South Africans Turn to Natural Remedies for Treating Erectile Dysfunction
...ies and do so only when they are sure their sexual partners are available for intimacy and when they are close to home. (Source: DPA/IANS)...Norway Grants $80 mn to India's Health Mission
...located through UNICEF and WHO - the two programme partners - for specific activities. The governments of India and Norway also launched a multi-partner initiative Tuesday here for achieving the millennium development goals imbedded in the NHRM - a programme under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, ...Genes Identified To Protect Heart Muscles
...cts. ‘It appears that these two genes act as dance partners in the complex tango of cellular protection, with neither one wanting to assume the lead role,’ says the study's lead author Luis G. Melo, Associate Professor of Physiology and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Cardiology at Queen's. He says the ...NHGRI Aims To Sequence Primate Genomes
...equencing Research Network and their international partners have already sequenced – or have been approved to sequence – at high-density coverage the genomes of several non-human primates including the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), marmoset ...iGATE Completes Phase I Testing Of Meningitis Vaccine
...ngitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Vaccine development partners include the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER - a centre of the United States Food and Drug Administration for conjugation technology, and Serum Institute of India Limited (SIIL) for vaccine manufacturing, a company release said here...Do Arthritics Perceive the Importance of Exercise in the Management of Disease?
...se programs and to voice their desire for exercise partners with similar limitations. 4. Lack of programs. For both exercisers and non-exercisers, the lack of exercise programs or facilities for individuals with arthritis emerged as a barrier. 5. Symptom management. Exercisers tended to be more positive ...Marital Therapy Effective Treatment for Female Alcoholics
... than 120 female alcoholic patients and their male partners who were not substance abusers. Researchers foun...ng only." In addition, female patients and their partners who received couples therapy reported lower levels of domestic violence during the year after treatm...Fear of Condom but Love of Risk
...ge in unprotected sex willfully, with several male partners and thus became a transmitter of the disease. The man in question has been slapped with 30 or more charges, which also includes a grave intention of inflicting a very serious disease on other unwitting partners. Three doctors who have been treatin...AIDS Campaign Enrages HIV Infected Swazis
... on national radio. Polygamy and multiple sexual partners are the major causes for HIV spread in Swaziland. Some activists feel the king -- sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch -- sets a bad example as he has 13 wives....Men Take to Unhealthy Practices to be More Muscular
...ular that they felt from family, friends, romantic partners and the media. The findings showed that the more pressure the men felt, the more they felt they had to live up to the ideals. “Men see these idealized, muscular men in the media and feel their own bodies don't measure up. For some men, this can l...Researchers claim That Regular Use Of Hib Vaccine In Africa Could Eliminate H. Influenza totally.
... it.” he added. The GAVI Alliance, together with partners and stakeholders in Kenya and other developing countries, is working collaboratively to provide funding for vaccine programs and to implement programs to improve health systems and strengthen surveillance networks. This study further supports the W...Need for Change in Social Norms to Prevent Spread of HIV
...are themselves monogamous may be in relations with partners who have multiple partners and won’t use a condom. Women in many societies don’t have the social power to negotiate safer sex o...Study Shows Domestic Violence Would Directly Affect The Work Output
...and 29% of men had reported violence from intimate partners at some point in their lives. Reeves said, “Any time you have 40 percent of your work force dealing with something, I think that requires attention because that number is huge.” It was explained that the general distractions included difficulty co...Viread To Retail In India For $1
...s. We will transfer technology and know-how to our partners for them to be able to produce larger, better and higher quality batches of Viread." The technology transfer is expected to increase efficiency and drive down costs. "We believe that we are the innovators of one of the foremost drugs in the battl...Regional cooperation on health care services
...sources we have for our health sector. Development partners and technical support agencies have a vital role to play in this regard," Zia told the health ministers. Revised strategy for malaria control in the region, global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria pandemic, influenza preparedness and r...Health ministers meet in Dhaka on regional cooperation
...sources we have for our health sector. Development partners and technical support agencies have a vital role to play in this regard,' Zia said. The ministers will discuss several issues of common interest, including revised strategy for malaria control in the region, global fund to fight AIDS and tuberculos...Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners
...of condom with whom they perceive as casual sexual partners as opposed to their main partners is vital for the development of an effective HIV intervention programs. It was reported the resear...Experts Are Optimistic Of Making Waterborne Infectious Diseases A Thing Of Past
...d published his article in today's Science, if the partners of the global health partnerships integrate their programmes, then by 2015, water borne diseases that bring sorrow and grief in its wake to million of people around the world would be confined to pages in history. Professor Fenwick, from Imperial C...Researchers Make a Major Strategic Breakthrough in Controlling the AIDS Virus
...eat the virus,” noted Dr. Sékaly. Discussions with partners are also underway to translate these research findings into clinical trials, which could start during the coming year. Thanks to the joint efforts of the Université de Montréal, the CHUM Research Centre, Génome Québec, Genome Canada, the Canadian I...Strange Burial Practice Followed for People Affected by HIV/AIDS
...ravenous drug users and people having multiple sex partners are reasons attributed for the alarming rise in HIV cases. "The HIV scenario in Mizoram can be best described as an epidemic in transition with the opportunities for effective containment that existed in the turn of the millennium are now showing ...