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Women's Self-Esteem Not Lowered By Seeing Ultra Thin Models

...n the Journal of Consumer Research. The research points out that exposure to ultra thin models do not necessarily lower the self-esteem. The study consisted of two parts. In the initial part of the study, four models were selected to represent each of the model categories: extremely heavy, moderately heav...

Smoking Ban To Be Soon Implemented In South East Asian Bars

...t year the government banned cigarette displays at points of sale, making Thailand only the third country in the world to do so. The result? Thailand's puffer population has stagnated at about 10 million over the past decade, falling as a percentage of the population. 'We estimate there are four million...

Artificial sweetener, Aspartame, may be the potential cause of lymphoma, leukaemia

...Aspartame can cause lymphoma, leukaemia. The study points out that drinking four to five 20-ounce bottles of diet soda sweetened with aspartame each day would be the //cause of cancers. The study would be published in March issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, an US government-run environmental sci...

Road accidents greater threat than AIDS, TB: WHO

...s makes things even worse for the poor, the report points out. 'The human and economic damage caused by ro...ncerted effort,' states the UN body's report. It points out that in South Asia governments have been slow to cope with the growing level of traffic. 'Sett...

Drug Combinations Could Be Dangerous

...dicines with certain laxatives can be problematic, points out Ursula Sellerberg of the Coalition of German Pharmacy Associations. Antibiotics and antidepressants react equally fast when combined with other medicines. Women taking contraceptives should be careful when they are prescribed an antibiotic, bec...

Mutton And Beef Sellers Rule The Roost In Kerala

...nan. The state government has closed eight entry points on the Kerala border to all poultry imports from Maharashtra. Imports from Tamil Nadu continue but with stringent checks. Chicken prices have dropped from Rs.51 to Rs.39 per kg. --Edited IANS...

Marijuana Compound Offers Hope In Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention

... it works to interrupt essentially all destructive points of action that cause vision loss in a diabetic patient, reported the science portal EurekAlert. He hoped the compound in marijuana may one day be given along with insulin to stop the early changes that set the stage for damaged or destroyed vision....

Online recruitment criticised by doctors

...reers system” which scraps interviews in favour of points scoring from application forms answers. The reas...rying the same weight as leadership qualities. The points are assessed by a panel including doctors before a computer is used to match applicants with jobs. ...

Female Foeticide Continues To Be On Rise In India

...nal to development in the country, declining by 18 points from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001. And the nation..., for instance, where sex ratio has declined by 59 points in the 10 years between 1991 to 2001. Six of Delhi's nine districts recorded a decline of 50 or mor...

Kidney diseases and their complications, an alarming scenario in the Philippines

...plant Institute (NKTI). The results of their study points out to the fact that majority of the children suffer from urinary tract infection in their adolescent life. When the function of the kidney is compromised then it results in a variety of symptoms, particularly swelling of the hands and feet, frequen...

New Device Developed For Treating Cervical Spondylitis

...eater precision under the eye of a microscope," he points out. "Earlier, the drilling was followed by the hammering of nails into the vertebra and that too with the naked eye, thereby leaving scope for inaccurate and often extra removal of the osteophyte growth along the disk," he said. "Under the new ...

Salt & Its Intake Causes a Strong debate In UK

...Consensus Action on Salt and Health), believes and points out that the salt levels need to be further reduced and there can be no reason for not doing so, while the Food and drink federation feel that the current FSA’s target is much more realistic than before. ...

Using Herbal Products Heightens Substance Abuse Risk in Teens

...ho have never used herbal products. "The study points to the need for parents and health care providers to ask if teens are using herbal remedies and from there probe deeper for possible drug use," said study author, Susan Yussman, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Adole...

Influenza Vaccination For The Elderly

...ates are well under the planned rates almost a 25% points below the planned rate of 90% according to Dr. Matthew Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P, an assistant professor of pediatrics and internal medicine in the division of General Pediatrics and General Internal Medicine at the U-M Health System, and of public policy...

Loneliness Results In High Blood Pressure In Elders

...ave blood pressure readings that are as much as 30 points higher than in non-lonely people, even when other factors such as depressive symptoms or perceived stress are taken into account, said Louise Hawkley, Senior Research Scientist with the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University o...

Are We To Be Blamed for The Bird Flu

...t make them all a prey for the virus. GRAIN also points out that a standard ingredients in industrial chicken and animal feeds, is poultry litter, which includes fecal matter, feathers etc. According to WHO bird flu can survive in bird feces for up to 35 days and, in a recent update, it mentions feed as a...

‘Natural Spring’ Starts A Week Ahead Now Than Before: UNH Scientit

...cant factor causing climate to change.” The report points out that while it cannot be conclusively proven from the data that all of the regional warming is due to human actions, “the warming is fully consistent with what we would expect from global warming caused by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations....

Genetic Experts of Hopkins Assists In Identifying Hurricane Katrina Victims

...ls that will guide the identification process. She points out that the whole identification effort follows strict confidentially rules to protect people's privacy. A person's DNA contains all the genetic information passed down from their parents, but slightly different - though mostly similar - combinat...

The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

...p. The room has everything from television to plug points to recharge a mobile. Within few days of successful treatment, the patient is discharged from the hospital, led to believe that illness and death happens only to those outside the heaven. The above-mentioned scenarios only reflect the reality and t...

Plan for Death, Health Center Advises People

...ant to honor the wishes but it's new to them," she points out. Simpson says that she talked to her daughters about death and feels that it was like an adventure. "If you have a clue as to what the other person would want, it would make it a lot easier," she observes....

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