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Sexual Harassment on the Rise in Aligarh Muslim University

...ent union in AMU is male dominated and technically represents the whole university. But the women have a separate union whose jurisdiction is confined to that part of the sprawling complex where women study and live. Students admit that the protesting girls do not enjoy the backing of all women in AMU. "Some...

Sports Doctors too few for 2012 Olympics

...r Dr Mike Dixon, chairman of the NHS Alliance that represents PCTs, said that the college's aim was something th...e." Nigel Edwards, of the NHS Confederation that represents health service managers, said: "Primary care trusts have a wide range of priorities to address - par...

Latest Weapon in Battle against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

...e by intercepting bacterial communication networks represents a new therapeutic approach, and is clinically timely." This research presented yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, in San Francisco has raised hopes for the treatment of some of the most deadly diseases, such as tuberc...

The Daily Struggle with Salt

...t salt regulation by the F.D.A. The Salt Institute represents companies like Morton International, based in Chicago, and United Salt, based in Houston. The total value of the United States salt market is $340 million. According to Mr. Hanneman science did not support reductions of salt across the board. Along ...

A Novel approach in Malaria treatment

...nfusion can reduce the mortality rate by over 80%, represents a major breakthrough towards improved treatment of this devastating illness. "However, administration of fluid to children critically ill with malaria is contrary to prevailing practice, and albumin is currently not available in most African hospit...

Fabio Adds Star Power to Myositis Advocates

...patient support, education and advocacy group that represents myositis patients on every continent. TMA has awarded more than $2 million in research grants and fellowships in the first four years of its research program. Source-Newswise SR...

Envisaged Specialty Training Programme For Junior Doctors Encounters a Speed Breaker

... SJDC, said: "Implementation of specialty training represents the biggest single threat to the future of our trainees and their careers in decades. Until recently we believed that implementation of the programme in Scotland was on track and would work, however, we now know that this is only the case for some sp...

Smokers May be at Greater Risk of HIV Infection

... “The consistency of the findings is striking and represents a major strength of this review,” comment the authors, adding: “while the studies vary in quality, they include reports of high quality investigations using large sample sizes.” Tobacco smoke may enhance vulnerability to infection by modifying the ...

Link between Fish and Mammal Immune Systems Revealed by Killer B cells

...ill be featured on the cover of the October issue, represents a sizeable evolutionary step for the mammalian immune system and offers a potential new strategy for developing much-needed fish vaccines."When examining fish B cells we see them actively attacking and eating foreign bodies, which is a behavior that,...

Patients suffering ED happy with Vardenafil drugs

...completion, and erection confidence. 'This study represents an important step forward in our understanding of the clinical differences between PDE5 inhibitors, confirming the efficacy of vardenafil for men with erectile dysfunction,' explains Irwin Goldstein, study co-author and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal...

Stay Healthy with Herbal Tea

...lerberg, spokeswoman for an organisation here that represents the interests of Germany's pharmacists. The body and soul is helped to regenerate itself by the tea's active ingredients and stimulated by the hot water. "The classic areas where herbal tea is used are against colds, digestive problems and women'...

Kerala Tourism Affected by Viral Fever Outbreak

... Congress minister for tourism K.C. Venugopal, who represents the Alappuzha assembly constituency, said despite chikungunya being first reported in the district on July 27, the government was very slow to react. "Reports indicate there are close to 100,000 people in the state who have been affected by the dis...

'Risperdal' Cleared By FDA To Treat Autistic Children

...ic children. He also emphasized that the agency he represents firmly believes in encouraging development of apt drugs that can be employed in treating children, which were hitherto used among adults. Source-Eurekalert...

Obese kids at higher risk for Cardiovascular diseases

...errupting chronic disease expression at its origin represents a paradigm shift in clinical research and patient care.” This themed issue further presents review articles discussing management of obesity-related disorders. These include non-pharmacologic treatments, providing evidence that lifestyle changes in...

Hybrid Nanoparticles for Multimodal Medical Imaging

...the Center of Excellence. "This new imaging work represents an exciting and timely extension of our existing nanomedicine portfolio that will be particularly important for the Center of Excellence initiatives in neurodegenerative disease and cancer," said Bruce A. Holm, UB senior vice provost and executive di...

Evolution of Plant Life Cycle

...d hornworts, often found in abandoned corn fields, represents the progenitors of the vascular plants. "Basically we captured a few major events that happened in the first few tens of millions of years of land plant evolution," Qiu said. The results make sense in light of the plants' life cycle patterns. Charop...

Mizoram Women Under the Grip of Tobacco

... full survey conducted across the state as the MPK represents just about 50 percent of the total population," said Baruah. "I sell minimum 50 packs of cigarettes and 170 paans (betel leaves laced with tobacco) every day," said 18-year old Nancy Malsawmtluangi from Tuikual area in the capital who goes to diffe...

NHS Dentists Shortage worsens over New Contracts

...ng to the Dental Practitioners' Association, which represents High Street dentists, the figures showed eight per cent of NHS dentists had left in just three months. Chief executive Derek Watson said: "In addition to the fact that the number of dentists has fallen by 1,649, each dentist will be doing less work...

Increased Risk of Bowel cancer after Menopause

...sufficient evidence to indicate that female gender represents an independent risk factor for bowel cancer." He said that the best recommendation for both sexes was to see their doctor about any symptoms like rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss and anaemia, specifically iron-deficiency anae...

When Her Lot is maligned by HER-2, Staying Abreast is Imperative

...s detected in almost one in 5 women. HER2, which represents the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, is a protein manufactured by a particular gene that takes care of cell growth, division and repair. HER2 positive women portray excessive quantities of HER2 in the breast cells. Breast cancer is becomin...

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