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Research Paper Examines Depression in 3 Cities in Pakistan

...studies on the prevalence of depression. Our study aims to explore the prevalence of depression among households in three capital cities of Pakistan." A sample of 820 people was randomly selected and a cross sectional telephone based study was conducted for a duration of six months. "It was found that t...

Free Condoms Distribution to Prevent HIV in Washington

...district in 2005 and 2006 combined. The department aims to distribute one million condoms by the end of 2007. Gregg Pane -- director of the district's health department and the Administration for HIV Policy and Programs -- said he hopes the condoms will be placed prominently and accessibly in government...

New Microchip for Protein Sorting

...ect, reported in the latest Nature Nanotechnology, aims to make Western blotting an old-fashioned technique. // The microchip system has an extremely tiny sieve structure built into it that can sort through continuous streams of biological fluids and separate proteins accurately by size. Conventional sep...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

A new inhaler with a child-friendly design aims to solve the problem of dosage variance and patient compliance – key issues with inhaled drug treatments for children.// The new Watchhaler product from Activaero uses novel design features and has been designed to appeal to kids, with vivid colours...

A New Plan to Restrict Cardiovascular Diseases in Scotland

...cks and strokes in the next five years. The plan aims to provide preventive treatment to about 500,000 p...ll over-40s especially those most at risk and also aims to provide lifestyle advice. As per the guidelines, it is expected that 50% of men in Scotland and...

New Supplemental Therapy for Common Jaw Disorder

...valuated early biopsychosocial intervention, which aims to help people at risk of developing chronic pain due to temporomandibular disorder, or TMD. The condition, which is associated with jaw or facial pain, affects more than 10 percent of Americans, making it the second-most common pain-causing muscular...

On the 'Fast Buck' Trail: Kidneys on Sale

...from the poor. Vending ‘Blues’ This feature aims to draw the reader’s attention to the following issues that are now permanently associated with kidney vending: ? It is a public secret that the promised ransom never reaches the donor as a sizable portion goes to the middlemen ? When money bec...

New Guidelines for Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

...nts who have not yet been diagnosed. The guideline aims to present evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis of lower extremity DVT and pulmonary embolism. "These new guidelines represent a collaborative effort between family medicine and internal medicine," said Rick Kellerman, M.D., The American Ac...

The Psychology of Skin Cancer

...ed over the past 20 years. Now an online survey aims to learn how people of different nationalities beh...self in the sunshine. The multiple-choice survey aims to show how lifestyle choices and attitudes to exposure to the sun affect the risk of getting skin c...

Make Healthcare Accessible, Affordable, Urges Kalam

...aging Educational Sciences Trust (KREST) here that aims to provide radiology services in rural areas at minimum cost. Experts will, under the tele-radiology network, offer advice on radiology images of patients sent from hospitals in rural areas and provide instant consultation. The president said tel...

Garlic Hope in Infection Fight

...hronic infection in CF patients. Current treatment aims to eradicate it when it first appears. If the infection becomes established it may be suppressed with antibiotic nebulisers. However, these have a major impact on quality of life for the patient because they are time-consuming (given twice a day, eve...

Child Care Centres in Tsunami Hit Indonesia

...establishing mother and child care centers, UNICEF aims to provide health care facilities besides developmental activities in this Tsunami hit land. According to UNICEF's Chief of Field Office in Aceh Edouard Beigbeder, these centers strengthen the community based health care system which facilitates a ...

Drug Strategy Makes Cancer Genes Get Lost in Translation

A new strategy for fighting cancer aims to make its genes get lost in translation, according to a report published by Cell Press.// According to the researchers, such a therapy would essentially take advantage of a weakness of the disease: that the majority of growth- and proliferation-...

‘Smart Way of Living’ for Dementia Patiens

...n after a stay in hospital. The technology also aims to reduce the risk of users being readmitted to hospital or going into long term care. It uses special sensors that can wirelessly ‘talk’ to devices, such as the cooker, taps and light switches, in response to the behavior of the resident. By monit...

UN Sends Medicine to Afghanistan

...st measles and tetanus. The UNICEF project also aims to build 246 new schools, develop textbooks for students in grades 7 to 9, train 11,500 newly-recruited female teachers, start literacy courses for 215,000 men and women, and de-worm almost 6 million children. Meanwhile, in the southern province o...

Significant Drop of Measles Cases Across the World

...Wolfson of WHO is immensely pleased with this feat aims for a measles free world. Cooperation rendered by the governments and the health care community along with education programmes to understand this disease have aided in this monumental achievement. But surprisingly there is a rise of measles case...

Nurses Ease the Wounded Heart

...sk for intimate partner violence. The intervention aims to increase the mothers' awareness of their options and allows them to decide which options seem most useful. Nurses offer written information about the cycle of intimate partner violence, risk factors that may increase a woman's danger of homicide, ...

Heart Defect Is Linked to Some Cases of Migraine Headache

...ed by St. Jude Medical in Minnetonka MN, the study aims to close PFOs in 500 migraine patients who haven’t responded well to current medications. “We don’t believe this will be a cure for all migraines,” says Lasala, medical director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory and professor of medicine. “...

The Shape of Health to Come

...professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, aims to determine how well participants adhere to a personalized fitness plan, motivation both for beginning and sustaining regular workouts and the role of a support system in encouraging determination. All endometrial cancer survivors who are six month...

UNICEF Provides 1,000 ITNs to Help Combat Malaria Outbreak in Jamaica

... an aggressive prevention and control program that aims to identify people with malaria, treat malaria cases promptly, and prevent complications and a further spread of the disease. The government also has increased insecticide spraying and launched a campaign to eliminate stagnant water where mosquitoes ...

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