Gay capital reeling with rising HIV infection
...ted the AIDS virus has led to general feeling that people need not be careful anymore. This is the culprit b...ay men were positive in the 1980s. More than 18000 people have died of AIDS in San Francisco....Controversial Levis jean ad to be withdrawn
... nest in a country where nearly a hundred thousand people are on the waiting list awaiting a suitable donor for organ donation. Nearly 20 people die each day because they are unable to find a suitable match. A spokeswoman for Levis Strauss in ...Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap
...d a series of developments in a year that has seen people all over the world ganging up against rising prices of essential life saving medicines. However critics say even now many in the poorer countries will be unable to afford the new drug cocktail as offered by Cipla. Another argument is that counseling...And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!
Most people are paranoid about heart disease. One survey said that of all ailments people are most worried about AIDS/HIV, hepatitis and heart disease. Whenever people get to read something ...And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!
Most people are paranoid about heart disease. One survey said that of all ailments people are most worried about AIDS/HIV, hepatitis and heart disease. Whenever people get to read something ......t risk for water-borne diseases. About 2.2 million people die of diarrhea caused by drinking contaminated wa...the report states. "Yet...40% of world's 6 billion people have no acceptable means of sanitation, and more than 1 billion people draw their water from unsafe ...Smoking a greater risk than HIV? Yes say health experts!!!!
...hat in the developing world smoking will kill more people than any other disease in the next 20 years. The report released from the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, United Kingdom, says smoking and other tobacco related deaths would surpass 10 million a year. The short term and long term side eff...Skinny people need to exercise too
...and fat people. But recent study shows that skinny people are also prone to developing heart diseases becaus...re both important factors”, he adds. Even skinny people need to exercise to stay trim and fit thereby reducing the chances of developing heart diseases. Lea......Emory University led the study. The fact that some people rely on an orderly routine, while others thrive on never knowing what the day will bring, may have something to do with the brain's "pleasure centers," researchers have found. In the study, Berns and his colleagues gave the participants drops of wat...Spirituality helps lessen arthritic pain
...ers say. Dr. Francis says, "One might expect that people coping with chronic illness or chronic pain might ...f this study suggest otherwise." In the study, 35 people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis were asked to keep daily diaries of their moods, religious and s...Depression may cause delayed wound healing
...hers in the UK say that wound healing in depressed people is four times slower than that of normal people. T... possibility, according to them, is that depressed people may not take care of themselves as well as non-depressed people. Poor appetite and an irregular slee...India to benefit from pharma companies' move
...rms to back off is "a victory for millions of poor people in South Africa and around the world," said an Oxf...the drug companies. "The fight to provide all poor people with access to cheap medicines continues," he added. "The drug giants seem to have listened to reas...Nearly all asthma deaths preventable
... the disease. According to WHO, around 150 million people suffer from asthma worldwide and nearly 2 lakh people die due to the disease every year. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease, often linked with allerg......weight can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. For people who already have the disease, such steps can help minimize complications and the need for medications. The biggest challenge for those suffering from diabetes is to stay focused on leading a healthy life, inspite of being a diabetic. This disease can...TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa
...led with TB is killing on an average three million people a year in Africa alone. What is alarming is that t...teria, which spread the disease. Nearly 2 billion people are currently infected with the TB germ and this figure is one-third the world population!!!!! Afri...Hundred million dollar gift for malaria institute
...veloping nations.Malaria kills atleast one million people and at least 500 million get infected every year. Apart from AIDS/HIV and Tuberculosis, malaria is the most deadly infectious disease in the world. Some health facilities use bed nets, treated with insecticide, to curtail the disease but Johns Hopki......t on the body over time. Over decades and decades, people that turn these negative emotions on and off several times daily are hurting themselves and are more likely to fall victim to heart disease and stroke." These findings were published in the journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Since 1986, ...Pesticide impairs male reproductive function
...itoes. The disease infects as many as 500 million people each year and may kill as many as 2.5 million across the globe, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO, along with hundreds of malaria and public health experts, supports the continued use of DDT for malaria control....“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs
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