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Focus of Sweden's Prostitution Policy to Turn Towards Men

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A government-commissioned report in Sweden mentioned on Thursday that men who are prosecuted for paying prostitutes must be helped to prevent them re-offending. "Anti-prostitution work needs to focus even more on men's role," according to the report entitled Men and Equality. The report was compiled for Sweden's Minister for Gender Equality Maria Arnholm by a group of experts, including academics, an entrepreneur and a trade unionist. Sweden ...

Internet Dating Soars as Cupid Flaps Wings in France

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The internet is fueling Cupid's wings in France, as the matchmakers help singletons to maximize their seduction opportunities, through the online dating sites, with online business soaring this Valentine's Day. Of the 18 million single people in France "one in two uses Internet dating" said Jessica Delpirou, director in France of the Meetic dating website, which was launched in 2001 and recently taken over by the US website Match.com. The run-up to St ...

Unmarried Couples Bravely Face the Cohabitation Taboo in Morocco

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Cohabitation is relatively common in Morocco's swish urban districts, but the conservative religious attitudes are stifling for the couples, especially for young couples, living in downscale and traditional neighbourhoods. When Moroccan divorcee Soumaya moved in with her new French boyfriend she was hoping to forget the unhappiness of her marriage. Instead, she lost her children. It's a crime in Muslim Morocco to live together out of wedlock, and unmarried couples ...

Business Booming in Japan's Love Hotels

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Japan's "Love Hotels" cater to almost every taste while offering privacy of rooms knitted out like medical clinics where couples can play "doctors and nurses" to grottos, in a permanently festive ambiance, all at a reasonable price, too. And with the kind of occupancy rates that most hotels can only dream of, even during economic hard times, they are an almost recession-proof business, and a sector that is sure to see a bump over Valentine's Day. One ...

Spain Prostitutes Hit Out Against Street-walking Crackdown

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Prostitutes in Spain decided to demonstrate in central Madrid to defend their livelihoods by hitting out against a planned crackdown on street-walking on Thursday. The prostitutes' rights group Hetaira said it would rally on Saturday against plans to fine prostitutes and those who pick them up on the street, fearing it will force them to work in dangerous conditions. "It is directly affecting us already because the clients have got scared and aren't ...

Home Remedies For Chicken Pox

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Natural home remedies for chicken pox offers you simple and natural methods to treat chicken pox, a common infection caused by varicella-zoster virus.

Family Members Battle Over Merciful Killing of Their Quadriplegic Relative in French Court

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The case of a battle between family members over ending the life of a 38-year-old man in a quadriplegic vegetative condition has begun in France's highest civil court on Thursday. The State Council's 17 judges started considering the case of Vincent Lambert on Thursday and said it would decide Friday whether it will make a ruling or seek further medical evidence. Doctors treating Lambert, as well as his wife, want to cut off intravenous food and water ...

Regional Lawmakers in Spain Challenge Spain's Plan to Ban Women from Freely Opting for Abortions

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Lawmakers in two regions of Spain challenged the government's plan to ban women from freely opting for abortions on Thursday, a fresh sign of division over the controversial reform. The parliament in the western region of Extremadura approved a motion brought by rebels from the ruling Popular Party calling for a halt to the reform. The regional parliament in independence-minded Catalonia also passed a motion calling for the draft bill to be scrapped. ...

Belgium MPs Extend Right-to-die to Terminally Ill Children

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Twelve years after euthanasia was legalized for adults, this right to die has been extended to terminally ill children of any age by Belgium's parliament, despite opposition from the Church, on Thursday. After months of heated debate, the lower House of Representatives adopted the legislation by a large majority, making the largely Catholic country the second after the Netherlands to allow mercy-killing for children, and the first to lift all age restrictions. The ...

