Suicide Prevention Program – Having its Intended Effec
Researchers analyzed suicide rates among more than 5 million service men and women before and after the Air Force implemented a program aimed at reducing an alarmingly high rate of suicide seen among Air Force personnel. // The suicide rate had been particularly higher for black and white males ages 24 to 35, between 1990 and 1994. The key components of the ongoing program are to provi...Shriners in London Don’t Intend To Give Up Their Caus
Shriners in London are all set to make a go to build a second Shriners children's orthopedics hospital in Canada after losing a bid to build it in their own city, London.// Two Shriners Hospitals can certainly be accommodated, according to David Sloman, potentate of the Mocha Shriners Temple in London. Shriners in Montreal are a bit apprehensive that the London bid would foil the plans...AIIMS medical Superintendent confirms that salary release has not been permitted
New Delhi: The Medical Superintendent and Officiating Faculty In-charge of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here, Dr. D. K. Sharma//, has completely refuted the charge that the Institute Director, Dr. P. Venugopal, had ordered the release of salaries for the in-living doctors, during the strike period. According to him, there has not been any formal approval from either the...Emergency Contraception Does Not Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Rate
The “morning after pill” may be a good option for individual women in crisis, but advance access to emergency contraception is// no antidote for the national problem of unintended pregnancy. Contrary to the fears of critics, the presence of Plan B does not provoke riskier sexual behavior. According to a new review of studies, women who received an advance supply of bi...Government Expels Superintendent for Not Informing Newborn Deaths
At least 18 newborn babies have died in a hospital here in the month of April alone and its superintendent was Wednesday removed from his post// for not informing the state government about the deaths. Unofficial sources, however, put the number of infant deaths at the state-owned Sree Avittam Tirunal (SAT) Hospital here at 23. The reason behind them is said to be infections in the la...Callisto Intends to Move Guanilib into Clinical Trials in Ulcerative Colitis
Announces Positive Data in Animal Models of Ulcerative Colitis NEW YORK, April 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CallistoPharmaceuticals, Inc. , a developer of new drug treatments in thefight against cancer and other major health threats, announcedtoday additional data confirming efficacy of Guanilib, afirst-in-class compound currently being developed for the treatmentof inflammatory bow...