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First, there were character checks. Then there were bank balance and property checks. And now, there are health checks.
Increasingly, detectives in the city are being hired to run background checks on the health history of prospective brides and...
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In a study on mice, UC Irvine scientists have found stem cells in the brain that can produce new brain cells to replace those lost to disease or injury.
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AIDS specialists are calling for a fundamental rethinking of HIV policy after a new report showed that infection with the virus was rising dramatically in the South...
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Cigua-what? I had never heard of the word until I was reading about an outbreak of Ciguatera in Palm Beach County, Florida recently. At least 10 people have been...
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Incontinence affects millions of Americans each year, with a high incidence in the long-term acute care population. Urine and stool can be caustic to the...
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How many times have you been traveling and checked into a hotel that advertised a “fitness room,” only to find out their idea of fitness is a low-quality treadmill...
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Novice teenage smokers often make repeated attempts to quit smoking soon after they start, but most are unsuccessful, according to research funded by the Canadian...
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Wearing a signature scent is a practice that goes back thousands of years. It is one of the most primal forms of self-adornment and can have a huge impact on your own...
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Two cups of McDonald’s iced coffee (BUY!) sit on the Fox 5 TV news desk, a punch-you-in-the-face product placement (BUY!) to chase down your morning news.
They’ve...
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The Food Standards Agency says radical action is needed to cut salt in a vast range of popular foods like Heinz Ketchup, Kellogg’s Cornflakes. Wondering why?...
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The tobacco plant - responsible for millions of cancer cases - may actually offer the means to treat one form of the disease, a study suggests.
US scientists used the...
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What Is A Green Spa?
A green spa is a center for healing, aesthetics and wellness where reducing the spa’s environmental footprint is a top priority.
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Matthew noted earlier the connections between a high meat, high processed food-based diet and climate change; It has also been noted that obesity is an environmental...
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The head of the family, Rajinder Garg (54) has donated blood for 136 times so far while his wife Sucheta Garg (52) has offered blood for 35 times in various blood...
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Lately a number of medical writers have taken on these commonplaces and old wives’ tales.
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The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS raised eyebrows earlier this year when it effectively said that HIV-infected people could safely not use condoms. But now a...
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Despite violence and marginalisation, sex workers in Argentina are leading the way on HIV/Aids prevention
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Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.
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A woman was left disabled after following a “detox” diet which involved drinking large quantities of water.
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It’s not necessarily laziness that makes people hit the “snooze” button in the morning. Most likely, your body clock is mismatched with the demands of your life.
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People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit...
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Quiz me on things like- the most memorable experience, happiest moment of life and vice versa, one will find me speechless…I begin to wonder…Can I let out just one...
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President Bush said Saturday that religious charities, partly financed with federal money, have helped reduce homelessness, found jobs for former inmates and helped...
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President Bush said Saturday that religious charities, partly financed with federal money, have helped reduce homelessness, found jobs for former inmates and helped...
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AIDSfreeAFRICA volunteer Jessica Kim writes from her experience as HIV/AIDS counselor: One day, I had the opportunity of meeting John, a college student who was being...
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Chidambaram also said that the migratory labourers, lorry drivers and above all sex workers are the most vulnerable sections of the society.
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A survey conducted in Kampala among lodge owners has rocked the marriage institution with most of the lodges getting more fully occupied during the lunch break than any...
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AIDS is a huge problem in South Africa. One of pandemic proportions as a matter of fact. According to a website called Avert, “almost half of all deaths in South...
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Katie, Jennifer and Marcy got to march on Youth Day with the students and teachers of the Dilicig Primary and Nursery School. Last year in February they marched past...
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The Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS has come up with a bill on HIV/AIDS, which seeks to introduce criminal sanctions to prosecute HIV-positive...
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Till date AIDS retains the status of an incurable disease and no vaccine has been developed to treat it. There are about 25 million people who have succumbed to this...
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Around nine million people live in Rwanda and approximately, 200,000 of them are infected with HIV. So, the government of Rwanda is using mobile phones to track...
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A foundation headed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton will lead a new effort to provide cheaper generic drugs to HIV/AIDS patients in 60 countries.
The Clinton...
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These days HIV is one of deadly disease for mankind. So many efforts are being taken to spread it but still we are witnessing increase in number of HIV patients all...
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Guess what Ashley Judd is doing these days? Well, shes busy doing some altruistic work in the streets of Mumbai, India.
Being an ambassador of Population Services...
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Notwithstanding the government’s goal of bringing the mortality rate below 100, nearly, 301 women in 100,000 births die each year due to pregnancy-related...
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Recent survey was done across the country by the NSO in collaboration with UNICEF. It covered nearly 43,000 households.
The research confirmed that there has been...
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The US Government and the leading mobile phone companies have joined together to fight HIV/AIDS and other health related issues in 10 African countries. Mobile...
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Africa is a land that has been torn apart by war and disease. For over 40 years, this has resulted in international condemnation and sanctions, tribal conflict, racial...
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Crusading actor Richard Gere has taken off to India with a view to giving advice to local prostitutes about how to keep themselves safe and sound against HIV/AIDS....
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