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Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization

A resolution put forward by Brazil, at the annual assembly of t...ding for the first six months in all infants. The resolution was passed at the committee stage on Wednesday after 2 hours of debate where many national delegates...

Emphasis to ban Drugs ads by Doctors

...informed and at worst deluded. Hence the proposed resolution asks the AMA to petition the FDA to ban "direct to consumer" drug ads, as this much curb the doctor-patient relationship. But the FDA's medical officer Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, who oversaw the proposal told that the FDA does not have the authority to imp...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

.../ It is the gold standard with a very high spatial resolution and temporal resolution with the possibility of multiple projections. DSA is useful to detect several abnormalities such as...

Risk Of Developing Arthritis

People starting the New Year with a resolution to get fit are urged to pursue their chosen sport with care. Exercising inappropriately could cause damage that leads to arthritis in later life.// People who severely damage the cartilage in their joints in their 20s and 30s are at greater risk of d...

Camera gives hope for detection of breast cancer

...ers at the Hopkins University have observed a high resolution camera which detects tumours and may not appear on standard mammography. They have been comparing mammography with a technique called scintimammography, which involved the injection of a radioactive tracer chemical.// Scintimammography, is good at di...

Testing for blood sugar levels made easier

...TT (oral glucose tolerance test). The high quality resolution of images and accuracy are the advantages of the OCT approach, which needs more studies to validate the results....

Key step forward on International Health Rules

...nd other threats to international public health. A resolution adopted today confirms and underlines the World He...ns to ensure it is appropriately controlled.// The resolution is a major step in the ongoing revision of the International Health Regulations, which were first pu...

Weight Reduction Surgery Also Treats Metabolic Syndrome

...tabolic syndrome, resulting in nearly a 96-percent resolution of the condition a year later. Thus it was seen that excess weight is largely responsible for metabolic syndrome and that losing weight via weight-reduction surgery is an effective treatment....

Understanding The Effectiveness Of Antibiotics In Treating Urinary Tract Infection

...oxicillin-clavulanate at producing a clinical cure resolution of the symptoms associated with UTI. Thus researchers say amoxicillin-clavulanate should be considered only when use of other first- and second-line antibiotics is not feasible....

Strain in marriage may increase chance of heart disease for women

...odern measures of marital happiness, like conflict resolution and other interpersonal communication issues, two factors seem to be responsible for the health of the spouses. The first factor is the men whose wives come home from work upset with the work situation have twice as much risk of a heart condition as ...

Antibiotics for acute uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infection

... also associated with little difference in symptom resolution and is likely to reduce antibiotic use and beliefs in the effectiveness of antibiotics. LRTI being a seasonal and a common problem encountered in individuals and especially in the children, the present study reveals some interesting findings in term...

FDA gives “black box warning” against three asthma drus

...mithKline in their drug Adavir and Serevent. The resolution of the FDA panel said that consumers and doctors have to know more information about the potential risk of Foradil’s. ``There is information that should come forward'' on potential Foradil risk, said Nancy Sander, an FDA panelist. FDA is reviewing th...

Warning Signs On Powered Baby Milk

WHO has passed a resolution that from now on all powdered baby milk formulas will carry warning //signs against the pathogen, Enterobacter sakazakii. These strong warning signs will now appear next to nutritional information and label proclaiming mother’s milk as the best for...

Discovery of World’s smallest laser

... technique, providing a snapshot wiht high spatial resolution and th eoptical signal simultaneously,” Yang said. “It allowed us to characterise the laser and dtermine beam characteristics.” What they found is that the nanowire acts first as a waveguide, channelling ht eultraviolet light back and forth in the ca...

Researchers Develop Device For Detecting Atherosclerotic Plaques

...ecular and biochemical status of the tissue. Time resolution adds a greater degree of specificity, measuring not only the wavelength of the emission but the time that molecules remain in the excited state before returning to the ground state. This information is valuable because some emissions overlap on the l...

WHO declares Tuberculosis – ‘An Emergency’ in Afrca

... deaths have quadrupled in the last few years. A resolution was adopted today at the end of the Committee's fifty-fifth session in Maputo, Mozambique. The resolution wishes Member States in the African Region to commit more human and financial resources to strengthe...

