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Negative religious 'Spirituality' related to depression in physicians

...earchers revealed that residents who have negative religious and spiritual characteristics have higher risk for...as greater among respondents who reported negative religious coping mechanisms, poorer spiritual well-being and the need for more spiritual support. Ambulatory...

Brinda Karat Receives Legal Notice over Ramdev Issue

...rat's 'mischievous act was supposed to cause great religious disturbances in country.' The notice, which come...in ayurveda and yoga’ and intended to ‘outrage the religious feelings of the particular community of Brahmins and pure vegetarians', it added. Karat and the Ce...

A National Survey Revealed That Mental Disorders Are Common In Lebanon

...and the mental-health-care system, and the rest by religious or spiritual advisers, counsellors, herbalists, or fortune-tellers. In conclusion it has been found that mental disorders are common in Lebanon, with prevalence equivalent to that in Western Europe. However, the number of individuals with mental di...

African-American Women Need To Seek Advice On depression

...or their depression, either because their friends, religious community and family members don't recognize depre...letting others down or that they are weak in their religious faith if they acknowledge their illness. She claims that the black women mask the signs of depress...

The Secret Behind Extension of Earthly Life

If you are a regular with religious services, ‘regular’, defined as a weekly ritual in...a US study has suggested that Weekly attendance at religious services can add up to three years to your life. The findings have been published in the March-April...

Sati Raises its Ugly Head in Madhya Pradesh

... for seven generations after her. Temples or other religious shrines were built to honour the sati," explained astrologer S.P. Shukla. "Initially, the custom of sati was believed to be a voluntary Hindu act in which the woman decided to end her life with her husband after his death. But there were many incid...

Saudi Women Undergo Sex Change

...ial said that such cases are taken care off by the religious authorities, and the psychologists. But a senior cleric said that a legal case has to be filed issuing laws against sex change operations....

Study on Violence Against Women in Syria

...nd other activities involving Muslim and Christian religious leaders. According to her the status of women in Syria was better than in many other developing countries, yet there was still scope for improvement. Like certain other Arab countries, Syrian law advocates lenient sentences to men who murder women ...

Smuggling could also be a carrier to bird flu spread.

...and Jews who want poultry slaughtered according to religious custom. Thus, smuggling not only affects economies it would now affect health drastically. <br...

Gender Equality among Older Couples Plays a Vital Role in Their Sex Life

...phic factors, including age, education, income and religious affiliation. The study included people from diverse religious traditions, including Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and other Asian religions, and atheists. T...

Spiritual Inclination Plays A Role In Fear Of Death For Elderly

...a Ardelt, a UF sociologist said that intrinsically religious people were dedicated to God, while extrinsic peop... power, it is better to be nonreligious than to be religious for the wrong reasons,” she said. Extrinsically religious people might have problems at the end of t...

Gujarat Minister's Motorbike Campaign Against Female Foeticide

...s constituency from Thursday. // Citizens, NGOs, religious leaders and other ministers will join Jadeja in his campaign, the "Matru Vandana Yatra", which is expected to continue till May 7 and cover 85 towns and villages in Dhrangdhra constituency in Surendra Nagar district, said an official statement. Acc...

Australian Children Not Being Exposed To Enough Sunlight

...ren who were covered up with veils for cultural or religious reasons needed three times as much, meaning nearly about three hours a day in the cold months. Professor Ebeling said, that in recent times he had seen children in the Sunshine area with rickets, who have malformed bones and bowed legs. He felt lik...

Doctors' Response To Patients' Religious Beliefs Can Vary

...ut of ten physicians routinely mentions his or her religious beliefs and experiences to patients. Fewer than on..." But if half of physicians do not inquire about religious belief, the other half do. Ten percent of them do so "always." And if four out of five physicians ra...

Nurses Required to Wear Masks or Get Their Flu Shots

...ose unable to take the shots either for medical or religious reasons, had to take medication in order to help prevent the flu or wear masks. However in January 2005, a federal judge upheld an arbitrator's ruling that the hospital didn't have the authority to require the union nurses to get shots. The hospita...

Arab World Wakes Up To Drug Addiction

.... The report said that more and more officials and religious leaders were stressing on the need to kick the habit through speeches and religious sermons. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that there are about 500,000 drug abuse...

Religious Leaders Come In The Way Of Euthanasia

...uld have the right to end their suffering. But the religious leaders say that nobody has the right to take away their life. The opponents were Lord Alexander Carlile, a member of the opposition Liberal Democrats, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Roman Catholic Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor and Chief ...

Type 2 diabetes in children: a combined effort of all to cure!

..., schools, day care centres, the food industry and religious organizations, all promoting healthful activities.” According to her the adult form, i.e. type 2 diabetes, has been increasing dramatically in children and teens along with a rate of obesity in children that has jumped 300% in the past 30 years. A...

Pharmacy Board Says Pharmacists Have Right To Refuse Morning-After Pill

...ropriate prescription drugs based on the personal, religious or moral objection of individual pharmacists.'...

Students in Pakistan Protest Against Dance, Music in Curriculum

...re, mostly at weddings. He added that if certain religious parties' youth wings had reservations, they should ask their political wings to raise the issue in parliament. (Source: IANS News)...

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