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Experts Congregate for UN Climate Summit in Bangkok

...ontroversial recommendation for countries to shift towards nuclear energy that emits no carbon dioxide but raises other concerns, to be finalised and released Friday. The five-day meeting will be held in closed-door sessions at the UN Economic and Social Commission for the Asia-Pacific building in Bangkok....

Smokers to Be Taxed to Fund Healthcare for Uninsured

...igarettes and channelizing the additional earnings towards healthcare. // As per a deal agreed upon on Sunday, the state's cigarette tax would be hiked by 44 cents per pack and the expected additional flow to the treasury, of the order of 200 million dollars a year would help fund several health programs. ...

Norwegian Glacier Shrinks and Marine Life Poisoned as the Globe Warms

...r and shows that huge volumes of water flowed down towards the valley last year. Many residents say bone-chilling temperatures, blizzards and storms always vary drastically from year to year around the world's most northerly village, with or without global warming. Still, U.N. climate experts says the Ar...

Stillbirth Figures Stand Still

...g cause. The non-medical reasons certainly point towards poor nutrition of women especially those from underprivileged nations. Such women carry a double risk of having stillborns. The report stresses the need for better strategies to evaluate risk categories and implement necessary changes that can impact...

Health Insurance Company Expands Product Range

...ny insurance amounts over and above those incurred towards hospitalization are paid directly to the policyholder. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company is a joint venture between ICICI Bank and Prudential plc. It was one of the first players to commence operations when the insurance industry was opened t...

Cognitive Problems Occur More Rapidly in Female Alcoholics Than in Males

...eling and in public-service announcements targeted towards women." Source-Eurekaert SRM...

India -Penny Wise and Pound Foolish on Health Matters

...ham and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) on 'Working towards Wellness: An Indian Perspective' has shown the vulnerability of the Indian population to cardiovascular disease. It is expected that 30% of the population between the age group of 35-64 in India will be battling cardiovascular disease as against only...

India may See Outbreak of Cardiovascular Illnesses

...CHAM) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on 'Working towards Wellness: An Indian Perspective' shows that the mo...ia as its paid, after 2000 onwards, less attention towards health as its priorities were different, it says. India today bears the burden of both communicabl...

Magic of Motherhood Through Egg Donation

...nor has no parental rights or responsibilities towards the offsprings generated from her donated eggs. Pe...'egg sale' policies. In the USA women may donate towards both reproduction and research, as the government supports research using human eggs. However, the ...

Drinking Age Must Be Raised to Curb Binge Drinking-Voices Warn

...drinking age would "simply further drive the trend towards unmediated access to alcohol". As for the government, it states that since the “majority of people drink sensibly and responsibly", there will be no such moves to raise the age limit for drinking. "Instead, we are using a combination of effective...

Richard Gere Urges Truck Drivers to Have Safe Sex

... up alcohol and opium, and become more responsible towards their families. "They now have the awareness, what they need is to control themselves," said Deol. Source-IANS...

Health Insurance For Almost Everyone In Massachusetts

...at people will be expected to pay a certain amount towards their premiums, based upon their yearly income. The proposal sets a sliding scale of affordability standards in which, for example, a single person earning $40,001 a year would be expected to pay no more than 9 percent of income, or about $300 a mo...

When 'prevalence' Makes for Disparity in AIDS Care

...DS infected. But there is a difference in attitude towards AIDS control from state to state. The budgetary allocation also differs, affecting awareness campaigns in north Indian states, with declarations and testing low. Health activists say that this is like "sitting on top of a volcano and waiting for it...

Britain’s Mental Health Scene Encouragin

...e prevented. “We are seeing encouraging progress towards the target to reduce suicide by 20 per cent by 2010, but it is important that we maintain the momentum."Two important areas are the management of risk in patients discharged from hospital, and in patients who are non-compliant with their treatment”, ...

Ray of Hope for Women on Motherhood Day

...mmitted individuals. To attract national attention towards the issue of safe motherhood, WRA appealed for the declaration of April 11 as National Safe Motherhood Day in 2001, which finally came into being in 2003. WRA has also been focusing on the issue of training auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM) and lady h...

Intercell to Begin Phase II JE Vaccine Trials in India

...he age of one to three years. It is the first step towards the licensure of a new cell culture derived product in Asia, which is expected for late 2008/early 2009. Mr Gerd Zettlmeissl, Chief Executive Officer of Intercell, said, “We have clearly defined a straight forward development process for our Japane...

Chances of Tackling Racism in Mental Health Care is Still Remote

...y that//, although services are pioneers in moving towards equity, they have some way to go before they meet the challenges of a multi-cultural society. The "Count me in" census, published last week by the Healthcare Commission, makes grim reading for people of African and Caribbean origin living in Englan...

Womb Transplant Pregnancy Success

Scientists have taken one more step towards a successful womb transplant. // Four sheep have become pregnant after having their wombs removed and then reconnected, Swedish scientists say. Professor Mats Brannstrom and colleagues carried out an autologous transplant in the sheep - where th...

Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...ress'. // ...ISAAC ASIMOV The desire to strive towards betterment is an inborn human trait that has transformed man from a long-tailed, tree-swinging primate to a techno-savvy, go-getter. Although desire has been considered the root cause of all things evil, it has provided man with the impetus to improv...

Cure for Cancer One Step Closer

...he Queensland Government contributed $1.42 million towards the construction of the Tissue Bank through the Smart State Research Facility Fund. The investment has built and equipped, as part of the Institute's infrastructure, a dedicated laboratory with highprecision equipment for preparation and study of t...

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