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Adding Folic Acid to Flour Lessens Congenital Malformations

...that between 1993 and 1997, the incidence was 1.58 per 1,000 births. Between 2000 and 2002, the rate dropped 46 percent to 0.86. The biggest improvement occurred in the parts of Canada that had the highest rates of neural tube deformation before 1998-Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. I...

Los Angeles Diocese Opts for Huge Payout in Sexual Abuse Cases

...hich would average a little more than $1.3 million per plaintiff, exceeded earlier reports that the settlement would be between $600 million and $650 million. Some Roman Catholic orders the Servites, Claretians and Oblates will be carved out of the agreement because they refused to participate, the s...

Women With Heart Disease Suffers from Depression

...02 of them female, the joint study found that 14.3 per cent of the women had worsening depression one yea... initial myocardial infarctions, as compared to 11 per cent of the men. As well, the women scored lower than their male counterparts in physical and social...

Diaphragms offer no extra protection Against HIV

...f the women in each arm of the study were infected per year. Infections were found in 158 women given diaphragms and condoms and counseling; 151 women were infected among those given condoms and counseling only. Accordingly, about 20 percent of adults are infected in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where th...

New Target for Muscular Dystrophy Drug Therapy Discovered

.... Since the gene sequence of utrophin is over 80 per cent identical to that of dystrophin, it may substitute for dystrophin in muscle cells, says researchers. Dr. Khurana, however, wants to ensure first whether repressing ERF reduces muscle deterioration in mice or not. "We have worked on this pr...

Ujjain Ashram Adopts Eco-friendly Burial Process

...tead of consigning the mortal remains to flames as per the Hindu tradition. The burial process is eco-friendly as it prevents pollution, saves fuel and enriches the environment through forestation. Sudhirbhai Goyal, founder of the ashram, said: "During the time of cremation, a pit of six feet long an...

Consuming Grape Fruit Increases Breast Cancer Risk: Study

...reast cancer in the present study - generally a 30 per cent increase among women who consume the equivalent of one quarter of a grapefruit or more per day. "There is evidence that grapefruit increases plasma oestrogen concentrations. "Since it i...

Study Finds Most Women Getting Wrong Dose of Fertility Drugs

A new study has alarmingly found that more than 90 per cent of women undergoing fertility treatments may ...o check the dosage given to 161, and found that 75 per cent were being given a higher dose than required, while 15 percent were being given a lower dose of...

Yo-yo Dieting Increases Kidney Cancer Risk in Women

...t women with larger waist to hip ratios were at 80 per cent increased risk of developing a type of kidney cancer known as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Researchers noted that it was safer for women to gradually put on weight with growing age rather than shred weight through strict dieting. The authors ...

Village Panchayat in Tamil Nadu Bans Tobacco Consumption

...ases is believed to be nearly 40, 000 crore rupees per annum. India is the third largest tobacco producer and consumer in the world after China and the US. India exports only one fourth of its total annual tobacco output, which is nearly 545 million kilograms. Tobacco victims in India out-number the AI...

Character Test for Australian Visa Subjective

...arrest of his cousin Kafeel Ahmed, who suffered 90 per cent burns after the failed Glasgow airport attack on June 30. Computer records obtained by authorities reveal Haneef's close links to both Kafeel and his brother Sabeel continued right up until the failed bombings in Glasgow and in London's West E...

Attempt to Build Artificial Muscles from Carbon Nanofibres in the Offing

... in which the tubes were repeatedly squashed to 75 per cent of their original length, the block kept pinging back almost to its original shape."The nanotubes buckled in a zig-zag shape but regained their original shapes when the load was released. The nanotubes buckled but regained their original shapes,...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...ndergoing nip and tuck surgery has rocketed by 140 per cent in five years with liposuction being the most...abdomens, flanks, chests and chins accounts for 24 per cent of all cosmetic surgery on men over 50. The amount of fat sucked out can range from 50mls to t...

Once-rare Skin Cancer Type on the Rise in US

... the 30-year period. That amounts to a rate of 6.4 per million persons and a total of 0.14 percent of all...wa counted the lowest incidence with a rate of 3.7 per million for the whol population....

1 in 14 Young Adults Cant Solve Simple Math Sums

...ol learning helps their kids later in life. 74 per cent of adults believed that watching educational programmes as a young child helped learning and majority of parents said that kids programs should contain some education....

Treat Every Patient as a Potential Organ Donor, British Health Official Says

...aiting lists each year. According to figures, 70 per cent of people want to donate their organs after death, but only 20 per cent are on the NHS organ donor register. Sir Liam said: "There are simply not enough organs dona...

Subsidize Solar Water Heaters for Homes, Expert Tells Australian Government

...ter John Howard on Tuesday announced up to $50,000 per school would be spent on solar hot water systems a...s committed to reducing emissions nationally by 60 per cent from 2000 levels by 2050 but won't set a shorter-term target before next year. "We need to se...

500 Pound Man Rescued After 12 Hour Ordeal From Wisconsin River

...e makeshift stretcher only several feet downstream per hoist. Finally, rescuers created a floating platform by lashing three canoes together and placing four boards across them. That remedy worked much better, but it was still a lot of work, said Chief Deputy Steve Ovick of the Pine County Sheriff's ...

Poor Ventilation may Cause Lung Disorders Inn Inuit Children

...nd occupancy. On average, there were 6.1 occupants per house (as compared with 3.34.4 in southern Canada)...n in the world, with annualized rates of up to 306 per 1000 infants. The infections are unusually severe in these infants: 12% of those admitted to hospi...

Indian Dumping Duty on Chinese Paracetamol to Continue

...ly. Chinese paracetamol are priced at 2.5 dollar per kilogram, said an industry insider who declined to...ns of paracetamol a year, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of the international market....

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