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Isotretinoin Drug May Cause Severe Birth Defects

...ndition, which can be physically, emotionally, and socially disabling. But the drug can also cause severe birth defects if pregnant women take it. What is the best way to prevent pregnant women from taking the drug, and to prevent women taking it from getting pregnant? The debate article considers the pros...

Holiday Baking Frenzy May Mask Eating Disorder in College Kids

...tarian – Diets and becoming a vegetarian provide a socially acceptable way for a person with an eating disorder to restrict his or her diet, and to reduce calories. Ask your child about the reasons he or she is going on a diet or becoming a vegetarian. ? Obsession with exercising – 'It should raise a red fl...

Reach Out at Christmas

...he new year can cause depression for those who are socially isolated. 'Even for people with families, bringing together different personalities under the same roof at Christmas time can be challenging and stressful.' Telephone counselling service, Lifeline, traditionally receives an increase in calls over...

A Study Finds VENs Devastated in FTD

...lls that seem to have evolved in a select group of socially complex species: great apes, humans, and, as reported last month, whales. Across species, VENs are localized to frontal brain regions associated with cognition, emotion and social behavior. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a common neurodegenerative co...

Binge Drinkers on the Rise

...l has shown links between binge drinking and other socially undesirable and risky activities like unsafe sex, multiple partner sex, drug abuse, suicidal tendencies, fights and other violent behaviors. Binge drinking is associated with many health problems, including unintentional or intentional injuries, al...

Connections Program Offers Hope to Children With Asperger's Disorder

...s suggested that children in the program were more socially aware of and attentive to peers, utilizing many of the skills taught during the program, including introducing oneself, initiating and ending a conversation, discussing another’s interests, and establishing and maintaining appropriate eye contact. ...

South Dakota Hospital Receives $400 Million from a Philanthropist

...eartening to note that wealthy people are becoming socially responsible which makes a difference in the lives of many. JT...

“Loneliness And Dementia are Linked”, A Study Reveal.

...heimer’s like// Dementia. People who are single or socially secluded are also at a higher risk to develop these disorders late in their life. According to this study, a group of 823 people were analyzed who were all senior citizens in the age group of 80 for a period of four years. A quiz on loneliness was ...

Fish Intake Linked to Higher IQ in Offspring

...h low seafood consumption were more likely to come socially disadvantaged backgrounds, and "less than ideal lifestyles". "Advice that limits seafood consumption might reduce the intake of nutrients necessary for optimum neurological development… Other evidence suggests that omega-3 fatty acids in pregnancy ...

Cross-country Mobike Expedition to Spread AIDS Awareness

...build their confidence but also helps them grow as socially conscious individuals". Source-IANS...

Socialization may Help to Avoid Alzheimer’

Staying active socially may help prevent Alzheimer's disease in the elderly, say US researchers.// Alzheimer's is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person's memory and ability to reason and make judgments. David Bennett and other researchers from th...

Nandigram Killings Lead to Depression Among Many

...industry turned into a tragedy. "It is a very socially disturbing event. The whole episode might have happened in a single locality but it had an intense impact on the society. The magnitude of the ruthlessness is now haunting many people even in Kolkata," said one of the city's consultant psychiatrists,...

Fashion Fraternity Turns Socially Conscious

...tly 'shallow' world of fashion seems to be turning socially responsible and is announcing to the world that it...hat Indian designers are not a shallow lot and are socially conscious too," said Sethi. Ritu Kumar has turned her attention towards ecology. Her latest collect...

Satellites Set to Play Good Samaritans in India

...chnology for societal good. It is building several socially relevant space application projects to cover more than 600,000 Indian villages where around 700 million people live," Krishnamurthy told a visiting team of mediapersons here. EDUSAT services commenced in March 2005 with the launching of a primary e...

OBC Creamy Layer May Be Dropped from Reservations in Institutions

New Delhi: The socially and economically advanced among the other backward... according to the sources. The 'creamy layer' or socially and economically advanced members of the OBCs, according to a cabinet note of August 2006 when it ga...

Smoking on Television is Harmful to the Health of the Nation's Youth: BMA

...sion stars who portray smoking as a personally and socially rewarding behavior,” added Dr Lewis. Source: BMA Source-Medidia SRM/B...

In Vitro Treatment Only When Both Partners Agree, Rules European Court

...thing is scientifically possible, does not make it socially justifiable Mohan, London Dr Allan Pacey, secretary of the British Fertility Society, said: "I think it was the only sensible decision which the Grand Chamber could come to. "UK law is clear. It is a principle of shared responsibility." But ...

Radical Gastric Bypass Surgery Heightens the Effects of Alcohol

...e higher. As people loose weight they also become socially active and drinking alcohol becomes a part of the social activity. This is also something patients have to be aware of," Morton said. "The bottom line is alcohol use after gastric bypass should be used with caution, and certainly patients shouldn't ...

British Funds 250 Million Pounds to Reduce Child Mortality

...nds will also help to improve healthcare for other socially excluded groups such as Dalits (formerly known as 'untouchables'), indigenous people, and minorities, including Muslims." Most of the funding will go directly to the states of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Orissa is one of the poorest ...

Should Genetic Information Be Disclosed to Insurers?

...lead to a situation which was actuarially fair but socially unfair: If the point of insurance is to cover the costs of ill luck, the only sort of ill luck you could not insure against would be the misfortune to have a late onset serious genetic disorder. Arguably such people would need insurance more than m...

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