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Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...s it isn’t uncommon for us to see news items which tell us that an employee has been fired from an establishment after testing positive for HIV. But rarely do these matters become a major controversy when many sit up and take notice. Especially in the health care industry people don’t bat an eyelid when s...

Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?

...that there is no cause for concern. Only time will tell us what actually is in store for the Clintons....

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

...portantly they can travel only if their physicians tell them that their immune status is good. Otherwise they would be exposing themselves to unnecessary risks. Lastly it is also advisable to ascertain the availability of expert medical facilities at their destinations before undertaking the travl....

Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!

... as a precaution. But there is also no good way to tell whether they have removed enough. No drugs have yet been proved to prevent oral cancer, but many are being tested. Several other studies published within the past year have found other genetic markers for oral cancer. For instance, there's also a ri...

New scalpel probes into cancer

... their malignant form. At present the only way to tell if cancerous cells are present is to stain tissue ... which may take hours this scalpel will be able to tell the surgeon when to stop cutting. The brain is a particularly critical place to know when enough ti...

How much can exercise improve health?

...mprove their health.// But researchers often can't tell how much health-improvement pay-off will result from a given amount of work, or even if a workout will make a difference at all. I-Min Lee of Harvard Medical School, lead author of one of the 32 articles in a special supplement to ACSM's re...

Genetic influence in menopause

...t might be possible that a DNA test may be able to tell a woman exactly when she will have her menopause and this may enable her to make more informed choices about when to start a family and how to plan her career. The average age of menopause is 51, but some women stop menstruating much earlier or much ...

Doctors not to accept gifts from drug companies

...on(AMA) is spending a lot of drug-company money to tell doctors not to accept large gifts from drug companies. The AMA says it makes sense to involve the industry in a campaign that's also designed to inform drug makers about what is considered unethical behavior. // At issue are the myriad freebies, r...

Wishes of unspoken patients

...s improvement in their symptoms. A doctor need not tell a patient everything on his mind. One may feel anxious and forget what you meant to ask about, he or she may seem rushed, or it may be that the relationship between the two of you is not as open and trusting as it could be.// Researchers at the Uni...

UV Radiation induces Melanoma

..."The big lesson, and certainly the one I'd like to tell parents and doctors who see children, is that you should take whatever steps are necessary to prevent sunburn in children. They should wear hats, use sunscreen and avoid unnecessary exposure to sunlight." It is feared that this rapid proliferation ...

Why running noses are a good thing

...ffered some guidance for doctors who wonder how to tell which is which. No test will reveal anthrax exposu... present in a particular location, but they do not tell doctors anything about an individual's risk. So far, the single most important information is the ...

Drink alcohol for intelligence

...a similar effect. "I don't think I would want to tell somebody who isn't drinking to start, as they may ...as had a stroke due to blood clotting, I would not tell them to stop drinking moderately." However, he spelled out the dangers of heavy drinking, particular...

DNA biochip for genetic screening

...rk. “If we put specific probes on the chip, we can tell if a person has or doesn’t have these genetic codes present, and we can screen for thousands or tens of thousands of genes at once,” Gao sys....

Coffee enhances memory

...ecaffeinated kind. The participants were unable to tell the difference between the two. Those drinking decaff had the usual decline in performance during the day, but those ingesting caffeine did not - they were as sharp in the afternoon as in the morning. According to researchers, the next step is to rep...

Baby Talk Better Than Adult Speech

...s of spoken words, the computer was easily able to tell the baby-talk sounds apart. However, it could not distinguish the difference in adult vowel sounds. The researchers claim that this is an indication that babies probably understand baby talk better than adult speech because the words are spoken with ...

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

...ns are good for people with heart disease. we must tell patients undergoing angioplasty that we must start you on a statin."...

Pharmaceutical companies are targeting patients

...dermine the doctor-patient relationship and rarely tell patients about the drugs' success rate, alternative treatments and other key information. The pharmaceutical industry argues the ads inform and educate consumers, prompt many to see their doctor about an untreated health problem and prod others to t...

Status of some prescription drugs

...ly trying to make a profit. They are not trying to tell us what the best thing is for our health." said Ron Pollack, a spokesman for Families USA. But Alan Holmer, spokesman for America's Pharmaceutical Companies, defended the ads as providing "information to patients so they can go in and have a more inf...

FDA considers nicotine lollipops illegal

...DA said. The FDA gave the 4 pharmacies 15 days to tell the government they're stopping sales or risk further legal action. The FDA is reviewing other unconventional nicotine products, such as a Virginia company's nicotine lozenge, to see if they also qualify as drugs being sold illegally....

Heart and dental care

...s say that echocardiogram reports should routinely tell doctors whether their patients are candidates for antibiotics. The problem now is that many doctors who refer patients for echocardiograms are not experts in reading them and are unclear when the heart association guidelines call for antibiotics, s...

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