Dental Cysts Can Cause Infections In Head And Neck

...on. Definitive treatment of the cyst should follow resolution of the infection. Since these cysts can reoccur, patients should be followed with annual radiologic studies. Source: Newswise...

Lipoma Arborescens: A Rare Tumor Of The Knee

...mpounds such as Yttrium 90 or steroids may lead to resolution of symptoms in the short to medium term. In the case described above, Yttrium treatment gave relief of symptoms for 2 years before surgical treatment was required. The surgical treatment of lipoma arborescens is complete excision. Formal open synovec...

Catherine Zeta wants to give up nicotine cravings

...actress Catherine Zeta Jones has made a New Year's resolution to get rid of her nicotine cravings, because she is afraid of the impact her deadly habit will have on her growing kids. // The 36-year-old beauty, is concerned because her two children, Dylan-five and two-year-old Cary are approaching an impression...

Obesity And Overweight Linked To Definite Cancer Risk

...and stroke. Don’t be waiting to frame a New Year resolution as even a 5-10% loss in weight can provide innumerable health benefits according to scientific experts. Any day is good day to start your weight reduction regime. ...

Nicotine patches instead of cigarettes – New Year resolutio

A new resolution has been passed in United Kingdom which allows prescription of nicotine patches to children’s above the age of 12 and pregnant women as the risk associated with smoking is higher than the danger // associated with nicotine patches as earlier the sale...

Australian Company Gets $10 million For Developing Skin Cancer Gel

...ct, you’ll rub it on for a few days and you’ll see resolution of your new lesions,” said Peplin chief executive Michael Aldridge. He added that the gel would soon be available as a take-home prescription. Peplin said that it would begin the second phase of testing out the gel in clinical trials in United States...

Betterment Of Health In Case Of Gay And Lesbian Civil Partnerships

... Civil unions support same sex marriage and in the resolution of any problems that arise in their relationships. Annie Bartlett from St George's Hospital Medical School in London says that social inclusion is very important as it stops a lot of unhealthy habits and a lot of psychological issues. This can be...

Novel Technique For Identification And Treatment Of Neurodegenerative Diseases

...ce. The electron microscope can provide adequate resolution of 1 micron (1/1000th of a centimeter). The new device can allow identification and subsequent examination of particles as small as 200-300 microns in size. 'It's the equivalent of being up in an airplane, looking at the city of Tampa, and telling yo...

Novel Device Developed To Help Autistic Individuals Communicate Better

...o be conducted this week. Identification of a high resolution camera that can be worn comfortably by the user and training autistic individuals to view the camera while its captures the listeners facial expressions represent some of the significant challenges to be overcome before it can be approved and markete...

There is light at the end of the blind tunnel: prosthetic retinal cells offer hope!

...ddition, it could potentially achieve high spatial resolution for the restored 'vision' because the approach targets the cellular level. Thus, the expression of microbial-type channelrhodopsins, such as ChR2, in surviving retinal neurons may be another potential strategy for the treatment of complete blindness ...

AIDS Organization Invited To UN Special Session By S.A

...nt's response to the pandemic. The United Nations resolution for the special session called on member states to include civil society representatives in their delegations. The session will take place in New York over three days from May 31 reviewing the progress that the world has made in implementing the Dec...

Health Promotion Drives Waste Money, Claim Nurses

...t money has been wasted. Furthermore, the health resolution urges a call to health officials demanding them to discuss if such resources allocated to health promotion campaigns could be utilized better through provision of direct care to patients who need it the most. The poster campaign about HIV/AIDS has ...

Abuja Challenges the Government

...ria. He said this in the Nigerian capital. a major resolution was passed,// declaring that at least 80 % of the patients suffering from these diseases should have access to HIV/AIDS treatment such as antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, care and support. Civil society organizations were eager to note these targets but w...

Alzheimer's-linked apolipoprotein E produced by neurons, Gladstone study

...can be detected with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution in these mice,’ explains Qin Xu, PhD, a Gladstone postdoctoral scholar and first author of the paper. ‘This mouse model, known as the 'EGFP knock-in,' is a new and extremely promising approach to monitor gene expression in vivo.’ ‘Our EGFPapoE report...

