The government has launched a call centre — first of its kind in the country — where people can anonymously put queries on reproductive health, sexual diseases and abortion to get answers from trained executives and doctors.
It will provide proper health information, particularly to women, who have hardly any access to it in vast stretches [...]
NEVER again can you complain you do not have enough time for exercise - the new fitness trend in gyms is slimmed-down classes.
Some bite-size sessions now last just 15 minutes.
And many keep-fit clubs are time-tabling half-hour classes before breakfast or during lunch breaks.
The growth of express-style fitness follows demand from time-poor workers and parents, according [...]
Over there, it’s the arena of a war against terror in the modern mode: exploded vehicles line the highway verges, “their bodywork twisted and crushed, as if a giant child, tiring of his toy cars, had had a destructive tantrum”; but you can still stay at a Marriott hotel, room and Continental breakfast for 39 [...]
NORTH UMPQUA TRAIL � It�s 10 a.m., chilly and overcast, and big droplets of sweat are forming at the whisker-ends of Tom Helmer�s bushy beard. The upstate-New York native is talking excitedly about trail maintenance, the last outdoors activity in which you might expect this 30-year-old to be engaged on a Monday morning.Helmer is not [...]
Justin Nunemaker�s eyes intently followed the streaks of red, orange and yellow ink as they blended together, bringing color and life to what was an empty outline of a fish. The brightly colored swimmer is surrounded by blue and turquoise waves and neighbors a vibrant purple fish. The underwater scene stretches from the top of [...]
The findings also suggest that while insomnia frequently accompanies depression, it may not be just a symptom of depression as is commonly thought, but a separate condition, Dr Daniel J Buysse of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and colleagues say.
Depression is a well known risk factor for insomnia, and people with depression [...]
Geoff Ogilvy was at 14-under par through 11 holes and kept his one-shot lead, only now it was Adam Scott on his heels, not the world’s No. 1 player who has won every tournament he has played since September.
Woods was at 11 under, even for the day, [...]
It represents quite a quick comeback for Huggins, who was out of work two years ago.
He got fired at Cincinnati - a school he led to the 1992 Final Four - after a drunken driving arrest, then sat out a season before surfacing at Kansas State in [...]
Could Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms one day be legitimate prescription
medicines? It sounds unlikely, but doctors and researchers in the US and
across Europe believe it is possible and that new science will prove the
case.
Second chances are rare in science. In the Fifties and Sixties, hallucinogenic
drugs, such as LSD, were hailed as the magic bullet to [...]
Like Danny, many children on the autistic spectrum relate better to animals than to people. Autistic children typically have trouble making verbal exchanges and understanding complex social cues, neither of which is necessary to become a dog’s best friend. “Dogs are like half-steps, [...]
