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Destroying Taboos to Improve Patient Care

...g a topic loaded with so many layers of social and political taboos, the nature of the disabilities caused by rheumatic disease mean it’s especially important to address this topic. "When patients have issues with mobility, pain and function, research shows there is a concomitant concern about body image, p...

Tuberculosis, A Challenge To The Political Will Of Governments, Says Veteran Crusader

...ey are forced to live, the all too obvious lack of political will on the part of many governments to tackle such root causes and the consequent explosion in the numbers of the TB-patients, it is inconceivable that any dent has been made anywhere." He notes that the very idea of making the TB patients visit t...

Massachusetts Leads The Way In Health Reforms

...est challenge that they face now is to sustain the political support. He said that approximately 94% of Massachusetts residents had some form of insurance going into the new plan and felt they were lucky to start with a higher base. Massachusetts also has the highest underlying costs of care in the country K...

MPs Vow to Fight Malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior, Leaders of various political parties along with activists and film personalities have expressed concern for millions of malnourished children// in Madhya Pradesh and have vowed to fight it. Around 78,000 children in the state are suffering from acute malnutrition and half of t...

Koirala's Temptation and Gamble

...e occasion to confess to the biggest gamble of his political life. "I gambled 60 years of my political career to have a dialogue with the Maoists. Now I am happy that the Maoists have joined the governme...

External Affairs Minister Taken to Army Hospital in Delhi

...." Congress leader Manas Bhuniya and Mukherjee's political secretary Pradyut Guha were with the minister in the car. Bhuniya helped security personnel ease Mukherjee out of the car. Source-IANS/B...

After the King’s Crown, Maoist Want Miss Nepal’s Cron

...gunned down in the palace, and in 2006, due to the political instability and the Moss World pageant advancing its date.Nepal's best-known and oldest beauty pageant, the Miss Nepal contest, is under siege from the Maoists' women's organization that is seeking to have the programme axed on grounds that it treats...

OBC Creamy Layer May Be Dropped from Reservations in Institutions

...ons on the subject and so did Congress president's political secretary Ahmed Patel, the only functionary of the...rasad said the government should seek views of all political parties on the proposal, perhaps realizing that there are strong votaries for OBC reservation in oth...

US Confronted by a Major Healthcare Crisis, Say Critics

...rge. Also healthcare companies wield tremendous political power, Lui noted. For years, health activists, organizations of the elderly and labor unions have tried to convince Congress to allow citizens and the government to negotiate bulk prices for drugs or to purchase them from Canada, rather than paying...

Plan B Pills – Unshackle

...B pills. This was after more than a heady share of political debates on the matter. While supporters of the drug hail the ruling as beneficial for women and young girls who become victims of situation, critics list it as equivalent to abortion, arguing that easier access to Plan B could increase teen sex. ...

COAG Gets It Mostly Right On National Registration

... the community. We also recognise the wisdom and political acumen of the Premiers and Chief Ministers for supporting a system that will deliver better health services to their States and Territories, Dr Haikerwal said. Source-AMA ME...

Prevention of HIV/AIDS Always Better Than Cure-WHO Stresses

... those in need. Gilks gives credit to increased political commitment, including the U.S. President's Emergency Plan and the intergovernmental Global Fund. “We have every reason to believe that this success will continue,” Gilks added, Yet he has warned that greater effort would be needed if the U.N. was t...

Abortions Do Not Raise Risk of Breast Cancer

...ffect the results," they wrote. The issue became political when, in 2002, the National Cancer Institute posted information potentially linking abortion and breast cancer on its Web site. And last July, Democratic staff on the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee found that advisers working ...

Overseeing Agency Indifferent to Workplace Safety in US

... under the Bush administration. Across Washington, political appointees — often former officials of the industr...onstruction — have given more than $630 million in political campaign contributions since 2000, with nearly three-quarters of that money going to Republicans. Pr...

Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change

...ng behaviour across society, however, is committed political engagement, said Ernst. The European Union could for example "turn the screws" incrementally to increase energy prices and reduce emission tolerance levels, he said. In addition, the human tragedy and economic losses that resulted from Kyrill, the ...

Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital

...y a local TV channel and since then leaders of all political parties, minus the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, have staged protests at the hospital leading to clashes with the police. The Hospital Development Committee met under the leadership of the district collector and asked the state-owned Hin...

70-year-old, Three Sons Seek Mercy Death

...d requests, neither government officials nor local political leaders have done anything for Hakimuddin's family. Finally they have appealed for mercy death. "In my letter to the President of India, prime minister and Orissa chief minister, I have urged them to take responsibility for my sons or else allow us...

Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...onomy of the alcohol industry, and it has powerful political connections with both sides of politics. That makes cultural change very difficult." Elaborating on the harmful effects of alcohol on young brains, Professor John Toumbourou, of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, said, "As this generation m...

Stem Cells- a Miraculous Boon

...oy human embryos, and therefore without ethical or political controversy. This announcement came on the eve of a House vote to allow federally funded scientists to study cells from leftover frozen embryos at fertility clinics. And this disharmonic convergence put the politicians into orbit. The term stem cel...

Hong Kong Choked by Growing Pollution Problem

...aminated food have put pollution at the top of the political agenda. Chief Executive Donald Tsang's solutions -- turning notoriously arctic air conditioning systems up a couple of degrees and dressing down for the office over the summer months -- have failed to impress. "It is a total sham and a shame," said...

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