Pak Court Keeps Adjourning Rape Case, Seven-year-old Victim’s Mother Dismayed

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

A court in Pakistan keeps adjourning a case of rape of a seven-year-old girl. The mother is dismayed. She is so poor she cant find money even for commuting to attend hearings, while an emboldened culp...

New York Bans Smoking in Parks, Beaches

Posted in Health Hazards of Smoking Cigarettes Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a law Tuesday banning smoking in parks, beaches and busy gathering places like Times Square, the health department said. ...Read More

Myanmar Mass Polio Vaccination Plan

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Myanmar is planning for a mass polio vaccination after the diagnosis of a seven-month old baby with the polio virus. This is country''s first case in three years, according to the United Nations Child...

In Just a Few Months, Meditation Boosts Brain Health

Posted in Acupuncture Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Regular meditation can boost brain health and results begin to show in just a few months,a new study Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has found. The researchers tracked 16 people who took a co...

Alcohol Claims 30,000 Lives Per Year in Britain

Posted in Alcohol abuse / Alcohol dependence / Alcoholism Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Health experts have warned that ifthe current trend continues by the year 2031 about 250,000 deaths will occurdue to alcohol abuse unless the Government deals with this problem as seriouslyas it did w...

Surrogacy Fulfills Celebrity’s Wish

Posted in Pregnancy Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Academy Award nominee, Nicole Kidman talked to Australias 60 minutes about the desperate anxiety she and her husband, Keith Urban faced to have their second baby. ...Read More

Thai Researchers Develop Dengue Fever Vaccine

Posted in Dengue / Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever / Dengue Shock Syndrome Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Researchers in Thailand say they have developed a prototype vaccine against dengue fever and will conduct further tests with the aim of bringing it to market within a decade. ...Read More

Breast Milk Bank

Posted in Breast Feeding and Problems Support group on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Victoria, Australia has its first breast milk bank, enabling sick and premature babies to get a firmer grip on life. Breast milk is vitally important for the new born as it provides, besides nutrition...

Meeting of Health Ministers at Hyderabad

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 22 Feb 2011

Hyderabad is the centre for an all India meeting between the Ministers and Secretaries of health and medical education departments. The conference going on for 2 days will...Read More

Drugs Causing Sexual Problems

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 22 Feb 2011

Sexual problems occur in males as well as in females. Drugs affecting the nervous and our endocrine or hormonal system may cause sexual dysfunction.Drugs are among the most common yet unsuspected caus...