Brazil & Kenya Seek Support For A New Resolution At WHO’s Annual Mee

...aria. Kenya and Brazil are planning to introduce a resolution to overhaul the way medical research and developme...was so as there is no profitable market. The new resolution considers concerns such as the need for appropriate, effective and safe tools for patients living in...

IMA, Punjab, Gives Call For Medical Bandh On May 25

...dent Dr G S Gill, the members unanimously passed a resolution condemning police action against medicos in Delhi, Mumbai and Patna. IMA members criticized the UPA government for pursuing vote-bank politics and said it as an attempt to divide the society on caste basis, an IMA press release said. Source: PTI ...

WHO Chief's Sudden Death - A Major Loss To Global Health

...neral secretary I S Gilada said. PHO's condolence resolution stated that "the sudden death of the WHO chief was devastating, it has left the world shocked and the public health field orphaned". Lee was to speak later this week to delegates from 192 countries at the World Health Assembly in Geneva to set publi...

Drug Research and Development Gets the ‘go ahead’ from WO

...hods to source drugs, based on the funding. This resolution is being considered as a breakthrough by the health charity Medicine Sans Frontier which has been the driving force behind the changes in the development of drugs. 192 member countries will now be acting on the recommendations of the report. ...

Diabetes On A Steady Alarming Rise From The Past 20 Years

... more attention to the global problem and create a resolution for funding and research. A new resolution campaign is called a United for Diabetes, has been launched on the 10th of June, which according to ...

Ramadoss Urges Celebrities Not To Endorse Soft Drinks

...ht months back the government had prepared a draft resolution that would make it mandatory for all food packets to carry information on ingredients and nutritional value. Stating that all food packets immaterial of their sizes would have to print the information, he said that the final draft is probably just a ...

Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Cancer

...f treatment, 12 patients (28 percent) had complete resolution of their leucoplakia lesions; 19 patients (44 percent) had reduction of 50 percent or more in the size of their lesions and 12 patients (28 percent) had no response. Mean folate levels increased and mean homocysteine levels decreased significantly. T...

Reports Characterize Fungal Eye Infections Among Soft Contact Lens Wearers

...specific antifungal therapy resulted in a speedier resolution of the keratitis," the authors write. The cause for the increased prevalence of Fusarium keratitis is not known, they continue; more research is needed. Until then, physicians should remain aware of the outbreak. "Ulcerative keratitis in a soft ...

Hunt for Chromosomal Errors Which Cause Genetic Diseases

... karyotyping, and offer as much as 50 times higher resolution than other, more commonly used microarrays, such a...l only get better as there are improvements in the resolution of the microarrays and the computational tools required to analyze and mine the data generated,” sai...

Modern Killer Disease Alert Indians

..., apart from its pro-active measures, has passed a resolution on decreasing diabetes spread and burden around the world, attracts world attention to take immediate action to manage without complications. For every 10 seconds, one person dies due to diabetes-related causes, means which is spreading as the life...

Legislative Forum On HIV/AIDS Control In Bihar

...nised by both the Houses of the legislature. The resolution was unanimously adopted in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Assembly speaker Uday Narayan Choudhry, Legislative Council Acting Chairman Arun Kumar, J D Salem, MP and member Core group, Parliamentarians' Forum on HIV/AIDS (PFHA), state JD ...

Immunization Programme In Bangladesh A Success

...sponse by a country in line with the newly adopted resolution of the 59th World Health Assembly and it demonstrates the commitment and capacity of Bangladesh and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to implement world class primary healthcare". The drive was a joint venture by the Bangladesh government, ...

The Lachlan Shire Council To Fund GP For Condobolin Health Service

...or patients visiting the doctor and it's council's resolution to put those funds back into that reserve." Explaining that the Condobolin Aboriginal Health Service will employ the doctor, he said, "They'd do all the recruitment and all the employment of the doctor. Council is just providing the funding assistanc...

Immunization Programme In Bangladesh A Success

...sponse by a country in line with the newly adopted resolution of the 59th World Health Assembly and it demonstrates the commitment and capacity of Bangladesh and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to implement world class primary healthcare'. .The drive was a joint venture by the Bangladesh government,...

64-Slice CT Scanner Is More Heart Friendly

...mbled into a three-dimensional picture at a higher resolution than the conventional scanners. The entire scannin...an be treated in the near future. It offers better resolution thereby enabling the doctor to identify the heart problem at an early stage. The CT scanner is a les...

