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Valentine Day Becoming Popular In India

...ove," contends Vinod Rajan, a student pursuing his post graduation. Whatever the arguments may be, the trend of celebrating the day is slowly percolating from the urban strongholds to the domain of smaller towns where the media has served to popularize and market once alien concepts. Source: IANS <b...

Operation: Protect India and Mother Earth

... They are nursing an ambition of submitting 50,000 post cards before Feb 20th. The Supreme Court is abreast of this matter and the respective committee in charge of hazardous materials, is slated to take a decision on the ship’s entry into Indian Waters. ...

Hype and Hoopla: Penis Mightier than the sword (read: Enlarged Penis)

...researchers, it is still under weather down under, post penis enlargement surgeries, with most men dissatisfied with the outcome. Nim Christopher, a urologist at St Peter's Andrology Center in London, said that "For patients with psychological concern about the size of the penis -- particularly if it is...

Change In Lifestyle Recommended To Avoid Cardiac Disease

...tors. The disease earlier affected people in the post retirement age group. But in recent times people in younger age groups were also becoming victims. Youngsters in their early 20s have begun to die due to cardiac problems. Brian Pinto of the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai said that mental stress, smok...

Increase in HIV Cases Due To Restricted Offering of the Preventive Treatment

... in action programme that the preventive treatment post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was not widely available in the market and hence this led to the spread of HIV. He also said that he is seeking a judicial review of government policy on PEP. But on the other hand the department of health rejected his cl...

Xenon Could Limit Nerve Damage After Stroke

...ents are safe from // the brain damage that occurs post operatively after this procedure. The team administered xenon gas to 12 patients undergoing CABG on cardiopulmonary artery bypass. This treatment could revolutionize the way to treat patients suffering from strokes in whom brain damage and damage t...

Chill Out With Chilly Chicken

...ssion. After the obituary for chicken delicacies, post bird-flu scare, the farmers have made a strong bid this Sunday at the capital,// with a chicken mela that would dish out all varieties of chicken goodies – Chicken biriyani, roast, eggs, fried chicken, chilly chicken, and what have you, all on the h...

Depressive Mothers Do Not Play Enough With Their Infants

...’s depressive symptoms on her parenting practices, post partum. The researchers analyzed the behavior of more than 4,874 mothers from nearly 15 pediatric care centers in Columbia. The study participants were required to provide information about their family background, depressive symptoms if any and pa...

Short Sprint to Aid in Blood Sugar Recovery among Type 1 Diabetes

...pe 1) diabetes. This decreases the risk of early post exercise hypoglycemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes. The findings were published in the journal Diabetes Care. This mainly works in case of complication-free type 1 diabetes especially if a source of dietary carbohydrate is not readily availabl...

Extravagant Pay For Emergency Department Head Of Caboolture Hospital

...popular Aspen Medical Group had advertised for the post of a new director for the emergency medicine department, with an attractive a remuneration package of $500,000-plus. This is believed to pave way for enormous discrepancies in terms of equality in the Queensland's health system, according to Lawrenc...

Smoking Ban Lights Up Smoking-Cessation Initiatives

...ed a four fold increase of almost 450 calls a day, post ban Other Anti smoking help lines equally faced an increased flow of calls. This is a shot in the arm for the anti-smoking drive, and campaigners believe, the ban will certainly bring down the number of smokers in England. An NHS Spokeswoman said ...

￡4m Allocated To Tackle Suicide and Protect Lif

...tes have gone up by almost 50%. A senior medical post will be instituted to exclusively cater to mental health problems with suicidal tendencies, according to Mr Woodward. To enable this initiative, the Northern Ireland Director for Mental Health would “act as a chief advocate for the improvement of the...

Neglect of the Elderly by the Community

...d shame as well as all their other problems. The post hospital care that they receive is erratic and inadequate. The King’s Fund published a review of England’s social care by Sir Derek Wanless which said that the social care for old people in England, like healthcare, is miserably patchy, often miserab...

Sati Raises its Ugly Head in Madhya Pradesh

...that took place about five decades ago. A police post was set up at Kuttu Bai's sati site to prevent its glorification. Governments do try to take some token, punitive action. In this case, then chief minister Digvijay Singh's Congress government imposed an 'economic embargo' for two years on the vill...

Madhya Pradesh To Concentrate On Better Rural Hygiene

...e Chandankheda panchayat, who was removed from her post for failing to construct a toilet at her home, disqualifying her to remain in office as per the provisions of the act. So far, only 76,114 of the state's 324,167 panchayat representatives have built toilets at their homes. The remaining defaulters...

Two-In One Approach To Prevent Incontinence After Prolapse Surgery

... resulting in involuntary loss of urine//. It is a post operative complication of pelvic surgery done for correction of prolapse, a condition in which the vagina and the neighboring structures lose support and fall out of position. Most women who undergo the pelvic surgery are left to deal with urinary ...

Decline of Suicide Rates to a Record Low, Holds Promise

...alth care and adequate follow up with the patients post discharge. In his words, "Whilst these figures are positive, we must work hard to ensure that this downward trend continues. Changes in the suicide rate reflect the mental health of the community and every action we take to improve mental health serv...

Conditions for a Happy, Satisfied Retirement

...that has delved into understanding the triggers of post retirement despondency claims three important fact...g piano" when queried about their sense of purpose post retirement. The dissatisfied often answered in an aimless manner with "nothing" or with activities l...

Rush Study Shows That Interactions with Friends and Family Prevents Damaging Effects of Alzheimer's disease

.... Brain autopsy was done at the time of death and post mortem data was available for analysis from the first 89 people. Many elderly people who had the tangles and plaques which are associated with Alzheimer's disease did not clinically experience cognitive impairment or dementia. Hence Bennett concluded...

Exposure To High Aluminum Levels In Tap Water Lead To Rare Form Of Alzheimers

...he normal value of 0 to 2 micrograms per gram. The post mortem confirmed that she had a rare form of Alzheimer’s. Writing a comment in the same journal, Professor Daniel Perl, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York said, “If additional similar cases were to appear among the 20,000 exposed individua...

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