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Maternity leave mooted for South African girls

...l, several political parties and a large number of ordinary South Africans seem appalled by the idea. The National Teachers Union noted that parents were responsible for their children and that teachers did not have the necessary skills to deal with the issue of pregnancy. Union spokesman Elium Biyela was...

Human Strain Of Bird Flu Virus, Just A Matter Of Time?

...ied. However, Tamiflu has been used largely for ordinary flu and even then it has be given as soon as possible . What its usefulness in case of H5N1 will be, is not certain, since the virus is believed to be deadlier than the 1918 one which lead to 50 million fatalities. MAL...

Pakistan civil servants may retire at 62

...y. "In the present situation even bureaucrats of ordinary intellect get re-employment on the basis of favouritism and nepotism," he said. The enhancement in the retirement age will also help the government reduce its ever-increasing pension bill. Experts engaged by the government to suggest ways and mea...

Red Cross and Red Crescent Go the Extra Mile to Fight HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

...king the last mile to get the job done in ensuring ordinary people…are better prepared and supported to deal with this catastrophe, HIV and AIDS.” In his opinion, despite advanced and evolved methods to combat HIV/AIDS, the poorer nations and vulnerable regions are still not able to reap the benefits of the...

Synthetic DNA Makes Better Hydrogels for Drug Delivery

...ave been made from proteins but none entirely from ordinary DNA. So far, all these processes have used organic solvents or acids or involve high temperatures, making conditions too harsh for a drug or living cells, so the materials to be encapsulated must be loaded in afterward. The new process, developed i...

Designer babies

... first to investigate the thoughts and feelings of ordinary prospective parents. The results of a series of surveys of 100-200 participants included: · The better educated prospective parents are, the further they are prepared to go to improve their children's IQ. · Women interpret certain interventions ...

Memory Clinics are Diverting NHS Resources from High Quality Care

...they decline. Patients then have to be referred to ordinary old age psychiatry teams, which have to arrange proper long-term management plans. Further research is now available and shows quite consistently that these medicines have modest beneficial effects compared with placebo. As a result, NICE recommend...

Sunscreen creams – use them appropriately

...against not re-applying sunscreen regularly, since ordinary sun damage would be occurring”. “High factor sunscreens can be considered safe and effective if re-applied frequently. If not reapplied, there might be a slight increase in the damage outlined in the study but it is not likely to be significant”. ...

Ordinary Heparin as Effective as Expensive Blood Thinner

...e possibility of an expanded role for inexpensive, ordinary heparin,” .He also noted that most of such studies are usually sponsored by drug companies that are often less motivated to recommend a treatment that costs less. This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and was...

Human Brain Cells Might Have The Self Potential For Healing

...rom the University of Florida (UF) have shown that ordinary human brain cells could have the capacity that is of self-renewal //and adaptability normally associated with stem cells. The scientists from the UF's McKnight Brain Institute in their writing, online today the Aug. 16 in journal Development, expl...

Device Can "Battle" Hospital Infections

...the device could be made compact enough to turn an ordinary hospital room into an instant isolation unit, Garvey said, or as large as necessary to install in a building's HVAC unit to provide purified air throughout an entire facility. Buffalo BioBlower's administrative office is in UB's New York State Cent...

Yoga and Meditation Comes in Aid of Iraqis to Rid of Trauma

...dad determined to make a difference to the life of ordinary Iraqis. "We had a mission, and that was to render humanitarian aid to a traumatized people." While the doctors treated Iraqis for free, Kumar began to teach 'pranayama', breathing techniques and meditation. So far 5,000 Iraqis have undergone the ...

Memory Loss and Amnestic MCI – Precursors of Alzheimer Diseas

... mild memory impairment and is often confused with ordinary age-related forgetfulness. The researchers used 4-Tesla fMRI, which has a very strong magnetic field, to observe the brain activity of 20 elderly patients with amnestic MCI and 20 age-matched controls with no memory impairment during a memory task ...

New Book on Yoga Offer Relief for ‘Desk Jockeys

...hing and breathing that can easily be performed in ordinary office clothing by the average person," says Aldous, a former ergonomics consultant who became a certified yoga instructor and now owns a yoga studio in Calgary, Canada. "Even in companies that had installed good equipment, people were still experi...

Statins Could Play Important Role In Influenza Pandemic

...10 days, and this would not have a major impact on ordinary production and sales levels by the manufacturers." Further research on statins as treatment and prophylaxis for pandemic influenza, including laboratory studies and clinical trials, is crucial, Dr. Fedson said, concluding in his article that statins...

More Than Just Anger

...rn life, rather than a hyper-sensitive reaction to ordinary inconveniences. The Harvard study estimated that IED sufferers experienced an average of 43 such outbursts in a lifetime .The study's major finding was that up to 7.3% of Americans surveyed had experienced IED in one form or the other , indicating...

Consumer Court Dismisses India’s Biggest Ever Medical Error Clai

... not just for myself, but also for the millions of ordinary Indian citizens who seek justice against the hitherto 'untouchable' Indian doctors,' Saha told IANS from Ohio. He vowed to see the end by moving the Supreme Court immediately against the judgement. Saha had filed a Rs.770 million ($17 million) cl...

Court Dismisses 143-Crore Claim Against Hospital In Kolkata For Alleged Negligence In Treatment

...ing not just for him, but also for the millions of ordinary Indian citizens who were seeking justice against the hitherto 'untouchable' Indian doctors. He promised to move the matter to the Supreme Court immediately against the ruling of the apex court. Saha had filed a Rs.770 million ($17 million) claim ag...

Heroin Addicts Chained For Cure

...Their desperation makes them crafty. They can open ordinary padlocks to run away and begin taking drugs again,' said Pavkholian Dousel, a church elder and founding head of the detoxification centre that has been functioning for 18 years. 'If they escape, I become answerable to their parents who insist I kee...

Diet mixers predisposes people to habitual drunker

...of blood-alcohol than the same drink taken with an ordinary mixer. The blood-alcohol concentration peaked at 66 per cent higher, according to a study in which volunteers were given an orange-flavoured vodka drink made with either a diet or non-diet mixer. Researchers studied eight volunteers, tracking the...

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