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Teachers in Lucknow Protest Against New Book on Sex Education

.... 'They have not taken any action. They are not taking action against the booksellers. The books are available in the market and the children are buying them. If July goes by, then the children will purchase all the books, they will not be able to return the books. We will continue with our agitation,' s...

Pregnant Women's Contest to Curb Infant Mortality

... women leaders there. "We check whether they are taking iron tablets or not, getting all the injections re...have told them how they can save their children by taking small steps. We have told them that if they go to a hospital for childbirth, they will get money fro...

Diarrhoea Claims Three Lives in Flood-hit Orissa

...entres in the district while health officials were taking care of others in their respective villages, additional district medical officer R.N. Pati said. Those who died of the disease were identified as Samaya Hansda, 6, Bhabani Jena, 42, and Gourahari Patra. The rains caused by a depression over the B...

UK Reports Psychiatric Reactions to Weight-loss Drug Rimonabant

...(EMEA) warned patients on anti-depressants against taking weight loss drug rimonabant, the Department of He...ts in the US and Europe, around a quarter of those taking rimonabant lost more than 10 per cent of their initial body weight after a year. About half lost mor...

Himachal Pradesh Under the Grip of Suspected Typhus Fever Outbreak

...urther investigations are needed for it and we are taking actions for further investigation," said Naresh Mehta, senior epidemiologist, Tanda Medical College. The symptoms of scrub virus include fever, headache, muscle pain, cough and gastrointestinal problems. Doctors said it was for the first time that ...

Binge Drinking on College Campuses is a Matter of Fear, Not Freedom

... students. Introduce people. "It all boils down to taking the attention off of yourself and getting involved in the lives of others," Carducci said. » Parents, think "inoculation." Parents shouldn't be afraid of talking to their children about limited alcohol consumption and about the anxiety and fea...

Interactions Between Food and Drugs Could Lower Drug Costs

...l Oncology. Researchers from Dartmouth showed that taking the breast cancer drug lapatinib (TYKERB) with foo... tablets on an empty stomach. The study found that taking the drug with a meal increased the bioavailability of the drug by 167 percent. Taking the drug with ...

Christina Aguilera's Silence Fuels Pregnancy Rumours

...ily people. Jordan is from a big Jewish family, so taking care of each other is a big deal.'...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

... a stint with Alli might go: The dieter starts out taking the drug, but doesn't change her diet. Gradually, ... eats. Eventually, she achieves her goal and stops taking the drug. But she's in for a surprise since she never changed her diet, her body will now absorb th...

Paris Hilton Gorging Roast Beef, Spaghetti and Meatballs in the Slammer!

...a solitary confinement till she gets well. "Were taking it day by day," New York Post quoted the jail spokesman, as saying. Meanwhile, the socialite has been permitted to move out of her cell for up to one hour a day, depending on her medical condition. Hilton is serving her 45-day jail sentence for p...

Europe's Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse

...rs of abuse . "The devil take you... Why are you taking our bears, our kids?" a tearful Velichka Staneva, 58, cried outside her house in the northeastern village of Getsovo. Her son, Veselin, led out his 19-year-old male bear Misho and 17-year-old female Svetla by their chains. At the sight of the crowd...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...were very few advocacy groups and very few clinics taking responsibility of putting children on treatment. Only now are people beginning to analyse the children," he said. But, as Dube pointed out, only 27,000 of the 123,000 HIV-infected children who are considered sick enough to require ARVs actually rec...

UK Hospitals Failing Hygiene Standards

...d honest way that they need to do more, trusts are taking the important steps towards delivering excellence for patients." But Graham Tanner, chairman of the National Concern for Healthcare Infections, said: "In any other walk of like this flagrant breach of safety would result in chief executives being bro...

Diana Could Have Been Saved Had She Been Rushed to Hospital

...ster initial first aid at the roadside, instead of taking her straight to the hospital for surgery. And, the view is shared by a number of other experts in the surgical field. "Given that she was still alive after nearly two hours, had they got her there in an hour they could have saved her," said Dr John ...

Animal Research Uncovers Another Mechanism of Cholesterol Lowering Drug

...n is involved in making cholesterol, as well as in taking up cholesterol and packaging it for the bodys use. We know that this protein that the drug targets is expressed not only in the intestine, but is abundant in the human liver, said Ryan E. Temel, Ph.D., lead author. The scientists made the discovery...

The Custom of Circumcision Decline in the US

...ose studies, the American Academy of Pediatrics is taking another look at its policy....

Diabetic Womens Death Rate Shows No Decline

...betes, it may be we're not aggressive enough about taking care of you." The researchers looked at about 27,000 people. They found that among diabetic men, the death rate from all causes dipped from 42.6 to 24.4 deaths per 1,000 persons between the two time periods. Among men, "their mortality rates have ...

Exercise Reduces Fracture in Men

...ncreased activity. The researchers conclude that taking exercise reduces the risk of an osteoporotic fracture in men. Participating in sports seems to be particularly effective; they calculate that one-third of fractures could be prevented if men could be persuaded to take part in sports regularly....

Kerala Opposition's Unique Protest Over Fever Deaths

...d. Chandy also criticised the government for not taking any action to appoint medical professionals in the health department. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan reiterated that there was no emergency situation in the state and the spread of the mosquito-borne fever has come down dramatically and that thing...

Bone Health Protection by Dietary Calcium

...have this limitation. If the study participants taking calcium carbonate weren't conscientious about the timing of their supplements, they might not have received the highest benefit from them. "Only about 35 percent of the calcium in most supplements ends up being absorbed by the body," Armamento-Vill...

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