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Air Pollution Can Even Increase Death Rates

...xperts may be underestimating the deaths caused by air pollution. The study shows that pollution's chroni...se by 25 to 39 percent for the 10 μg/m3increase in air pollution. Earlier studies took one or two pollution measures from several cities and compared heal...

Novel antibiotic dressing developed for improved wound healing

... process that allows molecules to diffuse into the air and into the wound, which can slow healing and increases the chance germs will develop resistance. The antibiotic substance has to be efficiently mass-produced in such a way it can be permanently made adherent to wound dressings or perhaps it could ...

Minimally Invasive Ear Implant Procedures Are Better

..., mastoidectomy (a surgical removal of the mastoid air cells), posterior tympanotomy via the facial recess, creating an opening in the cochlea, and insertion of the electrode into the scala tympani. Researchers in Texas propose minimally invasive cochlear implantation (MICI) as a technique in which crea...

Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attack

Scientists have now discovered a link between air pollution and heart attacks. A study in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis looks specifically at airborne particulate matter resulting mainly from the combustion of fuel//, including coal and also from forest fires, reports science portal Eur...

Winter Premature Babies Face Threat From Lung Disease

...d living conditions, and exposure to environmental air pollutants. In addition to beginning RSV prevention medication and continuing dosing throughout the season, to reduce the risk of severe RSV infection, parents can decrease their babies’ exposure to respiratory viruses after taking them home, by: al...

Reversibility of symptoms of depression using CPAP in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

...ng a specially designed nasal device that delivers air under slight pressure, keeping the airway open so that the patient can breathe normally. A study was undertaken at The Sleep Center at University Community Hospital, Tampa, FL to assess the reversibility of symptoms of depression using continuous po...

Childhood Asthma Can Be Kept Under Control By Cost-Effective Home Based Interventions

...s on the child's mattress, box spring and pillows; air purifiers with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters; vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters; and professional pest control. The hom...

Fungal spores in the pillows can trigger an asthma attack

...sent in the environment and these fungus spread by air as spores and reaches the respiratory tract of humans and animals through inhalation. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most frequently encountered pathogen/allergen among the more than 100 known species of Aspergillus. Inhalation of A. fumigatus spores l...

Another Victim Of Legionnaires' Disease

...rmed the outbreak originated in the nursing home's air conditioning cooling tower when contaminated droplets were distributed into the air by the cooling system and then sucked into the ventilation system's air intake. Health officials o...

Air pollution found to increase risk of ischemic stroke

...established from a study that exposure to polluted air is associated with a significant increase in the i...ot travels to the brain. Researchers examined the air quality on a total of 37,000 days in nine separate cities, and found that risk of hospitalization fo...

Bronchiolo-alveolar Carcinoma Shows Sonographic Pattern Of Pneumonia

...s predominantly well known and characterized by an air bronchogram, a marked vascularity on color Doppler sonography, and a high-impedance arterial flow pattern on Doppler spectral analysis. Bronchiolo–alveolar carcinoma (BAC) is defined as a special subtype of adenocarcinoma. Histologically it shows w...

Legal Action against Authority Regarding Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Diseas

... by a bacterium that most commonly spreads through air conditioning units. It is more common in summer an...rs believe that the outbreak could be caused by an air conditioning unit at the council's Forum 28 centre, opposite Barrow town hall. The outbreak has been...

US Airlines Worried About Bird Flu In Passengers

...lu virus. The concerns are legitimate since it was air travel that was responsible for the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS from Asia to Canada. The deadly disease ended up claiming 800 lives globally before being contained. A similar scenario could be devastating in the case of t...

Sleeping Is No Mean Art … It Is A Privilege Denied To Many

...ee cure for apnoea. Breathing devices that deliver air under slight pressure by a nasal mask is very popular among the general public. This special report is only designed to sensitize you to the importance of a most common, yet often neglected sleep disorder. It isn't usually immediately dangerous, don...

One Third Of All Cancers Preventable!

...ity, physical inactivity, unsafe sexual practices, air pollution due to the growing industrialization/ urbanization, smoke from domestic use of coal and contaminated health-care injections are the other preventable factors in the worldwide incidence of cancer. Nearly 2.43 million of the 7 million cance...

Hospital Noise Raises The Risk Of Medical Error: Study

...ospital noise problems, particularly involving the air handlings systems, are not that easy to fix. (IANS)...

Infectious Diseases of the Wild to grow

...lt to control and is largely related to increasing air transportation. With world air travel expected to grow at about 5 percent a year for at least the next 20 years, the problem of eme...

Fat Patients Require Longer Needles

...ion with a 23 gauge needle, which included a small air bubble. Two independent radiologists analyzed the CT scans to fix the position of the bubble, Dr. Chan said. The analysis found that among the women, 23 of 25 injections, or 92% failed to reach muscle. Among men, 11 of 25 injections, or 44% missed t...

Risk Of Asthma Rises Due to Endotoxins

...y. Humidifiers, pests, dust, pets, and outdoor // air are common sources of endotoxins, according to the University of Iowa’s Dr. Peter S. Thorne. The researchers evaluated 2,456 residents in 831 homes selected to represent the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population. They took 2,552 house d...

Couple infected with HIV marry in Kerala

...from family, friends and fellow villagers. With an air of solemnity, Asokan (29) and Ajitha (26) took their marriage vows amidst the beating of drums and chanting of traditional Vedic incantations. While Asokan, the groom, contracted HIV during a surgery on his leg that required blood transfusion, Ajitha...

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