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British Schoolgirl Had FOUR Abortions Before Her 16th Birthday

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Shocking new figures reveal that a British schoolgirl had four abortions before her 16th birthday. The teenager, who underwent her fourth feticide in 2012, is among more than 200 under-16s to have had repeat abortion in the past three years. Shockingly, a further five of these teenagers had three abortions before reaching the age of consent. The shocking news comes amid concern that terminations are being used by teenagers as ...

National Health Profile 2013: Salient Features

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Learning to Read Does Not End in 4th Grade: Research

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Learning to read ends in fourth grade and students now start reading to learn, is the concept taught to teachers-in-training. But a new Dartmouth study in the journal iDevelopmental Science/i tested the theory by analyzing brain waves and found that fourth-graders do not experience a change in automatic word processing, a crucial component of the reading shift theory. Instead, some types of word processing become automatic before fourth grade, while others don't switch ...

Polish Hedgehog Finds a Savior

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After swallowing poison for garden slugs, Smoky the hedgehog is too weak to stand on his feet and is fighting for his life. Thanks to a devoted Polish animal lover, he has a chance. Andrzej Kuziomski set up Poland's first and only hedgehog shelter after as a bicycle courier he came across hundreds of the small, quilled mammals that had been killed or maimed in run-ins with humans. "He hasn't eaten anything for days... He weighs less than ...

Reducing Risk of HIV With Incentives to Increase Medical Male Circumcision

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Modest increase in the prevalence of circumcision was seen after 2 months, with a compensation in the form of food vouchers worth approximately U.S. (Dollar) 9 or (Dollar) 15, compared with lesser or no compensation. This was found in a study published by emJAMA/em. The study is being released to coincide with its presentation at the International AIDS Conference. Following randomized trials that demonstrated that medical male circumcision reduces men's risk of HIV acquisition ...

Packrats Were Able to Eat Poison After Fecal Transplants

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Eating toxic creosote bushes proved fatal after antibiotics killed the gut microbes in woodrats. Those that never ate the plants were able to do so after receiving fecal transplants with microbes from creosote-eaters, University of Utah biologists found. The new study confirms what biologists long have suspected: bacteria in the gut - and not just liver enzymes - are "crucial in allowing herbivores to feed on toxic plants," says biologist Kevin Kohl, a postdoctoral ...

Six Killed in Northern Nigeria Due to Cholera

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Six people have died and scores infected with a cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria's Kano State, the state health commissioner said Sunday, although a local charity reported a higher toll. "Six people died out of the 46 cases recorded," Abubakar Labaran Yusuf told AFP of the outbreak this week in Kafin Dalawa village, 70 kilometres (43 miles) outside the state capital of Kano. Contaminated water in the area was the most likely cause, he said, adding ...

Strikingly Early Seeding of HIV Viral Reservoir in New Findings

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Viral reservoir is the collection of cells in which the HIV virus can lie dormant for many years and avoid elimination by antiretroviral drugs. This poses as the most critical barrier for curing HIV-1 infection. Very little has been known about when and where the viral reservoir is established during acute HIV-1 infection, or the extent to which it is susceptible to early antiretroviral therapy (ART). Now a research team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Common Kidney Cancer Progression Stopped by Metabolic Enzyme

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An enzyme key to cessation of tumor growth has been identified in an analysis of metabolites used by the body to make fuel in normal and cancerous cells in human kidney tissue, by a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The team found that an enzyme called FBP1 - essential for regulating metabolism - binds to a transcription factor in the nucleus of certain kidney cells and restrains energy production in the cell body. ...

25 Percent of 'Dieting Women' Lecture Friends on Food Habits

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Almost half of dieting women transform into 'Food Bores' by endorsing diet tips to their peers, finds new survey. In a research study of 2,000 women, 41 per cent told that they had stopped eating something after their weight-obsessed friends scared them into changing their diet, while 35 per cent of women said that they avoided friends who were trying to lose weight because their preaching made them feel guilty about what they ate, the Daily Express reported. ...

