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Dengue Fever in Singapore Likely to Increase: Minister

...e than double the 1,574 cases reported in the same period last year. He said "cases are expected to continue to rise in the warmer months ahead" and urged Singaporeans to make a daily check of their homes for potential breeding spots. "I would like to stress that our fight against dengue must be underpi...

Rivers in China Shrinking Due to Climate Change

...ased from 260 mm during 1991-2000 to 323 mm in the period 2001-06. Another WWF study showed global warming has caused glaciers to shrink, frozen earth to melt, grasslands to turn yellow and rivers to dry up. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau used to boast of 36,000 glaciers covering an area of 50,000 sq km. In ...

Complaining Girls Faces Higher Depression, Anxiety Risk

... conducted the study, which was carried out over a period of six months. The study, which included 813 third, fifth, seventh and ninth grade students - boys and girls - examined the effects of co-rumination - excessively talking with friends about problems and concerns. Rose found that girls co-ruminate...

Health Insurance- Play It Safe And Reap The Benefits

... Most insurance companies, however, give a grace period of seven days, which can be extended to 15 days in case of extreme circumstances, under which a policy can be renewed for keeping it eligible for a no-claim bonus. We dont want our customers to suffer, so we make sure that if the fault is on our side...

Nigerian Health Authority Crackdown On Sub-Standard Health Institutions

... operating beyond the approved schedule within the period under review....

Flavonoids In Orange Juice Make It A Healthy Drink, Despite The Sugar

... the test and at 1, 2 and 3hours after a 10-minute period to consume the drinks. Results showed a significant increase in ROS within 2 hours in samples from the glucose group but not in those from the fructose, orange juice or water group. "We were intrigued by the fact that there was no increase in ROS o...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

...and bad for the economy (leave taken on grounds of period pain). In a presentation by Lybrels maker, Wyeth, to investors and analysts last October, Dr. Ginger D. Constantine, the companys therapeutic director for womens health, laid the groundwork. Citing company-backed studies, she reported that menstrua...

Wrestler Chris Benoits Son was Sedated - Says Investigators

...testosterone at least within some reasonably short period of time prior to the time that he died." Although testosterone was found in Christopher Benoit's urine, there is no evidence of any other of the illegal types of steroids, or the whole laundry list of anabolic steroids that are out there to be used,"...

Indian Dumping Duty on Chinese Paracetamol to Continue

...l ruling and reinstated after a mandatory one-year period with a final ruling. Such duties automatically expire five years after the final ruling, after which they need to be imposed afresh if they are to be continued with. The Indian Commerce and Industry Ministry has reportedly informed the China Cham...

Men Could Overcome Erectile Dysfunction Through Group Psychotherapy

...atment, while there was no change in over the same period of time in the controls, says Professor Tamara Melnik, a psychiatrists working at the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil. We now need some large randomised trials with longer follow-up periods in order to measure exactly how effective psychosocial...

Implanon,norplant,Jadelle - Vary in Side Effects

...see whether women are able to use them over a long period of time, there are indications of good tolerability in that over 80% of women in the studies continued to use their contraceptive implants for two or more years, says lead researcher Jo Power, who works at the Margaret Pyke Centre in London, UK. The...

US Health Insurance Firms Suspend Sales, Promise to End Fraudulent Practices

... most sales are made during the regular enrollment period that runs from mid-November through December. ``It's a positive development in that they are doing something, but it's somewhat hollow,'' said Robert Laszewski, head of Health Policy and Strategy Associates in Alexandria, Virginia, in a telephone ...

Take a Break Inbetween Exercise

...of 60-min exercise followed with a 60-min recovery period (Single) two bouts of 30-min exercise with a 20-mi...he first 30-min bout, along with a 60-min recovery period at the end (Repeated) one 60-min rest period (Control) The men performed each trial at the same ti...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

... They have carried out more than 130 tests over a period of two years with a success rate between 85 to 95%. David Hansen, a Labour MP for Delyn, North Wales showed keen interest in the project and is doing every bit to help the three friends. "Based on the information, there is a clear reduction in emis...

Math Model Helps Identify Genes That Attack Hepatitis C Virus

...w, all patients received treatment for an extended period of time without knowing whether or not they would respond. In the future, we hope to find other medications that will be more effective in activating all of the 37 genes, Dr. Brodsky added. The findings of the study will be published in the journal...

Experts Identify Vaccine Target for HIV

...l load, gradually decreases and then levels off, a period during which patients do not exhibit symptoms of their disease. The viral load during this levelling out is an indication of how well the patients own immune system is battling the virus, and this is the point in the infections natural history that t...

Pediatric Use of ADHD Drug may Affect Developing Brain

...g therapy may be best used over a relatively short period of time, to be replaced or supplemented with behavioural therapy," Dr. Milner says. Dr. Milner, however, admits that it is too early to say whether the changes noted in the Ritalin-exposed brain will be of either benefit or harm to humans. "One t...

FICCI Proposes Models To Solve Indias Healthcare Crisis

... of 15 percent subject to review after a five-year period and enforcement of quality in government hospitals, laboratories and blood banks. The chamber has suggested attracting private investment in the sector, including foreign direct investment following the PPP route and expanding medical education and...

Longer Term Breast-feeding Reduces the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women

...matology in Barcelona, Spain, breast-feeding for a period of thirteen months or more is associated with a lesser rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk in mothers. The study demonstrated that the longer the breast feeding period, the lower the mothers risk of developing RA in later life. Simultaneously, the study...

Humanized Antibody Therapy Found Highly Effective in Easing RA Symptoms

... a 70 per cent improvement in symptoms in the same period during the study, which was presented at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona. These data show the potential of tocilizumab as a novel and attractive approach to treating RA. The symptom improvements observed across...

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