The government, quoting a UNESCO report, today said that 13.5 million children in the country in the age group of 6-13 years were out of school in 2005 with Muslims being the most affected section of the society.
The Supreme Court today allowed the desealing of a school in East Delhi which was sealed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as it was operating on encroached land.
A new report on childhood asthma released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that death rates for asthma among children under age 18 have declined since 1999, while doctor visits for the condition have more than doubled over the past decade.
Many people believe nanotechnology will be the key to solving many of the world’s most pressing medical problems, while others believe it could lead to a potential disaster. The current issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics addresses this issue in all its aspects.
There’s good news for children growing up in bad neighborhoods in a comprehensive, 8-year study led by University of Colorado at Boulder. The successful development of children in Denver and Chicago from the best neighborhoods was 63 percent, while the success rate for children living in high-poverty, disadvantaged neighborhoods was still relatively high, at 52 percent.
A University of Illinois at Chicago study has been stopped early due to dramatic preliminary results indicating that medical circumcision reduces the risk of acquiring HIV during heterosexual intercourse by 53 percent.
Anti-smoking advertising sponsored by tobacco companies not only has no negative effect on teen smoking, it may actually encourage youngsters to smoke, a new study suggests. Prevention ads aimed at parents also tend to backfire.
University of Minnesota tobacco researchers have found that heavy smokers who reduce their number of daily cigarettes still take in two to three times more total toxins per cigarette than light smokers.
Commercial activity permitted in schools, such as soft drink ads; the use of Channel One broadcasts in classrooms; sales incentives from soft drink bottlers; and exclusive beverage contracts may discourage a “nutrition-friendly” environment for students, says researchers.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine and EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) announced today the publication of results from a prospective, multi-center study of stool DNA testing. The study found that the test demonstrated an 88% sensitivity for colorectal cancer, and with equal detection across all stages of cancer, regardless of the cancer?s location in the colon.