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Millions Spent, but the Indian Capital's River Still Stinks

... bad health" for people living downstream. Every year almost 400,000 Indian children die because of diarrhea alone, according to UNICEF. "The government starts throwing money at the problem without really understanding what the problem is," said Shreekant Gupta, who until March headed the National Ins...

Two Week Wait Rule Not Working With Breast Cancer Patients

...tal number of cancers remained constant over the 7 year period. Yet the researchers found the percentage of patients diagnosed with cancer in the 2-week wait group decreased from 12.8% to 7.7% whilst the number of cancers detected in the routine group increased from 2.5% to 5.3% over the same time perio...

Extrovert People Drink More Alcohol

...ion.The results of this study showed that 12 to 14 year olds are most influenced by classmates with a higher status and those with whom they want to be friends. These differences in influence were, however, not found in the observations of young adults. Here, a high degree of imitation was also found y...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

...e-sightings at Upolu. They found that males that year made up about 41 percent of the Blue Moon butterfl...e-sightings at Upolu. They found that males that year made up about 41 percent of the Blue Moon butterfly population in Upolu. They hatched eggs from 14 f...

Electronic Medical Records can Pay You Within 16 Months

...hich translates to a savings of 279,546 dollars a year for the medical center, or 9,983 dollars per provider....

Illegal Immigrants Allowed To Stay A Year More To Care For Their Child

...l immigrants in the U.S, have also been granted a year more to stay there and care for their U.S citizen daughter. Hazelle Roas little-known genetic abnormality left her with a thyroid deficiency and a narrow artery into her heart, which kept her in the hospital most of her life. According to medical ...

Female Heart Attack Victims Show Signs of Lasting Depression

...per cent of the women had worsening depression one year after their initial myocardial infarctions, as com...parts in physical and social functioning after one year (52.97 compared to 74.82, and 77.9 to 67.42 respectively). We confirmed that depression definitely ...

Air Pollution Stats Filtered in Ontario

...636 deaths recorded in all of Toronto in 1999, the year upon which the 1,700 figure is based. There is a reason the numbers seem inexplicably high, say critics of TPHs conclusions. The numbers arent real people, in the sense that you could never get a list of names, said Dr. Ross McKitrick, an associate...

Avastin Dropped Out Of Funded Drugs List

...aliplatin has the potential to cure 20 people each year at a cost of $2.6 million. The province will also pay for a drug called Mab Campath, used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia, at an estimated cost of $170,000 per year....

Sun Protection Ignored Despite Warnings

... in the UK and the number of people diagnosed each year has more than doubled since the early 80s. "Up to eight in 10 skin cancers could be prevented by being SunSmart, so it's very important to be aware of how to enjoy the sun safely. Sunscreens can help to protect against skin cancer, but they're not...

All Babies in Massachusetts Should Be Screened for Life-Threatening Disorders

...Screening Advisory Committee meets in October this year that they will recommend to the Commissioner that ...," said Dr. Howse. This is the fifth consecutive year the March of Dimes has analyzed state- by-state newborn screening requirements, creating a snapshot ...

Meth Users Involved in Violence, Sexual Risk-Taking: Study

...lf a million young adults reported use in the past year of crystal meth in 2001- 2002, according to a new nationally representative study. That estimate is higher than previous studies and represents nearly 3 percent of the U.S. population. Among meth users, there is a strong link to alcohol and other dr...

Paris Set for Pedal Power Revolution

... expects to have at least 200,000 regular users by year end, when the number of bikes is set to double to ...nd the 16 million tourists who come to Paris every year -- making it the most visited city in the world -- will also havy easy access to the bikes for seein...

Textile City Tirupur in Tamil Nadu Tops in Pollution Generation

...,365.75 tons of hazardous waste is generated every year in Tirupur. Tirupur, referred to as the Textile Valley of India, discharges nearly 100 million litres of effluent water containing bleaching powder, sulphonic dyes, chemicals and other inorganic catalysts. These are dumped into the Noyyal River or ...

Three Doctors Charged So Far in the UK Bombing Case

... given it to him before he moved to Australia last year so his cousin could take advantage of remaining minutes of call-time. .Meanwhile, Jordanian doctor Mohammed Asha, 26, and two trainee doctors aged 24 and 27, whose identities have not yet emerged, remained in custody this weekend. Scotland Yard s...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

... with the disease. An expert panel convened last year could not find a cause for the cluster at the work site, which had a cancer rate up to 11 times higher than the general working community. The panel's final report, handed down last month, noted that cancer clusters had been notoriously difficult t...

India to Monitor Pregnancies to Check Girl Foeticide: Report

...njana Kumari told the Indian daily. A study last year by the British medical journal The Lancet said India may have lost 10 million unborn girls in the past 20 years, but Indian experts have challenged the number, saying it likely closer to five million....

Spain Announces Cash-for-kid Payments to Boost Birth Rate

...poorest families receive an additional 291 euros a year per minor. The 2005-2006 slight increase was lar... is set to cost the state some 1.2 billion euros a year based on the 2006 figure for live births of 481,000, according to the INE....

'Sexually Active' Malawians Urged to Take HIV Tests

...d AFP: "We have targetted to test more people this year by going to rural areas and using mobile clinics at 350 sites." About 97,000 people were tested in 2006, and 10.8 percent of them were HIV positive, the authorities said. "We want to encourage Malawians to go for the tests. We also want to take a...

Extroverts are More Likely to Drink Under Pressure

... The results of this study showed that 12 to 14 year olds are most influenced by classmates with a higher status and those with whom they want to be friends. These differences in influence were, however, not found in the observations of young adults. Here, a high degree of imitation was also found ...

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