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Public Libraries Turning into Shelters for the Homeless in the US

...onsequence of being on the street? Any tendency towards a psychological problem is aggravated and magnified by the constant stress, social isolation, loss of self-esteem, despair, and relentless boredom of street life. Imagine the degradation of waiting an hour in the cold rain to get into a soup kitche...

LondonMet Keen on Widening Research Collaborations With India

... is an IT giant, there is still a great reluctance towards online education in this country, London Metropolitan University educationists Robert Aylett and Mark Bickerton. "In India, the emphasis is still on the teacher as the instructor, face-to-face, even in higher education and the classroom continues ...

Fashion Fraternity Turns Socially Conscious

..." said Sethi. Ritu Kumar has turned her attention towards ecology. Her latest collection "Urban Roots" has made use of natural fabrics and vegetable colors. "Kishan Garh used to be a forest rich area and now there are almost no forests left. This moved me tremendously. We have to maintain the ecological ba...

Concurrent Health Problems Take Heavy Toll on Seniors

...classification, of comorbidity is their first step towards this goal.The nosology begins with physiologic systems (e.g., cardiovascular, endocrine) and assesses each system in several domains (e.g., coronary blood flow, systemic blood pressure, and cardiac function in the cardiovascular system). Functioning ...

Sedentary Lives Equal Shorter ‘sweeter’ Livs

... more than making you look like one. It steers you towards a life of diabetes, and more so if you are a woman//, say researchers. The report published in the journal Diabetes Care, was based on research carried out by lead author Dr. David W. Dunstan and team from the International Diabetes Institute, Mel...

Hospital Projects to Take the Weight Off Overcrowded Ones

...meet yesterday to solicit donations. This would be towards the construction of the first centre, in Songkhla's Hat Yai district. The centre, which will need an investment of around seven million baht, will be responsible for providing medical care to residents of three tambons in the district, under the su...

Growing Older Has Its Own Positive Effects Too

...he US, older people have a more positive// outlook towards life than young people. These findings are reported in the journal Psychological Science. More than one hundred and fifty participants took part in this study. They were asked to view different images reflecting positive, neutral and negative aspec...

World Bank Head Praises DDT Use Against Malaria

...stop the continued use of DDT and commit resources towards integrated approaches and enhanced community participation in malaria control. Malaria affects approximately 400 million people every year and is the cause of between one and three million deaths annually, mostly among young children in sub-Sahara...

TB Cases on the Rise

... Infections feels more efforts need to be directed towards those seriously affected with the disease. "Worldwide, TB is the leading cause of death in terms of curable infectious diseases, but fortunately it remains very low in most parts of the UK”, he said. “ We need to emphasize to everyone that TB is ...

Saudi Arabia to Set Up Hospital in Jamia University Campus

....2.25 crore (Rs.22.5 million) financial assistance towards the construction of a building for the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Health Center. The fund will be handed over to JMI in four phases, according to the progress of the work," university chief information officer Rakshanda Jaleel told IANS. The Saud...

The Science of Happiness

... delves into the biology of well being is toddling towards a complete explanation, and the striving researche...eveloping a positive attitude,consciously striving towards a better self and living in the present are the milestones on the ‘silky route’ to inner joy. It...

Mom's Food to Replace Junk Food in Schools

...nk food rampant in the school canteens contributed towards this cause. Some 5,000 children between the ages of 8 and 14 years were screened in this process. 'We found that 55 percent children from private schools and 45 percent from government schools were in the category of obese individuals. We also foun...

Hydrolysed Casein Formula may Slash Eczema in Infants

...ye on companies' marketing tactics lest they drift towards promoting their products as preferable to breast-feeding. While it is agreed that breastfeeding is the best way to ensure an infant receives the nutrients it needs in its first months, formulas are indispensable in cases where mothers are unable t...

Kerala Seeks Expatriates' Help for Its Hospitals

... from the large number of Keralites settled abroad towards donating equipment for government hospitals, especially those at the village and block level," Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi told reporters here. Government medical colleges and district hospitals in Kerala often witness big crowds because of lack...

World Kidney Day – Caring for the Kidney

...ors would definitely take us several steps forward towards a disease-free status, at a global level. RA...

MRSA Threats Due to Overcrowding

...control the risk of infection and are also working towards optimum use of beds in these hospitals. JYT...

UNESCO Launches HIV/AIDS Education Kit in Nepal to Combat Epidemic

...30-39 year olds. To build upon its other efforts towards HIV prevention, the UNESCO office in Kathmandu has adapted an advocacy toolkit that was first developed in 2002 in Thailand, to the Nepali context. The toolkits, which will be supplied to the Ministry of Education, was pre-tested in a two day worksho...

Alberta's Mental Health Act Welcomed

...legislation to abandon their social responsibility towards mentally ill patients. He also added that the legislation has not considered the families of such patients. Fay Herrick, spokeswoman for the Calgary branch of the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, welcomed the proposed legislation and said that it ...

AMSA Hosts International Health Conference

... medical education and to significantly contribute towards the advancement of international health and aid work.” Speakers will include the Federal Minister for Health, the Hon. Tony Abbott, and AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal. The hosting of the IFMSA General Assembly is the culmination of AMSA’s in...

Time to Overhaul Australia's Medicines Safety Surveillance System

.... Improved pharmacovigilance is one important step towards this goal.” Source-AMA SRM...

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