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World Bank Loans Kenya 80 Million Dollars to Boost War on AIDS

...n dollars (25 million euros) in additional funding towards the country's war against the scourge, the statement added. The NACC said Tuesday the rate of HIV/AIDS infections in the country of nearly 35 million fell from 6.1 percent in 2004 to 5.9 percent in 2005. A shift in sexual habits and the more wide...

Sexual Fantasies Play an Important Role in Boosting Desire

... variables such as erotophilia (positive attitude towards sexuality), sexual fantasies and anxiety are relat...erotophilia in men. Men respond more positively towards sexual stimuli and thoughts, and they accept them more easily. The male population has an attitude t...

War Spreading AIDS a Myth-UNHCR

...which ultimately will increase their vulnerability towards HIV,' he added. The authors suggest that previous poor survey methods and biased interpretation of data might have led to the high rates of HIV infection previously reported during conflict. They point out that because data collection during confli...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

...poration of India Limited (ECIL), which is working towards providing low cost digital radiography equipment and electronic medical records systems with tele-radiology facility. Noting that the country has less than 6,000 radiologists, he said the introduction of tele-radiology would not only enable efficie...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...the attitude of doctors and the attitude of public towards doctors. Availability of opportunities for training and progress based on merit also becomes important. Developing Indias own models will give Indian doctors a collective sense of pride and achievement. For example the white revolution, the green...

Lets Care For Our Physicians A Salute to Them on Doctors Day!

...ood wishes to their doctors and show their support towards this noble profession....

Europe Mulls Turning Its Excess Wine into Bioethanol

...o seven percent of this, or 90 million euros, goes towards 'crisis distillation', where as much as 45 million litres of EU wine, often of undrinkably poor quality, is bought and distilled into ethanol for use as fuel. Crisis distillation has occurred in four of the past six years. Next Wednesday - the s...

No Clear Link Between Conflict, Rape and HIV: UN Study

...t mean the agency was taking a complacent attitude towards the problem. "This does not mean that conflict in all countries would mean lower HIV infection than non-conflict countries... Nor should the findings be interpreted to mean we shouldn't worry about HIV or rape in conflict," he told journalists. M...

Sanofi Withdraws Anti-obesity Drug in US

... in the United States. "Sanofi-Aventis will work towards submitting the rimonabant file to the FDA at a future date," the company said, adding that it will "undertake the necessary discussions with the FDA to determine the required modifications to its file." The FDA's expert panel concluded that suicida...

Allergic Individuals Should Keep Away from Cats, Say UK Scientists

... a cat, are at a high risk of developing allergies towards cats as they get older. Cat allergen is present on very small particles that readily become airborne when disturbed and are easily inhaled. When a person experiences an allergic response, a chemical called human immunoglobulin, or IgE, produced ...

IVF Tourism Marred by Ethical Differences in EU

...n centers because of the lower financial costs and towards Spain for oocyte donation', where they have more donors because women can be paid for donating their eggs. But he said that this movement was not problematic as it allows a degree of individual freedom for individuals: 'There is no unified European c...

New York Bans Trans Fats in Restaurants

...y of New York's 20,000 restaurants, the transition towards healthier cooking oils seems to have gone smoothly, although some have displayed a degree of reluctance. At the heart of the fashionable Soho district, "Jerry's" diner abandoned trans fats a long time ago, said chef David Rotter. "The owner is re...

India AIDS Cases Due to Drop, Spending Up

...nted before, he said, skewing nationwide estimates towards southern states with higher rates of infection. And a wide-ranging population health survey tested 100,000 adults randomly between December 2005 and August 2006. International health organisations have for years worried about the possibility of a...

Prof Samir K Brahmachari, Dr MRS Rao Jointly Win Bio-medical Research Award

...d is credited to have initiated genomic approaches towards understanding various biological processes in both normal and diseased conditions. The biennial Ambedkar Centenary Award was instituted in 1991-92 by the ICMR as part of the birth centenary celebrations of Dr B R Ambedkar....

Fleetwood Macs Buckinghams Ex Reveals All About His Cocaine Past

...gham looked like a character from a B movie moving towards the opposite side of the stage. Looking like a character from a B-movie who'd been shot . . . his superhuman effort was leading him to the opposite side of the stage, the New York post quoted Harris, as stating. Harris caught up with the guitaris...

Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?

...s a therapeutic option is seen as a slippery slope towards its wider use, she says, although some reject this argument. Another reason is the fear that active killing may have a negative impact on the psychology of professional staff, and that parents may feel pressured to accept the option of euthanasia s...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

...active ACE inhibitors were associated with a trend towards an increased risk of dementia. However, the results were not statistically significant, which means that they could have occurred by chance. Dementia was diagnosed by a panel of physicians after reviewing results of magnetic resonance imaging and oth...

Ranbaxy Labs Extends Roots in South Africa

...ntive manufacturing capabilities - is another step towards achieving this goal. " Ranbaxy established a presence in South Africa in 1996 and has been rewarded with excellent growth in the past decade. The acquisition of Be-Tabs is expected to boost earnings by more than double. Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals (P...

Female Infanticide and Feticide Continue to Increase

...n launched highlights discrimination and will work towards improving gender equality worldwide. Designed to run until 2015, the campaign will also follow the lives of 125 girls born in 2006 until their ninth birthday. Graa Machel, the children's rights campaigner from Mozambique, said: "The study shows t...

Female Reproductive Function Influenced by Childhood Environment

...onstraints are relaxed and more energy is diverted towards reproduction." The results of this study are relevant not only to Bangladeshi groups, but to other migrant groups and populations in transition worldwide. These findings add to accumulating evidence that humans have an evolved capacity to respond ...

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