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Emily Beth McDonald charged with feeding her 3-year-old feces

Emily Beth McDonald, a 23-year-old mother from Austin, Texas, has been charged with injury to her three-year-old daughter, due to repeatedly feeding her human waste, causing her life-threatening infections. The hospital staff put in a surveillance camera in the Dell...

India: Safer injection campaign a breakthrough success

Marc Koska’s Safepoint Trust, the East Sussex-based, UK charity, reaches over 500 million people in India with its Safer Injection message, alters India’s Health Policy, and is set to prevent millions of deaths...

Writer Thanks Rod Blagojevich for ‘Public Service’

At first glance, one might think David Catron’s a bit crazy for beginning his piece at American Thinker today by describing Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) as a man who, “for all of his well-documented faults,...

AIDS will spread like ‘bushfire’ in India: UN

India has one of the highest HIV/AIDS patients base and the United States National Intelligence Council predicts that the number of people infected in India could jump to between 20 million and 25...

40 Uzbek children Infected with HIV in hospital

This is shocking , how any neglegence can infect children with HIV. The world is putting millions of dollars for the awareness of AIDS, but ths kind of incidents dilutes the effort to make world HIV free."More...

Nine new dengue fever cases confirmed in Pakistan's cultural capital

As the prolonged dry spell has led to rise in infections related with such climate, nine new cases of Dengue fever have been confirmed in Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan."LAHORE'>http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=59326"]LAHORE: Nine new cases of Dengue fever...

How to avoid heart disease: brush your teeth, say scientists

This is interesting. I had no idea by brushing your teeth it lowers the chances of you receiving heart diseases. I always thought brushing your teeth is for lowering the chance of you having bad breathitis. So now...

Early study touts honey as antibiotics substitute

" Early study touts honey as antibiotics substitute Module body Wed Sep 24, 2:04 PM ...

Infection possible cause of sudden infant death syndrome

New research in the UK points to disease as a possible cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS):"The Archives of Disease in Childhood study found samples from babies who had died for no apparent reason...

The FDA/CDC released Tomatoes, No Longer Digestive Enemy Combatants

The FDA/CDC said today Tomatoes are no Longer Digestive Enemy Combatants.  Tomatoes Cleared of Wrong doing.  Peppers are still Vegetables of Interest . Investigation Continues.  Congress...

4-year-olds sex education probe

The headline makes this more sensational than it is with the emphasis at 4 years old being on building good relationships. Young people tell us that the ins and outs of sex education are pretty well taught but the...

Sex diseases 'double in over-45s'

I think young generation need to know how danger sex disease.... as we can see, there's no cure for HIV... the only cure is to keep our life balance, spiritual and emotional       " ...

Cleaning Up Our Big Mess

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2098393.cms 5 Jun 2007, 0145 hrs IST, Avijit Ghosh,TNN   Ignored and reviled, ragpickers play a big part in cleaning up our cities. Avijit Ghosh spoke to these unsung environmental heroes who daily work where we fear to...

Girls get more boost from breast-feeding than boys

" WASHINGTON - Breast-feeding gives all infants numerous health advantages compared to baby formula, but in at least one respect girls get a greater benefit from breast milk than boys, researchers said on...

New sexual consent law confusing, youth workers say

Youth advocates are worried a somewhat technical new law in Canada that effectively raises the age of consent from 14 to 16 may confuse teenagers, making them susceptible to early pregnancy and STIs.However, as...

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