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Gays in China Urged to Use Condoms Regularly

...3% of infection with HIV is contributed because of unsafe sex practiced among the homosexual community. Most of the other cases are an offshoot of unsafe sex among heterosexual partners and drug abuse. The ministry of Health announced that the 39,644 ...

India to Set Up 'Health Ombudsman' to Check Anti-AIDS Discrimination

...skill education" to keep youth away from drugs and unsafe "behaviour practices". There are an estimated 5.7 million HIV patients in India in 2005, according to various statistics. Source-IANS...

Men are from Mars and Women from Venus, but why on Earth are Women so Woefully Wronged?

...ors'. Not an exaggeration that women are sometimes unsafe even in their own homes! Today we talk of technology in nanomeasures and the world boasts of monumental progress. Women have evolved from being classic homemakers to becoming women of the world. Not surprising that women have made inroads into erst...

Alarming Rise in HIV Cases in China: Report

...t 10 months of the year. Hao said drug abuse and unsafe sexual activity posed a great danger because effective measures to prevent that kind of behaviour "are not yet in place". An investigation by public health workers found that only 38 percent of prostitutes in certain areas insisted on using condoms...

PM To Inaugurate World Youth Meet On Health

...d environment, unhealthy foods, tobacco marketing, unsafe roads and HIV-AIDS. The meet will help youngsters to promote and disseminate health-related knowledge,' said K. Sreenath Reddy, executive director of HRIDAY-SHAN, an NGO that is organising the event. 'While it is important to provide young people a...

Older People Get Worse Hangovers

...occasion. "This pattern of binge drinking, being unsafe in general, might be extremely dangerous for adolescents, given that their brain is especially vulnerable to alcohol damage." Source-IANS...

Brain development in teens curbed by alcohol tolerance

...," she said."This binge pattern of drinking, being unsafe in general, might be extremely dangerous for adolescents." "Because testing the effects of alcohol on teenagers cannot be done for legal and ethical reasons, the researchers used rat models. Adolescent rats are similar to human adolescents because ...

Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response to Hurricane Katrina

...it is easier and safer to transport people from an unsafe to a safe area than to transport resources into a disaster area. He suggests outfitting disused military bases as a network of evacuation centers, equipped in advance with water, food, medical supplies—even buses. "The infrastructure to support fixed...

US to Lift Ban on Canadian Drug Imports

...onduct random sampling to identify counterfeit and unsafe drugs. It has been estimated that common medicatio...th the FDA, to protecting the American public from unsafe and ineffective medications. We will be focusing our resources to best protect the American public."...

Driving Drunk or on Drugs is on the Rise among Teens

...g the law while driving were less likely to report unsafe driving behaviors. Teens also reported less safe driving when with friends than when they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. The survey results include: Text messaging posed itself as the biggest driving distraction for teens, with 42% of t...

Lighten Up! Heavy Backpacks a Weighty Load for Children to Bear

...n backs and necks, but it will also make the child unsafe because it throws off their center of gravity.” The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) concurs with a 2002 study in Spine that loaded backpacks weigh no more than 15 percent of a student's body weight. For example, a student weighing ...

Common Falls In Bath Among Older Adults Can Be Prevented

...ently bathing older adults who have trouble or are unsafe getting into and out of the tub or shower stall," ...oor for stability or balance. "This is extremely unsafe because shower doors were not designed to support a person's weight," Murphy says. "This problem cou...

Doctors Unaware If Pediatric Dosages Are Safe

...less likely to be published if the drug was deemed unsafe or ineffective in children. "Because children have different physiologies than adults, they often absorb drugs differently or experience different side effects," said the study's lead investigator, Daniel K. Benjamin, M.D., Ph.D., a pediatrician at...

Majority Of People In US Seek Essential Changes In Health Care System

...ed experiencing poor coordination, inefficient, or unsafe care at certain times during the past two years, w... care isn't coordinated there is a higher risk for unsafe care and duplicative or wasteful medical spending," said Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis. "T...

'Bottled' Contamination And a Brewing Battle

..., which are the brand ambassadors of the West, are unsafe and unhealthy, rendering it totally unfit for consumption. Random- sample study has revealed that eleven soft drink brands of Coca-cola and Pepsi had alarmingly high quantities of pesticidal residues. An earlier study, carried out on the same lines...

Madhya Pradesh Uses Radio to Create Awareness About AIDS

...AIDS patients reportedly contract the disease from unsafe sex and 72 percent of these are males. While 205 people tested HIV positive in 2004, the figure rose to 359 in 2005 - the highest since 1988 when the first AIDS patient was reported in the state. India has 5.1 million HIV/AIDS patients, second ...

HIV Positive Female Drug Users Indulge In Unsafe Sex

...ug injection users in US and South Africa practice unsafe sex with their uninfected partners, according to a...d sex with a steady partner, while 148 indulged in unsafe sex with casual partners. Around 60 percent of the women did not regularly use condoms with their...

Over Five Million Illegal Abortions In India Every Year

...nd technique used in most of the illegal cases are unsafe and unhygienic," said Sudha Tewari, president of Parivar Seva Sanstha, an NGO working closely with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. "The result is obvious - India has a steep maternal mortality rate of 498 per 100,000 women, which is very ...

Missing Your Daily Vegetables Takes out Years of Your Life

...s could be worse than abusing alcohol or drugs and unsafe sex on life expectancy.// It has been estimated...buse was 3.1 per cent while it was 1.5 percent for unsafe sex and illicit drugs. The report revealed that only 7 per cent of Victorians over 18 at five or ...

Environmental Factors Leads to Obesity in Rural Communities

...ational facilities and other destinations, feeling unsafe from crime and traffic and poor aesthetics of the ... of sidewalks on most streets and stated they felt unsafe from traffic while walking or biking. Those who expressed concerns about traffic safety also were mo...

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