5 Doctors in India study link between palmistry & HIV (AIDS)!

Doctors in the Sawai Man Singh hospital in Jaipur, India, study potential link between palmistry and HIV (AIDS)!

What is the link between palmistry and HIV (AIDS)? Doctors in Jaipur, India, study the answer! 5 Doctor researchers are studying the hand lines of HIV patients to see if they have changed in any way or if they look any different from the hand lines of normal and healthy people! Palmistry is a common practise in India for reading people’s personalities, matchmaking between men and women, and for reading their future from the palm of the hand. Now the doctors hope the research may find a connection between palmistry and HIV cases.

HIV (AIDS) concerns a big medical problem in India: around 2.5 million men, women and children are living with the human immuno-deficiency virus, commonly known as HIV. This is about the third in the world after Nigeria and South Africa. The 5 doctors hope that their study will open a new chapter in identifying and curing HIV patients. Doctor D.K. Mathur, heading the HIV- dermatoglyphics research said: “… There’s been hardly any research on dermatoglyphics and its relationship with HIV. We thought that if HIV AIDS have any effect on this (dermatoglyphics) or if there are changes in palm lines if a person is seriously affected by HIV. We’ll study palm printouts of 250 HIV patients and 100 palm printouts of healthy people. We’ll do a comparative study to find what are the major differences in whirls and ridges of palms of these people so that HIV people can be given a cure.” The study has been cautiously been welcomed by the ‘Rajasthan Network for people living with HIV’. SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER READING: • Doctors study link between Palmistry & HIV! • Palm reading goes medical • 24 Percent of Indians consult a palmist! • Palmistry reports: news, articles & readings • What your physique reveals about your health!

Hand of a young girl in Uganda!

Hand of a young girl in Uganda: a few health facts! Today, monday 13 july 2009, the 4th and the 5th case of swine flue – the Influenza A (H1N1) – has been confirmed in Uganda. What are the health chances for children in Uganda? A few health facts about children in Uganda: – Malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhea are the main causes of under-5 mortality. – Approximately 20,000 babies are infected by HIV annually through mother-to-child transmission. – Nearly half of the estimated 2 million orphans are orphaned due to AIDS, with the total expected to rise to 3.5 million by 2010 – while today the population in Uganda counts about 31 million people! While about 13.5 million children (6 months-15 years) were immunized against measles in 2003, how many children will be immunized for swine flue if the pandemic spreads among the population in Uganda? SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER READING: • The hands of children: fingernails & health! • Finger length reveals talent in the hands of young children • Use of human Nails as bio-indicators of heavy metals among school age children in Kenya!