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User charges imposed on AIIMS patients may be withdrawn

...f the patients registered at AIIMS belonged to the poorer sections of society, Acharia said....

Understanding World Hunger and Malnutrition

...ut proportional gains in the nutritional status of poorer people in their society." Finally, Gross and Webb state that the development agenda must tackle child wasting in order to make a lasting impact on human well- being. "The problem of wasting needs to be addressed wherever it is identified, not just ...

Hormone Levels Increase Due To Socioeconomic Stress

...?’ Adler suggested the possibility that ‘kids in poorer systems get much less training in critical thinking and how to anticipate crises. There are ways to reduce the chaos of the stress,’ she said. ‘Things like that are trainable.’ Source: Neswise...

Children Benefited By Moderate Maternal Stress?

...ncy as more negative than positive showed slightly poorer emotional control and attention capacity. The researchers followed 137 women from mid-pregnancy though their child's second birthday. Self-reported anxiety, pregnancy-specific and nonspecific stress and depressive symptoms were collected from expec...

Alarming childhood obesity stats: 1 in 5 pre-schoolers fat

...'s nice to be outdoors is less freely available in poorer areas. And then there's the role of stress, the psychosocial stresses that come with disadvantage. Certainly in adults there's clear evidence of links between stress and the development of obesity, especially abdominal obesity, and maybe that's start...

Study Shows That More Than 3 Million Stillbirths Occur Worldwide Every Year

...compared to rates of 40 per 1000 or much higher in poorer countries where the health systems were also poor. The authors explained that stillbirths are not counted in WHO, mortality statistics, and are not reported in most population based surveillance studies, but they felt that such data were essential f...

A New Study Shows Social Well Being Plays An Important Part In Childs Health

... labeling certain racial, ethnic, groups as having poorer health because reasons intrinsic in them. Stating that these studies show that’s it rather their other disadvantages they face in life, like lower incomes, family structure issues and things like that that may be the underlying reasons for worse heal...

Myanmar To Lift Ban On Poultry As Bird Flu Under Control

...ked $2.5 million to train and equip officials from poorer neighbouring countries. Disease Control Department chief Thawat Suntrajarn said that Myanmar is in dire need of help now, as their health system isn't enough to fight the outbreaks. Thailand, Japan and U.N. agencies have sent experts, equipment and ...

Diagnostic Centre Inaugurated for Air Pollution at SRMC

...ity of India Limited The initiative will help the poorer section of societies by offering them both diagnostic and treatment facilities. The centre was inaugurated by Mr.B.S. Negi, Director of GAIL. Alka Kumar, DGM (CSR) GAIL said the present centre has been set up under GAIL's `Blue Sky' project, which ...

Health Insurance Numbers Declining In American Families

... into a downward spiral of debt, forgone care, and poorer health." Researchers also found that being uninsured exacerbates existing problems with efficiency in health care. The uninsured are less likely than the insured to have a regular doctor, and are more likely to endure the effects of our fragmented he...

Its High Time the Australian Government Takes Steps against Diabetes

... found to be overweight or obese. People living in poorer areas, those from indigenous communities, or immigrants from Asia and the Pacific were most at risk. He said that in Sydney, about 10 % of people in the western suburbs and south, through Campbelltown, past Wollongong to Shellharbour are highly diab...

TV Viewing Increases Intake of Junk Food

...ll put youngsters at a greater risk of obesity and poorer nutritional status. Hence more efforts are to be directed in the directions such that children and adolescents are promoted to eat healthy foods and replace TV viewing time with alternative activities. Ministers also want to introduce obesity tests ...

PM Launches Healthcare Foundation For India

...nequalities in healthcare between the rich and the poorer sections of the society. The new venture named the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), also aims to impart multi-disciplinary knowledge through a network of public health schools in order to boost services, revitalize existing institutions an...

Breast Cancer More Serious For Younger Patients

...spital in Brussels, states that younger woman have poorer chances of survival from the disease than their counterparts who are older than 45 yrs of age. According to researchers and scientists on thursday younger women under 45 years of age diagnosed with early breast cancer have a higher risk of dying from...

Government taken to task for health sector problems by doctors!

...ies. But in reality, the present infrastructure is poorer than what it used to be 30 years ago. This is the universal truth for every state; be it Bengal, Jharkhand or Rajasthan,” they said. The cases against doctors under the Consumer Protection Act are also a result of the government’s unhealthy attitud...

Older Women Who Are Avid Watchers of the Tube Have Cognitive Difficulties

...n reduces active mental engagement and may lead to poorer cognitive outcomes in older people. On the other hand Albert Einstein College of Medicine neurologist Dr. Joe Verghese said that, depending on the program, television viewing might even have cognitive benefits. But Fogel believes that the study findi...

Negative religious 'Spirituality' related to depression in physicians

...who reported negative religious coping mechanisms, poorer spiritual well-being and the need for more spiritual support. Ambulatory Pediatrics edition of March-April 2006, found that 25 percent of 227 primary-care residents surveyed reported a number of symptoms associated with depression such as irritabil...

Cognitive deterioration in the older generation can be prevented by modifying the lifestyle

...ement and depressed mood, are associated with both poorer cognitive and emotional health. Three institutes of the NIH the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have joined efforts to conduct the ini...

Hormonal Changes in Girls Increase Their Risk of Insomnia

... mental acuity, poor performance in the school and poorer physical and emotional health. Hence this has to be prevented and proper treatment should be administered....

Rich People Benefit From Cancer Programs

...This effect has is not very much visible among the poorer people, and improvements need to be made in this a...ities due to the commonest types of cancers in the poorer areas have doubled, according to the official records of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Cancer...

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