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Couple infected with HIV marry in Kerala

...IDS agency, say these figures are far low than the reality as many cases go unreported. Drugs can cost around 1,300 rupees a month (or 28 dollars) -- less than a meal for two at a medium-priced restaurant in New York or London -- but still out of reach for many Indians. (Source:ANI)...

Shanghai To Tackle Hypertension

... as a poor state. But very little is being done in reality at the ground level, even though a crusade has been launched against obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that poverty is one among the reasons for obesity. ...

Patients In Ontario Wait Longer For Treatment

...r has said that initial numbers do not reflect the reality as this is the first time that such data is being collected in Ontario. In addition to this, the data of all the hospitals have not yet been reported. The Minister also asserted that the number of surgeries performed have actually increased. In th...

3-D Projection Of Heart For Diagnosis Of Cardiovascular Disorders

...form of cardiovascular ultrasound based on virtual reality can now help doctors to have a 3-D representation ...one of the researchers. The combination of virtual reality and 3D echocardiography is hoped to have many potential applications in the near future that are not...

Television soaps showing unrealistic coma survival and recovery

... that the television soap industry should show the reality of the recovery and survival of coma patients which would help in more understanding about coma to public people. Source: Eurekalert ...

Anti-smoking advertisements to be funded by Cigarette manufacturers

...ding them about the ill effects of smoking but the reality being they don’t have any difference in their contents and harmful effects. The ACCC has asked the cigarette manufactures to fund $9 million for this anti-smoking advertising campaign....

Australian Health funds stand accused

...ospital cost as a reason for those increases, 'the reality is they are not passing those increases on to the hospitals'. 'Private hospitals share the frustration of health insurers being able to put their premiums up by 7 per cent a year with nothing to be shown for it by the end of the year,' the spokesma...

Pakistan drug companies seek trade ties with India

...e and visa restrictions but everyone knows that in reality it is a tough task to get visa for the business community for each other's country." The total pharmaceutical market in Pakistan is estimated at $1,000 million, with a five percent annual growth. However, multinationals dominate the industry with a...

Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa

... cases of Suni, Subarna and Samali show the ground reality as being different. The Juang, one of the primitive tribes of Orissa, dominate the interior tribal pockets of Keonhjar district. A survey says that during the last five-year period, the population growth rate among the Juangs has been very low due...

UK Plastic surgeons cash in as cosmetic operations soar

..."extreme makeovers" as prizes in competitions, and reality television programs for "sensationalist coverage" of the issue. Mr Searle, a consultant plastic surgeon who treats cancer patients in London, has been at the forefront of campaigns by the association in the past year to prevent commercial companies ...

What nurses learn is not what they practice

...g says expresses deep concern about the persisting reality gap between education and practice in the nursing profession. // Professor Jill Macleod Clark from Southampton University says that despite sincere efforts by the profession to bring about change, the basic problems identified by Eve Bendall in a 1...

Menopause pauses memory, posing unforgettable problems

...ferent. It feels like, incapacity to recall but in reality the actual grasp of the information has not taken place. Miriam Weber and Mark Mapstone, both memory experts at the University's Memory Disorders Clinic, have come in contact with increasing number of middle-aged women having such problems with forge...

PM’s off-handed comment puts him in troubl

...fensive and ill-informed. Though he said that in reality mental illness is still considered as a big problem his comment was considered unhelpful and rash by the SANE Australia executive director Barbara Hocking. She said that this was the attitude people had despite the latest technologies and awareness...

Wake Up Call: U.N Takes Stock to Curb Fake Medicines Racket

...ons, to end this menace of fake drugs. The stark reality of Fake drugs, a silent killer , has its tentacles...ogy and Pharmaceuticals at the WHO, drove the grim reality home , when he said People don't die from carrying a fake handbag or wearing a fake T-shirt. They ca...

Blair Welcomes 11 Private Healthcare Providers into NHS

...they would be the end of the NHS as we know it. In reality they have been integral to the NHS delivering the public's priorities of shorter waiting and improved choice in a health service free at the point of use based on need not ability to pay," he said....

Parents – Teen’s Most Reliable Source for Sex Educatin

...mmense confidence in knowing all about sex, but in reality didn’t know much. Dr. Margo Lane, who led the Manitoba section of the study, said “They had much more knowledge about HIV than they did the [more common] infections that are more likely to threaten the health of an average teenager."...

Virtual Reality Simulation Could Help In Training Surgeons

At the Case Western Reserve University, virtual reality simulation tools are making dentists hone their art in a most innovative manner and if M. Cenk Cavusoglu has his // way, then this method can also train brain and heart surgeons to perform delicate surgeries in a risk-free manner. "Simulation is a ...

Early Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer And Sjogren's Syndrome Possible By Saliva-Based Tests

...ndrome using saliva-based tests will soon become a reality according to two studies presented at the yearly meeting of American Association for Dental Research.// Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by dry eyes, dry mouth and rheumatoid arthritis. "If we can catch someone with ...

Children In Scotland Denied Access To Dental Care

...eny treatment to children. We are pointing out the reality of the situation if the minister does not reconsider the measures he has put in place. Dentists have to make business decisions. They are not trying to make money for their own pockets. They want to make money to invest in their service, to modernise...

Smoking Is a Vital Cause among Impotent Men

... had been marketed as a symbol of virility but the reality is that smoking is a primary cause of impotence, which may also be an early indicator of coronary heart disease....

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