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Methamphetamine causes severe oral health damage

...sidious drug as well as family and friends who are witness to this behavior, but not powerless to intervene and get the user the help they need. There is no safe level of meth use, but treatment and recovery are possible." In an effort to highlight this condition, the ADA has posted educational materials o...

Parents Support Junk Food Ad Ban

...Yet these responses to their own consultation bear witness to the widespread and rising concern about the damage to children's health and well-being from commercial pressures to eat unhealthy foods." The UK communications regulator Ofcom is holding a consultation on the proposal and is due to make an announ...

Lumping a Lumpectomy Difficult for One-third of Women

...astic Surgery 2006 conference in San Francisco was witness to the findings of the survey, which inferred that the majority of unhappy lumpectomy patients would explore the possibility of reconstructive breast surgery. Among 28 percent of the patients who expressed unhappiness with the appearance of their br...

Facial Expressions are Inherited: Study

...hey were in deep concentration and shocked them to witness their expressions of surprise. When the researchers compared the results, they discovered that even though the blind volunteers had never seen their relatives' faces, their facial expressions were extremely alike. "We have found that facial expre...

New drugs for resistant forms of TB

...discussed. "During the Paris conference, we will witness the presentation of the research work conducted by two teams. The response we get from these works is that which sustains the hope of getting new drugs against the disease in the next few years," Billo said. The multi-drug resistant TB that is resi...

Hard-Working Ladies, Beware…

...nal Council on Women's Health Issues assembly were witness to the dialogue from experts in the field, who took up cudgels for women and their health, warning that women who are tugged by constant pressures from the family and career are highly vulnerable to illnesses. Associate Professor Patricia Davidson...

Women Are More At Risk For PTSD Than Men

...to have experienced accidents, nonsexual assaults, witness death or injury, disaster or fire and combat or war. Sexual trauma, the authors conclude, may cause more emotional suffering and are more likely to contribute to a PTSD diagnosis than other types of trauma. Women's higher PTSD rates were not solel...

Tobacco Companies Admit Their Products Cause Cancer but Not in Those Who Sue Them

...the opening and closing statements of the defence, witness statements, and depositions for 34 personal injury claims brought against major tobacco manufacturers between 1986 and 2003 in the US. They used data archived in the Tobacco Deposition and Trial Testimony Archive (DATTA). Each of the arguments pu...

Lifestyles Cause Concern To Welsh Health Officials

... and Manchester are among other areas predicted to witness more health problems. The City of London and areas such as the Isles of Scilly are the healthiest places. Mr Thurman added, "The NHS is already overburdened, but this is nothing compared to the time bomb that is set to explode if people don't make ...

Another Feather in the (Folic) Cap - Folic Acid Foils Hearing Loss

... 0.7 decibels. High frequency hearing loss did not witness any change with folic acid supplements, also because such hearing loss starts earlier than 50 years. Additional research is required to gauge the effects of folic acid on hearing-loss, especially on a well-nourished population....

Food Labeling, Set to Sport a New Face in Britain

...itiative to promote healthy eating, and is already witness to perceptible changes in the buying behavior of consumers. A spokesman of Tesco said, "Our sales data shows customers are using it to make changes towards healthier foods. We have seen it in ready meals, sandwiches and other product categories." S...

In Search of Truth - 'Lie Detector

...dvances in ‘Unmasking’ The last decade has borne witness to the dramatic metamorphosis of the polygraph. From analog polygraphs of the past, which had small needles scripting on a single sheet of scrolling paper, the ‘lie detector’ has, in time, evolved into a sophisticated, state- of -the art digital inst...

Gere Jives To Bollywood Songs To Spread AIDS Awareness

...logan of "No condoms no sex". "It is inspiring to witness the convergence of societal leaders, community members, civil servants and celebrities to acknowledge the incomparable efforts of my friends (sex workers) in playing a central role in HIV prevention," the actor said. The event, supported by the Bil...

Nurses Ease the Wounded Heart

...g way towards helping the millions of children who witness this violence each year.' Source-Nwswise SRM...

Expect More Outbreaks in Europe, Bird Flu Expert Warns

...wl. Friday last a turkey farm at Suffolk, UK was witness to the death of 2500 of the birds due to the feared avian influenza virus H5N1. The remaining birds out of a total of 160,000 turkeys are being culled, a process which is expected to take 36 hours. Authorities have cordoned off the area to a radius...

Drug Combination Improves Parkinson’s Symptoms In Mic

... limbs. Advanced stages of this disease could even witness a total immobility of the patients. <B...

Philippines To Arrive At Guidelines On Organ Donations

...untry. If this is taken care of, Philippines could witness a stream of foreign patients especially from Japan. Currently government is busy carrying out a number of parleys between experts in this field and health officials to arrive at ways to regulate organ donations. As per the survey conducted by the...

Treat Childhood Trauma by Building on Parental Memories of Loving Care

...en traumatized by the violence and abuse that they witness at home and in their communities. One key element for these traumatized children and their parents, Lieberman says, is to step beyond traditional treatment that focuses primarily on the parents’ own experiences of helplessness and fear. “It is imp...

Tobacco Companies Obstructed Science

...ation. Drawing from his experiences as an expert witness in tobacco litigation cases, Proctor says that industry lawyers often claim that "government propaganda," such as warnings from the Surgeon General, was so overwhelming that the risks of smoking were universally known. But they excuse the industry's ...

Targeting SOCS-3 can Control Obesity

...special test of neuronal function, we were able to witness the breakdown in this group of specialized cells. ...igher than in normal animals. We were also able to witness the eventual repair of this important system which occurs as the mice lost weight when returned to a...

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