Israel Herald
IsraelHerald.com Sunday 6th July 2008 Issue 1536
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Health charities call for sex lessons for four-year old kids!


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London, July 5 : Parents in the UK are up in arms after two health charities called for compulsory sex lessons for kids as young as...


Donations to McGrath Foundation reach $1m mark
Melbourne, July 5 : Donations to the McGrath Foundation have reached the magic million dollar mark as Australia honours cricketer Glen McGrath's late wife Jane who lost her battle to breast cancer two weeks...


Eating mushrooms can help boost immunity, fight cancer
Washington, July 5 : Mushrooms are rich in antioxidants, nutrients, and vitamins that may help fight cancer, say researchers....


Virtual friends in a cancer world
It was my real friends who accompanied me to the medical appointments after that initial shock, and held my hand when I emerged from general anesthetic and...


Betancourt Healthy Following Release From Colombian Jungle
In this screenshot from a video released by Colombia's Army taken 2 July 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt reacts while being rescued from captivity by a Colombian military...


Long awaited plans unveiled for WA hospitals
The Western Australian Government has finally revealed its plans for some of the state's main hospitals. Princess Margaret Hospital will be demolished and a new facility for children built next to...


Freed Hostage Gets Medical Check-Up
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 15:00 CDT Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt checked into a Paris hospital for medical tests Saturday after being freed in a daring jungle rescue. The...


Cancer Survivor Still a Kid With Courage
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 12:00 CDT By Meredith Hines-Dochterman, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Jul. 5--IOWA CITY -- Derek Thuecks met supermodel Cindy Crawford when he was a teenager. He...


Canada Takes More Action to Protect Human Health and the Environment Under World Leading Chemicals Management Plan
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 12:00 CDT OTTAWA, ONATRIO--(Marketwire - July 5, 2008) - The Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, and the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of...


Confusion over law halts Scots organ transplants
SCORES of desperately ill Scots have been denied organ transplants because of mistakes by medical staff and confusion over the law, Scotland on Sunday can...


Sly smokers spark more pub inspections
and Central Lancashire universities. Over 18 months, they sent secret observers to eight pubs to check whether drinkers and staff were keeping to the law.Three pubs were in deprived urban areas,...


Scots mother rolls out her canine therapy to help autistic children
cation barriers in other autistic children using specially chosen gun dogs.Dale's autism was so severe that he suffered obsessive behaviour and rarely took any notice of his parents.However, when...


How does a hostage
For six years, Ingrid Betancourt was held hostage in the Colombian jungle. Chained and humiliated, with her health failing and despair growing, she admitted yesterday that she was often haunted by...


Nanostructures Improve Bone Response To Titanium Implants
0 posts Titanium implants were successfully introduced by P.-I. Branemark and co-workers in 1969 for the rehabilitation of edentulous jaws. After 40 years of research and development, titanium is...


US hostages in good health, theatre key to release in Colombia
Bogota/Washington - The three Americans freed with Ingrid Bentacourt after the daring rescue from leftist rebels in Colombia were in good health Saturday after more than five years captivity. They...


Health symposium to advise on rural strategies
Some of the world's leading experts in rural health have gathered in Brisbane for the inaugural Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium, starting today. The National Rural Health Alliance...


Betancourt gets good news on health
Ingrid Betancourt reiterated on Saturday that she does not believe her freedom or that of 14 other hostages was bought with a ransom to their Colombian rebel captors. But she suffered so much, she...


FDA hunts for salmonella source in Mexico
FDA checks Mexican growers, but still not close to finding salmonella source Outbreak has sickened 943 people in 40 U.S. states since April FDA suspects tomatoes, but also is checking peppers,...


Freed Betancourt given clean bill of health
PARIS (AFP) - Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said she had been given a clean bill of health on Saturday after a series of medical tests at a Paris military...


Inspectors struggle to find source of salmonella outbreak
A worker separates tomatoes at the sprawling Central de Abastos market in Mexico City last month. FDA inspectors are collecting samples to determine the source of a salmonella...


Nurses missing in nursing
Firoza, a 22-year-old burn patient, was screaming in pain when the ward assistant (Aya) was changing her bandages. The aya was removing the gauze mercilessly from the wounds on her chest, hands and...


Betancourt undergoes battery of medical tests three days after being freed
PARIS — Ingrid Betancourt underwent a battery of medical tests Saturday to check her state of health after six years living in the jungle, the captive of Colombian rebels. The 46-year-old...


Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You
SATURDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Your diet isn't all that healthy, and you haven't been to the gym since who knows when. You can't shed those pesky 20 extra pounds, but what's the use, you may...


Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
With a salmonella scare causing many customers to shun what's normally a summertime favorite, tomato farmers nationwide have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop to rot in...


Sophisticated Communication A Prerequisite For People
0 posts With the availability of the Internet, citizens are increasingly expected to search for information on security risks in their living environment. Until now, however, too little was known...


