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India May not Face Bird Flu Outbreak

...into the ravage of Bird Flu and India went on high alert when thousands of migratory birds died of H5N1, the viral strain responsible for the current problem in the Qinghai lakeland in north-western China. “Animal-to-human transmission cases are isolated and possible to isolate and treat. We have starte...

UV- Light Tanning As A Type Of Substance-Related Disorder

...g may explain why, despite widespread campaigns to alert people to the dangers of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, many people continue to sunbathe or use tanning booths. The authors conclude that individuals who chronically and repetitively expose themselves to UVL to tan may have a novel type of UVL substanc...

Ovarian Cancer Presents ‘Target Symptoms’ Six Months Before Diagnosi

...h earlier before the diagnosis// is made and being alert to these symptoms could make a huge difference in the rapid treatment of the cancer. Ovarian cancer is more curable if detected early enough. The study team led by Dr. Lloyd H. Smith from the University of California Davis Health System in Sacrament...

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

There is a wide spread of alert following the possible anticipation that migratory...chances that these birds can reach India. This red alert is high in Kerala as this place is a very favored place for migratory bird during winter. As a pre...

Bird flu alert in Kaziranga Park

Guwahati: An alert has been sounded against bird flu at the Kaziranga...ces like as far as Siberia, China and Tibet. The alert against the avian influenza has been sounded all over Assam to protect the resident stock of poultry...

A bird's eye view of the Bird Flu scare

...Himalayan region. And the government has issued an alert against these birds and is hoping to test each one of them. The Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has also indicated that they would stock up the vaccine. But given the tight-fistedness of the American company that owns the patent for the same, it re...

Bird Flu Alert In Jammu And Kashmir

... of water-borne infections is not enough, bird flu alert has been sounded in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. People have been warned not to buy and accept birds//. Migratory birds are believed to be the carriers of Bird flu, it said adding, the Wildlife Department is working to ascertain the facts. "Thou...

Eat 'The' Color and be healthy

... sparingly. Ministers want to introduce the food alert system by 2006. However, the public will now be asked to decide whether the MTL system is preferable to a second choice – The Color Guideline Daily Amount. The Color Guideline Daily Amount (CGDA) as seen in the example below allows the consumer to ...

Doctors Do Not Excise Sufficient Caution While Prescribing High-Risk Drugs

...precautions and adverse effects. It is intended to alert prescribers to the serious risks that may be associated with certain drugs. The present study assessed 217,000 participants who were prescribed the medication. The duration of prescription, other medications and possible drug interactions, and preg...

Fear Of Dengue Epidemic Looms Large: Fever Kills Five in Pakistan

...n this southern Pakistan port city had been put on alert and that the government had sent blood samples of five patients from Congo to laboratories in South Africa for tests. Meanwhile, the health minister Nisar Khan appealed to the public not to panic, and asserting that the situation was under control...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

...te notice of concerned officials. "Meningococcal alert has been issued by DMA and it has requested all its members to watch out for the meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia cases in the community. Symptoms of meningococcal meningitis include vomiting, headache and neck stiffness and men...

Chemotherapy Treatment Can Be Given To The Elderly also

... Milburn Jessup said that the study results should alert both community-based oncologists and colon cancer patients that chemotherapy is, for most people, a beneficial treatment. "Our intent in part is to show that since women and elderly do benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy as much as men or younger pa...

Brain cells by millions die during a stroke

...erican Heart association has mounted a campaign to alert people to the symptoms of stroke. These include sudden onset of weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden trouble seeing, inability to talk or understand what people are saying, loss of ability to walk or loss of balance and severe headach...

Pakistan On Alert After Cases Of Fatal Fever

Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan are on high alert following two suspected cases of the deadly Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF).// While a woman died of suspected CCHF at the Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) Sunday evening, another suspected case was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Med...

Indian Ayurveda in troubled waters abroad.

...om India to Canada have run in troubled waters. An alert has been sounded on 18 types of Ayurvedic medicines by the Canadian government. // The action has been taken because the samples which were tested contained heavy metals like lead, mercury, arsenic much beyond the permissible limits. The reason...

New Procedure Reveals the Secrets of the Brain

...f the microstimulation/MRI technique in conscious, alert primates holds great promise for determining the causal relationships between activation patterns across distributed neuronal circuits and specific behaviors. This method could also prove useful in understanding and optimizing the method of intra-c...

Guidant sold defective defibrillators with full knowledge

...e about when manufacturers of heart devices should alert physicians about product risks. In addition, New York State and the city of Bethlehem, Pa., have filed lawsuits against Guidant seeking reimbursement for device-related health care costs. Another Guidant document filed in connection with the Texas...

Wrong Diagnosis Leads To Death

...g the x-rays, and the establishment of a radiology alert system. The recommendations of the coroner has already been implemented, according to the Capital and Coast District Health Board. The junior doctors on the other hand contend that there is no constant supervision at the emergency and accident dep...

Caffeine pill to keep soldiers alert in the field

A defense pill to keep soldiers alert in the field by producing the stimulation enjoyed ...y they hope will result in a pill to keep soldiers alert even if sleep deprived. Participants are confined to people aged 18 to 35 who drink more than thr...

Wild ducks infected with bird flu

Turkey is kept on high alert after bird flu was detected and resulted in the death of the three siblings from the same family. Recently bird flu has been detected in wild ducks near Ankara, the capital town.// Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehdi Eker said that the peop...

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