Macrophages Have Many Different 'Manifestations'

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Till date, it was presumed that the macrophages functioning as "scavenger cells" can be classified into two different forms. In an extensive search, the researchers have now discovered that these immune cells turn into far more different manifestations. These findings also give rise to completely new therapeutic approaches for many widespread diseases. The results are now being published in the renowned journal emImmunity/em. In the body, macrophages go on patrol ...

Domoic Acid, a Toxin in Seafood Damages Kidney and Brain

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A new study in mice finds that domoic acid, a natural toxin found in seafood, damages the kidney. This damage was caused by concentrations much lower than the prescribed safe limits for humans. It is time, hence, for officials to reconsider the safety levels of chemical toxins in seafood. Domoic acid has already been known as a neurotoxin that damages the a href="http:www.medindia.net/slideshow/ten-super-foods-to-boost-your-brain-power.asp" target="_blank" ...

Fire-safe Cigarette Law may Decrease Chances of Residential Fires

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The likelihood of unintentional residential fires seems to have decreased after the release of the law in Massachusetts allowing only fire-safe cigarettes to be sold in the state, a new research found. The study will appear online February 13, 2014 in the iAmerican Journal of Public Health/i. "This study is the first rigorous population-based study to evaluate the effectiveness of the fire-safe cigarette standards, and shows that science-based tobacco ...

Kiev's Anti-government Barricades Witnesses Love and Marriage

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To join a revolution against a hated regime, she dropped her job. Then, she got injured and was treated by a young man; they fell in love, and a month later, they were married. The storyline could be that of Hollywood's newest blockbuster, but it happened in real life on Kiev's Independence Square, where passion has blossomed among the grimy tents of Ukraine's barricaded anti-government enclave. It all began in December when Yulia Serko, a slim and stylish ...

Video Games to Help Dyslexic People Read Better?

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A new study has found how people with dyslexia also have greater difficulty than typical readers do when it comes to managing competing sensory cues to add to their trouble with reading. The findings suggest that action video games might improve literacy skills in those with dyslexia, which represent five to ten percent of the population. "Imagine you are having a conversation with someone when suddenly you hear your name uttered behind you," says Vanessa Harrar ...

Kaposi's Sarcoma Treatment Gets a New Clue

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The search for an efficient treatment for a type of cancer-causing herpes, known as Kaposi's sarcoma gets a new clue with the Herpes virus proteins behaving more spaghetti-like than presumed. That's according to researchers from The University of Manchester who have discovered that the virus protein uses its flexible arms to pass on viral building blocks to the proteins of cells that it hijacks. The latest part of this research is published in the ...

Cat Parasite in Western Arctic Beluga May be Infectious

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An infectious form of the cat parasite iToxoplasma gondii/i has now been discovered in western Arctic Beluga by a team of scientists, prompting a health advisory to the people who eat whale meat. The same team also discovered a new strain of theparasite iSarcocystis/i, previously sequestered in the icy north, that is responsible for killing406 grey seals in the north Atlantic in 2012. Presenting their findings today at the 2014Annual Meeting ...

Stem Cell Method may Help Maintain Platelet Supply Without the Need of Blood Donation

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Platelets have a primary role in prevention of bleeding, and are vital for the treatment of various forms of trauma and blood diseases. However, they can only be obtained through blood donations at present. Researchers reporting online February 13 in the Cell Press journal iCell Stem Cell/i recently found a way to create platelets without the need for donated blood, an advance that could possibly erase supply shortages and ensure platelet treatments for all who need them. ...

Zinc: The Missing Link for Osteoarthritic Therapies?

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Due to the unclear molecular causes of the disease, osteoarthritis, a leading cause of disability occurring due to destruction of cartilage tissue in joints, lacks effective therapies. A study published by Cell Press February 13th in the journal emCell/em reveals that osteoarthritis-related tissue damage is caused by a molecular pathway that is involved in regulating and responding to zinc levels inside of cartilage cells. A protein called ZIP8 transports zinc inside these ...