Comic book artist Michael Turner dies of bone cancer
, has died. He was 37. Turner died June 27 at a Santa Monica hospital of complications related to cancer, Vince Hernandez revealed late Friday. Hernandez is the editor in chief of Aspen MLT, the...


Weight loss programme or exercise Both, says study
The answer is that both have pros and cons and that a combination of the two produces the best results. The Missouri University study examined real-life experiences to determine which programme helps...


Canadian woman speaks in new accent after brain stroke
Fifty-year-old Rosemary Dore of Windsor, 370 km from Toronto, suffered a stroke in the left half of her brain about two years ago, damaging the areas related to production of speech. After the...


Another round of pulse polio campaign launched
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched another round of the Pulse Polio campaign in the national capital by giving anti-polio drops to children at her home Saturday...


First medical textbook in Hindi makes quiet impact
There is nothing to distinguish the tome from hundreds of bulky volumes vying for attention on the bookshelves in this booming town in India's Hindi heartland. But a closer inspection reveals it is a...


The American Red Cross Has a Big Turnaround on Blood Platelets for Cancer and Burn Patients.
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 09:00 CDT By Lee Logan, Tulsa World, Okla. Jul. 5--Lantzey Rutledge has watched her brother Paul battle melanoma for the past year. After the first three months,...


Mothers Vitamin D status affects babys dental health
University of Manitoba investigators presented the results of a study to determine the vitamin D status of pregnant women, the incidence of enamel defects and early-childhood tooth decay among their...


Village health workers to get rapid HIV test kits in India
Thousands of village health workers across India will soon be equipped to conduct AIDS tests through rapid HIV test kits, which need just a prick on a person's fingertip and the results are known in...


Will Smith disappointed at second Oscar loss
Will Smith was annoyed he missed out on an Oscar for his role in The Pursuit Of Happyness - because he was convinced that he would win the prestigious...


Beating Depression For Cancer Patients
clinical depression can significantly boost their quality of life according to new research published in the Lancet. Cancer Research UK scientists devised the treatment programme which offers...


New HIV Health Support Service Launched Across London
0 posts On July 7, Terrence Higgins Trust and NAM are launching a new pan-London health support service for people living with HIV. The 'HIV Health Support Service' offers one to one or group...


New technique may help stop tooth decay
Dental caries, or tooth decay, continues to be the most prevalent infectious disease in the world, which leads to the loss of the hard tissues of the tooth, followed by inflammation and necrosis...


Poor sleep adversely affects kids learning ability at school
The new survey led by Melbourne researchers has revealed that nearly a quarter of children aged six and seven have poor sleeping habits, which has a strong effect on their health, behaviour and...


FDA reports more cases of salmonella illnesses
There have been 943 reported cases nationwide, with at least 130 hospitalizations since mid-April after the first salmonella illnesses appeared, the Food and Drug Administration said Saturday. That...


AARP Solutions Forum Convenes Panel To Examine Medicaid Funding Of Long-Term Care
0 posts AARP will release a new report and convene a panel of experts to discuss Medicaid funding for long-term care (LTC) for older adults and adults with physical disabilities. The report ...


Female Kidney Transplant Recipients Are More Likely To Reject Male Donor Organs
0 posts New research published in The Lancet suggests that sex-matching kidney donors and recipients may result in better outcomes. The report finds that when females receive a male donor kidney,...


Taste gets people hooked to healthy food messages
This fact was acknowledged by science, education, and marketing specialists who recently gathered to discuss how consumers influence and receive food-health and food-safety messages at Institute of...


Turkey will host a major international event on occupational safety and health in 2011, Turkish labor minister said.
ANKARA - Turkey will host a major international event on occupational safety and health in 2011, Turkish labor minister said. Labor and Security Minister Faruk Celik said the International Labor...


On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble
Two months ago, Google held a series of secret focus groups with employees who have children in Google’s day care facilities. The purpose was to gauge their reaction to the company’s...


Accounting Plan Would Allow Use of Foreign Rules
WASHINGTON — Federal officials say they are preparing to propose a series of regulatory changes to enhance American competitiveness overseas, attract foreign investment and give American...


Iran Responds Obliquely to Nuclear Plan
PARIS — Iran formally responded Friday to an international proposal of incentives aimed at resolving the impasse over the country’s nuclear program, but failed to address the central...


Merrill Said to Be in Talks to Sell Bloomberg Stake
Merrill Lynch is in negotiations to sell its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg L.P., the financial data and news company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, as the firm seeks to raise still more...


Negative Decision On Badger Culling Would Be Devastating To Farming Says NFU
0 posts NFU President Peter Kendall has warned a negative decision from the Secretary of State on culling badgers as part of a TB control strategy would be completely devastating to farming families...


As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Early last month, Jeanne Fair, 62, got her first hot meals delivered to her home in this lake town in the sparsely populated southwestern part of the state. Then after two...


Test may aid cancer treatment
Test may aid cancer treatmentAn experimental test that snags lung cancer cells from a blood sample could give doctors real-time feedback on the most effective therapy, researchers reported Wednesday....