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Indian Origin Woman is the New Head of British Medical Association

...g from the European Union," she said. Striking a personal note, Kumar said: "I came to this country with my family as an immigrant from a country without a free health service. I have been here now for the greater part of my life and have been most fortunate in having had the opportunity, the encouragement ...

Transgender Experience - A Tool to Analyze Gender Difference By Stanford Scientist

...alling scientific evidence as well as drawing from personal experience, Barres maintained that, contrary to Summers' remarks, the lack of women in the upper reaches of research has more to do with bias than aptitude. "This is a street fight," said Barres, MD, PhD, professor of neurobiology and of developmen...

Jackson’s Stem Cell Research Donation Does Not Please New Zealander

...o cancer and Parkinson's disease, and the level of personal suffering inflicted on patients and their families by these diseases is horrific," Jackson said. "(Stem cell therapy) has the capacity to exponentially improve the quality of life for those who currently suffer from spinal cord injury, diabetes, Park...

US Senate Approves Embryo-research Plan Despite President's Refusal

...'s vote was coloured by election-year politics and personal views that cut across party lines. The House of Representatives - Republican-controlled, like the Senate - had passed the bill last year. White House spokesman Tony Snow reiterated before the vote that Bush would veto the measure. "The president ...

Dental Health, a Much Overlooked Subject

...ventive treatment. They often need daily help in personal care and hygiene and often close supervision or sometimes even sedation to undergo dental assessment, preventive or definitive treatment. Therefore it is time overdue that the Government and members of professional organizations and relevant societ...

Meeting To Discuss Issue Of Personal Health Records

...siness, societal, and technical issues surrounding personal health records. The first meeting on Personally Co...opist. "With the nation on the verge of adopting personal health records (PHRs) to serve the needs of patient care, public health and research, we're at a cri...

Students Light Up Despite School Anti-Smoking Programs

...s responsible for an exceptional amount of social, personal and economic cost to our society, Schonfeld said. “If you take into account lost productivity and health costs, in the United States alone, it exceeds $167 billion dollars. Even a small impact — even a 1 percent drop in smoking interest in kids — tha...

Recycling Boxes Are Too Heavy And Could Cause Injuries

...he GMB union said that last year it had lodged 800 personal injury claims for back or upper limb injuries for 800 of its waste sector members. They received ￡17 million as compensation. "It's only a matter of time before a council taxpayer bring a claim against his local authority for back injuries incurred w...

Loud MP3 Music Can Damage Hearing

...ent were unaware that listening to loud music on a personal music player could hurt their hearing. Noise levels exceeding 105 decibels are thought to irreversibly damage hearing. the current research advised young people to follow the 60-60 rule, meaning not to listen to MP3 music at more than 60 percent o...

Weight Training Can Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes In teenagers

...eights two times a week on gym equipment guided by personal trainers. The trainers used increasing resistance and fewer repetitions as the participants improved. While there was no change in their total body fat mass, the percent body fat significantly decreased and lean muscle mass increased in the resistanc...

Chennai Firm Ties up With Israeli co: for Telemedicine

... monitored anywhere and at any time through pocket personal computers, mobile and basic telephones, Heartline Managing Director Dr Selva Annamalai told reporters recently. It also provide patients accessibility to a doctor, 24 hours a day from anywhere, who could monitor them through computers and offer medi...

Face-lift: Essentials for a youthful look

...amous for being late Diana, The Princes of Wales’, personal trainer,// is fast gaining popularity for its one day programme that claims to make its clients look and feel nearly 80,000 years younger. The programme encompasses a combination of consultation and therapy. The programme is designed with the bel...

Clothes Treated with Insecticide Reduces the Risk of Malarial Infection

...nd her colleagues decided to investigate the extra personal protection offered by insecticide-treated clothes - a strategy already used to protect US military personnel operating in areas affected by malaria. But Desmond Chavasse, global director of malaria control at Population Services International in Wa...

Respiratory Problems In 9/11 Rescuers

...risk of developing emphysema and lung cancer. "My personal opinion is that when the towers collapsed a lot of building materials were pulverized so there was a lot of cement in the dust, which is very alkaline and which we know that causes burns." Dr Paul Cullinan, an occupational and environmental respira...

Blinding-Disease Surgery Is Done Safely in Villages, by Nonphysicians

...matis, the culprit bacteria. “There are multiple personal and societal barriers to surgery for trachoma trichiasis,” said lead author David Yorston, of the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow, Scotland. “By delivering surgery in the community we can reduce the distance barrier, but it is more diff...

Research Ethics Requirements Compromising Quality of Health Research

...ceive brief information about the potential use of personal information for research and that a strategy to in...munications strategy to explain why research using personal information is needed and the importance of ensuring high participation rates, they conclude. <...

Shampoo Ingredient Interferes With Memory In Mice

...A), an ingredient found in many shampoos and other personal care products//, seems to interfere with normal brain development in baby mice. The ingredient was applied to the skin of pregnant mice and seemed to have an adverse effect on their offspring. Dr. Steven Zeisel, Kenan Distinguished University Profes...

Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

...ract with each other or their instructor on such a personal basis — but that just goes to show you the ower of plants!” he said. (Source: Newswise)...

Parental Time Influences Children’s Nutritio

...le the father would allocate most of his income on personal expenditures. Davis said a number of studies have been conducted, but none examined income, health and the amount of parental time spent with a child. Research results also showed a change in parental influence as the children get older. "As chil...

Promising Care Model For Bipolar Disorder

...ng skills, got feedback from the group and created personal action plans. The intervention was tested for three years. The results: Under the new model, patients saw a significant reduction in symptoms, including five fewer weeks experiencing mania during the three-year study period. Patients also felt happ...

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