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Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...was practiced since the time of Plato. The post- war era gave a dubious flavor to eugenics with the Nazi, in Hitler's Germany, going berserk with the sinistrous intention of wiping out, whom they believed were, the 'scum of the earth' . They began with the Jews as targets and with time the list grew...

Research to Protect Accident Victims from Epilepsy

... The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up t...epilepsy. Even more, perhaps, for certain types of war injuries. Injuries that cause bleeding inside the brain are the riskiest. The population at risk...

Collateral Damage-Children Of Canadian Soldiers Suffer

... "These children are the collateral damage of the war we have asked their parents to fight. We can and should be doing more for them" Marin was quoted. The Phoenix Center’s last request for $536,250 over two years was initially turned down by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, which urged th...

New Invention to Detect Blood Clots

...efits in the device. As it can be used in the Iraq war to save the lives of the soldiers. According to Mihir Shah from the company Infrascanner says "If you are on a ship or a submarine and someone has an accident it's a big decision to evacuate a patient - a handheld detector for haematomas would be pr...

Physicists Unite To Develop Anthrax Detection Method

...ned forces to perfect a powerful new weapon in the war on terrorism – a laser technique to identify deadly anthrax spores. //Their results are published in the prestigious journal Science, due to hit newsstands tomorrow. “Our report shows how to use lasers to detect anthrax in real time as opposed to th...

Military Healthcare Lacks Compassion, Say US Soldiers

...ly the US is no exception. Wounded soldiers and war veterans poured out their grievances during a hearing of the President’s Military Medical Care Panel at Washington on Saturday. Speaking from experience, the soldiers and veterans described the military health care system as a labyrinth, said thei...

Veterans To Get Improved Access To GP Care

...MA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today that war veterans would have improved access to general practice medical services from 1 May following// the introduction of improved funding arrangements for the Local Medical Officer (LMO) scheme for veterans’ health care. From 1 May, the Department of V...

Cough Up More for the Health of Afghan Women, UNFPA Urges

New York – A country notorious for war and strife, Afghanistan, is also infamous with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. //Afghanistan has attracted the attention of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which has pressed for adequate funds necessary to improv...

Overseeing Agency Indifferent to Workplace Safety in US

If war is too serious a matter to be left in the hands of generals, so also the safety of workers cannot be left to the care of labour department officials. At least such// seems to be the case in the US. Latest trends show that agencies like the Occupat...

Priority Needs to Be Given to Maternal Health in Afghanistan

...e in the world. More endeavors are needed, in this war torn country, to improve the health of the women and children. The UNFPA, in Afghanistan is trying to garner support and national consensus to encourage gender equity and women's empowerment and also promote the maternal and reproductive health of ...

A Realistic Arm on the Anvil for Injured Soldiers

As the Iraq war continues to take its toll and the number of injured soldiers is increasing, there is some cheer for the marines who have// lost their limbs. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the US has announced that its team has develope...

Row in Australia Over Mental Health Support Available for Returning Soldiers

...lth support services for soldiers //returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Doctor Robert Marr from ...port services in place for soldiers returning from war zones. "The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has one of the nation's best mental health programs, wh...

Gulf War Veterans Exhibit Memory Impairment

A US government funded study reveals the war veterans who have come back after combat in the gulf are exhibiting// memory impairment. Due to the exposure to chemicals and other harmful substances, there is a decreased volume of two brain regions that are closely linked to learning and memory. ...

United Kingdom: Maternity Units Exposed! Leaves Much to Be Desired

... care in hospitals. Measures need to be taken on a war footing to save the day for patients availing care at such units. SA/M...

Capricious Climate in Indonesia Adds to Farmers’ Wo

...d undisturbed for generations, even in the face of war or economic disturbances. But now, it appears that something odd has struck Indonesia. According to one farmer, "The harvests have become irregular. Normally we harvest two to three times a year, but it depends on the weather. We need to wait for...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

... disorder and other mental health needs. "As the war has gone on, PTSD and other psychological effects of war have increased," conceded Col. Elspeth Ritchie, psychiatry consultant to the Army surgeon general. ...

Alli- a New Weapon for War Against the Bulges

A new revolutionary weapon for the war against the bulges and fat has arrived in pharmacies across the United States. Alli- a fat blocker is the first FDA approved diet drug to be available over- the -counter without a prescription. The prescription diet drug Xenical has been introduced...

Ask Right Questions and Save Country from Further Healthcare Crisis: Michael Moore

...hat the health-care debate would go the way of the war debate. Had journalists confronted the government on its decision to invade Iraq, they could have saved thousands of lives. "My point is that had ABC News, NBC News, CBS News been more aggressive in confronting the government with what they were t...

Jaipur Foot All Set to Launch Its Centre in Columbia

...rd of India (SEBI). It was only after the Afghan war in the late 1970s that the use of the limb spread outside India. Russian land mines in Afghanistan had then disabled thousands. The International Committee of the Red Cross found the Jaipur Foot to be the hardiest to tackle the tough, mountainous A...

Mozambique Set to Liberalise Abortion Law

...s still reeling from a devastating 1976-1992 civil war that claimed up to one million lives. The influential Catholic Church is firmly against decriminalisation, with the Archbishop of Maputo, Francisco Chimoio, even declaring last month that women who terminate pregnancy can expect to "live their live...

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