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India Plans Hospices for HIV Positive Women

... government is planning to set up hospices for HIV positive women . Minister for Women and Child Development...who are thrown out of their homes due to their HIV positive status. These women will be provided training so that they could be self-reliant." The hospi...

Worms are Killing the Planet

...though Frederickson says that worm composting is a positive thing, he claims that not enough research has been done on worms releasing polluting gases. Speaking of worms, Frederickson told the magazine: "Everybody loves them because they think they can do no harm but they contribute to global warming. Peopl...

Feeding Programme Gives Hope to Tribal Mothers

...s called Positive Deviance because it looks at the positive side of an otherwise grim picture. It focuses on the inherent strengths of the community and draws from the untapped resources available within it. Under the programme, the guardians of the children bring food including vegetables, rice and dal (pu...

Wrestler Chris Benoits Son was Sedated - Says Investigators

... of a lack of urine. Benoit's wife, Nancy, tested positive for Xanax, hydrocodone and the painkiller hydromorphone, but the decomposition process hindered the ability to determine the precise levels of the drugs at the time of her death. An elevated alcohol level found in her system could also be due to the ...

Medical Education in General Practice: A Way Forward

...e shortage of doctors, more must be done to foster positive educational opportunities in the community-care se... be possible, and to promote general practice as a positive learning environment, the government must commit to careful planning and funding. We cannot, and s...

Female Doctors Facing Barriers to Careers in Education and Research, Study Finds

...nd its recommendations include: The promotion of positive action, such as more female role models, The active discouragement of the long hours culture, Appointments committees to reflect the diversity of staff required, Gender monitoring of appointments, Journals and bodies awarding grants to take steps to ...

World's Biggest Condom to Take Off to Spread Safer Sex Campaign

...in 2005. Among homosexual men, 22 percent tested positive for one or more such disease, while the figure was 12 percent for heterosexual men....

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

...ns 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 interview. ``Someone came up with a fantastic public relations mark...

Group Therapy and Willpower can Help Smokers to Quit

...ain is unfortunately not adequately aware that the positive feedback is not a direct result of nicotine being inhaled. Group therapy sessions with such promising titles as "How to finally quit smoking" are seen to be the most effective method of cessation. The group of smokers meets with a counsellor who gu...

Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

... rights of people living with HIV... but also as a positive tool for fighting stigma and discrimination," UNAIDS Vietnam director Eammon Murphy said. Thailand has adopted a different tack to breaking down the taboos regarding HIV with innovative education campaigns such as traffic police handing out condoms...

Tuberculosis Drug Increases OCD Therapy Progress

...isassociate problematic reactions that were either positive (e.g., craving to use an addictive substance) or n...smokers who want to quit. "People who smoke have positive feelings from the drug effects of nicotine associated with exposure to cues of smoking, such as seei...

New Study Challenges NICE Guidelines on Adolescent Depression

...he BMJ trial suggest a further trend away from the positive findings of the US trial, says Professor Hazell. Differences in the dose and duration of treatment may have contributed to some variation, but the data suggest that combining cognitive behaviour therapy with an SSRI has only a modest advantage over a...

Self-harming Among Teens More Common Than Thought

... and contribute to building alternative skills for positive coping, communication, stress management, and strong social support, the authors note. While there remains few proven treatments for NSSI, understanding the specific motivations behind an adolescents behaviour namely to influence the behaviours of...

Thousands Gather in Sydney for HIV Conference

As an HIV positive woman from Papua New Guinea, Maura Elaripe Mea kno...ion, the Asia-Pacific region, that there will be a positive outcome -- the scaling up of second line drugs," she said of the conference. "I've been on first l...

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

...dy of evidence in favour of breast feeding and its positive health implications this time demonstrating its protective benefits for the mother, Dr Keshavarz added. The study found that breast-feeding for 13 or more months was associated with a reduced risk of developing RA. For women with between 1 and 12 ...

AIDS Patient Helps Others Lead a Positive Life

... later, she is fighting discrimination against HIV positive people and teaching them how to live with the dise...om Davangere district in Karnataka works among HIV positive people, counselling them on how to overcome their suffering and make life productive. ActionAid or...

Alcohol Consumption may Help to Protect Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

Booze may have some positive effects as well, for researchers have found that a...alculated gender-specific odds ratios for anti-CCP positive RA with 95% confidence intervals for subjects with different consumptions of alcohol, smoking and HL...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...adful dilemma. "I had four children who were HIV positive and couldn't afford to put them all on ARVs," Jarv...o was at the time the country's longest-living HIV positive child, died the following year but his legacy persists. His adoptive mother Gail Johnson, whose camp...

Breast-feeding Protects Mothers from Rheumatoid Arthritis

...dy of evidence in favour of breast feeding and its positive health implications this time demonstrating its protective benefits for the mother," he added. Studies in the past have shown that breast milk is perfectly suited to nourish infants and protect them from illness. Breast-fed infants have lower rates...

Animal Research Uncovers Another Mechanism of Cholesterol Lowering Drug

...n. The fact that Zetia works in two locations is positive because it makes it more effective as a cholesterol-lowering drug, said Temel. But our research suggests the potential for having too much cholesterol in the bile, which could possibly cause gallstones. The researchers hope to study the question in...

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