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INVEGA(TM) Gets Marketing Authority from EU to Treat Schizophrenia

...hizophrenia research that measures the severity of positive and negative symptoms and general psychopathology.... in nearly equal numbers. The disease is marked by positive symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) and negative symptoms (depression, blunted emotions, and soc...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...ll for a moratorium on football matches. There are positive choices for people to make. If we get this right, in 10 to 15 years time every product will be a green product. 'Live Earth is a big step in the right direction.' Howard added. 'Arnold Schwarzenegger put it well when he said in Washington DC: "We n...

Art in Hospitals to Enhance Patient Care

... setting. Arts has always been associated with a positive effect on both health and wellbeing research by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital found that live music helped to ebb the levels of anxiety of patients receiving day chemotherapy; Visual arts and live music also helps ebb the levels of anxiety an...

Shambu With Bovine TB Being Prevented from Slaughter

...ituated at Llanpumsaint, in Carmarthenshire proved positive and so the government issued notice to the temple authorities saying the animal would have to be "put down." The temple has come up on a 115-acre site, which is also known as the Many Names of God temple, has three Hindu shrines which attract upwa...

Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

...eople have died of malaria and 9,721 people tested positive for the disease in the same period," the minister said. Unofficial reports put the death toll at around 40. Experts say an early monsoon has caused the outbreak of malaria. "The situation is well under control and compared to last year, the epide...

Awareness About HIV/AIDS is High Among the Transgenders: Survey

...e still existing in the fringes of society despite positive intervention from NGOs and the government. Sixteen percent stressed that trangender people not be thrown out by parents as they too are individuals with emotional needs and aspirations. Many demanded reservation in educational institutions and jobs...

Research Finds No Link Found Between Autism and Celiac Disease

...mall intestine were offered to children who tested positive for either antibody to confirm the diagnosis. Each group contained 18 boys and 16 girls between the ages of four and 16. The study found autistic children were no more likely than children without autism to develop celiac disease. Anti-gliadin anti...

Indias First condom Bar Inaugurated by AIDS Patient

... be part of this awareness campaign. But this is a positive beginning," Sonia said....

Breastfeeding and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help New Moms Fight Depression

...wering her risk of depression," she said. "However positive these results, I must issue one caveat: they only apply when breastfeeding is going well. As noted earlier, when breastfeeding that is not going well, particularly if there is pain, it becomes a trigger to depression rather than something that lessen...

Unprotected Sex Among the Gays on the Rise

...ted a growing trend among the young men with a HIV positive status to choose partner who are HIV positive. In such cases risk of transmission is irrelevant. The authors, led by Julie Dodds of the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research at University College London, say they are worried. More than 25 mi...

HCV Patients Survival After Liver Transplantation is Not Improving

...an includes observations from another group of HCV positive patients who received liver transplants between January 1990 and December 2002. They noted a trend for better patient survival in recent years, "but the cumulative probability of developing severe recurrent disease remained unchanged," the authors re...

Higher Intake of Calcium and Vitamin D Linked With Brain Lesions in Older People

... about a high fat dairy diet that accounts for the positive correlation with brain lesions? This new study points the finger to a prominent component of dairy - namely calcium - and the Vitamin D that is found in many dairy products and vitamin D-fortified foods. In addition to its well-known function in bo...

Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

...d the questionnaire. Of those, 19 percent screened positive for migraine headaches, 32 percent screened positive for depression, 22 percent screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder, and 13 percent scre...

Sex Education In Schools

... drug (substance) abuse; (ii) to inculcate in them positive attitude regarding these concerns; and (iii) to help them acquire life skills so that they avoid risky situations like HIV infection and drug abuse and develop healthy and responsible behaviour. This information was given by the Minister of State ...

AMSA Launches General Practice Student Network

...re General Practitioners. The GPSN will serve as a positive support network for students interested in Community Practice. We look forward to working with the GPRA in making this General Practice Student Network a real success story....

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

...ger, experienced high levels of combat or screened positive for a mental health problem were nearly twice as l...vels of combat are three times as likely to screen positive for a mental health problem compared to Soldiers and Marines who experiences relatively low levels o...

Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Reduce Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

... see that reducing cholesterol so quickly can have positive long-term effects. People with higher levels of HDL, or high-density lipoprotein good cholesterol, at the beginning of the study and after one month had a lower risk of stroke....

Portable Splint When Injured Far Away from Medical Help

... "Therefore a splint of this nature should be a positive aid to the recovery and rehabilitation process, since it will quickly immobilise the injured area and prevent further trauma from occurring." Brewer said winter sports were growing in popularity - and were a good way of encouraging exercise for th...

Diet for Autism

... ambience, at home and outside, will cultivate the positive traits of these special people and help them to lead more fulfilling lives....

Malaria Control Measures

There has been decline in the number of malaria positive cases over the years . Government of India is implementing the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme including malaria that includes three pronged strategies namely, (i) Disease Management including early case detection and prompt treatme...

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