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Disabled Orissa Brothers Lives Saved by Timely Intervention

...er the impoverished man wrote to India's president seeking permission to end their lives. The district collector of Bhadrak in Orissa constituted a team of doctors and administrative officials to conduct an inquiry on the condition of the poor family in Kamalpur village. His move came after the media highl...

Spit Test Kit on the Cards to Ascertain Pre-eclampsia Risk

... the efficacy and reliability of this new test, by seeking the participation of 1000 women in the trial. This new test, a brain child of Dr Brian Owen-Smith, a retired hospital rheumatologist, examines and monitors elevated levels of urate in the body, a possible indication of pre-eclampsia. The saliva is ...

Combined Molecular-targeted and Hormonal Therapies Offer Promise in Treating Ovarian Cancer

...y be the most promising area of research for those seeking an effective treatment for ovarian cancer, according to a new review in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. Several clinical trials have confirmed the role of hormone therapy in recurrent ovarian cancer treatment, especially in pati...

Government to Amend Birth Registration Act

...rth registration is done. The government is also seeking to enhance the accountability of the state governments along with making special provisions for the registration of adopted children. "The government is also thinking of making the entire registration process online in order to do away with the cur...

Government to Amend Birth Registration Act

...rth registration is done. The government is also seeking to enhance the accountability of the state governments along with making special provisions for the registration of adopted children. 'The government is also thinking of making the entire registration process online in order to do away with the cur...

China Eyeing US Cooked Chickens Market

...ment of Agriculture puts it very glibly, "China is seeking to familiarize the U.S. market with its cooked chickens." Predictably the poultry lobby is worried. It talks about such common practices among Chinese farmers, like flooding crops with unapproved pesticides or giving antibiotics to livestock. N...

'Cocaine' Turns 'Censored' and Remains 'energy Drink'

...t about Cocaine is its name and marketing strategy seeking to glorify illegal drug use and exploit the allure of marketing 'Speed in a Can,' as it called the product."...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

... effective. Mind, a leading UK-based charity, is seeking to set a green agenda for mental health. It has released a report saying that 71 per cent report depression decrease after green walk, 22 per cent report depression increase after urban walk. Backed by growing evidence to show that ecotherapy is ef...

Check Your Physiology Before You Choose A Diet

...s new work raises the question of whether patients seeking weight loss should be screened for insulin response before a certain type of diet is recommended. Perhaps we can enhance weight loss outcomes by matching patient to diet, based on physiological characteristics.' The study was published in the lates...

Saliva Helps to Identify Child Victims of Chronic Bullying

...hose are kids who are not coping with the abuse by seeking appropriate support,' said Carney. 'They keep their anger and frustration within and fantasize either how they are going to escape the abuse through suicide or how they are going to get revenge on their abusers,' the researcher added. She said t...

Coverage for Childrens Mental Illness Reduces Out-of-Pocket Spending

... how state policies affect the financial burden of seeking mental health treatment. Using data from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, the researchers examined how state parity laws affect out-of-pocket health care spending and ot...

Moves To Improve War Veterans Health Taken

...ould open by 2011. A newspaper ad from the VA is seeking about 87,000 square feet that must be available for occupancy by March 2011. Local veterans have complained for nearly two years about the quality of health care at an existing clinic, saying it needs more doctors, more space, better staff morale a...

Green Campaigners Concerned About Yamuna's Shrinking Floodplains

...ion on a second Yamuna Action Plan. The group is seeking the involvement of the government in decision-making, specially in managing water resources. Long-term goals include a national river revival movement and a water education movement to safeguard rivers and water "as an ecosystem." Formed in 1998, ...

Women in Iraq More Unsafe Than Ever

...cises a degree of autonomy in northern Iraq and is seeking more. "It seems they are trying to make it big for political purposes," said Mohsen Gargari, a Kurdish MP. In an interview, he and two other Kurdish MPs condemned Duaa's killing. But they said that in February a Sunni woman had been killed by rel...

Delivering Baby, the Natural Way.

...d is a uniquely enjoyable process. Why spoil it by seeking the help of drugs or doctors or even midwives, ask freebirthers . Delivering their own babies at home, often alone, they dismiss what they say is "fearmongering" by doctors and midwives and confidently catch their own offspring as they leave the wo...

Death from Exposure to WTC Dust Confirmed

At a time when the Bush regime is seeking to prosecute director Michael Moore for taking volunteers on Ground Zero to Cuba for treatment, comes an embarrassing admission from New Yorks civic authorities. City's chief medical examiner, Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, has confirmed that dust from th...

Chinese Take Fertility Drugs to Beat One Child Policy

... element of coercion may be forgiven when they are seeking to contain a population exploding beyond relentlessly.The riots against punitive measures reported last week was an indication of how insensitively things are being done over there.Worse, the Chinese citizens are virtually ruining their lives in an a...

TB Patients in Marginalised Groups Need Social Support for Effective Medical Treatment

... registered with a family doctor, 13 per cent were seeking asylum and 16 per cent did not speak English as their first language. * More than a third anticipated problems taking their medicine and 30 per cent had no-one to remind them, suggesting a lack of social support. * 48 per cent were admitted to ho...

Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise

...hose reeling under severe psychological pressures, seeking an appointment at the Veteran Affairs department i...stigma of a mental health disorder keeps them from seeking help. Army Capt. Michael Pelkey, who suffered from night sweats, anxiety, headaches and exhaustion...

MRSA, the Super Bug Spreading to Urban Poor in US

... 2000 to 2005, the infection rate seen in patients seeking care at Chicago's main public hospital and its affiliated clinics climbed from 24 cases per 100,000 to 164 cases per 100,000, the study found. Dr. Bala Hota of Chicago's Stroger Hospital, a lead author of the study, said the increase is similar to ...

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