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A Right Report on The Rights of Transgenders in the Asia Pacific Region
A study titled Lost in Transition: Transgender People, Rights and HIV Vulnerability in the Asia-Pacific Region was released in Bangkok today (17th May, 2012) to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. According to this research, which was jointly released by the United Nations Development
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Chewing Tobacco Chews Away Your Life
Tobacco was considered as an alien product in India and was not welcome to begin with. However, the widespread uptake of tobacco habit as we see it today marks a huge victory for the tobacco promoters. In a milieu of social changes in India, fuelled by
Our Dream: A Tobacco-Free Future For Every Child
Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills when used exactly as indicated by the manufacturer. This catastrophe called tobacco gives out a scary factsheet. According to the estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO) about 1 billion people
Be The Change You Want To See
A two days “State Level Convention of Women Leaders” of feisty rural women began at Gandhi Bhawan in Lucknow on 16th April 2012, bringing together over 650 women leader delegates (organizers were expecting not more than 500) from 9 districts of east UP,
"Government should desist from repression of struggle at Kudankulam"
In a press release dated March 19th 2012, the The Kudankulam Antinuclear Struggle Support Group, Keralam said: “As the Tamil Nadu Government has shown the green signal today for the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, thousands of policemen have
Treat Adulthood TB To Prevent Childhood TB
Children are innocent victims of tuberculosis (which in Hindi is called Kshaya Rog—a disease which wastes away the body). According to the WHO over 250,000 children fall prey to the disease and 100,000 of them die every year from TB, for no fault of theirs.
The Impact of Law On Effective HIV/AIDS Responses In India
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Law ( SAARCLAW ), UNAIDS Technical Support Facility for South Asia ( TSF-SA ) and Maitri, an NGO , together hosted a one day meeting on Thursday, 16 February 2012 in New Delhi, to discuss strategies for overcoming
S100A6 Protein Negatively Regulates CacyBP/SIP-Mediated Inhibition of Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation and Tumorigenesis
by Xiaoxuan Ning, Shiren Sun, Kun Zhang, Jie Liang, Yucai Chuai, Yuan Li, Xiaoming Wang Calcyclin-binding protein (CacyBP/SIP), identified on the basis of its ability to interact with S100 proteins in a calcium-dependent manner, was previously found to inhibit
Childhood Adversity and Epigenetic Modulation of the Leukocyte Glucocorticoid Receptor: Preliminary Findings in Healthy Adults
by Audrey R. Tyrka, Lawrence H. Price, Carmen Marsit, Oakland C. Walters, Linda L. Carpenter Background A history of early adverse experiences is an important risk factor for adult psychopathology. Changes in stress sensitivity and functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
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