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Retail Health Clinics Start Shop

...he anticipated spike in demand for health services now that a landmark law requiring all Massachusetts residents to get a health insurance has come into force, CVS Caremark Health Care Services President Chris Bodine was reported. "MinuteClinic can serve a critical health care need by providing convenien...

Gene Linked With Restless Leg Syndrome Spotted Out

...major cause of insomnia and sleep disturbance. We now have concrete evidence that RLS is an authentic di... have a close family member with the disorder, and now we have found a gene which is clearly linked to RLS," said Dr. Rye. The gene variant is common as a...

Disquieting Slow Down in Heart Disease Deaths Among Under 55s

...heart disease among younger Britons were lower and now seem to be levelling off. For 35 to 44 year old men the decline in death rates was 35%, and for those aged 45 to 54 it was 47%.And between 2000 and 2004, there was virtually no fall in death rates from heart disease among those aged between 35 and 4...

'Demi Moore Had Miscarriage Two Years Ago', Says Her Sister-in-law

...er since they tied the knot in September 2005, and now Lesley Guynes has revealed to American magazine Star that the Ghost star did in fact become pregnant, but she lost the baby. "I think Demi is getting too old to have kids of her own. Demi and Ashton have been trying (to have a child) for years. She...

'Sweet Herb' may Be Green Gold for Paraguay

...ty, may be sitting on a gold mine, authorities are now launching a bid to win international recognition as the stevia plant's country of origin....

Male Circumcision can Cut HIV Infection, Studies Show

...s, men can't think 'that's all I need to do, I can now have unsafe sex'." The clinical reason for circumcision's preventive effect is still being investigated. One theory is that the foreskin has a very thin lining and suffers minor abrasions during intercourse, making it easier for the human immunod...

Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...witch to the patterns of a righty. "The question now is, 'do converts suffer because of this extra attention that they exert?'" Nature magazine quoted Stefan Kloppel of University College London, who led the study, as saying. While writing, the left hand of a person is generally controlled by the ri...

HIV Cases Increasing In Australia

...of the country the trend was upwards with Victoria now roughly equal to New South Wales in per capita diagnoses. In more than half of heterosexually acquired cases, the person was born in or had a partner from a country with a high prevalence of HIV. Exposure to HIV from injecting drug use was infreq...

Male Casting Couch in Bollywood?

...ouch is a well-known feature of Bollywood but till now was employed against the girls in the industry. ...n women were under constant sexual subjugation but now its the turn of the men to bear the brunt. Sonu is in the US regarding some shows. He is believed to...

A Centre for Glycemic Index Testing Opened in Chennai

...s products, this is a significant development. For now scientific testing methodology is generating enoug... the national nutrition policy, similar to what is now happening only in Australia. V. Mohan, MDRF president says that the effort is not to malign rice o...

Dog Fighting in the US: Bloody, Illegal and Booming

... is increasing. It was very prevalent in the South now it's all over, in Chicago, New York, Baltimore, New York, big in Indiana, big in Wisconsin," said Michael Roach, director of field service and investigation for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago. "There are three levels of dog fighting: the stree...

Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

...lthough UN officials estimate the actual number is now higher. A recent paper in British medical journal The Lancet praised China's adoption of schemes such as needle exchanges and awareness campaigns among gay men, although the UN said there was still resistance to confronting the problem at a local l...

Mens Sexual Prowess Not Affected by Prostate Cancer Drug

...ght effect their performance in the bedroom, can now put their fears to rest, thanks to a new study. The study, by researchers from the Southwest Oncology Group, found that though the drug does cause a drop in sexual function, the effects diminish over the course of time. As a part of their study, ...

Tuberculosis Drug Increases OCD Therapy Progress

...bsessions or compulsions. The investigators are now studying how the drugs effect on smokers who want to quit. "People who smoke have positive feelings from the drug effects of nicotine associated with exposure to cues of smoking, such as seeing a pack of cigarettes, lighting up, or actually smoking...

Chennai Hospital Conducts Bone Marrow Transplantation Successfully

...t saved the boy's life. Doctors say that Howard is now almost 100 percent normal. Revathi Raj, senior c... as an alternative, Sarah rushed here. Howard is now eager to return home and rejoin the rest of the family in Kampala. "Now I can go back home and pl...

Briton Set for Pacific Solo Odyssey to Highlight Warming

...ht 24-foot (seven meter) silver rowing boat and is now attempting a far greater challenge, a 6,700-mile (10,800 kilometer) trek across the vast expanse of the Pacific. Savage, who is due to depart from under the Golden Gate Bridge, will stop off in Hawaii and the South Pacific island of Tuvalu before f...

Nemcova Turns Veggie to Save Fish

...at that she felt a 'strong connection' with nature now that she's become a vegan. "I became quite green... I have a very strong connection to nature," she said....

U.S President Defied-Senate Votes To Expand Child Health Insurance

...tration has granted to those states. The program now costs the federal government about $5 billion a ye...e, it will not be enough to cover all the children now in the program. Though House Democrats want to spend another $50 billion or more to cover the ma...

Mills Rejects Macca's 20m Divorce Settlement Offer

...5 million pounds. However, their stubbornness is now indicating that they may finally have to battle their case in the court. "It could well go to trial because they are both quite stubborn," Times Online quoted one lawyer as saying. The couple's case is scheduled for a five-day hearing next Februa...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

...cking of their local member of parliament they are now seeking extra risk capital either from government or industry: the only emissions they are not sure their box can handle are those from aviation. The important aspect of the technology is that the carbon dioxide is captured and held in a protected ...

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