Who will control Bollywood in the coming years? This has become a question worth millions of dollars and it seems there is no straight answer to this. Is Bollywood suffering from a dearth of talented male superstars? No, it’s not the case and on the contrary there is a plethora and the problem starts from here. What we are witnessing now is the presence of a number of male superstars (of mediocre quality) and none of them is having large number of admirers.
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Are the human woes regarding the quality of usable water about to closing stages? Well, if the recent accomplishment of IBM is taken into consideration, there are reasons to feel happy. It has been learnt (from the annunciation of IBM) that IBM has attained success in developing new filtration technology that could increase the amount of usable water on the planet. Now the question remains of the consequence of this triumph. In short, the success is epoch-making since at present only about 2% of the world’s water supply is drinkable and IBM’s breakthrough can change this situation forever. It has been found that this very technology applies membrane through which water is forced to remove toxins, salts, and other impurities.
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Is this the ideal time to implement national healthcare workforce policy? Let’s put it in this way. Does the national healthcare workforce policy have any major role to play? Well, these two consecutive questions revolve around the same subject and thanks to the recently made recommendations of the Association of Academic Health Centers this issue has already generated extensive debates. What are the recommendations of AAHC then? While on one hand AAHC has advocated that development of the nation’s healthcare workforce should become a matter of national policy and a new, national-level organization (a multi-stakeholder health workforce planning group) ought to be formed to create and implement national healthcare workforce policy.
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Can the effect of using cell phones religiously be disastrous for human health? It may be and according to researchers, people are inclined to use it more and more and this makes the situation more precarious than ever before. What can be the nature of diseases or mode of serious consequences? Well, it’s quite difficult to discern this now but it should be remembered that the outbreak of hostilities may be in several ways apart from merely zapping your brain.
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A new crisis has emerged in the US scenario which has added to the woes already. It has been learnt that performance of many constituent states in the realm of health care (be it physical or mental) is downward and there is no hope of any early recovery thanks to the ongoing downturn and financial crunch. Can this be regarded as a direct aftermath of recession? Well, experts differ and some state that it will be too early to say something in its support while many presuppose that outright denial of it will also not be a sane job.
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