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Private Hospital in Rajasthan Booked for Foeticide

...e of the doctors. A sting operation by a private television channel last month had exposed the practice of female foeticide in many north Indian states including Rajasthan. The illegal practice further worsens the gender ratio in the state, which according to the 2001 census has only 922 females per 1,000 m...

Death of girl Suspected to be due to Bird flu Outbreak

...ted the two patients in a ward with closed-circuit television cameras, to monitor for bird-flu related symptoms around the clock. Dr Thawat said, ''Because they are having a human influenza, further tests are need to confirm what type of the human flu virus they have and whether they also have bird flu.'' Dr...

UP government decides to suspend doctor named in sting operation

...om the state who figured in a sting operation by a television channel for allegedly agreeing to amputate the limbs of beggars. // Director General (Medical and Health) B Nath said here that Dr Aggarwal is an emergency medical officer and a knee transplant expert at Noida district hospital and is also authoris...

Maimed Conscience and Maimed Beggars (Medical Ethics in India) – Part

...onception… The sting operation conducted by the television network exposes the beggar mafia nexus being helpe... are short on ethics and long on commerce. Another television channel (Sahara) not too long ago exposed the nexus of the commerce in the kidney donations and tran...

Kerala Medical College Demanding NRI Quota Admission Fees

...arrassment to the V.S. Achuthanandan government, a television channel Friday alleged that a state medical college, which has the chief minister as head of its governing body, has demanded Rs.2.5 million each against admission to seats in the Non-resident Indian quota in violation of the rules.// Asianet Televi...

New Anti-Smoking Campaign Warns Against Oral Cancer

... graphic warnings on cigarette packets and the new television ad. ...

Junk Food Promotional Ads To Be Restricted: Blair

...t the advertisements to 30 seconds per hour on the television channels for children. The TV channels have, however, expressed concerns about a potentially huge reduction in revenue in the field of advertising. Government statistics showed that in England each year, approximately 9 million people ignore gove...

New Preventive Strategy to Fight Childhood Obesity

...ty and spending more and more time in front of the television and their computers,’ Sharma says. ‘A very high percentage of people do not eat five or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables. We're consuming sugary, carbonated drinks and not getting enough water. It's not rocket science, all of these habits...

China Launches Probe Into Breast Enhancement Drug

...hat comes in the form of a drink, was accused in a television documentary of causing gynaecological problems and...SD 12) per box. It has been advertised on 17 local television stations, while on the Internet it is available for as little as 28 yuan (USD 3.5). The company says...

Little Makoda-Poster Girl For Leukemia Awareness Campaign Losses Her Battle Of Life

...aper in Vancouver, had broadcasted her face across television screens in China with hopes of finding her relatives. It was reported that people from across Canada, China, and Taiwan had come forward in large numbers to get their blood tested. Dr. Kirk Schultz, the acting head of oncology at B.C. Children's Hosp...

Celebrity Chef Promotes Family Meals

...r more than once a week, with these often watching television at the same time. In fact it was found that the dining table had been dropped from the official basket of goods, which was said to reflect the country's buying habits. Dr Fiona Adshead, the deputy chief medical officer for England, told public heal...

India's Northeast Students to Get Satellite-based Education Soon

...nd heard in the classrooms on large screens or big television sets with cameras and audio equipment available at both ends for communication," said Krishna Dhan Nath, director of the State Council for Educational Research and Training. "The teachers will be able to hear the students who will be visible to all...

Confusing advice on child obesity

...y also implied that couch potatoes in front of the television or computer need not be put off with the obesity implications of such inactive endeavors, because they do not cause the extent of harm as perceived. The underlying message of this study might give a wrong message to the readers and is certainly far...

Bird Flu In Zambia-Panic Among Locals

... people are now avoiding eating chickens". State television footage of dead crows, on Thursday, seriously affected sales, according to the chicken traders at the sprawling Soweto market in Lusaka. Epidemiologist, Christian Chisembele, of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the preliminary investigations ...

Junk Food Advertisements To Be Restricted In All Forms of Media

...rtising junk food are likely to extend well beyond television //to websites, computer games, cinemas, packaging,...ome well-known food brands have been advertised on television for over 40 years. There is no such thing as bad food, only a bad diet. Obesity is about a calories ...

Teacher Imprisoned for Faking Cancer

... her vacation at St. Martin, jewelry, a big-screen television and cell phones....

Australian beauty with roots in India open to acting in Bollywood

...be only "for a short while." Her long term goal is television journalism. "My community has been getting a bad rap from the media in recent times, and I want to do my bit to present the real picture," she said in an interview to a local daily here. She says she will promote a diverse and multicultural look ...

What to do with the Dead if a Flu Outbreak Happens?

... 'Virtual funerals' broadcast over closed-circuit television or the Internet would be advised, said Nesler, who ran the Fort Monroe conference. 'The very worst thing you can do during an epidemic is have large gatherings of people' such as memorial services, he said. Of course smaller problems like fuel shor...

Why Fans Drink While Watching Football

...ours guzzling beer while watching the World Cup on television may be trying to compensate for not being man enough to play the game, says a new study. // Psychology researchers at the University of Sussex claim that men who are not confident of their sporting abilities are likely to turn to alcohol to try and...

Too Much PC Gaming Makes Children Lonely and Sick

... computer games, not drugs//. Computer games and television can lead to an addiction, with very negative consequences. 'School performance drops, the children stop putting effort into contact with other people, and aren't interested in anything,' says Peter Grosch, general manager at the evangelical additio...

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