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Watchful Eyes Ensures Honesty

..., that this finding could aid anti-social behavior tackling initiatives, and raises the possibility of getting people to behave more pro-socially. Professor George Fieldman, an evolutionary psychologist fromChilterns University College, Buckinghamshire, said: "It would be interesting to know how one can ...

Alcohol-Related Illnesses On The Rise

...4, the Government laid out a national strategy for tackling alcohol misuse. These statistics underline the nee... Government was spending more than ￡200m a year on tackling issues of the alcoholics. ...

Scotland’s drug problem continues unabated, UN repor

...ensibly, there has been no progress in Scotland in tackling drug abuse. As per the drug policy of the government, Cannabis was relegated to a grade C drug. Consequently but not surprisingly, cannabis abuse figures among children rose up. The drug policy has as a result drawn a lot of flak. Tom Wood, chairm...

Many Food Product Advertisements leave a bad taste in the mouth

...ity for the Government to again show leadership in tackling obesity. This is just part of the overall solution on obesity, but each recommendation is readily achievable." ...

'Young and their Reproductive Health' - Theme of World Population Day

...cy care, measures to avoid unwanted pregnancy, and tackling AIDS/HIV, are some issues that need to be countered to ensure a better future for these young people. Reproductive health problems are identified as the leading cause of death in women belonging to developing countries. 600,000 women die every yea...

ICAR develops bird flu vaccine

...nt of the indigenous vaccine will go a long way in tackling bird flu effectively. Since the disease has got recurring possibility, further research would focus on developing another type of vaccine." The ICAR has funded an amount of Rs 8 crore for this project....

Men's Health - Prevention is the Key

...tors develop," he said. "If we are serious about tackling chronic disease, then regular health checks for all adults aged 45 or over - regardless of their health status - is a must." Visiting the PMP Printing factory in Melbourne as part of Family Doctor Week, Dr Haikerwal impressed upon workers the valu...

Junk Food Promotional Ads To Be Restricted: Blair

...the future unless individuals showed initiative in tackling problems of obesity, smoking and alcohol abuse, and urged Britons to take more responsibility for their health. It is worth pausing for a moment to consider the consequences that inaction will bring. The economic burden of chronic disease could be ...

England in the Grip of Dangerous Alcohol Addiction

... the nanny state have intimidated governments from tackling head-on the manufacturers of cheap alcohol in the same way that they would if this was any other kind of drug." It has been estimated that the average loss of life due to drinking across England was 10 months for men and five for women. A Departm...

Bitter Pill: Thrills That Kill

...l violence, poverty and diseases. One method of tackling drug abuse would be to evolve 'harm – reducing' strategies that strive to bring down the negative impact of drug abuse on society. The methods would revolve around sound education to avoid overdose, encourage programs that allow needle exchange to co...

Crackdown On Fraud By CFS Helps Scottish Health Service Save ￡7.4

...ns aimed at deterring abuse have all helped CFS in tackling this problem. CFS has been able to save about ￡18m in the six years since its inception, and praising the efforts of CFS Deputy Health Minister Lewis Macdonald said: "This is money that has gone into frontline patient care rather than being lost to ...

Alarming Increase in Obesity In China

...framework and policy on health as possible ways of tackling the problem. Tony Barnett, Head of the Diabetes and Obesity group at Birmingham University said "I think we are seeing this in virtually every country in the world. Interestingly, it is not just the developed world, but increasingly it's the develo...

Complete Vaccination Of Poultry Flock Essential to Check The Spread Of Avian Flu

...l Affairs, suggests that the most effective way of tackling silent spread of the disease would be to place unvaccinated 'sentinel' birds in poultry flocks. By monitoring birds carefully, silent spread could be reduced (though not completely eliminated) because sentinels allow for the rapid detection of bird f...

Scientists Claim Encouraging Progress On Hereditary Diseases

...y promising innovative strategy presented involves tackling the problem at its very source. DNA in the gene causing Huntington's disease expands too much. This abnormal DNA is copied faithfully into RNA. The RNA then makes a protein, which is also abnormal. This abnormal protein wreaks havoc and eventually is...

World wide Increase in Childhood Allergies

...r. The benefits of a combination of medicines in tackling asthma was also shown in a separate study. According to Dr Klaus Rabe of Leiden University in the Netherlands who conducted a 12-month study involving more than 3,000 people, showed that giving asthma patients a top-up dose of AstraZeneca's two-i...

Remarkable Progress In Development Of Vaccines

...flu vaccine, and considerable changes intended for tackling the continued spread of whooping cough and influenza. Cooper said, The vaccines are so remarkably safe and so remarkably effective that I, as a parent and a grandparent and a paediatrician, strongly urge parents to get all of them, and get them on ...

Despite The Governments Vow Drug Death Rates On The Rise In UK

...hey also claimed that the Government has failed in tackling the drugs problem and have accused the ministers of concentrating on the wrong policy-making issues. The Critics of the government have issued a warning that the policy to reclassify cannabis from Class B to C in January 2004, which means the simpl...

Residents Of Former Industrial Towns In UK Most likely To Become Obese

...vernment and also the part of a wider strategy for tackling obesity in the population as a whole. Emily Sparks, health consultant at Experian, said, 'Our joint research identifies areas most at risk of obesity related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. Through better health mapping, we can now p...

Scots expected to be around longer

...oss Scotland and improving everyone's health while tackling these inequalities is the main aim of our health improvement policies." Glasgow Conservative MSP Bill Aitkin not happy with the lackadaisical attitude of the executive said "There is a real general health crisis in Glasgow and it is the consequenc...

The Fruit Fly to Aid in Cancer Research

...science, and Dr Baum and his team are charged with tackling one of the greatest scientific challenges of all." Source-Eurekalert NL...

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