US Teens turn Wiser to Risky Behavior
...during the last sexual intercourse, the percentage rose to 63 percent of sexually active students in 2005. However several racial and ethnic differences regulated this picture. It was found that Hispanic or black students were more likely to engage in physical fighting, risky sexual behaviors as well ...AIDS Claims Five Lives in Madhya Pradesh
...ber of HIV positive cases stood at 205. The figure rose to 359 the next year. The first AIDS case in the state was recorded in 1988. The state AIDS control society is making every effort to tackle the disease, but a lot needs to be done, said Shraddha Bose, deputy director of MPSACS. (Source: IANS)...Cleanliness and Personal Hygiene –The Mantra to Prevent Food Poisonin
...e statistics it was found that the number of cases rose by 6% last year //. About 7147 Scots are affected by food poisoning every day. But the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (Rehis) said that this was not the real figure as many cases were not reported. He said that the number of cases a...Super-bug MRSA Getting Fitter And Out of Control
... which MRSA was mentioned on the death certificate rose by 22% in England and Wales. It was also mentioned that death due to infection with MRSA, was almost 6 times more likely to be mentioned on the death certificates of patients in the NHS hospitals and care homes....Viagra Beneficial to High-Altitude Athletes
..., to treat pulmonary hypertension, following which rose its potential as a high altitude performance drug. Pulmonary hypertension is often a result of exercise in oxygen-poor environments. As blood vessels constrict in the lungs, the heart has to work harder to pump blood through the body. The resear...Advantage India: Growth Pills Abound For Pharma Companies
...6.48 per cent in Sensex. Ranbaxy on the other hand rose 11.01 per cent and DRL 8.51 per cent during the same period. Source:PTI News...Pomegranate Juice Remedy for Prostate Cancer
...r grows. It was surprising to find that PSA levels rose in the men reduced by 35 % after they started drinking pomegranate juice. The cell proliferation rate in these patients decreased by 12 %. On the whole pomegranate juice has other good qualities such as anti-inflammatory effects and high levels of an...Scotland’s drug problem continues unabated, UN repor
...urprisingly, cannabis abuse figures among children rose up. The drug policy has as a result drawn a lot of flak. Tom Wood, chairman of the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, said” We have got to get better at education and rehabilitation. The big worry to me is the large number of you...AIIMS Strike Enters Second day, Support Continues To Pour In
... Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, rose to move the ‘All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Bill’, She addressed the parliament on her dream venture stating, “An institute of this nature in India which would enable our young men and women to have their own post-graduate education in their...Canadians on a Very High Fat Diet
...ower income people ate poorer diets and fat intake rose with income. The report author Didier Garriquet also said that adults with higher incomes ate more fruits and vegetables but it was not enough. ...Community Awareness Is Imperative For Eradication Of Rabies
...ich was 18.8 million according to the 1982 census, rose to 19.7 million in 1987 and is now estimated to be 25 million and most of the canines are unprotected against the disease. Rabies cases are seen throughout the year, almost two thirds of the victims are males and about 40 per cent are children under...New Law On HIV/AIDS To Be Implemented At The Monsoon Session Of Parliament
...e of HIV infection among Vietnamese pregnant women rose to 0.37 percent in 2005 from 0.02 percent in 1994. The Malaysian government has stressed on the need for more councillors so as to improve the treatment of people with HIV/AIDS. The Malaysian health minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said that one coun...Atherosclerosis and its Mechanics
...xis exhibited a healthy response: the level of JNK rose and quickly returned to basal levels as the cells ...in fibers oriented randomly and JNK concentrations rose to higher levels and remain elevated. "We're continually amazed at how quickly these cells can reo...Prime Minister Lauds the Exemplary Work of Mumbai’s Medical Fraternit
...our of national tragedy. "The medical fraternity rose to the occasion." There are currently 56 victims at KEM and another 21 in Sion undergoing treatment. Over 200 people were discharged. The surgeons and other medical staff at the two hospitals have performed 16 major surgeries to repair torn limbs...Use Of Indoor Swimming Pools Linked To Development Of Asthma In Children
...nd that the rates of childhood asthma and wheezing rose by around 2-3% for every indoor swimming pool per ...imming pools. They found that the rate of wheezing rose by 3.39% for every additional indoor chlorinated swimming pool, while the rate of asthma rose by 2.7...Age and Socioeconomic Factors Are Strongest Determinants of Sunburn
...cent increase since 1999. However, this percentage rose dramatically as income and education levels increased and the age of respondents decreased. Dermatologist Joel M. Gelfand, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadephia and co-author of the report "The ep...A Different Kind of Heat Failure Nowadays
...he number of patients with diastolic heart failure rose from 38 to 54 percent and the prevalence of diseases that cause diastolic heart failure, such as hypertension and diabetes, increased as well. Redfield attributed this to the many new therapies for systolic heart failure, including drugs, devices,...Madhya Pradesh Uses Radio to Create Awareness About AIDS
...205 people tested HIV positive in 2004, the figure rose to 359 in 2005 - the highest since 1988 when the first AIDS patient was reported in the state. India has 5.1 million HIV/AIDS patients, second only to South Africa that has about 5.3 million patients. (Source: IANS)...Sensor Images Show Soaring Temperature and Pollution Levels in UK
...AATSR data show clearly how temperatures in the UK rose rapidly in a few days whilst the OMI results show the large increases in NO2. In particular, the results show the extremity of the effects on large conurbations, such as London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, suffering both extremes of tempera...Nano-sized inhaled particles traverse quickly from nose to brain
...ation of ultrafine particles in the olfactory bulb rose 3.5-fold and doubled in the lungs, the study found. Although the ultra-tiny particles did not cause obvious lung inflammation, several biomarkers of inflammation and stress response, such as tumor necrosis factor and macrophage inflammatory protein, ...