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Domestic Violence in Australia Leads to Number of Suicides

... domestic violence. So also 15 per cent of women suffering from depression were those who had been subjected to violence at home. The report further says that child sexual abuse causes 10 per cent of the anxiety and depression in the entire population. Intimate partner violence alone accounts for 1.1 per...

Loss of Virginity Could Prove Traumatic If Relationship Falls Apart Subsequently

...tionship if it did not involve sex." The risk of suffering mental health problems from having sex as a teen is relatively low, but Meier said low risk still represents a large group of teens affected, as half the teen population is having sex. But she also cautioned that the study does not suggest that pos...

Chikungunya Scare in Orissa: 4 Die

...ncreasing day by day. All the affected persons are suffering from high fever and severe pain in limbs and joints," Bijay Paikray, Sarpanch of Kural gram panchayat told IANS. "We were under the impression that the disease will not lead to death. But we are shocked by the incident (death of the four persons). ...

Attitude Determines How Much Exercise is too Much

...f people feel like having to exercise, they may be suffering from exercise disorder. Also a symptom of the problem is getting more injuries, or not stopping exercising despite hearing family and friends expressing concern about ones exercise regimen. Dr. Fessihi insists that people who believe that have an o...

Lack of Timely Intervention Results in Needless Death Due to Stroke in US

...the brain that injures or kills brain cells or is suffering from another condition. Doctors are therefore reluctant to give the only drug shown to make a real difference, tPA, or tissue plasminogen activator. It is a thrombolytic agent. It can dissolve blood clots, which cause most heart attacks and stroke...

Study Tests Depression Treatment for Diabetes Patients

...f those who had initially identified themselves as suffering from depression also did so 18 months later. Depression severity was associated with younger age, unemployment and a greater number of prescribed medications. These findings are consistent with those observed in urban samples. Part of the significa...

Breast Cancer on Rise Across Middle East

...cal experts agreed that the patients in the region suffering from the disease are living longer, WAM news agency reported. The good news though, said the doctors from Abu Dhabi's Tawam Hospital, is that breast cancer cases (in UAE) are being caught much earlier, a critical factor in successful treatment of t...

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

...orts that many socially disadvantaged UK residents suffering from Tuberculosis (TB), need social help for better treatment . A research across London by TB specialists found that the growing numbers pose a challenge for agencies trying to halt the spread of the disease. "TB has risen considerably in major ...

UK Nurses Complain of Stress, One Quits After Screaming at Heart Attack Patient

...related stress. Some 44% said their sex life was suffering as a result and a quarter said they had started drinking more. Nursing Times blamed the pressure of financial deficits and the threat of job cuts. The poll also found one in 10 nurses were smoking more, and almost a third reported taking off more day...

Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise

...ned and not sufficient to meet the needs of troops suffering from PTSD and other psychological problems. The pa... develop a suicide prevention program for veterans suffering from PTSD and other depression issues. It unanimously passed the House in March....

Risk of Parkinsons Increased by Exposure to Pesticide and Head Trauma

...found that being exposed to pesticides, as well as suffering traumatic head injury raises the risk of developi...e the risk of developing the disease. 959 people suffering with Parkinsons, as well as 1,989 controls recruited in Scotland, Italy, Sweden, Romania and Malta w...

Device That Targets Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results

...tients who were being treated with the device were suffering from recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor. Researchers found that among the patients treated with the Novo-TTF, the median length of time to disease progression was 26.1 weeks; progre...

People With Physical Disabilities can Now Play Music With Their Nose!

People suffering from physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, may now experience the positive effects of music with the help of a computerised instrument that enables one to play music with the tip of their nose. The interface may also be adapted for speech...

Brazil Slashes the Price of Contraceptives to Stop Illegal Abortions

...,523 women were admitted to public hospitals after suffering complications from illegal abortions. Abortion is allowed in Brazil only in cases of rape, risk of the mother's death or severe deformation of the fetus, and even in those cases an abortion must be authorized by the courts....

Too Much of Iron During Pregnancy is Harmful

... In western countries, unless a pregnant woman is suffering from anemia, iron supplementation is not routinely given during pregnancy. In India, however, due to a variety of reasons like malnutrition, vegetarian diet and deep-frying of vegetables, it is assumed that most women are iron-deficient. Hence, doc...

Bush Announces Request for $30B, Five-Year Extension of PEPFAR

...made a lifesaving difference to millions of people suffering from HIV/AIDS around the world". Meanwhile, some HIV/AIDS advocates said the proposed increase would not keep the pace with increases in new HIV cases during the next five years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Paul Zeitz, executive director of the ...

Human Stem Cell Therapy Restores Motor Function to Paralyzed Rats

...ay prove to be an effective treatment for patients suffering from the same kind of ischemia-induced paralysis," he added. The researchers are currently testing the safety and efficacy of human stem cell therapy in other animal models, and may begin clinical trials in humans by next year. Sixteen rats were ...

Regular Use of Laptop Could Seriously Damage Your Health

.... "Mothers bring in their 12-year-old daughters suffering back pain and when they arrive I can see their slumped posture straight away," said Durntall. "I also see many people in their twenties and thirties with a dowager's hump - a rounding at the base of the neck - after only a few years of looking down...

Shock TV Reality Organ Donor Show Goes on Air

...on its members not to contribute to the show. "The suffering of people should never be the object of an amusement show," it said in a statement. The federation also pointed out that a transplant organized during the show might very well not be a success. "It is doctors who bear the responsibility for the s...

Stress-Related Health Problems Haunts Sanjay Dutt

... happen,' a close friend told IANS. The actor is suffering from a serious back problem and is in a state of acute pain. 'Two of the bones in his vertebrae have collapsed suddenly. Sanju had to have them attended to immediately. Now he needs to go for physiotherapy every afternoon to Nanavati hospital, whic...

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