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Centre Concerned over Spurt in Polio Cases

...inistry was very much concerned over the number of unprotected children even after the Prime Minister has written to the Chief Ministers to take effective measures. Of the 21 cases reported from UP, Moradabad district alone accounted for 11 followed by two each in Badaun, Bareilly and Farukkabad and one each i...

New Revolutionary Drug Could Stop the Spread of HIV

...f all HIV infections have been transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse with someone who is already infected with the disease. Panacos Pharmaceuticals in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which is developing PA-457, hopes now to begin trials this month to test how well the drug works in patients whose existing...

Role of Vitamin D in Preventing Cancer

... D production by more than 90 %. On the other hand unprotected sun exposure helps the body to make vitamin D, but it also increases the risk of skin cancer. Multivitamins generally provide 400 IU of vitamin D. it is better to take supplements that contains D-3 instead of D-2, which is less potent as increased co...

British pediatricians urge parents to administer MMR to children

...tuation. Years of low uptake mean large numbers of unprotected children are now entering school. Unless this is rectified urgently, and children are immunized, there will be further outbreaks and we will see more unnecessary deaths. It is not too late to avert this predictable tragedy. It is time that due weight...

Urgent Steps Should Be Taken To Clear MMR Vaccine-Autism Link

...ntly. "Years of low uptake mean large numbers of unprotected children are now entering school. Unless this is rectified urgently, and children are immunized, there will be further outbreaks and we will see more unnecessary deaths", the letter continues. "It is not too late to avert this predictable tragedy. I...

Ireland’s Gay Men Have a Forum for Their Grievance

... It also shows that about 50% of gay men have had unprotected intercourse of which 7.6% were forced to engage in sexual activity against their will. It was also shocking to find that men in the age group of 20 to 40 were tested positive for HIV. The result of the study was disclosed at the 4th Annual All Irela...

Community Awareness Is Imperative For Eradication Of Rabies

...mated to be 25 million and most of the canines are unprotected against the disease. Rabies cases are seen throughout the year, almost two thirds of the victims are males and about 40 per cent are children under 14 years, he said. "It is sad to note that 99 per cent of all human rabies deaths occur in the devel...

Stress and Pollution are Major Cause of Infertility Among Urban Couples

...considered infertile if after one year of adequate unprotected intercourse the woman fails to conceive, the problem in our society becomes more social. "So counselling is very important along with medical expertise to treat them. The aim of LEAF Foundation would be patient education and creating support groups...

Boom In Sexually Transmitted Infections In Senior Scottish Citizens

...er group may not be aware of the dangers of having unprotected sex. Cases of Chlamydia in Scotland have increased from 43 in 2000 to 91 in 2005, while herpes infections have trebled from 32 to 107....

3-Years In Prison for a Gay Man Who Infected his Partner With HIV

...nfronted. So the gay couple continued to engage in unprotected sex. The partner realized the deceit only after he tested HIV positive, and consumed with rage, informed the police....

Fear of Condom but Love of Risk

...//. The fear of using condoms led him to engage in unprotected sex willfully, with several male partners and thus became a transmitter of the disease. The man in question has been slapped with 30 or more charges, which also includes a grave intention of inflicting a very serious disease on other unwitting par...

Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners

...partner, study participants had similar numbers of unprotected sex acts, despite the fact that they were more lik...ith a casual partner and underestimate the risk of unprotected sex with a serious partner," says lead author Celia Lescano, PhD, with the Bradley Hasbro Children's...

US Approves the Sale of Morning after Pill Without Prescription

...pills, interrupts pregnancy if used within days of unprotected sex. With the decision, health authorities overcame years of emotionally laden political debate that pitted women's rights and advocacy groups against religious conservatives who believe use of the pill is equivalent to abortion. (Source: IANS)...

Hormone In Semen May Cause Cancer

... the study was interesting. "The likelihood of any unprotected sex affecting the successful outcome of their treatment is considered slight. The most important thing that women can do at this time to prevent cervical cancer from developing is to go for regular cervical smear tests." RAS...

India To Ask Villagers To Practice Safe Sex

...hat they can spread knowledge that men should have unprotected sex with as many women as they can. Rao said that plans are afoot to bring 20,000 out of India's 640,000 villages in this scheme. RAS...

Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies

...the morning-after pill, taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex, was made available without prescription to te...iduals can benefit, if you are a woman who has had unprotected sex because of a burst condom then of course it is worth it. But not as an intervention that will re...

Sharp rise in HIV infection cases in Victoria

...opher Fairley said, “There has been an increase in unprotected anal sex, but the new infections are linked to the bigger number of people living with HIV.” Source-Medinda GYT...

Stress brings about early onset of puberty

...e ill informed health damaging behavior, including unprotected sex, substance abuse, self harm, violence and bullying, with disadvantaged communities likely to be hit the hardest, " the researchers say. "While society in general might prefer to ignore earlier puberty, the commercial sector certainly has not, d...

Lawyer justifies client with Aids and no morals

...HIV positive was convicted recently for having had unprotected sex with multiple partners while keeping his sexual partners in the dark about the fact that he is infected with HIV. Mr. Borick’s decision to contend this conviction on behalf of his client has thrown the state government officials into a dilemma ...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Scare In Bhutan

... percent of the infection transmission was through unprotected sex," Tshewang Dorji, programme officer of Bhutan's National HIV/AIDS Commission, was quoted as saying in the nation's government-run newspaper Kuensel. Low level of literacy, ignorance about the disease and a rise in commercial sex workers in Bhuta...

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