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Compensation Demanded For Bengal's Blood Scam Victims

...pitals and blood banks in West Bengal were earlier alerted against using expired blood test kits supplied by Monozyme India. Health workers fear that thousands of people in West Bengal, who were given blood transfusions might have received infected blood because the expired and faulty kits would have faile...

Meningitis C Surfaces in Toronto:Public Alerted

...last week. Public health department in Toronto has alerted its citizens regarding this case //since the disea...s severity and fatality, the health department has alerted the public to be cautious.Meningitis C is a contagious disease caused by bacteria present in the thr...

Don’t Let Symptoms of Whooping Cough Escape You, Parents Warne

Parents in Toronto have been alerted to be watchful for symptoms of whooping cough in children; this alert has been sounded after recent reports, of increase in such cases in// the previous year. A recent report has established the increase in cases - from 178 cases in 2005 to 669 cas...

Potential Threats of Bioterrorism

...01, the government and the media have periodically alerted the American people to potential threats of bioterrorism. // Now, a team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found that such messages measurably raise anxiety levels, which could pose adverse health ef...

Statutory Warnings on Cigarette Packs- Make It Bigger and Brighter, Say Researchers

... Sixty percent of those questioned said there were alerted to the ills of smoking by these messages. Here the ads printed on the cigarette packet were large colorful graphic representations such as a drooping cigarette indicating impotence, a rotting mouth –indicative of gum disease, mouth cancer etc. Next...

Transplant Doctor Investigated in Organ Donor Case

...ing to ICU. Late the nurses at the hospital have alerted the San Luis Obispo Police Department who are investigating the case now. JYT...

New Guidelines to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic

...ber of the CPG Expert Panel. "Canadians must be alerted to the fact that their weight and body shape can have a serious impact on their long-term health, and that they need to act now to lessen their risk of heart disease and diabetes. Even a modest loss of 5% to 10% of body weight, or a few inches from t...

Massive Recall of Magnetic Toys in US

... out of the product. In the fall of 2006, the CPSC alerted parents to the emerging hazard of magnets. Even so, children continue to be treated in emergency rooms across the country for complications due to ingesting magnets or toy components with magnets. If two or more magnets, two or more magnet componen...

FDA Announces Audio Broadcasts on Emerging Drug Safety Information

... the service was launched in February 2007, it has alerted listeners to the potential hazards of skin-numbing products used in hair removal; the voluntary market withdrawals of drugs to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and irritable bowel syndrome, and to serious adverse events associated with agent...

RFID Use can Avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

...baby and the doctors and nurses can be immediately alerted about the looming danger. If the device is thoroughly tested and found successful; it will revolutionize not only prevention of SIDS but many other similar conditions. RFID in the healthcare have found application in the healthcare industry in so...

Steps To Prevent Out-Break Of Bird Flu

...Western States bordering Pakistan were immediately alerted to intensify vigilance in the bordering areas especially to check informal/illegal trade of restricted livestock and livestock products; intensify animal disease surveillance especially of poultry and in areas visited by migratory birds; assess and a...

Bird Flu Reappears in Malaysia

... and killed later. The veterinary department was alerted Sunday by the owner of the infected chickens after about 60 of his birds died, said Kamarudin. Surveillance teams are being sent to surrounding areas to check for more virus outbreaks but none had so far been detected, he said. "We hope it will r...

Smallpox Alert in Northeast

...paper reports said the West Bengal government also alerted its health officials about possible outbreak of the disease, which according to WHO was eradicated in 1984. "We have also instructed doctors and health workers to take necessary help from the Border Security Force (BSF) and Assam Rifles as and when...

Pakistani Doctors Behind Bars for Illegal Kidney Removals

... police chief Aftab Cheema said. Police who were alerted by a former patient then raided two private hospitals where the four people underwent surgery. 'These needy and poor people were promised $1,000 for their organs but most of them had not received a single penny after the kidney removal,' Cheema sai...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

...egislation]. Dingell and Waxman had already been alerted to the potential health risks posed by Avandia. Earlier this month, they and several other House members asked the FDA to inform them of the agencys plan to protect the public from the drugs potential harm. The FDA has issued a safety alert for Ava...

One in a Hundred Eleven-year Olds Use Drugs to Enhance Performance in Sport

...rug. Adults responsible for young people should be alerted by these signs....

Two More Unwanted Children Left at Japan's 'baby Hatch'

...res of storks. When the door is opened, a nurse is alerted by an alarm. There is an intercom next to the door to encourage parents to contact hospital staff....

Five Killed by Methane Gas on Virginia Farm

...also passed out. That's when another farm worker alerted Showalter's wife, Phyillis. "The family took off to try to get him," said Sonny Layman, who rents a house on the farm. "Phyillis threw the phone out at me and asked me to dial 911." Layman instead followed her and two of the Showalter's four childr...

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