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High-risk Patients Need Better Guidance on What is and Isnt a Heart Attack

... at high-risk of having a heart attack are unclear about when symptoms are potentially life threatening and...ctors, health organisations and drug manufacturers about how to use the drugs (sublingual nitrate GTN sprays) prescribed to relieve the condition. The advi...

US Teens Charged With Gang Raping a Woman

..., 14, and Nathan Walker, 16, were among a group of about 10 masked suspects who forced their way into the w...olice report, a man knocked on the woman's door at about 9 p.m. and told her he had a flat tire. The mother and son, whom police have not identified, went ou...

Harry Potter Final Book - Prediction and Expectations

...eleased July 21.Westman and Nel both have concerns about Harry's fate, as well as the fates of other key ch...cters in the final book. "I'm a little concerned about Harry. One of the features that is emphasized about Harry is his willingness to sacrifice himself fo...

Aussie Comedian Apologises for Pam Anderson Hepatitis Joke

... the disease . Peter Helliar had cracked a joke about Anderson during his weekly talk show called Rove. Officials at Hepatitis Australia were annoyed at Helliar's 'cheap, cruel' joke, wherein he said hepatitis C would be the best present for Anderson on her 40th birthday. In his apology, Helliar i...

Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too

... fourfold by 2050 if nothing is done. In Canada, about 400 die from the disease each year and another 1,350 or so are diagnosed with it. Health Canada is following the U.S. decision and approving Gardasil for use on girls and women aged nine to 26 - or before they become sexually active. Health Canada ga...

Exercise Reduces Inflammation

...els of inflammation. And the reason were excited about this is that exercise is a great way to improve pa...it was important to note that we cant say anything about cause and effect relationships. However, Woods said, it gives you some idea of what factors are r...

Canadian Children Prefer to Eat More Snacks

...arger portions for meat and chips were selected by about 78 percent the children; for vegetables, 52 percent chose portion sizes smaller than or equal to dietary guidelines. The study found kids who ate at fast-food restaurants more than once per week were more likely to consider large portions of fries ...

Mukherjee Inaugurates Tele-education and Tele-medicine Centres in Addis Ababa

... their contribution." In fact, here in Ethiopia about 450 professors are teaching in various universitie...rom top quality Indian institutions." At present about 3000 Ethiopian students are studying in various universities in India. With the tele-education facil...

Benefits From the Use of the Internet in Healthcare Applications Highlighted

...treatments received, access to quality information about their care and extremely high levels of customer service are some of the expectations of power patients." Besides, over the years, healthcare organisations have had to adapt to numerous changes, from advances in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures ...

Somerville, A Town Committed to Tackle Obesity Among Kids

...cording to government statistics. Among adults, about two-thirds are overweight or simply obese, which i...p fee. In addition to offering smaller portions, about 20 restaurants in the town began including low-fat items on their menus. School lunches also became ...

Drug Firm on the Threshold of Developing Dengue Vaccine

...any is aiming to have the vaccine on the market in about five years. By that time, Stephenne estimates that between $500 million to $1 billion will have been spent on research and development....

Defective HIV Testing Kits Poses Serious Health Risks

...ssion from the bank to go public with the findings about "the bogus HIV testing kits supplied by NACO and u...to go public with potentially damaging information about distribution of dud HIV testing kits in India. "In a letter, the World Bank has informed me that ...

Indian Fashion Beckons International Models

... here will help them not only in gaining knowledge about this country's fashion but also provide their care...designers than the others. I'm here purely to know about Indian culture." For some, modelling in India is also a step towards fulfilling their Bollywood dr...

An Electronic Shirt That Monitors Your Hearts Health

...mputer in the wardrobe. So theres no need to worry about data being lost while the garment is being cleaned, according to Professor Bruce Thomas, Director of UniSAs Wearable Computer Laboratory, which developed the technology. After cleaning, they can be recharged for wearing again, he said. For contin...

Gene Expression in Blood may Hold Clues About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

...tudy has found that blood may hold key information about what goes on in the brain of CFS patients. CFS is marked by severe, chronic mental and physical exhaustion, arising in a previously healthy and active person. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Professor Andrew Lloyd at the U...

Genetic Factors Behind Mosquitoes Resistance to Malaria Identified

...entury. Only recently have people started to think about curing mosquitoes of malaria, said Dr. Baxter, who... to the fact that mosquitoes are almost as unhappy about malaria as we are. They try to get rid of it. Dr. Johann Deisenhofer, who was awarded the 1988 Nobel...

Bagpipe Cured Scot Teen of His Asthma

...ther Janet, a community matron, had read somewhere about the benefits of playing wind instruments to people with breathing problems, and she recommended David play one. Being a proud Glasgow-born Scot, David and his father chose the pipes for the purpose of battling asthma. Janet says that her sons c...

Discourage Less Educated Women from Conceiving , Says New Zealand Academic

...ur socio- economic status". "Rather than talking about encouraging smart women to have babies and dumb women not to have babies, what we do need to do is make the commitment to good quality education," she said. "If we are going to rely increasingly on groups of children in the poorer and less well-edu...

World's First Face Transplant Patient Feels She is Alive Again

...e in China. She said she wanted to raise awareness about organ donation. "I met the Chinese surgeon who did the second face transplant on a man who was mauled by a bear. He said he was amazed by the results of my transplant and that I had opened the door to many others," Dinoire said. "You don't know h...

Tobacco Firm's Research Funds Spark Protest in SKorea

...y of Gwangju. The three hospitals have recruited about 540 people for clinical tests, he said, adding they would receive a total of one billion won (1.08 million dollars) from the US company for the research. Jang said the "basic research" aimed at identifying what harmful factors affect smokers compar...

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