How 11 boys with a cause set a nation on fire - Daily News & Analysis
May 26, 2006

Earthtimes.org

How 11 boys with a cause set a nation on fire Daily News & Analysis - 6 hours ago NEW DELHI: The anti-quota movement that has spread across the nation was conceptualised by eleven students in the guest room of the boys' hostel at the University College of Medical Sciences in Delhi. Costly pvt hospitals the only option Times of India Strike claims a life; PM to consider medicos' demands Newindpress (subscription) Economic Times - Hindu - NewKerala.com - Deccan Herald - all 86 related

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ITV.com

Tobacco use by teens common: worldwide survey Reuters.uk - 7 hours ago Nearly one in five 13- to 15-year-old students worldwide use tobacco products, according to findings of a new survey released Friday. Graphic images to deter smokers BBC News Just One Puff Make Teenagers Addict MedIndia CBS News - WebMD - News-Medical.net - Channel News Asia - all 70 related

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Voice of America

'No radical changes' for WHO News24 - 9 hours ago Geneva - The new acting head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) says more money and people are a priority in the continued fight against HIV/Aids, malaria and polio. Members of the World Health Organization Mourn Death of Its Leader ... Voice of America Tanzania: Kikwete conveys message of condolences over Lee Jong ... African News Dimension Daily Observer - Financial Times - Honolulu Advertiser - AngolaPress - all 43 related

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Xinhua

Experts track HIV to Cameroon chimps Calcutta Telegraph - 1 hour ago New Delhi, May 26: Genetic studies on chimp faeces picked up in the wild have helped scientists pinpoint forests in southern Cameroon as the geographical origin of the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) that spawned the AIDS pandemic. Scientists Confirm AIDS Originated in Wild African Chimpanzees Voice of America Chimp Virus Is Linked to HIV New York Times Hindu - International Herald Tribune - Sydney Morning Herald - all 308 related

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Playfuls.com

Vaccine to Cut Risk of Shingles in Older People Is Approved New York Times - 44 minutes ago WASHINGTON, May 26 - Federal drug regulators have approved the first vaccine intended to reduce the risks of shingles in people 60 and older. FDA Approves Adult Shingles Vaccine CBS News FDA Approves Shingles Vaccine Wall Street Journal (subscription) Forbes - Chicago Tribune - Monsters and Critics.com - Reuters - all 398 related

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WHDH-TV

Seventh measles case detected in Hancock Tower worker Boston Globe - 1 hour ago The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Friday confirmed the seventh case of measles in an employee of a company located in the John Hancock Tower. Two More Boston Workers Diagnosed With Measles CBS4Boston Officials investigate additional cases of measles in same company Eyewitness News WHDH-TV - Reuters - KLFY - all 111 related

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Best Syndication

Preventing and treating diabetes 7Online.com - 5 hours ago One third of the adult American population either has diabetes or is on their way to getting it, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control. One-Third of US Adults Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic KLAS-TV More than One in Five Senior Citizens Has Diabetes SeniorJournal.com DG News - all 26 related

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999 Today

Daily drinks good for men, not women Irish Health - 16 hours ago Men who drink alcohol every day have a lower risk of heart disease, compared to those who drink less frequently. However this is not the case for women, the results of a new study indicate. Heavy Drinking Linked to Healthy Hearts FOX News STAT Medical News: Women Who Deny That They're Pregnant Often Don' ... ABC News Bloomberg - Reuters.uk - Times of India - United Press International - all 101 related

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Washington Post

Utah earns 'D' on report for school bus pollution Deseret News - May 24, 2006 The average Utah school bus releases 19.6 pounds of soot into the air each year - 150 percent more pollution per mile than a tractor-trailer truck â€-otentially putting children's health at risk, according to a national report grading states on ... New study says school busses unhealthy for kids KESQ Aging Diesel School Buses Put Children at Risk Consumer Affairs Food Consumer - WTVM - WLTX.com - WBIR-TV - all 188 related

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The Age

Garlic 'cure' rekindles AIDS row The Age - 11 hours ago SOUTH Africa is embroiled in a fresh HIV/AIDS row after the disease killed a politician's daughter who shunned anti-retroviral drugs in favour of a diet of garlic, olive oil and lemons. South African who shunned drugs dies Guardian Unlimited Bhengu family lashes TAC on daughter’s AIDS death Business Day iAfrica.com - Mail & Guardian Online - Reuters South Africa - all 24 related

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World Fitness

Sleeping may help keep you slim Trade Arabia - May 25, 2006 A good night's sleep may not just leave you feeling refreshed - it may also help to you keep trim, says a report. Researchers from Ohio's Case Western Reserve University, followed nearly 70,000 women for 16 years. Sleep Deprivation Linked to Weight Gain Medscape (subscription) For women, less sleep ups obesity risk Xinhua CNN-IBN - Forbes - Irish Health - Mumbai Mirror - all 82 related

