| Health charities call for sex lessons for four-year old kids! | |
London, July 5 : Parents in the UK are up in arms after two health charities called for compulsory sex lessons for kids as young as...
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| Donations to McGrath Foundation reach $1m mark |
Melbourne, July 5 : Donations to the McGrath Foundation have reached the magic million dollar mark as Australia honours cricketer Glen McGrath's late wife Jane who lost her battle to breast cancer two weeks...
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| Eating mushrooms can help boost immunity, fight cancer |
Washington, July 5 : Mushrooms are rich in antioxidants, nutrients, and vitamins that may help fight cancer, say researchers....
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| Another round of pulse polio campaign launched |
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched another round of the Pulse Polio campaign in the national capital by giving anti-polio drops to children at her home Saturday...
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| Poor sleep adversely affects kids learning ability at school |
The new survey led by Melbourne researchers has revealed that nearly a quarter of children aged six and seven have poor sleeping habits, which has a strong effect on their health, behaviour and...
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| Taste gets people hooked to healthy food messages |
This fact was acknowledged by science, education, and marketing specialists who recently gathered to discuss how consumers influence and receive food-health and food-safety messages at Institute of...
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| Mothers Vitamin D status affects babys dental health |
University of Manitoba investigators presented the results of a study to determine the vitamin D status of pregnant women, the incidence of enamel defects and early-childhood tooth decay among their...
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| Canadian woman speaks in new accent after brain stroke |
Fifty-year-old Rosemary Dore of Windsor, 370 km from Toronto, suffered a stroke in the left half of her brain about two years ago, damaging the areas related to production of speech. After the...
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| New technique may help stop tooth decay |
Dental caries, or tooth decay, continues to be the most prevalent infectious disease in the world, which leads to the loss of the hard tissues of the tooth, followed by inflammation and necrosis...
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| Will Smith disappointed at second Oscar loss |
Will Smith was annoyed he missed out on an Oscar for his role in The Pursuit Of Happyness - because he was convinced that he would win the prestigious...
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| New HIV Health Support Service Launched Across London |
0 posts On July 7, Terrence Higgins Trust and NAM are launching a new pan-London health support service for people living with HIV. The 'HIV Health Support Service' offers one to one or group...
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| AARP Solutions Forum Convenes Panel To Examine Medicaid Funding Of Long-Term Care |
0 posts AARP will release a new report and convene a panel of experts to discuss Medicaid funding for long-term care (LTC) for older adults and adults with physical disabilities. The report ...
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| Beating Depression For Cancer Patients |
clinical depression can significantly boost their quality of life according to new research published in the Lancet. Cancer Research UK scientists devised the treatment programme which offers...
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| FDA reports more cases of salmonella illnesses |
There have been 943 reported cases nationwide, with at least 130 hospitalizations since mid-April after the first salmonella illnesses appeared, the Food and Drug Administration said Saturday. That...
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| Medical check-up for Betancourt |
Ingrid Betancourt today checked into a French military hospital for tests after spending six years in the hands of Colombian rebels.The 46-year-old French-Colombian suffered hepatitis B at one point...
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| First medical textbook in Hindi makes quiet impact |
There is nothing to distinguish the tome from hundreds of bulky volumes vying for attention on the bookshelves in this booming town in India's Hindi heartland. But a closer inspection reveals it is a...
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| The American Red Cross Has a Big Turnaround on Blood Platelets for Cancer and Burn Patients. |
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 09:00 CDT By Lee Logan, Tulsa World, Okla. Jul. 5--Lantzey Rutledge has watched her brother Paul battle melanoma for the past year. After the first three months,...
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| Weight loss programme or exercise Both, says study |
The answer is that both have pros and cons and that a combination of the two produces the best results. The Missouri University study examined real-life experiences to determine which programme helps...
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| Female Kidney Transplant Recipients Are More Likely To Reject Male Donor Organs |
0 posts New research published in The Lancet suggests that sex-matching kidney donors and recipients may result in better outcomes. The report finds that when females receive a male donor kidney,...
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| Village health workers to get rapid HIV test kits in India |
Thousands of village health workers across India will soon be equipped to conduct AIDS tests through rapid HIV test kits, which need just a prick on a person's fingertip and the results are known in...
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| Turkey will host a major international event on occupational safety and health in 2011, Turkish labor minister said. |
ANKARA - Turkey will host a major international event on occupational safety and health in 2011, Turkish labor minister said. Labor and Security Minister Faruk Celik said the International Labor...
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| Betancourt undergoes health tests |
Ingrid Betancourt, the former hostage sprung from the grip of Colombia's Farc rebels this week, has checked into a hospital in Paris for medical tests. The checks are to establish whether she is...
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| Negative Decision On Badger Culling Would Be Devastating To Farming Says NFU |
0 posts NFU President Peter Kendall has warned a negative decision from the Secretary of State on culling badgers as part of a TB control strategy would be completely devastating to farming families...
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| NHS At 60 Still The Fairest And Most Cost-Effective Health System In The World |
0 posts Commenting on the NHS' 60th anniversary on 5 July, The King's Fund's Chief Executive Niall Dickson said: 'Sixty years on from its inauguration our NHS, funded through general taxation, is...