Life's Effects on Our DNA Mapped by New Technique

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A powerful new single technique has been developed to help investigate how the environment effects our development and the traits we inherit from our parents. This technique was developed by researchers at the BBSRC-funded Babraham Institute, in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Single Cell Genomics Centre. The technique can be used to map all of the 'epigenetic marks' on the DNA within a single cell. This single-cell approach will boost understanding ...

Law for Warnings on Tobacco Products Signed by Philippine Leader

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino has signed a law requiring tobacco companies to print graphic warning pictures on packets, his spokesman said Sunday. The President has been criticized for his own inability to quit smoking. The bill signed Friday has long been campaigned for by health advocates but is opposed by the tobacco industry. It requires companies to devote about half the space on packets to warnings including photographs of internal organs ...

Britain's Most Tattooed Man Has Spent 350 to Get 3D Silicone Skull Implanted in His Chest

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Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-Ite, who is also known as Britain's most tattooed man, has had a 3D silicone skull implanted in his chest after a three-hour operation. He is said to have spent 350 for the cosmetic surgery. The tattoo man from Birmingham, known as Mathew Whelan before changing his name in 2009, has admitted that it hurt. The 34-year-old, who sports a Jeremy Kyle tattoo on the back of his head and earlier spent 30,000 ...

Tribute for Plane Dead in Opening Lines of World AIDS Forum

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Tribute to six campaigners killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was the opening lines of a six-day world forum on AIDS. It also included fresh vows to crush a disease that has claimed twice as many lives as World War I. Thousands of delegates at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne stood for a minute's silence in honour of six colleagues who had been aboard the plane. They included Joep Lange, a Dutch scientist who had played a frontline ...

Messaging App Allows You to 'Yo' Your Friends

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You can now send the word 'yo' to your friends who have discovered newfound fame and fortune by a simple messaging app. San Francisco-based startup Yo, which got its start in Tel Aviv and moved to California after becoming a hit in Israel, boasted new backers on Friday as reports estimated its value as high as (Dollar) 10 million. Betaworks announced that it is part of a recently wrapped Yo funding round, due in part to a fascination with the potential of simple ...

Cocktail of Drugs Shortens Time Taken to Treat TB Patients

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A new research has found that a cocktail of three drugs can shorten the time it takes to treat patients infected by TB strains that are hard to treat using antibiotics. Dubbed the PaMZ regimen, the drugs killed more TB bacteria than standard therapy and at a faster rate in a so-called Phase IIb trial, usually the penultimate step in vetting new treatments for safety and effectiveness, investigators said. If funding is found, PaMZ will move to Phase III ...

Research Supports Circumcision to Protect Against AIDS

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A new research has backed the campaign in Africa that was designed to protect against the AIDS virus. Three major trials have previously shown that, for heterosexual men, male circumcision reduces the risk of contracting HIV by as much as 60 percent -- a finding that has prompted the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) to recommend it as a voluntary prevention option, to be used along with the condom. But some experts have warned that circumcised men, ...

Chinese Women Drivers Get Plus Sized Parking Spaces

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Labeled "Respectfully reserved for women", and around 30 centimetres wider than normal, there are new unique parking spaces in Chinese shopping malls developed for women. The slots at the Dashijiedaduhui -- or "World Metropolis" -- centre have sparked debate in China, which officially embraces gender equality but where old-fashioned sexism is rife in reality. The mall, in the centre of the northern port city of Dalian, has little to distinguish itself ...

Biomedical and Behavioral Approaches Combined in HIV Prevention Strategies

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A group of experts have come together for the first time to lay out a framework of best practices to achieve an AIDS-free generation by using an innovative approach. The guidelines, which will be published online in the emJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)/em, integrate both cutting-edge biomedical advances and evidence-based behavioral interventions for the care of people living with HIV or at high risk for HIV infection. The recommendations, ...

Simple Tips to Stop Hair Loss Menopause

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Menopause hair loss is a common problem that affects about half of women during menopause. Simple lifestyle changes to a woman's daily routine are necessary to take control of hair loss. Hair is made from a type of protein called keratin, which is also present in the skin and nails. Most people have about 100,000 hairs, which remain on the head for several years at a time. Each hair may grow for two to six years before going into a resting phase. Eventually, the ...

