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Are cancer patients being taken for a ride?

...ss effective than "the standard treatment" and 31% feared that they might receive an inactive placebo rather than the treatment being studied. Placebos are never used in trials on drugs that may be used to treat cancer.While a few drug trials are very successful, a few of them are very disastrous. Especiall...

Leptospirosis epidemic feared in mumbai - 12 killed

Leptospirosis, the one of the feared form of epidemic fevers, is spread by a virulent bacteria in the urine of rats and dogs. "We have 12 deaths (in the past fortnight) from leptospirosis as of Thursday evening and 45 confirmed cases in city hospitals, " Maharashtra state Health Minist...

UV Radiation induces Melanoma

...d avoid unnecessary exposure to sunlight." It is feared that this rapid proliferation increases the chance that DNA damaged cells will reproduce and take hold, producing a tumour. Melanoma accounts for roughly 10% of reported cases of skin cancer and can spread rapidly throughout the body, forming seconda...

Sequencing of the Plague

...l without treatment. Pneumonic plague is the form feared as a latent biological weapon, as it can be released as an aerosol and can spread directly among humans, without the interposition of fleas.Russia developed such a plague weapon. It picked up genes directly from baculoviruses that infect insects, in...

Plague creates panic in India

...om pneumonic plague in northern India. Doctors had feared an outbreak of the plague from a remote village of Himachal Pradesh state after several people suffered the symptoms of pneumonic plague. // "The sequence of tests collectively confirmed that the cases related to infection with yersinia pestis, comm...

More information sought by patients on medical errors

...It was learnt during the interactions that doctors feared legal action, and also that their admission might harm the patient or decrease their trust. Researchers suggested that medical institutions should strive to create a blame-free culture, which will help the doctors to give more information to patient...

Tsunami Survivors Face Pneumonia Threat

Initially it was feared that diseases such as cholera would take the heaviest toll on survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami. But overcrowding at refugee camps has intensified// the spread of pneumonia, and health officials fear that respiratory diseases may claim many lives...

HIV-positive Parents Require More Counseling

... the disease to their child, and nearly 20 percent feared transmission a lot. About 42 percent had at least a little fear of getting an infection from their child through intimate contact like kissing and hugging, and around 14 percent reported a moderate fear in this area. About 22 percent said they genera...

“Yes, I need Cosmetic surgery” – view of majority wome

... have any fear of surgery, and the remaining women feared about the adverse effects of surgery. The main concern of these women towards surgery was fear of getting scaring and infection. "In the last decade or so, having cosmetic surgery has become as normal as having your hair done and there's no shame i...

Pig Bacterium (Streptococcus suis) Kills 24 In China

...eople in southwest china with more than 117 people feared infected. Chinese health officials report that the disease is caused by known bacteria from pigs, though the size and virulence of the outbreak has baffled the World Health Organization. "It's never occurred in an outbreak this big before," WHO spo...

Making MRIs Safe for Patients With Implantable Heart Devices

... known as arrhythmia. Researchers say doctors have feared that the electromagnetic fields of the MRI may heat up metal components of the device, dislodge it, and cause tissue damage, device malfunction, or possibly death. However, many people with these heart devices would benefit from early cancer and othe...

Exubera could mean the end of an insulin injection era for diabetics

Diabetes and cancer remain the most feared diseases all around the world. Researchers have now come up with an insulin inhaler, potentially offering adult diabetics an alternative to injections// for controlling their blood sugar. The drug is yet to be approved by the FDA. If approved, the d...

Use of a fast-acting insulin analog to control diabetic ketoacidosis in Children

... rehydration was started. Cerebral edema, the most feared complication of DKA, did not develop in the patients during this study. Also, there were no deaths or "near death" episodes, and no patient had to be treated with mannitol. The study, published in the August issue of Diabetes Care concludes that DKA...

Complete Robotic Surgery To Revolutionize Surgical Treatment of Prostate Cancer

... dysfunction and Urinary incontinence are the most feared complication associated with radical prostatectomy. With the parallel development taking place in the arena of science and technology, the day is not far before robotic surgery would be included in the above list. Robotic-assisted laproscopic prosta...

Madhya Pradesh Cops to attend Yoga classes to reduce stress and weight

...too much obese and had stress at work. // Highly feared bandit gang operate in parts of Madhya Pradesh mainly in the districts of Shivpuri which forms part of the Chambal ravines in northern and central India. These Indian regions are badly terrorized by bandit gangs such as Gadariya brothers Dayaram and ...

One In Nine Young Women Diagnosed With Chlamydia Infection

... people are infected with the microorganism. It is feared that the number of cases in 16-24 year-olds may be far higher//. The number of young women tested positive for the disease has in fact increased by a margin of three times over the past three years. Chlamydia is the most commonly diagnosed STI in m...

Doctor Training Undermined In Britain Due To Shortage Of Cadavers

...rtments for surgeon training have opened. It is feared that if this downward trend is not reversed medical students will soon not have the opportunity to learn their anatomy from the best...

US Regulator Sees No Link Between Tamiflu And Japan Deaths

... placed huge orders for Tamiflu to guard against a feared pandemic of flu that could derive from the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The strain has killed more than 60 people in Southeast Asia since 2003 and since last month has been found in Europe, Canada and the Middle East. Japan has become the single-bi...

Religious groups overcome objections to cervical cancer vaccines

...xclusively by sexual contact. Religious groups had feared that introducing these vaccines would promote uninhibited sexual activity among teenaged girls, but these concerns have now been largely addressed and religious organizations are in fact beginning to see the wisdom behind the introduction of these va...

Harsh British Winter Could Kill Upto 90,000 Pensioners

...gas - essential to warm homes - while some experts feared a breakdown in electricity supplies during the winter. Charity organisations caring for the elderly warned that as many as 89,000 pensioners will die in the cold. Concerns for the old and the infirm have been heightened by reports of a shortage of f...

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