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Gender Equality, the Key Factor to Curb Foeticide: Dr. Ramadoss

...e Act, units using Ultrasound equipment should get themselves registered with the local Appropriate Authorities, failing which they may be sealed and seized. The Minister added that Government of India is taking keen interest to improve the primary health care services in the country. The recently launched Na...

Strategies for the Summer

... older people, outdoor workers physically exerting themselves in the heat, and those who are unable to leave their homes. Heat stroke can catch you quite unawares. Familiar symptoms are Hot, red, dry skin, Rapid pulse, Rapid, shallow breathing , Headache, Confusion, untypical behavior , Possible loss of ...

Sun Protection Ignored Despite Warnings

...important that everyone is aware of how to protect themselves from the harmful rays of the sun," said Professor Richard Marais from The Institute of Cancer Research. "Most cases of skin cancer can be avoided, and if caught early enough the disease can be treated. That is why everyone should know the signs and...

Paris Set for Pedal Power Revolution

...nsiderate. To allow for intensive use, the bikes themselves are sturdy machines, weighing 22 kilograms (50 pounds) with three gears and a large front basket with a lock for stop-offs away from docking stations. Velib, a contraction of the French words "velo" (bike) and "liberte" (freedom), is modelled on a ...

Cosmetic Eye Enhancer may Lead to Disfigurement

...rocedures and instruction from representatives who themselves have been recently trained in the procedures, says Goodman. Goodman also cautions patients against trying the newest products on the market. New procedures are not necessarily the best procedures; sometimes waiting for a procedure to improve and ma...

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...s when patients or relatives complain or hospitals themselves report problems -- show that investigators cited 11 hospitals for a range of problems. Those cases include: A blind, disabled patient who went to Lawrence General Hospital in April because he was suicidal. Hospital policy then required psychiatric ...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

...titis C, vulnerable to Hepatitis B, should protect themselves with the Hepatitis B vaccine. This disease also spells double trouble. HIV, which has similar transmission modes, makes many HIV victims prone to Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection. There are currently millions of people worldwide who are infec...

Diaphragms offer no extra protection Against HIV

... (without the consent of male partners) to protect themselves against HIV. The study was conducted in Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa, and in Harare, Zimbabwe. It enrolled nearly 5,000 women ages 18-49 and followed them an average of 18 months. Half of the women were given diaphragms and a gel lubricant,...

Additives in Baby Products Raise Fresh Concerns in New Zealand

... safety regime officials. Ultimately the consumers themselves have to take precautions like reading the labels to protect themselves. Some parents had complained that they babies had diarrhea when they used the formula. But NZFSA officials were unable to enforce a recall because under New Zealand law they ...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...with their sagging faces. The idea of men letting themselves go with age is no longer accurate. Weve seen a dra...people are very, very desperate and their image of themselves is totally distorted. He said society was now fixated on looks, adding: The people who have lots o...

Subsidize Solar Water Heaters for Homes, Expert Tells Australian Government

...ections near, the leading parties seek to position themselves as great champions of environment. But observers remain skeptical. Like Tim Flannery, the Australian of the Year Professor who has called upon both the ruling conservatives and the opposition to come out with specific proposals instead of resortin...

World's Biggest Condom to Take Off to Spread Safer Sex Campaign

... the 1980s. Last year 69,000 Dutch nationals had themselves tested for sexually transmittable disease, 10 percent more than in 2005. Among homosexual men, 22 percent tested positive for one or more such disease, while the figure was 12 percent for heterosexual men....

Millions of Births Still Go Unreported in India

...form of a birth certificate could very likely find themselves without protection offered by these laws," she said. Plan India is engaged with the office of the registrar general, India and the registrars' offices in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, to stre...

Male Casting Couch in Bollywood?

...chose to speak out. Why blame us when the models themselves make offers and we put it forward to the concerned clients? asked Hanif Mohd, a model coordinator based in the suburbs, who has around 2,500 male actors and models enrolled with him. He claims that at least 1,500 of them are bisexuals. According to...

Police Raids Hospitals and Labs in Orissa

...sing homes which have come up and they haven't got themselves registered, and even the ultrasound clinics. How come it happened in such a district headquarter, because you have a district hospital over there, you have the CDMO there, you have the entire district administration over there. But how these things h...

Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice

...heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again. Periostin is a component of the material that surrounds cells and is derived from the skin around bone. Though the mature heart only has tiny amounts, it is abundant during foetal heart development, and increased amounts are also made after ...

Help is Hard to Find for Child Sex Abuse Victims in India

... But, like Gupta, Haldar warned that many billing themselves as counsellors do not have the skills to help those traumatised by abuse. "It needs to standardised, certified, accredited," said Haldar. "Otherwise you can be creating more harm than help." The young woman said that even though at times family a...

India Requires Over $200 Bn to Provide Quality Healthcare

...le for the rural people, especially poor, to avail themselves of quality healthcare services. The chamber has suggested attracting private investment in the sector, including foreign direct investment following the PPP route and expanding medical education and training, thereby promoting India as a global hub...

Four Percent of American Youths are Requested to Post Sexual Snaps on Web

...ve been asked to send a sexually explicit photo of themselves over the Internet. Researchers at the Universit...rnet got a request to send out a sexual picture of themselves during the course of the year. This study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, poses a ...

Brit Women Opts for Fake Tan Than Exercise to Mask Their Worst Features

...r bodies, would rather opt for a fake tan to mask themselves up, than do some exercise. Three-quarters dont l...while one in five admit they feel far better about themselves if they look bronzed, a survey by Cosmetics giant Nivea has revealed. About six in 10 women felt t...

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