India's Demonised Mothers-in-law Get Bad Rap

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Women from India fear and loathe her. Soap operas showcase her iron-fisted rule. And sociologists spend hours debating the torment she is accused of unleashing across the country. Mothers-in-law have long been demonised and parodied all over the world. But they have an especially fearsome reputation in India, where stories of bitter and abusive struggles with their daughters-in-law abound. According to a new book, relationships between mothers-in-law ...

Growth Hormone Analog Could Reduce the Risk of Fatty Liver Disease in HIV-infected Patients

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Modest reduction in liver fat was seen in HIV patients having excess abdominal fat after they received a growth hormone releasing hormone analog for six months, a new study has found. Patients infected with HIV demonstrate a high prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, estimated at 30 percent to 40 percent. The issue is being released early to coincide with the International AIDS Conference. In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, abdominal fat ...

Initial HIV Care at Home Increases Use of Antiretroviral Therapy

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There was a significant increase in adults initiating antiretroviral therapy after they were offered HIV self-testing and optional home initiation of care, a new study has found. The issue is being released early to coincide with the International AIDS Conference. In 2012, an estimated 35 million individuals were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) substantially reduces the risk of HIV transmission as well ...

Stillbirth

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The term stillbirth is used when fetal death occurs after twenty weeks of pregnancy. A change in fetal movement could provide indications of fetal distress or even death.

Opioids in Pregnancy: Are They Safe?

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Researchers feel that the use of opioid drugs in early pregnancy can cause neural tube defects in the baby. These findings were brought forth in a study headed by Martha M. Werler, a School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and a senior epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology Center. We are all aware that medications should be avoided by a a href="http:www.medindia.net/slideshow/pregnancy-tips.asp" target="_blank" class="vcontentshlink"pregnant woman/a ...

New Tool to Detect World's Fastest Growing Developmental Disorder Developed

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Scientists have developed a novel screening tool capable of detecting signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder and other developmental delays in children as early as eight months old Michael Lewis, Ph.D., founding director of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Autism Center, and Nish Parikh, CEO of WebTeam Corporation, a global leader in the field of autism management technology, announced the availability of EARLYThree, an easy-to-use iPhone and iPad application ...

Smartphones Will Soon Analyze Your DNA

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New display sensors for smartphones that will read the user's spit to not only detect the body temperature, but also analyze the DNA are being developed by scientists. Researchers from Polytechnique Montreal and Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning, who are currently working together, claimed that the sensors would be embedded within the smartphone's display, allowing the users to take their temperature, assess blood levels (if diabetic) and work alongside platforms ...

Roman 'Free Choice' Cemetery Discovered

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A cemetery has been uncovered by Archeologists in Italy, in the 2,700-year-old ancient port of Rome, where the variety of tombs could reflect the bustling town's multi-cultural nature. Ostia "was a town that was always very open, very dynamic," said Paola Germoni, the director of the sprawling site -- Italy's third most visited after the Colosseum and Pompeii. "What is original is that there are different types of funeral rites: burials and cremations," ...

Drop in HIV Diagnoses in US, Except Among Some Gay Men

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More than 30 percent drop in the rate of HIV diagnoses is seen in the United States over the past decade, though it is on the rise among certain gay men, said researchers on Saturday. Men who have sex with men and who are aged between 13 and 24 saw the biggest rise -- a 132.5 percent increase in the rate of HIV diagnoses -- said the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Gay men aged 45 and older were also increasingly diagnosed with ...

Circumcision Does Not Promote Risky Behavior by African Men: Study

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A new study conducted by University of Illinois researchers finds men do not engage in riskier behaviors after they are circumcised. Three clinical trials have shown that male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of acquiring HIV in young African men. However, some experts have suggested that circumcision, if promoted as an HIV preventive, may increase promiscuity or decrease condom use. This 'risk compensation' could diminish the effectiveness of medical ...