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7Online.com

One-Third of US Adults Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic Forbes - 11 hours ago FRIDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has now topped 19 million, and a new study says a third of adults with the disease don't even know they have it. One-Third of US Adults Diabetic, Many Unaware of Disease FOX News Many Americans remain unaware of their diabetes WIS 7Online.com - WWAY NewsChannel 3 - United Press International - Scripps Howard News Service - all 26 related

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BBC Afrique

AIDS children have little access to treatment: UN Monsters and Critics.com - 30 minutes ago New York - A majority of the 2.3 million children under age 15 who have the AIDS virus get no treatment, causing deaths that could often be prevented with inexpensive drugs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday. Lack of HIV drugs a 'death sentence' for children Scotsman UNICEF and partners urge support for HIV-positive children UN News Centre Daily Nation (subscription) - Seattle Post Intelligencer - Kaiser network.org - all 84 related

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BBC News

Graphic images to deter smokers BBC News - 1 hour ago The public are being asked to choose a series of picture warnings to appear on cigarette packets from next year. People can give their opinion on a range of images designed to highlight the dangers of smoking ... Tobacco use by teens common: worldwide survey Reuters.uk Just One Puff Make Teenagers Addict MedIndia Forbes - CBS News - News-Medical.net - Channel News Asia - all 70 related

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LifeNews.com

Sleeping pill that brought a coma victim back to life Times Online - 1 hour ago A SLEEPING pill that triggered a period of consciousness in a comatose patient after being administered to calm a bout of restlessness is to be taken into full clinical trials, The Times has learnt. Sleeping pill wakes men in vegetative state Scenta.co.uk Sleeping pill rouses people in a permanent vegetative state News-Medical.net New Scientist (subscription) - Opinion Editorials - Newindpress (subscription) - North Country Gazette - all 17 related

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Gulf Times

Medicos continue anti-quota stir Hindu - 2 hours ago NEW DELHI: Even as the medicos were preparing on Friday for their "Dilli Aao, Desh Bachao (Come to Delhi, Save the Country) Rally" at the Ramlila Grounds here on Saturday, protests against the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs ... Medicos soften stand, protests to continue Daily News & Analysis Senior doctors on strike, Delhi medical services crippled Hindustan Times Central Chronicle - Calcutta Telegraph - Deccan Herald - Times of India - all 92 related

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Report rips SF's emergency medical preparedness San Francisco Chronicle - 21 hours ago (05-25) 18:31 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- As soon as 30 minutes following a large earthquake, terrorist strike or other disaster, San Francisco's emergency medical operations would "fail catastrophically" and be unable to treat hundreds of severely injured ... Civil grand jury report blasts SF disaster plan San Jose Mercury News SF City Emergency Services detrimental to the constituents of San ... Bay Area Indymedia abc7news.com - CBS 5 - SanFranciscoSentinel.com - CBS 5 - all 16 related

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WorldNetDaily

Sleeping pill wakes men in vegetative state Scenta.co.uk - 12 hours ago A drug commonly used as a sleeping pill appears to have had a miraculous effect on brain-damaged patients who have been in a permanent vegetative state for years, arousing them to the point where some are able to speak to their families, scientists report ... Moratorium Sought In Removing Care Of PVS Patients North Country Gazette Sleeping drugs waking up semi-comatose patients Zee News all 17 related

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7Online.com

Diabetes on the rise in US WWAY NewsChannel 3 - 2 hours ago There is disappointing news tonight on the subject of diabetes. In spite of a massive campaign to raise awareness about the disease the number of diabetes cases in this country is actually growing. One-third with diabetes don't know it United Press International Diabetes rate goes up even as detection still lags Scripps Howard News Service KLAS-TV - WebMD - all 24 related

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BBC Afrique

Children's Advocates Urge Help for HIV-Infected Youth Voice of America - 35 minutes ago A coalition of child advocacy organizations is appealing to the world to recognize that HIV-infected children have a right to treatment. Lack of HIV drugs a 'death sentence' for children Scotsman More Needed To Treat HIV-Positive Children BÄ°A BBC News - UN News Centre - United Press International - Seattle Post Intelligencer - all 83 related

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Voice of America

INTERVIEW-WHO says not considering raising bird flu alert Reuters AlertNet - 6 hours ago The World Health Organisation (WHO) is not considering raising its global bird flu alert level, although its investigation into a family cluster in Indonesia continues, a senior WHO official said on Friday. WRAPUP 1-Poultry in Indonesia village likely bird flu source Reuters Bird flu kills two siblings in Indonesia San Jose Mercury News Jakarta Post - Financial Express.bd - Voice of America - Food Consumer - all 1,040 related

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Civil grand jury report blasts SF disaster plan San Jose Mercury News - 3 hours ago A civil grand jury report released today faults San Francisco for its lack of a disaster-preparedness plan, especially in the case of a major medical emergency. San Francisco Grand Jury says City Not Prepared for Disaster KCBS SF City Emergency Services detrimental to the constituents of San ... Bay Area Indymedia CBS 5 - San Francisco Chronicle - all 12 related

