Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene
...njuries were treated at the site some serious life threatening injuries had to be treated by shifting the patients out of Gujarat to tertiary medical centers. Due to a scarcity of X ray machines, many fractures had to be treated without x rays. There were no recovery rooms available after surgeries. Open veranda...Nearly all asthma deaths preventable
... severity of asthma can lead to dangerous and life threatening situations....Mystery behind Preeclampsia uncovered
...ancies. If untreated, this can worsen into a life threatening condition called Eclampsia in which a women has convulsive seizures during pregnancy. The research was led by Dr.Valerian E.Kagan of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The investigators analyzed blood samples from 21 women who were diagnos...The world's largest diabetes epidemic is threatening India, which is ill-equipped to cope, say experts. The amount of type II, or adult-onset diabetes in Indian cities is high, and rising, suggests health data. India has a population of more than a billion, and its citizens appear prone to developing d...Risk of heart diseases due to loneliness
...ay be that lonely people experience the world as a threatening and non-supportive place, thereby affectsand this conditions their response to stressful situations....Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales
...cts of a woman's life such as stress, tiredness or threatening behaviour from their partners. However, a spokeswoman for one of the leading pharma companies denies such reports stating, "We work on unmet medical needs. There were academics who were working on this long before they came to us to ask us for sup......emain vigilant. Meanwhile, Taiwan's SARS crisis is threatening //to deteriorate rapidly after more than 100 cases were reported in the past two days. The situation may explode with almost 1,000 suspected cases yet to be determined as SARS infections. Highlighting the seriousness of the situation, a member of a U...Fungal Infections Effectively Controlled By Light Therapy
... to the rapidity with which the fungus causes life threatening infection in the host. It is therefore conceivable that light could be used as a therapy for fungal infections, particularly infections at the body surface, such as those of skin or nails....Skin infections are becoming drug resistant
...e of the results of this infection may be the life threatening condition of Necrotizing fasciitis. Adults who had...atory subcutaneous skin infection that may be life threatening and needs immediate surgery. Reference: New England Journal of Medicine, April 2005...WHO says damage to eco systems are affecting human health
...0 years. Diseases such as malaria and cholera are threatening to cause a major outbreak and new diseases are emerging because of 60% of the beneficial factors of the eco system are being used in unsustainable way. The report emphasizes that the link between ecology and human health is of a complex nature and h...New initiative launched to fight malaria by repelling mosquitoes
... malaria attack if not treated on time can be life threatening to the patient. Efforts have been made worldwide to eradicate the disease but because of its nature of spreading, steps to control the disease faces enormous challenges in terms of infrastructure and human resource. The new research hopes to overcom...AIDS - The ‘silent but lethal tsunami’ of Asia
...t first glance. The AIDS virus has been silently threatening all of Asia. Its spread is rapid and deadly. One in four new infections occur in Asia every day. 1,500 persons effected with the virus die here every day. What is extremely alarming is that the disease has already spread into several provinces of the...Third generation Small pox vaccine from Cell-culture
...fects in vaccinated, 15-42 develop serious or life threatening adverse reactions of every million. 1 to 2 people every million die because of this vaccine. Serious side include eczema vaccinatum, progressive vaccinia, post vaccinal encephalitis, fetal vaccine, vaccina keratitis, myopericarditis. Small pox vacci...Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly
...illbirth or premature birth of an infant with life threatening infection. Listeriosis in elderly people or those with impaired immune function include high fever, shivering, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. The usual incubation period for the L. monocytogenes infection is three to four weeks but can a...Researchers Discover Protein That Causes Malaria
... malaria attack if not treated on time can be life threatening to the patient. For more information click here...Vitamin C reverses pre eclampsia
... eclampsia which, when left untreated, causes life threatening consequences. Pre eclampsia occurs when a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure, swelling in the legs and other symptoms. The complication affects as many as 1 in 10 first pregnancies.// More dangerous is eclampsia, in which, a woman ha...New Four- in- one Vaccine For DTP & Hepatitis To Hit The Indian Market
...launched to protect children against the four life threatening diseases. // Shantha Biotechnics Limited, a pioneer in health care industry has manufactured and marketed the product keeping in line with the worldwide trend of switching to combination vaccines. The new combination vaccine serves to fulfill a pa...General Anesthesia For Heroin Detoxification Is No Good
... these circumstances can also lead to adverse life threatening events. Medically supervised heroin withdrawal remains plagued by patient discomfort and high dropout rates. Many patients fear the physical discomfort of withdrawal and either avoid treatment or leave it prematurely. Even those who complete the det...A Scientific Explanation For Out Of Body Experience
...OBE, which may also be experienced in certain life threatening situations. Dr.David Wilde, a pioneer in the field is bent upon materailising a project to explain this kind of experience. The project would concentrate on how people see and experience their bodies, and how - through perfectly ordinary psycholog...BCG vaccine to be boosted to effectively prevent tuberculosis
...is drug-resistant, and is responsible for the most threatening disease outbreaks....