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Specialist Services Can Help Ethnic Groups To Tackle Alcohol Misuse

...al British population. A similar problem exists in south Asian (Sikh) male migrants to the UK and Hispanic men in the United States. Both alcohol misuse and ethnicity are bound to social disadvantage, says the author. Considerable stigma also surrounds alcohol misuse in minority ethnic groups, particular...

Wake-up Call: Two-thirds of Briton Spend Many Sleeping Moments Awake!

...d people in England happened to be people from the south of England, nearly 42% complained less than five hrs of sleep each night and the most disconcerting enemy of a good night’s sleep happened to be a snoring partner ! Professor Fred Zijlstra, from Surrey University's Sleep Research Centre, said "Peo...

Rates of HIV infection shows a sharp decline in south India

...V-1 prevalence among women aged 15-24 years in the south dropped from 1.7% to 1.1% from 2000 to 2004, thoug...HIV in young adults appears to be declining in the south - most likely or perhaps only due to males using sex workers less or using condoms more often when t...

India Can Become A Role Model In Combating HIV Infections

...HIV in young adults appears to be declining in the south - most likely or perhaps only due to males using sex workers less or using condoms more often,' Jha told IANS. 'Indian experiences can serve as a roadmap on how to reduce HIV worldwide. Modest public health effort has turned around what was a wors...

Bird Flu Expected To Hit U.S. This Summer

...rds, mostly waterfowl, would begin their migration south from Alaska in mid-August, working their way down through Oregon, Washington and into California. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt warned against panic when the flu hits US, saying it need not inevitably mean the start of a h...

HIV incidence in India on the downward trend

...year period. This tread is mainly seen in the four south Indian states. The four states account for 75 % of people living with HIV in India. Previously it was stated that India accounted for about 5.1 million people suffering from AIDS. India has the world's second-highest number of people living with H...

Czech Republic struck by fifth bird flu incident

...wan found in the Bavorovice near Ceske Budejovice, south Bohemia, Josef Duben. This was brought to light by... the first dead swan found in Hluboka nad Vltavou, south Bohemia, the pathogenic virus H5N1 was detected which is also dangerous to man. While in the secon...

Bird Flu Deters Hunters in Russia

...and Korea. Now that bird flu is prevalent among south East Asian countries they had cancelled the event as a precautionary step. In the bird hunt the local hunters usually shoot hundreds of geese and thousands of ducks. There are three areas in Russia which experienced outbreaks of bird flu in the m...

Skin Patch Offers Relief to Patients with Parkinson's disease

...nt neurologist at University Hospital Lewisham, in south London, said that it is a new and simple way of delivering a dopamine agonist which helps to overcome the problems associated with oral administration. <br...

Ban On Transporting Poultry Lifted Off In Madhya Pradesh

...armers are facing a financial crunch," he said. In south India, poultry farmers disposed of their chickens by distributing it free among the poor. Dubey said though the centre has extended some relaxations in loan procedures for poultry farmers, state governments should come forward to save the industry....

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold'

...ld a complex in the southern Israeli Negev desert, south of Beersheba aimed at promoting his ideas on camel milk. The $10 million project includes a farm with 200 camels, a milk factory, a research-and-development centre and a training facility, where he wants to teach his method of maximizing milk produ...

Milking the ship of the desert for 'white gold'

...ld a complex in the southern Israeli Negev desert, south of Beersheba aimed at promoting his ideas on camel milk. The $10 million project includes a farm with 200 camels, a milk factory, a research-and-development centre and a training facility, where he wants to teach his method of maximizing milk produ...

Study Shows That More Than 3 Million Stillbirths Occur Worldwide Every Year

...00 in wealthy developed nations to 32 per 1,000 in south Asia (accounting for 40% of all stillbirths worldwide), and sub-Saharan Africa (accounting for 28% of all stillbirths. Half of all stillbirths, 51% they found occurred in four countries Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan. Rates they found were l...

Sanyo’s Electrolysed Water Technology Effective In Suppressing Bird Fl

... with Tottori University, a national university in south western Japan,Sanyo’s proprietary electrolysed water technology, ‘Disinfectant Element’ system and ‘Disinfectant Electrolysed Mist’ system was shown highly effective in suppressing more than 99% of airborne avian influenza viruses. Officials from San...

Indonesia’s Bird Flu Death Toll Reaches 3

...rs of a family in Kubu Simbelang village, 30 miles south of Medan could be infected with the deadly virus. Medical tests are being carried out to find if other sick relatives also harbor the H5N1 virus. While tests are being carried out by the Indonesian health ministry to identify the cause of the outbr...

Medicos' Plan Anti-Quota Stir In Mumbai; Bollywood To Join Up

...ons. "We will assemble at Birla Matorshri Hall in south Mumbai and march towards Azad Maidan," Ashish Tiwari, convener of the Indian Medical Association Mumbai Chapter told reporters. The march will also demand that a judicial probe be held into the baton-charge on the medical students on May 12, 2006 out...

Packed Lunch For Children Could Be Unhealthy

...nist and senior lecturer at Kingston University in south west London, according to the online edition of the Daily Mail. Schools should monitor the content of lunch boxes or ban them altogether, she said. Parents were packing them with crisps and chocolates because they were scared of disappointing their ...

Heroin Addicts Chained For Cure

...population of around 150,000, Churachandpur, 65 km south of the state capital Imphal, has the highest heroin addiction rate in India. The drug that is cheaply available - Rs.100 for a single shot - is smuggled across the porous Myanmar frontier, barely 40 km away. A recent survey revealed that around 67 p...

Indonesian Earthquake – Story of Destruction, Death and Disease

.... The quake hit the densely populated area in the south of the city of Yogyakarta which is near the southern coast of Java at 10.53PM late on the Friday night. The earthquake left the city in shambles, cutting off communications and road travel to several areas. Health care officials are finding it immens...

Drawing from Myth to Become Mistress of Spices

... temple festival in Koovagam village, about 200 km south of Chennai, gets married to thousands of transvestites prettily dressed up as brides at the same auspicious hours when Lord Shiva is said to have married Meenakshi, the goddess of Madurai. The next morning the transvestites mark a period of widowhood...

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