B. C. new legislation prohibits smoking in the presence of children under 16. The new law will come into effect on World Health Day, April 7. The new law will allow police to stop any vehicle on suspicion of smoking in the presence of children and charge $109 fine if found guilty. Anyone refusing to pay fine will not be issued both a driver's licence and insurance. Parents are applauding this effort of government to protect children from danger of second hand smoke.
Recent study revealed that 695,000 living Canadians were diagnosed with an invasive cancer over a 10-year period ending at the beginning of January 2005. The study concluded that although cancer rates are increasing but it is also a fact that survival rates are improving.
Study by Statistics Canada reveled that the most prevalent cancer in women was breast cancer and prostate cancer in men followed by colorectal cancer. 40% cancer cases are due to breast cancer and 38.2% men were diagnosed prostate cancer.
In Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), blood clot is formed in the vein. DVT can be deadly if the clot travels to lung or brain. Data collected by medical experts estimate that DVT takes more lives than AIDS, breast cancer, prostrate cancer and road accidents put together.
Apollo Hospitals has launched a programme to spread awareness about Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).
Senior consultant vascular surgeon Dr V Balaji said: "DVT occurs usually in legs without any visible symptoms and is difficult to detect and is not always recognised as having been the cause of death."
To make people aware regarding the implications of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Apollo Hospitals has launched a programme in Chennai.
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a potentially lethal blood clot, which forms in a vein deep in the body. Such clots occur when blood turns thick and clumps together.
Most deep vein blood clots take place in the lower leg or thigh. Moreover, they can also occur in other body parts.
Virility drug Viagra has many side effects including wonky willies flatulence, toothache and hiccups!
A health regulator reported that Viagra is responsible for 109 deaths in the UK.
In Britain, the drug is prescribed over a million times each year, and therefore the number of fallouts reported is very small with only about 1,000 reports listing over 1,500 side effects.
In a shocking development, 21 more cases of typhoid have come to light on Monday in Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district.
With this the total number of people infected with typhoid has risen to 127.
According to reports, the new typhoid cases, all of them are children, from the three villages of Bhayla, Keirala and Kalyangadh in Bavla, which were registered at the Sola Civil Hospital today.
B. C. new legislation prohibits smoking in the presence of children under 16. The new law will come into effect on World Health Day, April 7. The new law will allow police to stop any vehicle on suspicion of smoking in the presence of children and charge $109 fine if found guilty. Anyone refusing to pay fine will not be issued both a driver's licence and insurance. Parents are applauding this effort of government to protect children from danger of second hand smoke. 
Recent study revealed that 695,000 living Canadians were diagnosed with an invasive cancer over a 10-year period ending at the beginning of January 2005. The study concluded that although cancer rates are increasing but it is also a fact that survival rates are improving. 
In Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), blood clot is formed in the vein. DVT can be deadly if the clot travels to lung or brain. Data collected by medical experts estimate that DVT takes more lives than AIDS, breast cancer, prostrate cancer and road accidents put together. 
To make people aware regarding the implications of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Apollo Hospitals has launched a programme in Chennai.
Virility drug Viagra has many side effects including wonky willies flatulence, toothache and hiccups!
In a shocking development, 21 more cases of typhoid have come to light on Monday in Bavla taluka of Ahmedabad district. 
