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Medical Students Protest Proposed Tabling of Reservation Bill

...e spread protests against the rigid and inexorable stand of the government," YFE said. For the past one-and-a-half-month all the state chapters of Youth for Equality held meetings, in which "shortcomings of the Phase I of the agitation against proposed reservation in institutes of higher learning were rec...

Gait Difficulties Associated with High Blood Pressure

...t heel-to-toe walk, and a comparison of ability to stand with eyes open and eyes closed. Participants completed a mean of nearly eight annual evaluations with a high rate of follow-up. Controlling for age, education, and gender, the study found a 10mmHg increment in systolic blood pressure was associated ...

Avoid unnecessary screening tests for celiac disease in the absence of symptoms in children with Downs syndrome

... costly, but more importantly, they make the child stand out when most patients and families are working very hard to integrate the child into society. We have many tools, tests and procedures that can be done but we need to use evidence-based medicine and family-centered care to make effective decisions f...

Biological Basis Behind a Couch Potato

...et, but it may be more feasible for some people to stand or move more throughout the day" as a way to control their weight, Kotz said. Contrary to common belief, metabolism rates don't vary greatly from person to person and weight gain usually results from eating too much, burning too few calories, or both...

Communist Bengal not to ban cola immediately

...the report," Bhattacharya told reporters, taking a stand in sharp contrast to Kerala, another communist-ruled state. There would be no ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi till a decision is taken by the state government, Bhattacharya said. "Of course, they (the cola companies) can sell until we take a deci...

California: 'Go Ahead' For Drug Discount Initiative

...ere to this by August 2010, failing which they may stand to be removed from Medi-Cal's preferred drug list. The governor said, "We are providing meaningful prescription drug discounts for the hard-working Californians who pay the most for their life-saving medications, but can afford it the least."...

Indian Doctor in Britain Jailed for Molesting Patients

...nant and visited the surgery again, he told her to stand up so he could give her a cuddle. She said: "He came towards me, put both his arms around me and kissed my lips and tried to stick his tongue down my throat". She pushed him away. Deodhar has already been suspended by the General Medical Council'...

Key component of sunscreen heals sunburn and prevents skin cancer

Those who suffer from sunburn could stand to benefit immensely from a new sunscreen component, that is capable of healing sun burnt skin and can protect against skin// cancer. This research is published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. The new component of the sunscreen lotio...

Government must uplift the downtrodden children

...g and even temporary accommodations. Such children stand a 25% risk of suffering disability and ill health during childhood and adulthood. There was a direct association between respiratory problems, and tuberculosis in children living in crowded places. The report stated: "Homeless children are more l...

HIV Test Before Marriage To Be Made Voluntary In Goa

... Pratapsingh Rane has backed down from his earlier stand and has said HIV tests will be made voluntary before marriage and not compulsory. // "We are planning to enact a law wherein it will be voluntary for the couple to go for the HIV/AIDS tests before marriage", he confirmed at an international seminar...

NACO Inaugurates 37 Additional HIV Treatment Centers

...viral treatment (ART). //The count of NACO centers stand at 91, with 9 more centers on the anvil. These centers will support the treatment of nearly 85,000 patients, who will avail the services of exclusive doctors, counselors and laboratory technicians to assist in ART and ensure that the guidelines are...

Women Given Liver Transplants Outlive Male Recipients

...nger people tend to live longest of all, they also stand to lose more years of their life compared with those who have not had liver transplants, the research shows. The research team assessed the life expectancy and years of life lost of 2702 people who had received a liver transplant between 1985 and 2...

Simi Valley Nuclear Meltdown Effects Greater than Suspected

... the real exposure was," he said. "This is what we stand by and this is what happened." Longtime field lab watchdog Mary Weisbrock said at a public meeting Thursday night in Simi Valley where around 150 area residents listened attentively to the scientists, said, "The public has been led to believe the c...

Tenure of Mental Health CommissionExtended

... commission saying, "They have a unique ability to stand outside and give us the objective report card we need on mental health and well-being." NLA...

Cause of ‘Down Syndrome’ cannot be pinned down to maternal age aloe

...e air, as its medically proven that older women do stand a greater risk in having to give birth to a child afflicted with ‘Down’s Syndrome’. However, recent research has also brought to the fore other factors alsowhich play a role. Markus Neuh?user and Sven Krackow researchers from the Institute of Medi...

LA County gives Approval for Reform Plan for King-Drew Medical Center

...e is of the essence ... That money goes away if we stand still.’ Rep. Juanita Millender McDonald, D-Carson said, "What CMS is asking for is a radical change in the way we do business in terms of health care delivery and in looking at this proposal, we have met, in my opinion, this radical change."Followin...

AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin

...just drug pushers, sex workers and homosexuals who stand a higher risk in contracting AIDS in China. Deputy director general of the bureau of diseases prevention and control at the Ministry of Health Hao Yang told media this week that statistics reveal that about 48% of new AIDS infection is reportedly f...

Researchers Seek to Unlock Broccoli's Cancer Fighting Secret

...-cancer compounds. “The real irony is that I can’t stand broccoli,” she says. Source-NewswiseBR>SRM...

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

...ll wavelengths of light, emitting ultrasounds that stand out from those of other cells. But artificial materials could also be introduced, to act as light absorbers -- and as noise makers. "We're looking for methods to attach other kinds of absorbers to cancer cells," Viator said. For example, he said, gol...

Thou shalt not live on 'white' bread alone

...se who eat more than 5 slices of white bread a day stand more chances of developing renal carcinoma than those who restrict their intake to about one and half slices a day. Dr Francesca Bravi, from the Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan, Italy, in her course of study has shown that a diet ric...

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