Despite the high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy, few women in underserved populations receive treatment for their low back pain, according to a February 2007 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT).
Over 37 per cent married women in India were victims of physical or sexual abuse by their husbands with Bihar topping the list, reported by Kavita Bajeli-Datt, PTI.
A nationwide, multi-center clinical trial of the American Lung Association?s Asthma Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) has found that neither low-dose theophylline nor montelukast improve asthma control in people who were using just a short acting inhaled bronchodilator, but that low-dose theophylline is beneficial in those patients who had not been prescribed inhaled corticosteroids.
In recognition of Skin Cancer Awareness Month this May, Olay and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) are pleased to announce that “Desperate Housewives” star Marcia Cross will be the spokeswoman for the 2007 “Skin Cancer Takes Friends” campaign, encouraging skin cancer prevention and detection. Emmy-nominated Cross will kick-off a nationwide free skin cancer screening initiative and education effort alerting Americans about the importance of early detection and prevention in the fight against skin cancer.
Because of adverse scarring prone to darker skinned patients, some African American women may choose not to have breast reduction. Instead, these women live with the daily pain and physical restraint caused by overly large breasts.
Inadequate intellectual stimulation and poor nutrition, especially iodine and iron deficiencies, are likely to blame for hindering more than 200 million children in developing countries from meeting their full potential, says a Purdue University researcher.
A new book by Richard Gunderman, M.D., Ph.D, associate professor of radiology, pediatrics, and medical education at the Indiana University School of Medicine and of philosophy, liberal arts, and philanthropy at the IU School of Liberal Arts, both on the Indiana University Purdue University and Indianapolis campus, explores the vision of excellence that shapes the education of 70,000 medical students and over 100,000 physicians in training in the United States.
About one in four women older than 65 has been the victim of physical, sexual or psychological violence at the hands of a spouse or other intimate partner, according to a study done in two northwestern states.
A US study found that one measure of obesity rose more than twice as fast when kindergarten and first-grade students were on summer vacation than when they were in school.
The Indian State Governments are required to utilize funds provided under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) to cover drinking water in rural schools also.