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Any alcohol in pregnancy may be too much Monsters and Critics.com - May 24, 2006 Women who drink even small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to children with lower IQs than those ... Light drinking has impact on unborn Financial Times Can mom's drinking lower kids' IQ? Pittsburgh Post Gazette All Headline News - Ivanhoe - all 11 related

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7Online.com

One-Third of US Adults Diabetic, Many Unaware of Disease FOX News - 1 hour ago As many as a third of American adults with type 2 diabetes don’t even know they have the disease, according to alarming new findings from the National Institutes of Health and the CDC. Preventing and treating diabetes 7Online.com One-Third of US Adults Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic KLAS-TV all 23 related

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Antioch police identify pair slain on street San Francisco Chronicle - 6 hours ago (05-26) 07:26 PDT Antioch (SF Chronicle) -- Antioch police today identified a man and a woman who were shot and killed as they walked on a street. A MAN AND A WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH IN ANTIOCH CBS 5 Man, Woman Shot To Death In Antioch abc7news.com Contra Costa Times - CBS 13 - KESQ - all 12 related

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BBC News

Heavy Drinking Linked to Healthy Hearts FOX News - 30 minutes ago The new findings, based on the self-reported drinking habits of some 57,000 middle-aged Danes, confirm a previous report that the lower risk of heart disease in men who drink alcohol depends ... A drink a day reduces heart risk for men Life Style Extra A Drink a Day May Keep Heart Disease Away, for Men at Least Bloomberg ITV.com - Irish Health - ABC News - Times of India - all 100 related

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World Fitness

FDA Approves Shingles Vaccine Forbes - 39 minutes ago FRIDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine that can protect as many as 50 percent of older adults from developing shingles has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Merck says shingles vaccine approved BusinessWeek US FDA approves Merck vaccine to prevent shingles Reuters CBS News - Chicago Tribune - Bizjournals.com - Reuters.uk - all 296 related

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Thalidomide approved for use in bone-marrow cancer Food Consumer - 22 minutes ago Thalidomide has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat bone-marrow cancer, otherwise called as multiple myeloma. Celgene jumps on FDA decision on Thalomid MarketWatch FDA Approves Thalidomide To Treat Bone-Marrow Cancer Wall Street Journal (subscription) Reuters - CNNMoney.com - BusinessWeek - Houston Chronicle - all 157 related

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Xinhua

PanAfrica: Chimp Link to Aids Pandemic Confirmed AllAfrica.com - 8 hours ago Research in Cameroon has confirmed what scientists have suspected for some years: that wild chimpanzees are the source of the human HIV/AIDS pandemic. Chimp Virus Is Linked to HIV New York Times Source of AIDS virus definitely African chimps, say scientists Scotsman Sydney Morning Herald - Aidsmap - Hindustan Times - African News Dimension - all 303 related

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Warning on spread of fake medicines Advertiser Adelaide - 4 hours ago HEALTH experts warned yesterday governments and industry were doing more to deal with the trade in counterfeit CDs than tackling a wave of potentially lethal or harmful fake medicines. Health community calls for global action against fake medicines Channel News Asia Health Experts Urge Crackdown on Counterfeit Drugs HealthCentral.com all 11 related

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UN assembly to hold high-level meeting on AIDS next week Xinhua - May 24, 2006 The United Nations General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting late next week to assess the global progress achieved in the fight against HIV/AIDS and consider ways of strengthening the campaign. UN warns global war against AIDS may fail target Khaleej Times South Africa: Government Plan to Fight HIV/Aids Is Working ... AllAfrica.com Kaiser network.org - UN News Centre - all 8 related

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Voice of America

WHO to Speed Up Search for New Director General Voice of America - 1 hour ago The World Health Organization (WHO) says it wants to move quickly to appoint a new director general, following the death earlier this week of Lee Jong-wook. 'No radical changes' for WHO News24 Countries opt to speed up bird flu reporting rules Reuters African News Dimension - Channel News Asia - Daily Observer - Financial Times - all 43 related

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Playfuls.com

Shingles Vaccine, Zostavax Approved In USA And Europe Medical News Today - 31 minutes ago The first vaccine to prevent shingles, Merck's Zostavax, has been approved in both the USA and Europe for adults aged 60 or more. US FDA approves Merck vaccine to prevent shingles Reuters Vaccine for shingles receives US approval CBC News Chicago Tribune - Reuters.uk - WHAS 11.com (subscription) - CBS News - all 268 related

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Canada.com

Update: Bird flu kills two more in Indonesia Food Consumer - 3 hours ago Two more siblings in Indonesia died of bird flu, officials said Friday, citing the rest results were preliminary and needed to be confirmed by a laboratory accredited by the World Health Organization.