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Tag: "alerted" at medical news

Paracetamol May Cause Live Damage Warns Consumer Education and Research Centre

...cation and Research Centre (CERC) in Ahmedabad has alerted the Drug Control General of India against the excessive use of paracetamol. CERC says that the commonly use drug might cause potential liver damage and might lead on to liver failure. CERC Secretary Ashwini Kumar warns that consumers must be aware ...

Aspirin Induced Asthma , A Little-Known Inducer

...escribed, patients diagnosed with asthma should be alerted to the possibility of aspirin-induced asthma by their health care professional say researchers and simple, standardized warnings on packs of aspirin and NSAIDs should be made alerting asthmatic patients to the potential risks....

Wishing the pain away

...so called endogenous opioids. As the researchers alerted participants that the placebo was coming, and injected the placebo dose, the amount of additional concentrated salt water needed to maintain participants’ pain over time increased — indicating a reduction in pain sensitivity that the subjects were no...

Genetic Eye Disorder Can Have Other Implications

...lly (left or right). Collaborators in Saudi Arabia alerted them to patients they’d been seeing who had not only restricted horizontal eye movement, but also deafness and motor impairments. The Saudi clinicians began to carefully reexamine their patients, while US researchers looked at the patients’ DNA to tr...

Bird Flu Meet called by France for EU Countries

... reports of bird flu from Turkey and Romania have alerted the , French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy to have an urgent meet of European Union ministers to coordinate decisions on fighting the illness.// Douste-Blazy, a physician by profession told France 2 television: “This is an animal epidemic...

Indian Government warns Gujarat regarding possibility of bird flu

...theast Asia since 2003."The central government has alerted the state animal husbandry department to watch out for birds specially from Southeast Asia and China," said D.S. Narve, the conservator of forests. The health authorities have been asked to watch out for three main species of migratory birds, namely...

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

...ent of Health has said, "All our offices have been alerted to send samples of dead birds and fresh droppings and the officials are also been asked to trap migratory birds, if possible, and send them for testing." ...

Bird flu alert in Kaziranga Park

...s inside the 430-square km national park have been alerted about the possibility of migratory birds carrying the deadly avian flu virus and asked to report immediately if any unusual avian behaviour. A veterinary doctor has been sent for training outside the state about preliminary detection and diagnosis of...

Influenza Vaccination for children with neurological or neuromuscular disease

...rologists and primary care pediatricians should be alerted to the increased risk of respiratory failure and the importance of influenza vaccination in children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases." SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, November 2, 2005....

Men under 50 susceptible to suicide after discharge from emergency

...t very few presented with symptoms that might have alerted a physician to them being a suicide risk. Their reasons for attendance included back and neck pain, headache, review of prescription medicine and gastrointestinal diarrhoea. By comparison, women aged under 50 were most likely to die of breast cancer ...

Bird Flu Infection Of Chinese Girl Prompts Fear Of Spread Across Asia

...rogramme. The World Health Organization has been alerted about the condition over which health officials have expressed the need for better equipment and clinical expertise in the rural areas of the Asian subcontinent to limit the spread of the virus. Following the detection of a virulent strain of the bir...

Risk Of Birth Defects Increased Due To Anti-Depressant Medication

...th the physician. The physicians have also been alerted regarding the adverse effects arising out of sudden withdrawal of Paxil. Though it was known that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) could harm fetuses, the magnitude of the risk has not been studied previously. The recent report by the ...

Avian flu scare in Malawi too!!

...inistry of Agriculture and Food Security, 'Someone alerted police that people are feasting on mysterious manna from heaven. We sent officials to caution the people not to eat them since they may have the avian flu which has proved deadly to humans in other countries.' The H5N1 strain of bird flu has ravage...

Asian Nations Told To Ready Themselves For Pandemic

...ead of the WHO's western Pacific // region office alerted countries in the region to be ready to respond immediately to any signs of the emergence of a pandemic strain of the H5N1 virus, saying the virus may come along with cases of bird flu. While emphasizing that there was no actual indication of a pan...

Hepatitis A Cases On A Steady Increase In Canterbury

... In view of the above situation, doctors have been alerted regarding the increase in hepatitis A infection. Generalized fatigue, discomfort in the abdomen, fever, nausea and jaundice that manifests at a later stage are the most commonly observed symptoms. Identification of the contamination source is the o...

Mothers Happy After Exchange Of Swapped Infants

...d I was given a female baby. I grew suspicious and alerted my husband," said Meena. Reacting to the issue, Savitri said, "I do not know whether I delivered a son or a daughter. The matron gave me a baby boy". Meena's relatives cried foul when they suspected the babies had been switched. They lodged a com...

Safety Of Heart Drug Questioned

...ada, Europe, Australia and United States have been alerted regarding the above research. Last week, concerns were raised regarding the use of Novoseven, a drug used for management of cerebral hemorrhages (primary indication is for treatment of hemophilia). Increased risk of heart attack, stroke and even de...

Britain Announces Third Transfusion Related 'Mad Cow' Case

... vCJD in the U.K. All of these recipients had been alerted regarding their exposure. In addition, these individuals have been instructed to adopt certain precautions to minimize chances of transmitting the infection to others through surgery or other healthcare procedures....

Hong Kong To Implement New Backyard Poultry-Keeping Law

...re, Fisheries and Conservation Department would be alerted of any poultry or bird carcass that would be tested for the presence of H5N1 avian influenza virus. Effective management of the bird flu crisis in Hong Kong is largely dependent on the participation of the local residents and the community in gener...

Need For Early Recognition Of Stroke In Children

...e providers and other paramedical staff have to be alerted about stroke among children, brought to the emergency department. It has been found out from a study conducted by Dr. Ichord, in association with the American Stroke Association, that delays were very common in the diagnosis of stroke in children ...

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