Venugopal will not be Sacked Before Court Verdict: Central Government

...oved the high court following the governing body's resolution recommended the government to sack him for "violating the code of conduct". Subramaniam also suggested to Jaitley to request Venugopal to relinquish the post on his own, following which the governing body would withdraw the recommendation for an ami...

Delhi High Court Stays Venugopal's Removal

...rieve on Friday when the Delhi High Court stayed a resolution of the Institute's Governing Body recommending his sacking.// 'The decision of the AIIMS governing body, recommending the termination of Venugopal's services, is stayed and the government is restrained from taking any decision on the recommendation,...

Stern action against AIIMS Medicos, warns Ramadoss

...sday after the institute's governing body passed a resolution recommending the government to sack its director P...sy was not a feud between him and Venugopal. "The resolution was passed by 12 members favoring it and three against it," he said. Venugopal, a renowned heart sp...

Intermittent Treatment Found Effective In Malaria

... process. The intention of the WHO is to approve a resolution during its next 2007 General Assembly on the generalised use of the malaria intermittent treatment. Effect of the administration of the intermittent treatment in pregnant women Pregnant women are a group with an added risk in malaria infection. M...

Doctors' Bid to End Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

...ndividual to speak out; opportunities for informal resolution via discussion and mediation; an opportunity to receive an objective investigation into a complaint; and a formal stage to include possible disciplinary action; Making sure that records of incidents said and/or threats made, the person who made the...

Wide Support for Breast feeding

...on in Burlington after the City Council rejected a resolution to take an official stance in support of the pract... it for 50 years." The City Council considered a resolution to have Burlington's Board of Health and Personnel Director work this month to increase breastfeedin...

Measures to Streamline Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes

... said efforts were on to bring in a national draft resolution in line with the International Code on Marketing Breast-milk Substitutes, which imposes regulations on marketing and promotion of breast-milk, to encourage breast-feeding. She added that steps would be taken to ensure appropriate use of breast-milk...

Children With OCD Are Often The More Bullied Lot

...on the obsessions and compulsions you experience a resolution of those problems, but problems like depression or anxiety and loneliness may still exist," he said. "If you address the OCD without addressing the peer problems, that depression and loneliness may not go away." Storch suggests parents help childre...

Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance

...m is using an atomic force microscope, a very-high resolution microscope that can investigate the interaction of individual protein molecules. With this microscope the research team can study the molecular structure of cancer versus non-cancer cells and compare the stiffness. Cancer tissues are more stiff than ...

Pensioner wins over a US healthcare giant

... A statement from the trust said it welcomed the resolution of the dispute. "The court of appeal has clarified the way forward for the PCT to put in place the permanent GP provision the patients in Creswell and Langwith deserve," it said. Richard Smith, the chief executive of UHE (whose vice-president is Si...

From genes to alcoholism

...ok for genetic associations to alcoholism, but the resolution and coverage achieved in the present study are unprecedented. "The observations from this study provide a graphic display of the close relationships between genetic vulnerability to alcoholism and genetic vulnerability to other addictions," says Dr...

Study to Identify People at Risk of Alcoholism

...ok for genetic associations to alcoholism, but the resolution and coverage achieved in the present study are unprecedented. "The observations from this study provide a graphic display of the close relationships between genetic vulnerability to alcoholism and genetic vulnerability to other addictions," says Dr...

Rotavirus Vaccine – NT Shows the Wa

...slander descent.” A recent AMA Executive Council resolution urges the Federal Government to fund the rotavirus vaccine as a matter of urgency for all Indigenous children. “Although the PBAC has decided it would not be cost-effective to give the vaccine to all Australian children, there are vulnerable group...

Stroke Rehabilitation Through Modified Video Games

...aming glove they use doesn't have the accuracy and resolution of gloves designed specifically for rehabilitation, nor can it measure exact joint movement or provide force feedback. But such systems may be attractive for clinics that can't afford more expensive equipment and could open the door for supplemental ...

High Resolution CT Accurately Diagnoses Shin Splints

High resolution CT can accurately show medial tibial stress syndrome, better known as shin splints, in distance runners according, to a study conducted// at the University of Messina in Messina, Italy. According to the study, medial tibial stress syndrome is one o...