HIV dementia alarmingly high in Africa
An international study led by Johns Hopkins suggests that the rate of HIV-associated dementia is so high in sub-Saharan Africa that HIV dementia along with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia from strokes may be among the most common forms of dementia in the world. In the first study of HIV dementia on the African continent using rigorous neurological and neuropsychological tests, 31 percent...Female Ratio Drops Alarmingly In Himachal Due To Feticides
Female feticide has become a common feature in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh that at least 7,500 feticides are carried out every year on an average//, with the gender ratio falling to be the lowest in the country. The shocking factor is that despite such unchecked prevalence of feticides only one case has been convicted so far. The hill state of Himachal Pradesh registers an estima...Scales Tipping Alarmingly in the U.S.
Reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there has been a sudden increase in the count of extremely obese Americans//, with a body mass index of 40 or more. Accordingly, not only has the proportion of extremely overweight people increased by 50 percent from 2000 to 2005(twice as fast as the increase in moderate obesity), there has also been an increase by 24 perce...Worldwide Diabetes Figures Alarmingly High
Diabetes , which is also called the silent killer, is steadily attacking more people all over the world , and many may be unaware of the disease// they are living with. India is the diabetes capital of the world , followed by the US . In fact one in six out of every American is pre-diabetic which means that they have higher than normal blood sugar levels. This leads to diabetes onc...HIV Dementia Alarmingly High in Africa
An international study led by Johns Hopkins suggests that the rate of HIV-associated dementia is so high in sub-Saharan Africa that HIV dementia along with Alzheimer’s// disease and dementia from strokes may be among the most common forms of dementia in the world. In the first study of HIV dementia on the African continent using rigorous neurological and neuropsychological tests, 31 p...Groundwater Levels Depleting Alarmingly in India
Water authorities of India say there is an alarming depletion of ground water levels in the country and are proposing a model legislation to prevent further erosion of water table. The Central Groundwater Board has carried out a survey to find out the ground water level at various places across the country and identified about 800 areas that were in the danger zone on this score, a se...