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Mumps Outbreak Hits US As CDC Monitors Air Travelers

...t the CDC had not clarified why it was looking for air travelers. "Warning the general public about the dangers of acquiring infection from air travel is arguably irresponsible, unless supported by compelling epidemiological evidence," Hitchcoc...

COPD Patients portray improved exercise performance after breathing a Special Gas

...effects of varying oxygen and helium levels in the air breathed during exercise by 82 patients who had severe, but stable COPD. Four different gas mixtures were used to test the patients, 72 percent helium and 28 percent oxygen (Heliox28); 79 percent helium and 21 percent oxygen (Heliox21); 72 percent ni...

New lease of life for asthmatics by Accentia Biopharmaceuticals

...ed States alone. So it would be a lease of fresh air for many asthma patients....

Travel-Related Blood Clots Can Be Reduced By Using Flight Stockings

...coach quarters.There is no definitive link between air travel and increased risks for traveler’s thrombos...elevated risk for blood clots during long-distance air travel.The reviewed studies did not find any serious safety issues associated with using compression...

Many Nonprescription Cough Medicines Proves Ineffective

...s, which shrinks swollen membranes and allows more air to pass through nasal passages. Decongestants can be effective in the short run, but they can cause side effects, and you can become dependent on decongestants in the form of nose drops. Antihistamines help regardless of whether a cold or allergies...

Mumps Fever Spreads Unabated In US

Mumps is a viral infection and spreads by air borne transmission. Recently in US there are an increased number of mumps cases. // Statistics show that more than 1500 mumps cases were reported in Iowa (975 cases), Nebraska (139), Kansas (205), Illinois (110), Wisconsin (more than 18), Missouri (1...

World-class Facility A Must To Boost Medical Tourism In India

...dded. 'Some hospitals are even running their own air ambulance services,' said Sohail Kadri, an agent with Akbar Travels in Gujarat that caters to tourists coming to super-specialty hospitals located in Ahmedabad. 'This also gives hospitals the ability to evacuate injured foreign tourists from advent...

Diagnostic Centre Inaugurated for Air Pollution at SRMC

...ative in order to tackle the increasing levels of air pollution. It is the 17th such centre being suppor...makers of the country to evolve strategies to curb air pollution. The other dignitaries who spoke included Prof.T.K. Parthasarathy, Pro-chancellor and P...

BMA Scotland Blasts 'Sensational Headlines' Over GPs Pay

...s." She said that GPs needed a chance to clear the air about these headlines. " The figure in Scotland is actually less than that and is probably about ￡80,000," she added. BMA Scotland has come out with a statement saying that the new contracts would result in the prevention and treatment of more than 8...

Long Term Mediation Not Advisable To Treat Hot Flashes

...sipping ice water, dress in layers and turn up the air conditioning. Statistics show that about 50 % of women have hot flashes during menopause and that 20 % of those affected seek treatment. Hot flashes are a sudden sensation of being overheated, with sweating and facial flushing. It can occur during ...

Asthma Risk Pronounced In Children Living Close to Traffic Ridden Roads

...bara, Santa Maria and Upland. McConnell noted that air pollution regulations typically focus on regional air pollutants rather than localized exposures within communities, such as living near a busy road that ...

How To Prevent A Stroke

...reathing several times a night, rousing to gulp in air in a pattern that disrupts normal sleep. "We know that treating sleep apnea is associated with a reduction of blood pressure," Goldstein said. "And although we don't have direct evidence that treating sleep apnea will reduce stroke risk, the feeling...

Long Hours At Computer Screen May Also Cause Deep Vein Thrombosis

...are that they could be affected in the same way as air travel passengers. Dr Hunt explained that immobility is a key factor in causing thrombosis. The term e-thrombosis was coined after a 32-year-old man in New Zealand inexplicably suffered a pulmonary embolism. He often spent 12 hours a day at his compu...

RMIT Staff Diagnosed with Brain Tumors

...out environmental testing into radio frequency and air quality after the report of the first two cases. But the tests showed the levels were safe. RMIT vice-president resources and chief operating officer Steve Somogyi said, ’we have in the last week, appointed a number of experts to redo those studi...

Cancer Causing Chemicals Found In Urine Of Babies Whose Parents Smoke

... rather than by breathing second-hand smoke in the air in their family homes and cars. In the current study, when babies had detectable levels of NNAL, Hecht said that family members smoked an average of 76 cigarettes per week, in their home or car while the babies were present. In children of smokers ...

Corporate Companies Causing Pollution in the Dock

...0 top corporate companies that are responsible for air pollution//. This list is officially called the To...ate companies are listed as an important source of air pollution. This is based on air releases of hundreds of chemicals from industrial facilities across ...

Prediction of a Collective Sneeze

...late Britain has the highest rate of pollen in the air due to the crossover between the birch pollen season, and the grass pollen season....

German Manufacturers Find a Solution for DVT

... embolism. DVT which has long been associated with air travel. Hence the German manufacturers Aida came u...ndaal of the University of Amsterdam suggests that air travel increases the risk of DVT by a factor of five. In conclusion the government announced that it...

Sanyo’s Electrolysed Water Technology Effective In Suppressing Bird Fl

...he technology was used in two ways, one by letting air containing the virus pass through a filter impregnated with electrolysed water, and the other, by spraying a mist of electrolysed water onto a cotton bud smeared with the virus. Officials from Sanyo have explained that the technology is useful in p...

Tomatoes Have Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Properties

... stroke, smokers, women on the pill, long-distance air travellers, patients of long-term illnesses and pregnant women. ‘If you are at risk of having clots, or have had one, then you might as well be on medication and you should always follow your doctor's advice,’ said Tony Leeds, a hospital consultant...

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