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Gay capital reeling with rising HIV infection

...he area has made the high risk gay men lower their guard and the virus has struck back with a vengeance. Aggressive prevention programmes, safe sex and sex education drives promoting condoms had all resulted in a sharp fall in incidence a few years ago. But now the ghost is back and it is vigorously claimi...

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

...atients, on life long immunosuppressive therapy to guard against transplant rejection, in a big way....

Sponging Cattle betters spraying in eradicating Malaria

...ray the inside of their houses with insecticide to guard against malaria. Because the mosquitoes that carry malaria in the area feed mostly on cattle, not humans, sponging down cows with insecticide is just as effective at reducing malaria infection as spraying the insides of houses. Since DDT has large...

Dementia linked to HIV

...esearchers, use of antiretroviral therapy may help guard people with HIV from early development of memory loss and other cognitive problems. According to the statistics, there is about 20 percent of people with AIDS,// who are affected by severe cognitive problems, known as AIDS dementia complex. Most of t...

SARS-Free Taiwan to Mark End Phase of Global Fight

...ors and nurses, means countries will have to be on guard for some time to come, the WHO has warned. Officials in Toronto, the Canadian business capital taken off the local transmission list on Wednesday, say they will stay vigilant for SARS, for which there is no simple treatment. "We're not out of the ...

Withering related to impotence

...ation of a messenger molecule that acts inside the guard cell," said Dr Neill. Guard cells are the cells surrounding the stomata pores, which close and open in response to various signals."This offers a new opportunity to manipulate a plant's water requirements which could impact significantly on crop pr...

SARS outbreaks contained

...d countries around the world not to let down their guard against the virus, saying they must remain vigilant against the disease which has claimed 812 lives. "Today is a milestone," she said, but it came with the warning that "the world is not SARS free." "There are still close to 200 SARS patients in ho...

Yoga, ayurveda being documented to stop patent misuse

... and turmeric, India doesn't want to be caught off guard again// by the West, certainly not when it comes to its ancient healing systems of yoga, ayurveda, unani and siddha. A task force appointed by the government for protecting traditional knowledge and intellectual property is fast completing the docu...

US Regulator Sees No Link Between Tamiflu And Japan Deaths

... Countries have 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 bec...

Epilepsy Medicine May Result In Sexual Dysfunction

...ctivity in the brain. People who have epilepsy can guard against seizures by avoiding stress and flickering lights like those in a disco and the lights of a television screen or a computer, Beil said. It is also important that they get enough sleep. (DPA) Medindia on Epilepsy: Epilepsy is a brain di...

EU medical chief says Europe ready for bird flu

...ecurity measures have been introduced in the EU to guard against the spread of bird flu. National authorities of the EU member states were ordered to regularly reevaluate the high-risk areas and apply appropriate protection measures. The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, which has so far only been transmitted ...

Bush’s new prescription drug plan, a complex puzzle for the citizen

...r else the people will have to begin changing the guard and cleaning the political hous....

High Incidence of Whooping cough

...: Health officials have flashed a warning to be on guard for symptoms of whooping cough as the number of cases reported spreads through Toronto. Since November, nearly 167 live cases of pertussis have// been recorded at the city's public health department, called as a whooping cough with under 4 children ...

Bird Flu Not The Cause For Mysterious Bird Deaths

... bird flu, but officials have been keeping a close guard on poultry farms and bird sanctuaries after an outbreak in neighbouring India resulted in the slaughter of half a million chickens. Chicken sales in Sri Lanka that had dropped around 20 percent since February are increasing now, according to the Poul...

Bird Flu Spreads To Sudan & China Reports Of Another Case

...that the affected person is a 21-year-old security guard from the central city of Wuhan. She explained that the man became sick on April 1 and was hospitalised in critical condition with a high fever, he was then confirmed on Tuesday to have the virus, but the source of his exposure is still under investig...

Nanotechnology Could Revolutionize Cardiac Treatment

...oped nanomolcecules called ‘nanolipoblockers’ that guard against bad cholesterol. The molecules are designed in such a way that they offer a local therapeutic effect,// aimed at reducing the recurrence of blocked blood vessels in cardiac patients. These nanoengineered molecules, which represent the first l...

U.S. Doctors Order Unwanted Medical Tests

...hysicians are ordering these tests defensively, to guard against potential lawsuits. Physicians may not be aware of USPSTF recommendations. There may be a financial incentive to ordering these tests, especially if a physician's office includes a laboratory. ‘But the fact is that less use of unwarrant...

Brid Flu Threat May be a Cause of Concern for Years to Come: Experts

...away in six months' time. We will need to keep our guard up for years to come,' Lubroth added. Officials expressed concern that certain governments, including those of China and Indonesia, were misreporting the extent of the spread of the virus in their countries and called for more funds to improve earl...

Body generates Antibiotic against Urinary Tract Infection

...manufacturing its own antibiotic from within, that guard against urinary tract infection//. It was thought that the very act of passing urine is a cleansing mechanism, which prevented bacteria from forming in the membranes, but, researchers at the Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology at the...

Mental Health Ignored in British Business

...s have set up several health and safety systems to guard workers from physical injuries. However all this good practice does not apply seems to mental health. Most employers do not even have any specific mental health policy. Following a survey of 550 senior public and private sector managers, for Shaw...

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