Nigerian Health Authority Crackdown On Sub-Standard Health Institutions
...the standard of health facilities in the state and stop the operation of fake personnel or substandard health facilities in the state." The closure of these health facilities according to Dr. Idris has become imperative. This is mainly due to their failure to comply with the laid down rules and regula...The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released
...ng women may well be in for a lot of confusion- to stop or not to?...Meet the petroholic Boy of Kanpur
... addiction. He gets aggressive if someone tries to stop him. The mother says that the local doctors are unable to get Sajids problem treated. All they suggested is to scold the child to refrain him from drinking petrol. Sajid is yet to acquire his speech ability and avoids school. He looks different fro...Punjab University Reserves Seats for AIDS and Cancer Students
... equal rights to get educated. A disease shouldn't stop anyone from getting educated," said Kanval Chaddha, another college student....Hospital Provides an Oppurtunity to Quit Smoking
...e, going in to hospital provides an opportunity to stop smoking. Because hospitals are now smoke-free, any smoker has to stop temporarily while in hospital. People who are in hospital, especially those with smoking-related ill...Reducing Smoking - Mixed Messages and Latest Findings
Some people are unwilling or unable to stop smoking, but are prepared to try and reduce the nu...apies aimed at smokers has been at helping them to stop smoking completely. Little attention has been given to the idea of helping them reduce their use. ...US Health Insurance Firms Suspend Sales, Promise to End Fraudulent Practices
...en key health insurance firms in US have agreed to stop selling a type of government-funded plan for the e...h pet insurance.'' U.S. officials did little to stop the abusive sales practices, according to state insurance agencies. Senator Herb Kohl, a Wisconsi...'Sweet Herb' may Be Green Gold for Paraguay
...ous," Gonzalez said. "But the sugar lobby wants to stop the importation of this natural, safe, revolutionary product." Studies at the medical school at the University of Asuncion found stevia had a long list of beneficial properties, being an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and an anti-bacterial agent u...Chain Smokers Prepared to Lessen Their Daily Cigs Rather Than Quitting
...apies aimed at smokers has been at helping them to stop smoking completely. But, little thought has been g...ecrease their use diverted them from attempting to stop completely. In fact cessation rates were higher, not lower, in nicotine replacement treatment gro...Briton Set for Pacific Solo Odyssey to Highlight Warming
... to depart from under the Golden Gate Bridge, will stop off in Hawaii and the South Pacific island of Tuvalu before finally ending in Australia. Savage said she was seeking to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific to draw attention to oceanic pollution. "I want to shock people out of t...Free Your Necktie and Stop Global Warming
...t fitting tie immediately cools the body and helps stop global warming. Global warming is the gradual warming of the Earth's atmosphere reportedly caused by the burning of fossil fuels and industrial pollutants. In an unconventional campaign to combat climate change, the Italian Health Ministry said ...UK Reports Psychiatric Reactions to Weight-loss Drug Rimonabant
...t who develops depression while on the drug should stop the treatment, the EMEA said in its recommendation. An EMEA statement said that Accomplia has been authorised in the EU since June 2006 "for the treatment of obese or overweight adult patients". It noted added that the product information with th...Now You can Marry in a Mughal Ambience, If You Wish to
...dia may have ended 150 years ago but that need not stop you from tying the knot in a typical Mughal ambience in a majestic 17th century garden . Or at least that's what Haryana's tourism department feels. It has made known plans to open up a part of the magical Yadavindra Gardens at Pinjore, 20 km from ...Self-harming Among Teens More Common Than Thought
...in NSSI included to get control of a situation, to stop bad feelings, and to try and get a reaction from someone. This suggests that adolescents are engaging in NSSI for several reasons, including both regulating their own internal emotional states and trying to manage situations in their environment, s...US Companies Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Shows
...ars old. Candy maker Cadbury Adams said it would stop running ads for its super-sweet bubble gums beginning March 2008. Soft drink and fast-food conglomerate Pepsico said it would limit its under-12-directed pitches to its sports-rehydration drink Gatorade and its low-fat Baked Cheetos snacks. The ini...China Toothpaste Maker Pulls Suspect Ingredient
... Monday Hong Kong authorities warned the public to stop using three brands of toothpaste containing DEG, including White Cat's Maxam and two other brands called Sanqi and Tianqi. The action was the latest after the United States, New Zealand, Singapore, Panama and several other Latin American and Caribbea...Two More Unwanted Children Left at Japan's 'baby Hatch'
...rage at the drop-off but found no legal grounds to stop it from opening. Reports have said the first boy was aged three or four. Three children have now reportedly been dropped at the centre although details about the latest two are not known. Officials at the hospital were not Sunday immediately availabl...Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage
...r Disease Control's request that the drug industry stop selling vaccines containing the preservative. Perhaps one in 500,000 children who receives the MMR vaccination suffers a severe brain inflammation that can lead to lifelong mental disability -- presumably including autism. The vaccine court has awa...Generic Competitor for Plavix Blocked in US
..., Stein had granted a request by Sanofi-Aventis to stop Apotex from producing the generic drug, which had gained a majority of market share after its launch last summer. The judge had allowed Apotex to continue selling a six-month supply of product that it already had shipped to U.S. distributors. Sherm......iscuous. The thing we should be doing is trying to stop kids being sexually active." A spokesman for the Catholic Church has said that any vaccination programme should be supported by the promotion of "sex within marriage" and that "the promotion of marriage should remain the number one social policy ...