WHO norms. In fact the MPCB officials came ...

Hike Duties On Soft Drinks To Discourage Consumption: Ramdev

...e treatment level. However, certain international norms had ,to be followed before it could get approval, he added. Source:PTI News...

Differently Wired and Gay – Are They Children of a Lesser God

...injustice to encourage marriages based on societal norms alone. Ultimately marriages that betray mutual attraction, might just fall apart, and contribute to higher divorce rates, they aver. And less said the better about children growing in such emotionally-charged environment Now, scientific data corrob...

Beards Are Back In Germany With A Bang!

...worn by academics in the 1970s to protest societal norms are resurging. "The times are long gone when someone wore something to provoke," said Birgit Richard, a professor and expert of youth culture at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. This response to the long-held taboo against beards...

Motivation Yardstick: Rewards or Punishment? Discover the Superior Performance Trigger

...with built-in sanctioning mechanisms can establish norms of co-operation and out-compete institutions lacking mechanisms for punishing freeloaders." But Kairen Cullen, a group behavior expert from the University of London, emphasized the futility of negative psychology triggers in a group and said, “In ...

Competitive Advantage Are Attained In Which Freeloaders Are Punished

...with built-in sanctioning mechanisms can establish norms of cooperation and out-compete institutions lacking mechanisms for punishing freeloaders. Within the sanctioning institution, the culture of cooperation remained, and even strengthened as streams of outsiders from a non-cooperative environment join...

Medical Colleges, Confident of Meeting Standards Before 90-days deadline

...ven them a three month deadline to comply with the norms or face a risk of de-affiliation. MCI is the authorized body that has the power to accord affiliation to medical colleges across the country, has issued a 90-day deadline for the three colleges, which is due to end in May. A month has passed sin...

Health Minister Promises Strict Quality Control On Herbal Medicines

...aditional herbal drugs and any deviation from the norms will be an offence according to the Union Health Minister.// The traditional medicine market will be worth $5 trillion in 40 years, Ramadoss said at the opening of a three-day fair of traditional systems 'Arogya 2006' at the Chennai trade Fair Cen...

Shortage of NHS funds: Many Couples Denied Infertility Treatment

...health care trusts (PCTs) indeed accept that their norms are severe than that recommended by the National Institute for Clinical and Healthcare Excellence (Nice). It is further believed that the goal of providing three cycles of IVF by the Government would at least take another 3 years to materialize. "C...

Health Insurance Scheme Generates Conflicting Opinions

... and public sectors. All hospitals violating these norms will be blacklisted," said Jose. He added that the company would get free publicity since it would reach out to 2.5 million households. "The insurers already have a scheme in Assam and have insured 3.5 million weavers across the country. Moreov...

New Computerized Imaging Systems Help In Better Dental Treatment Planning

...h Orthodontic Society as far as radiation exposure norms are concerned. * There images are three dimensional and hence help orthodontists detect even minute cysts or even teeth that are impacted deep into the bone thus helping them form a viable treatment plan. * Because of better imaging of the airways, ...

Religious sensitivity of medicos gender-dependent

...nder disparity related to cultural norms, the same norms that look down upon a male who cries in public? Or are women better communicators? Also, since both the communications trainer and the simulated patient were female, could the gender of these professionals have affected the outcome? We don't know the...

Compulsory testing for heavy metal content in herbal medicines

...r arsenic, lead and cadmium have to follow the WHO norms for 'quality control methods for medicinal plants and materials'. In case of mercury, the permissible limit will be one part per million (ppm). According to an official release, the manufacturers, who do not have in-house laboratory facilities, will ...

Popularity Among Peers Increases Susceptibility To Smoking Habit Among School Children

... to set trends without deviating very far from the norms of the community. Because popular students model behaviors that others imitate, smoking is expected to spread more rapidly among young people when popular boys and girls choose to smoke. The study also showed that isolated students-those who named n...

An Under Estimation Of The Radiation Hazard With The Use Of Mobile Phones

... have been wise enough to devise acceptable safety norms for the optimal use of radiation. Yet, one area, which requires critical analysis and formulation of radiation protection law, is the communication sector with special emphasis on the use of cell phones. <br...

Indian Pharmaceutical Industries Stops Manufacturing And Sale Of Valdecoxib

...of Glenmark said, “The Indian market abides by the norms laid down by the Drugs Controller General of India. The drug control had advised us to discontinue the manufacture and sale of Valdecoxib in India recently. We had stopped producing and marketing formulations containing Valdecoxib in India. We have ...

Arsenic in drinking water

... Latin America. WHO’s Activities on ArsenicWHO’s norms for drinking-water quality go back to 1958. The International Standards for Drinking-Water established 0.20 mg/L as an allowable concentration for arsenic in that year. In 1963 the standard was re-evaluated and reduced to 0.05 mg/L. In 1984, this was...

Justifying the use of letrozole for inducing ovulation

... not to honor any prescriptions violating existing norms stipulated by the Drugs Controller's office. A doctor specializing in oncology and women's diseases from a city based hospital 'A cure for incurable ‘, says that the use of letrozole in a healthy women if used for ovulation may lead to developing ca...

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