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| Burial Exposes Racial Rift in Texas |
The corpse of a white woman whose 2007 killing barely made headlines is now at the center of a peculiar racial conflict over the desegregation of the cemeteries in a rural Texas county. Black...
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| Resort With Comeback Hopes Celebrates the Fourth |
HOLLY BEACH, La. — The Fourth of July is a little different here on the Cajun Riviera. Cars cruising along the sand play bouncy zydeco music. In lieu of halter tops or swim trunks, some...
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| Comparing Laparoscopic And Open Radical Prostatectomy |
0 posts ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - (Reported from the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association) Abstract 996 and 1001 compared laparoscopic and open radical prostatectomy. There was...
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| Man dies after being struck by arrow |
An Etowah County man died Friday after he was shot with a crossbow.John Lawrence Kernochan, 20, was shot outside his home in the 1400 block of Lay Springs Road about 11:25 a.m, Sheriff Todd Entrekin...
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| As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid |
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Early last month, Jeanne Fair, 62, got her first hot meals delivered to her home in this lake town in the sparsely populated southwestern part of the state. Then after two...
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| Consortium Rescues Bell Canada Takeover |
OTTAWA — A private equity and pension fund consortium said it salvaged a record $52 billion deal for Bell Canada on Friday by postponing its closing date until mid-December and renegotiating...
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| Credit Card Overhauls Seem Likely |
Clockwise from top left, Senator Christopher Dodd; Representative Barney Frank; Randall S. Kroszner, a Fed governor; and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney have been working on credit card...
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| Mental Health Provider Wasted $850,000: Davis Behavioral Health Disputes the Findings but is Making Changes |
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Heather May, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 5--Davis County's sole provider of mental health services to low-income residents wasted $850,000 to create new...
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| Accounting Plan Would Allow Use of Foreign Rules |
WASHINGTON — Federal officials say they are preparing to propose a series of regulatory changes to enhance American competitiveness overseas, attract foreign investment and give American...
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| Group gives state D-plus for judicial oversight |
MONTGOMERY - A national judicial watchdog group gives Alabama a D-plus grade for its system of handling ethics complaints of state judges and other issues.Help Abolish Legal Tyranny, or HALT, said in...
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| Echo Health - What The Nurses Say. . . |
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By Barry Nelson TO mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, we spoke to a group of nurses and nursing assistants at the James Cook University Hospital. Here...
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| Merrill Said to Be in Talks to Sell Bloomberg Stake |
Merrill Lynch is in negotiations to sell its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg L.P., the financial data and news company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, as the firm seeks to raise still more...
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| Fires on Second Front Force Californians Out |
LOS ANGELES — A fast-moving fire in Goleta, Calif., just north of Santa Barbara, has forced nearly 2,000 residents from their homes, as a shift in winds and the availability of timber fuel...
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| On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble |
Two months ago, Google held a series of secret focus groups with employees who have children in Google’s day care facilities. The purpose was to gauge their reaction to the company’s...
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| Congolese Politician Goes Before International Court |
THE HAGUE — When Jean-Pierre Bemba, a rich and powerful Congolese politician, visited his family in Brussels in late May, he had no inkling that he would be grabbed by the Belgian police,...
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| Test may aid cancer treatment |
Test may aid cancer treatmentAn experimental test that snags lung cancer cells from a blood sample could give doctors real-time feedback on the most effective therapy, researchers reported Wednesday....
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| Betancourt, in France, Details Her Captivity |
PARIS — Two days after her rescue, six years after being captured by guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt arrived in Paris on Friday to thank the joyful nation that had...
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| Colombia Releases Video of Jungle Rescue |
Video taken by a Colombian agent during the rescue shows Ingrid Betancourt in the helicopter that extracted her from six years of captivity in the...
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| Iran Responds Obliquely to Nuclear Plan |
PARIS — Iran formally responded Friday to an international proposal of incentives aimed at resolving the impasse over the country’s nuclear program, but failed to address the central...
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| Offer of a Vote for Sale Draws Unwanted Attention |
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota college student looking to profit off his political indifference has been charged with a felony for trying to sell his vote on the auction Web site eBay. The...
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| Despair Drives Suicide Attacks by Iraqi Women |
BAQUBA, Iraq — Wenza Ali Mutlaq walked a bit uncertainly up the long street near the main government offices here on June 22, the hot wind stirring her heavy black abaya. She passed the...
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| Church at Mercy Hill gets ready to rock |
The music booming out the doors of The Church at Mercy Hill next Saturday will be heavy and loud, just the way rock band fans love it. There will even be a mosh pit close to the stage where kids can...
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| Why Fly When You Can Float |
PARIS — Imagine gliding in a floating hotel over the Serengeti, gazing down at herds of zebra or elephants; or floating over Paris as the sun sets and lights blink on across the city as you...
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| GSCC receives transportation grant |
Gadsden State Community College has acquired a bus as the first step in a program aimed at establishing a transportation strategic plan that will serve students, faculty, staff and athletic teams.The...
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| Painter, Milford Colyan | 74 |
Milford Colyan Painter, 74, Crossville, died Thursday, July 3, 2008.He is survived by his wife, Joyce Painter, Crossville.Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia No. 2 Baptist Church. Burial...
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| Federal Government Wants to Hear the Public |
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 03:00 CDT By Cheryl Powell, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jul. 5--The federal government wants to tackle health-care disparities by talking to you and your...
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