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Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...its most vulnerable citizens. With four years of war having cannibalised much of the Iraqi government, volunteers have begun providing vital social services at their own expense, relying on the generosity of friends and neighbours. The images of the inside of the al-Hanan orphanage were disquieting ev...

US Concerned About Mental Health of Diplomats in Iraq, Afghanistan

...e 1, and will collect results for a month. "The war in Afghanistan and in Iraq represent another level..., they are often directly exposed to conditions of war which they may not always be well-adapted to cope," said Kashkett, who also testified before the Hou...

Wounded British Troops Wait Hours to Reach Hospital

...a dedicated helicopter permanently on call in both war zones, with others able to be assigned if required. Transit times were improving, and unlike Vietnam, specialists could now perform advanced interventions in the helicopter, it added. During the period covered by Parker's paper, no wounded soldiers...

Afghanistan Hopes to Eradicate Polio in Two Years

...nistan reported two cases this year. "Decades of war also affected our health care system. However, after the collapse of the Taliban regime, the new government developed a National Health Policy, which has been implemented very successfully for the good of the Afghan people", Muhammed Amin said, accor...

Use of Song in Disposable Diaper Campaign Enrages Beatles Fans

...draws like, religious feelings, and you've got the war [Vietnam], the Daily Snack quoted Angela Natividad, co-editor of adrants.com, a marketing commentary site, as saying. This is not the first time that a Beatles track has been used in ads. A version of their song "Help!" was used in a car commercial...

Good Times Over For Ivory Coasts Ill

...ons in all the 79 centers in the region before the war when people used to pay. "We [at MSF] try as much as possible to provide the data to point out that the real need is revealed by free health care," Vavasseur said. MSF says governments need to keep health costs to a minimum in part by increasing th...

Scottish Engineer Devises Versatile Hand

...ents on both sizes of the Atlantic, including Iraq war veterans. Father-of-two Juan Arrendondo, was a sergeant in the US army when he lost his hand to a roadside bomb in 2004. He tried several other artificial hands before settlingon the i-LIMB. The 27-year-old-from Texas said: 'Now I can pick up a St...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

...g) and therefore should step right up and join the war effort. But after the war, a fresh batch of studies were released proving that children need their moms at home, that the workplace is potentially hazardous to womens unborn children and that womens cycles make them less efficient workers than men. ...

War Stimulates Research Blitz in Prosthetics Industry

...elop better limbs that can be used not only by the war amputees but also the civilian amputees. Today's approximately 600 war amputees account for only a tiny fraction of the 1.9 million Americans living with limb loss, leader...

China Declares War on Unsafe Foods for Soldiers

China has declared war on unsafe food for its 2.3 million soldiers, with the military to implement new safety measures following the recent spate of health scandals, state media reported on Friday. Measures include weeding out fake or substandard food products and elimi...

New Delhis Apollo Hospital Treats More Than 80 Iraqis

... agreement was reached with the government in that war ravaged country. "When we were approached by the Iraqi Government, this was not something new for the Apollo Hospital. There were some specialized needs for these patients, and we needed to gear ourselves up in order to be able to do that," The Hin...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

..."not to act like women." In an atmosphere of civil war militarism, he said, he felt equally threatened by... years. Its values are deeply traditional, and the war made people even more intolerant," Zuka said during a recent interview. "It was very frightening ...

Africa's Men Urged to Step Up AIDS Fight

...d Saturday that men must get fully involved in the war against HIV/AIDS if the disease is to be defeated. "There aren't enough men who are taking enough responsibility to go for tests and live responsibly, and that kind of (behaviour) compromises the fight," Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South Africa's Depu...

Somerville, A Town Committed to Tackle Obesity Among Kids

...t effort, but once the entire town decided to wage war on the cushions of fat developing on their children, the people of Somerville resolved to take on the task. While other towns across the US have started group weight-loss programmes, this is an experiment like no other because it's largely targeted a...

France Steps Up Vigilance After Bird Flu Outbreak

...gilant as the great flu epidemic that followed the war of 1914, the Spanish flu" came from a strain of bird flu. Scientists believe a strain related to today's bird flu virus killed tens of millions of people during the Spanish flu pandemic. "We must do what is necessary to ensure that all of the age...

War Trauma-hit UK Veteran Population Set to Increase

The population of British war veterans suffering from war trauma is set to increase, according to a University of Nottingham academic . According to Dr. Nig...

UK Uneasy Over Involvement of Doctors in Terror Attacks, but Not Panicking Over Non European Medics

...sts. Perhaps they had been radicalized by the Iraq war and brought their grievances with them to Britain, he said. Prasad Rao, chairman of the British International Doctors Association, called the apparent link to terrorism beyond belief. Even if I were to come across my enemy, my duty is to heal the...

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