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Jewish community organization in various countries that provides a wide range of cultural, educational, recreational, and social activities for all age groups in Jewish communities. The goals of the ...
Health and Disease
More than 17,000 delegates gathered in Bangkok on July 11-16, 2004, for the 15th International AIDS Conference, the theme of which was "Access for All." The biennial event had evolved from a strictly ...
Cyprus
Health standards in Cyprus are high because of a favourable climate and well-organized public and private health services. Since the eradication of malaria shortly after World War II and, later, that ...
Sudan, The
Varying ecological conditions in The Sudan, poor hygiene, and widespread malnutrition result in a high incidence of fatal infectious diseases. The most common illnesses are malaria, measles, and ...
criminal law
Some penal offenses do not require the demonstration of culpable mind on the part of the accused. These include statutory rape, in which knowledge that the child is below the age of consent is not ...
Health and Disease
In 1997 the cause of schizophrenia was clarified as a result of investigations carried out in Iowa City, Iowa, on 17 patients at an early stage in their illness. Prior research had suggested that ...
Health and Disease
Depression, suicide, suicidal behaviours, and other psychosocial disorders were all increasing rapidly among young people throughout Europe and North America, according to a major international ...
Health and Disease
Two advances in the understanding of the most common of the serious mental illnesses, schizophrenia, emerged from work at King's College Hospital, London. First, a team there set out to locate the ...
Health and Disease
In 1996, for the first time, a multinational study was able to demonstrate clear similarities and differences in the rates of specific mental illnesses in several countries throughout the world. ...
American Samoa
Health conditions are generally good. The leading causes of death include heart diseases, cancers, and diseases of the respiratory system. Life expectancy is in the low 70s for men and low 80s for ...
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