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UK Decision To Cancel PLAB Test To Benefit Jobless NRI Doctors

...re were suffering,' he said. 'Hence, we have been pressing the government to put off the PLAB test. They have done it as a short-term solution,' he added. (Source:PTI News)...

Sexlessness in Japan may spark a population crisis

...ing at 1.25 children per woman//, demographers are pressing the need of 2.1 children per woman to maintain the requisite population. A survey conducted by the Family Planning Association revealed that 31 percent of the16- to 49-years-olds did not indulge in sex for over a month. There was no specific reaso...

Scientists Push for Labeling of all Fats to Avoid Heart Disease

...ured foods. The UK Food Standards Agency is now pressing for revision of the European directive so that these fats are labeled in the nutrition labels on foods marketed in the United Kingdom and other European countries. The Agency believes that this mandatory addition of the content of trans fatty acids...

Self-Harm Very Common In Teenage Girls

... in teenagers in England finds that it is the most pressing issue in teen girls. The survey of more than 6,000 teenagers found that// self-harm is a "most pressing health issue for teenagers". Around 3% of boys harmed themselves last year as compared to 11% girl...

Virgin Olive Oil – Good for Hear

...fectively reduced by virgin olive oil. The first pressing of olives gives virgin olive oil. Refined oil comes from subsequent pressings. The former has more amounts of polyphenols than the latter. The study was conducted on 200 healthy men of the age 20-60 years, to understand the effect of virgin olive o...

Investigating Alternatives for Childhood Depression

There’s a pressing need to assess the safety and effectiveness of com...ents with mild to moderate depression … there is a pressing need to extend the range of treatments available for this age group,” Prof Jorm says. “Many [CAM t...

Doctors Remove Four-cm Long Pin from Man's Lungs

...week. Najeeb felt pain only when the pin started pressing against his lungs. The pin could have pierced his lungs if it was left there a little longer, a doctor said. Source-IANS...

Labeling of Dairy Products with Trans fat labels, Misleading to Consumers

...od Standards Agency and British health experts are pressing for changes in European legislation to follow these examples and introduce labeling. However Mensink said that the debate in Europe also concerned milk and dairy products. He said that it was important to discuss exactly how the trans fat content ...

Wine Bottles to Warn of Pitfalls of Drinking

... dangerous as smoking. The government however is pressing ahead with the campaign against drinking, and the system will be ready in 18 months. It will include warnings about alcoholism in clubs, bars and restaurants, hoping to influence youngsters against the idea that "drinking is cool"....

Diabetics press for additional government involvement in finding cures

...To steer the focus of people in the ivory tower to pressing healthcare issues, especially Type 2 diabetes, juvenile diabetes, the diabetics have placed fifteen thousand syringes, a measure of the number of injections a juvenile diabetic may need to take in the first 10 years of life. Almost one hundred chil...

The need to revamp cervical cancer prevention programs

...dy of Australian cervical cancer rates, there is a pressing need to revamp the cervical cancer prevention program. //New vaccines against the causative virus and tests for its detection need to be introduced at a large scale. Currently, Australian women are recommended to get Pap smear tests done once in 2 ...

The Close Study To Understand The Ageing Phenomena In The Irish Community

...d to cross the age barrier of 100, it has become a pressing issue for policy makers to understand how best to plan for the aging tomorrow. A pilot study is scheduled to start early next year. The study is to cost over 10 million pounds with Irish Life donating the first 4 million pounds to the project titled...

Hormone Therapy May Improve the Trip Down Memory Lane

...to choose the one that matched the initial grid by pressing one of two buttons on an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)-compatible response pad. Those who were taking combined estrogen-progestin hormone therapy showed significantly increased activity in the prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain that is cri...

Elderly Lung Transplant Patients More Likely to Survive

...able. According to Smith, age restrictions are a pressing issue for the medical community because the number of people age 60 and older is growing rapidly, and this group will soon constitute a quarter of the U.S. population. Smith said that he and Dr. David R. Jones, surgical director of UVa’s Lung Trans...

Pleas for Funds to Meet Wait Time Guarantees

Provincial health ministers of Canada are now pressing for more funds in order to meet guarantees of wait time.// Wait times refer to the time allotted in days between a prescription for surgery and the actual date of its scheduling. This can vary from 2 days for a CT scan to 86 days for cataract surge...

A Study Questions the Effectiveness of High Speed Colonoscopies

...opies helps in preventing colon cancer, there is a pressing need for better quality control. The experts suggested: “the onus remains on patients to ask for data on how their polyp detection rates are compared to the national norms and about how proficient their doctors are.” The issue is of great concern to...

Malnutrition is a Silent Killer

...usness, and delayed capillary refilling time (i.e. pressing a fingernail bed to blanch the finger, releasing it, and observing the time taken to recolor the nailbed). The researchers proposed that these findings (together with a number of other features that were associated with the later deaths) could be use...

Cancer Recurrence in Older Breast Cancer Patients Reduced By Radiation Therapy

...nt issue of the journal. Geiger said there is a pressing need for information about the effectiveness of breast cancer treatments in women over 65 because this is an expanding segment of the U.S. population. Women in this age group are at the highest risk for breast cancer and make up half of those diagnos...

Regular Acupressure May Reduce Agitated Behavior in Dementia

...up session which consisted of holding, rubbing and pressing the palms and finger joints on both hands. Each acupressure point was pressed for two minutes using three to five kilograms of pressure. "Our study showed that providing patients with acupressure twice-daily for five days a week significantly re...

Hair Raising Problems With Hair Dyes

...l admission may be required. Now researchers are pressing for a wider debate about the safety of hair dyes. A recent insight in Japan has revealed the extent of allergic reactions amongst teenage girls; nearly 13% of them and 6/% of women in their twenties are suffering severe allergic reactions to hair d...

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