Recent survey by a charity BEAT showed that people with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are not getting proper treatment and care from GP.
Researchers reached findings after analyzing data collected from 1,500 people with eating disorders. Survey also indicated that majority people feel that their GP can't understand their problem and don't know how to help them. Only 15% of patients believed that their GP understood their disorders. Report highlighted various cases of eating disorders badly treated by GP.
The survey conducted by Pasumai Thayaagam, Voluntary Health Association of India and Healis Sekhasaria Institute for Public Health in December showed the public favor to the anti-smoking law imposed by the government.
1026 respondents in the age group of 15-64 in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata were interviewed between December 8 and 23 last year. Most of the study subjects were from the lower and middle income groups.
Consumer group Choice conducted a study to evaluate quality of service provided by cosmetic surgeons. Under the recent study, the women looking for cosmetic surgery treatment made 38 visits to 30 cosmetic surgery clinics in Sydney and Brisbane. These women enquired about breast augmentation, fat-removing liposuction or wrinkle-reducing Botox treatment. The study revealed some shocking facts.
Washington, Mar 24: Older adults can prevent fractures by taking oral vitamin D supplements at a dose of at least 400 international units per day, says a new study.
"The anti-fracture benefits of vitamin D have been questioned by several recent trials, leading to uncertainty among patients and physicians regarding recommendations for vitamin D supplementation," the authors write as background information in the article.
In a shocking development, a 12 year old girl student died and 27 others were hospitalized after being administered a shot of Rubella vaccine in Sri Lanka's Matara district.
The girl, Piyasala Hansani, died at his school St. Thomas' Girls School, about 160 km south of the capital Colombo.
It can be recalled that nearly 300 students of the school were given vaccine after which some students had fallen ill and were admitted to the hospital.
Government has been accused of encouraging promiscuity after launching a new campaign called ‘Condom confidence boosts women’s sex appeal’ to encourage young women to carry condoms.
The publicity drive, launched by health secretary Dawn Primarolo, is targeting women in their late teens and early 20s.
It also advises young women that “new research… reveals that women who take control in the bedroom by demanding safe sex are more attractive to English men”.
Recent survey by a charity BEAT showed that people with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are not getting proper treatment and care from GP. 
The survey conducted by Pasumai Thayaagam, Voluntary Health Association of India and Healis Sekhasaria Institute for Public Health in December showed the public favor to the anti-smoking law imposed by the government. 
Consumer group Choice conducted a study to evaluate quality of service provided by cosmetic surgeons. Under the recent study, the women looking for cosmetic surgery treatment made 38 visits to 30 cosmetic surgery clinics in Sydney and Brisbane. These women enquired about breast augmentation, fat-removing liposuction or wrinkle-reducing Botox treatment. The study revealed some shocking facts.
Washington, Mar 24: Older adults can prevent fractures by taking oral vitamin D supplements at a dose of at least 400 international units per day, says a new study.
In a shocking development, a 12 year old girl student died and 27 others were hospitalized after being administered a shot of Rubella vaccine in Sri Lanka's Matara district.
Government has been accused of encouraging promiscuity after launching a new campaign called ‘Condom confidence boosts women’s sex appeal’ to encourage young women to carry condoms. 
