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Fear Of Flat head Syndrome Makes Parents Ignore Advice About Cot Death

... and they believe this may be because of increased publicity about so-called 'flat head syndrome' where babies' skulls can deform because they sleep in one position. A survey carried out by the Foundation for the Study of Infant deaths (FSID) also found that almost 19% of mothers never put babies under six m...

Beauty Pageants Need Transparency

...e at the Miss India Beauty pageant more as one big publicity stunt, with photo shoots, interviews and recordings, rather than what it was supposedly meant to be, a time for self improvement," says Trivedi in the tale, told through a protagonist Riya. Revealing the dust behind the diamonds and the tears behin...

Administering Polio No Mean Task In U P

..., he said there was no lapse on part of government publicity towards polio drive. 'If there was any such lapse, the state could not have been put on the path of polio eradication,' he added. Singh said the drive against polio was in the last stage and there was no fresh case of the affliction in Kanpur so far...

Heroin Addicts Chained For Cure

... any of its inmates being photographed as all such publicity has led to NGOs filing human rights abuse cases against him. The home's popularity, however, has grown with Dousel having to turn away addicts. Consequently, three similar detoxification centres, where all inmates are chained, have sprung up in the...

New Outbreak of Bird flu Reported In China

...emselves against the virus has also stepped up the publicity campaigns. According to the official news agencies the Ministry of Agriculture has meanwhile also sent a team of experts to Changzi, and has reported the case to the international organisations. Jia Youling, the chief veterinary officer of China ha...

Beef imports-Area of concern

...But now, reports which seek to dispel the negative publicity for beef will hit the market soon, which comes as great relief to the farmers. But Mr. Verrall is pretty clear that he will not permit this to happen. Mr Verrall said: 'There is clear evidence of the risk to human health posed by these hormones. Re...

Crackdown On Fraud By CFS Helps Scottish Health Service Save ￡7.4

...ging pharmacists to seek proof of entitlements and publicity campaigns aimed at deterring abuse have all helped CFS in tackling this problem. CFS has been able to save about ￡18m in the six years since its inception, and praising the efforts of CFS Deputy Health Minister Lewis Macdonald said: "This is money t...

Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?

...g through print and electronic media. Programs and publicity will be instituted in English and other Indian languages, so that the rural lot are a part of the campaign. In addition to all this, The Consumer Affairs Department is coming out with a help line in order to provide solution to consumer grievances ab...

Cancer Survivor Runs Half-marathon

... funds for cancer research but it will also give// publicity to his employer. Young ran the 18th of his 24, 21-kilometre long runs here Monday and took another step towards the noble cause. "I am very grateful that my employer came forward and supported me in my endeavour to raise 100,000 pounds for Cancer...

Chinese doctors for Awareness On Hepatitis B

...ion for Hepatitis Prevention and Control to be the publicity ambassador for the prevention and control of the disease. GYT...

Scientists Seek Release Of Health Workers In Libya

...sentenced to death by firing squad. The resulting publicity caused the Benghazi paediatric HIV-1 outbreak to become the focus of international scientific efforts to understand how it occurred. Source-IANS...

Disclose calorie count on menu says NY Health Department

...rants which was seriously discussed and given much publicity following the decision of KFC a global giant in Fast foods to completely switch over to trans fat free cooking oils soon. This decision has caused many big players in fast food business to groan in protest in fear of losing customers and having to ...

India to Be Made Medical and Health Tourism Destination

...for wider publicity. ii) Brochure, CDs and other publicity material to promote Medical and health tourism has...stry of Tourism and has been widely circulated for publicity in target markets. iii) Medical and health tourism has been specifically promoted at various inter...

The Food Pyramid Guide Enters Supermarkets

...ll. Many officials have dismissed this effort as a publicity gimmick. Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, feels the same and said, 'This program won't undermine Americans' diets, but it won't significantly improve people's diets. It's a cute, silly little thin...

Mental Health of Kashmiris Needs Urgent Attention: Survey

...t was released in November but has got very little publicity in the Indian media so far. Further, one in seven had witnessed rape and nearly two-thirds had heard of cases of rape. "Even taking into account different definitions of sexual violence in the region, which may have led respondents to include i...

Support Claims With Science Not Magic, Beverage Owners Warned

A ‘merit less publicity stunt’ is how Beverages Partners Worldwide describes a lawsuit from CSPI -Center for Science in the Public Interest a non-profit consumer product// watchdog, challenging the claims of their new drink. According to the company, its product Enviga is...

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo - Announce They Are To Introduce Healthy Drink

...m traditional soda, which has been hurt in part by publicity about its link to obesity, the report said. The idea of healthy soda is not entirely new. In 2004 Cadbury Schweppes caused a stir when it unveiled 7Up Plus, a low-calorie soda fortified with vitamins and minerals. Last year, Cadbury tried to ext...

Spain Launches Movement Against Skinny Fashion Models

...n includes 24 measures for instance to control the publicity of diet products, to campaign in favor of healthy eating, to establish a register of anorexia and bulimia sufferers and a nutritional institute. The Madrid initiative has the backing of the central government, which joined in with a study of the bo...

The Long Wait ... Dying for Lack of Kidneys

...ionable ethics, finally turned out to be a do-good publicity stunt -- an actress had been hired to play the part of the terminally-ill woman and the organisers said the aim was to spotlight the global shortage of organ donors. The strategy worked. The show attracted 1.2 million viewers and that same day 12,00...

Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment

...n Burma? Cloran, however, said that because of the publicity surrounding the case, the penalty was enough to send a clear message that such behavior would not be tolerated. "I don't think there is anything further the court could or should do in order to deter Mr. Stallone from committing these offenses agai...

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