As the world population reaches seven billion people, the BBC’s Mike Gallagher asks whether efforts to control population have been, as some critics claim, a form of authoritarian control over the world’s poorest citizens. The temperature is some 30C. The humidity stifling, the noise unbearable. In a yard between two enormous tea-drying sheds, a number [...]
It’s not just women who have a ticking biological clock, according to a study that has found the chances of men fathering children fall with every passing year once they reach middle age. Analysis of patients at an infertility clinic found that the chances of a man getting his wife pregnant dropped by 7 per [...]
NEW YORK: Women prescribed the “abortion pill” after a videoconference with a doctor appear to fare as well as those who have a face-to-face visit, a new study finds.The findings, researchers say, suggest that using technology to expand access to the abortion pill can be safe and effective — though it remains controversial.
Can the promise of a car or a mixer grinder help keep India’s population in check?Well, that’s what health authorities in the northern state of Rajasthan apparently believe. They are offering a cheap car, among other things, as a prize in an attempt to sign up some 20,000 people to meet an ambitious sterilisation target. [...]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has stressed on the need to control the population saying that it is necessary to strike a balance between population growth and resources required for sustainable development.In his message on World Population Day, the President said that the fast pace of population growth should make us pause and reflect on [...]
LOS ANGELES: Researchers analyzing the genetic makeup of ovarian cancer tumors have found a gene mutation that is surprisingly frequent, suggesting it plays a key role in driving the cancer.The finding, appearing in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature, may eventually lead to tests for earlier diagnosis of the disease and to better treatment. Ovarian [...]
CHANLOUNG: Sitting in the shade of a large tree and surrounded by a group of women, Cambodian midwife Ly Siyan holds up a colourful poster displaying a range of contraception options.She patiently waits for the giggles to subside when she points to a condom, aware that the two dozen women in the village of Chanloung [...]
Hormone-based birth control often comes with side effects that can range from slightly annoying to bad enough to make you switch. You may not know what you can tolerate until you’ve given a couple of them a try. But here are some solutions for the most common problems.
Dad’s the way to go for UAE national Daad Mohammed Al Balushi with 90 children from 17 wives. He also has 50 grandchildren. Another marriage is on the cards in two weeks for the proud father.He says 100 children are within reach. It’s a record for 63-year old Al Balushi, who first married at 19. But [...]