Good Bacteria 'Communicate' With Our Gut Cells

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A team of researchers have now discovered how the 'good' bacteria in our gut communicates with our own cells, thereby establishing the basis of a successful relationship.This is a key step in understanding how our bodies maintain a close relationship with the population of gut bacteria that plays crucial roles in maintaining our health, fighting infection and digesting our food. A study, published in the journal iCell Reports/i, shows that the gut bacteria produce ...

Vitamin B12 Speeds Up Worm Development

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Our body cells take in the nutrients from food, and convert them into the building blocks of our life. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a novel interspecies model system that allows these questions to be answered. In a study appearing in the journal iCell/i, UMMS researchers use this new approach to show ...

Grape Seed a Boon in Bowel Cancer Treatment: Study

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A new research in Australia has revealed that grape seed can be very effective in treating bowel cancer. The study says grape seed acts against cancer cells and does not touch the healthy cells. It also helps in treating the damages caused by chemotherapy in small intestine. It minimises inflammation and tissue damage caused by chemotherapy in small intestine, said lead author Dr Amy Cheah. Researchers said the anti-oxidant properties of grape seed are useful ...

Tobacco Claims Lives of Over 1 Million Indians Annualy

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A new report recently stated that tobacco products are the number one cause of oral cancer in India, and chewed tobacco products are directly linked to oral cancer. The World Lung Foundation report said more than one million Indians die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases each year. "Estimates from patients at our oral cancer ward indicate that 80 to 90 percent of preventable cancers of the neck, head and throat are tobacco related. The burden of oral cancers ...

Blueberries may Help Spice Up Your Love Life

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Include blueberries in your diet for a healthy love life, says expert. According to nutritionist Dora Walsh, the berries contain proanthocyanidins, a plant chemicals that is believed to keep blood vessels flexible and blood flowing around the body that could work wonders in your romantic life, reports contactmusic.com. "Blueberries can easily be incorporated into what we eat every week. Blueberries are a great source of the nutrient manganese ...

Scientists Discover New Target for Psoriasis Treatment

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PIM1 could be an effective target for human autoimmune disease psoriasis, say King's College London researchers. Psoriasis affects around 2 per cent of people in the UK and causes dry, red lesions on the skin which can become sore or itchy and can have significant impact on the sufferer's quality of life. It is thought that psoriasis is caused by a problem with the body's immune system in which new skin cells are created too rapidly, causing a ...

Study Says Quitting Smoking Makes You Happier

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A new study finds moderate or heavy smokers who quit smoking get a boost in mental wellbeing. British researchers examined 26 published investigations into the mental health of smokers. They looked at standardised scorecards for symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress and quality of life, derived from questionnaires completed by volunteers. The smokers were 44 years old on average and smoked between 10 and 40 cigarettes a day. They ...

Sedation Before Nerve Block Increases Risk, Not Pain Relief

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Sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain does not increase patient satisfaction or long-term pain control, but only increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, suggests a new research. "Sedation doesn't help, but it does add expense and risk," says study leader Steven P. Cohen, M.D., a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "In some places, every patient ...

Warnings of Flu Outbreak by Greek Authorities

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Warnings of flu outbreak has been issued by Greek state health authorities on Wednesday, after recording 18 deaths out of more than 70 patients hospitalized with complications since the start of winter. According to experts of the Centre for Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), the most dominant influenza virus this year is the H1N1 strand of type A but further two seasonal flu type B strands seem to be also on the rise, Xinhua reported. Scientists stressed ...

Foetus With 2 Brains, 2 Faces: Docs Say Abort, Parents Say No

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Doctors have advised them to abort their foetus which has 2 faces and 2 brains, but this Australian couple says they plan to go ahead with the pregnancy and never even thought about abortion. The unborn child's father Simon Howie said, "It'd be the same as being a child with autism or Down syndrome. I don't believe in terminating the baby if it's healthy and growing fine, and everything is going to plan." Three-dimensional sonograms show the child with two ...