Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization
...Brazil, at the annual assembly of the world health organization is to be accepted advising exclusive breast-feeding 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 and members of charitable organizations ..."Make AIDS Therapy affordable" - Physicians demand
...medications. Dr. Chris Ouma of the AIDS treatment organization Action Aid Kenya "Our people have families, homes, feelings, aspirations and jobs. But unfortunately their income is such that they are not able to afford the drugs they need. So I really don't think respecting the monopoly of a drug company in the f...High vitamin A increases risk of hip fractures
.... The Institute of Medicine -- a private science organization that sets the nation's recommended daily allowances for nutrients -- recommends that women get 700 micrograms a day of the vitamin. But multivitamins typically contain about 1,500 micrograms because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not updat......weekly. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), an organization best known for raising concerns about pesticides, obtained 1,036 pages of FDA transcripts from focus group meetings with consumers conducted 2 years ago to test safety messages about mercury and fish. Some women in the focus groups said they ate a ca......// by the nation's leading health care accrediting organization or not. The Institute of Medicine released a report titled, "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Heath System," which drew attention to the growing problem of medication errors in the nation's hospitals and other health care facilities. Many cited sys......ining somehow brings about changes in the cortical organization structures of the brain." Researchers speculate these findings may also hold true for brain injury patients....Genetic differences found between Male and Female brains
...gest there are 54 genes that explain the different organization between male and female brains.Researchers offer evidence in their report that sexual identity is hard-wired and is determined before a person is even born. These findings negate long-held beliefs that testosterone and estrogen were responsible for s...Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility
...y problems.// Nearly 700 members of the advocacy organization Young Survival Coalition Group who were 40 years old or younger were surveyed. More than half of the respondents, or 57 percent, said they were concerned about being infertile as a result of cancer treatments they had undergone. Past research has re...Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility
...y problems.// Nearly 700 members of the advocacy organization Young Survival Coalition Group who were 40 years old or younger were surveyed. More than half of the respondents, or 57 percent, said they were concerned about being infertile as a result of cancer treatments they had undergone. Past research has re...FDA warnings against use of antipsychotic drugs for elderly
...behavioral disorders associated with dementia. The organization had also requested the physicians prescribing these drugs for behavioral problems in elderly to review the situation. Reference: : Food and Drug Administration, US, news release...New robotic drill to do dental implants
...ill will do the fixing of the dental implant. The organization had finished testing the new drill on animals and has the approval of FDA of USA to test it on humans. Once the trials on human subjects are conducted successfully, the new drill may be an important step towards automated dentistry....Brain cells associated with insomnia and obesity
...und in a excitable condition in mice with a unique organization of inputs that make the excitatory nerve junctions outnumber inhibitory contacts by almost ten times. In human beings these cells may remain excitable in the post menopausal age in women, as at that time women report insomnia and the tendency to put...Obesity in the Middle age can increase risk of developing dementia
...ar longitudinal study that was done by ahealthcare organization in California analyzedprospective data from a population of around 10276males and females. The participants who underwentmultiphasic health checks between 1964 and 1973 duringwhich they were interviewed, subjected to a clinicalexamination and a blood...Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients
...as donated $50,000 to Gilda's Club Worldwide, //an organization that supports cancer patients. According to Peopl...ting experience for them." The chairperson of the organization said: "We are very grateful to Britney Spears for her most generous gift. It will improve the lives ...Indian And Danish Research Agencies To Work Together For Osteoporosis
...invested 2.5 million euros and the Danish research organization had invested the same. "The alliance will cover diagnosis, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and related bone disorders," Avesthagen said in a statement Thursday. Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, Denmark, is a private research institu...Study Warns About The Use Of Popular Asthma Drug To Stop Children's Coughs
...on of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research.The Cochrane Collaboration does looks at evidence-based conclusions about medical practice. "This drug was widely abandoned in the U.S. when safer alternatives became available for the immediate relief of wheezing," sa...Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women
...d. The step has raised anger in the Muslim women’s organization (Jama’at – e_Islami Hind Kerla) who strongly feel ...ed the condom vending machine in the state.” The organization feels that with the easy access to discounted and easily available condoms would also increase the r...Influence of Celebrities on Breast Cancer Awareness
... Cancer Patients Aid and Association (CPAA), is an organization helping poor and needy cancer patients in India. The organization was founded 31 years ago, with the main aim of helping economically poor cancer patients. One of the......ical Price Regulation Scheme [PPRS] is a voluntary organization which monitors and legislates the agreement of the pricing and quality of the drugs every 5 years. It maintains agreement and negotiates between the Department of Health and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry [ABPI]. THE PPRS sets a m...