New Mechanism Identified for Resistance to Targeted Lung Cancer Drugs
...al trials against other types of cancer. They also plan to analyze a larger number of resistant samples to get a clearer idea of the frequency of this resistance mechanism. Source-Eurekalert/M...U of M Study Shows No Link Between Self-weighing and Depression in Women
... Group Health Cooperative, a group, prepaid health plan in Washington and northern Idaho. More than 4,650 women between the ages of 40 and 65 were surveyed from November 2003 to February 2005. After adjusting for BMI levels, the association between self-weighing and depression was not significant. Frequen...Wal-Mart – One Stop Shop for All Your Needs, Including Healthcar
...sident and CEO of Wal-Mart announced the company’s plan regarding healthcare. In the next five to seven years Wal-Mart intends to open a total of 2,000 health clinics within their stores. Wal-Mart's envisions a day when health services could be affordable to the public along with the benefits of generic...Priority Needs to Be Given to Maternal Health in Afghanistan
...0 million dollars to the project. According to the plan there are three types of involvement in order to save a woman’s life. 'The first one is that you have a trained birth attendant who will be with the woman when she delivers her baby. If there are complications she knows when to move her to a hospital...World’s First ‘green’ Skyscraper to Be Built in Duai
...e's main objectives in a recently presented master plan that includes protection of ecologically important sites, water conservation, energy and resources management, the Dubai Department of Tourism said. Dubai has in recent years diversified its economy from oil export to service and tourism, reflected...Understanding of Schizophrenia Could Lead to New Treatment Options
...the different forms." Corfas and colleagues also plan to investigate other genes linked with schizophrenia, studying whether they interact with NRG1-erbB signaling and how they may alter brain function. Source-Eurekalert/...Kenya to Implement National Food and Nutrition Policy
...nto a strategic, actionable plan. The scope of the plan ranges from agricultural production, strategic grain reserves, and post-harvest protection, to nutritional interventions for high-risk groups, and the interrelationship of nutrition and diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. “Many cou...Muslim Organization Protest Against Sex Education in Schools
...im organization is protesting against a government plan to introduce sex education in Jharkhand schools.// The human resource development ministry's proposal to begin sex education for Class 6-12 students from June has evoked the ire of the Islamic Students Organization of India (ISOI). The ISOI, whi...Cognitive Problems Occur More Rapidly in Female Alcoholics Than in Males
...em solving could impact an individual’s ability to plan and execute a strategy to overcome a dilemma in daily life." These results would suggest that women are at risk of developing cognitive problems more rapidly than men, said Garbutt. "The results are particularly interesting because this population...MMR Immunization Drive Begins in Iraq
... million children. Iraq has been focused on its plan of eliminating measles from the nation. The former immunization campaigns were successful in reducing the incidence of measles drastically-from 9,181 in 2004 to below 500 in 2006. The greatest impediment to the perpetuation of such campaigns is the c...Two Indians on Team to Battle Cervical Cancer
...oping countries." CUREs is a non-profit business plan competition sponsored by Engineering World Health based in Duke University. It aims to bring medical technology to the "developing world" to solve public health problems while promoting entrepreneurship. Last year, there was another Indian link on ...Stress on Storage and Conservation of Rain Water by Govt of India
...agement practices etc. State Governments conceive, plan and implement major, medium and minor schemes (both surface and ground water) for utilization of water resources. Source-PIB Dr. SS/V...Costlier Health Care Weigh Downs the Women
... coverage rose by 1%. The enrollment for state run plan came down by 8% consumer driven plans rose by 50%....alth care reform initiatives, they should consider plan designs that will result in meaningful, affordable, and equitable access to health care for everyone...Thailand Approves Strategic Plan To Reduce HIV Prevalence Among Youth
...Committee recently approved a three-year strategic plan to reduce increasing //HIV cases among young people in the country. The plan will focus on educating youth about HIV prevention and promoting social values, as well as encouragi...Kids Watch too Many TV Junk Food Commercials: Study
...ildhood obesity. Experts have offered a national plan of action - calling on the food, beverage, and entertainment industries to voluntarily develop and implement guidelines for advertising and marketing directed at children and youths. Source-IANS...Travelers’ Hazard- Antihistamines Make Drowsy Driver
...ivers always read the label of any medication they plan to take - either prescribed by a doctor or purchased at their local chemist - and discuss possible side-effects with their pharmacist.” ANN/V...Environmental Factors Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
...f women who never smoked. The researchers also plan to look at gene-specific hypermethylation in a variety of different genes that might be important for breast cancer, according to Terry. Terry notes that although this pilot study used a very diverse sample, it was still a relatively small group...Bill Clinton Says US Healthcare System Immoral
...But none has come out any with any concrete action plan so far. At the San Fransisco meet, Clinton didn...eveal any details. She said she had not “set out a plan and said here’s exactly what I will do” because she wants “the ideas that people have.” Sorce-Med...Health Insurance For Almost Everyone In Massachusetts
...chusetts, U.S., is about to embark on an ambitious plan promising up to 99 percent of adults, access to health insurance.// The state is expected to set limits to how much people would be expected to pay in order to gain health insurance. This move is hoped to mean that at least 270,000 uninsured ad......tute HIV positive women for free legal aid. "We plan to involve the private sector in a big way in this endeavour. IT companies, automobile and other heavy industries and the plantation sector would be made partners in Tamil Nadu's campaign," she said. In stark contrast is the way AIDS control is ste...