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Over Six Million HIV Infected People In South Africa- Finds A Survey

...outh Africa 's most pressing health challenge. The annual survey of pregnant women attending government ante-natal clinics is an important indicator of the progression of the pandemic. The report shows 29.4 percent of pregnant women attending government clinics last year were infected with HIV, up fro...

Scientists Warn Against Food Borne Illnesses

Researchers at the Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting in US// have warned the general people against taking food borne illnesses casually and had said that these are illnesses that can threaten the health of the nation, if not taken enough precaution against them. The studies presented at the ...

Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students

...th known toxicology of the pesticide. The overall annual rates of new cases for 1998 – 2002 was 7.4 cases per million children, and was 27.3 cases per million school employee (adult) full-time equivalents. New case rates among children increased significantly from 1998 to 2002. Three cases (.1 percent) of ...

Patients Suffering From Severe Mental Diseases Are At Risk Of Being Crime Victims

...esults to data from the 32,449 participants in the annual NCVS conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Over one quarter of the SMI sample had been victims of a violent crime (attempted or completed) in the past year, 11.8 times higher than the NCVS rates; nearly 17 perc...

Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...ons in national and international journals. This annual awards is Asia's version of the Nobel Prize. It w...," said Shanta of the early days. The institute's annual budget today is Rs.200 million. In 1975, it was declared a regional centre of cancer treatment and ...

Making operation and recovery time shorter

...c procedure. The research, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association by surgeons from the University of Michigan(U-M) Health System, U.S., may help steer more physicians to choose the less-invasive and more precise technique for their patients.// The study shows that han...

Transplant helps diabetes

...indings were recently presented by Shapiro, at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in Philadelphia. Other researchers and Shapiro's team are currently working on improving the protocol mainly by developing better immunosupressing, antirejection drugs that are less toxic to islet cells....

Gum disease may be caused by blood clotting gene

... The findings, which were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, show that the risk of developing severe gum disease rose from two to six times in people with the gene variation when compared to the normal population. High levels of fibrinogen are know...

Bypassing open heart bypass surgery...

...based on a scientific study, were presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology on Wednesday. The study, which selected over 100 patients spread over Europe and South America, has shown a zero incidence of recurrence of blockage with the use of the stent, which is basically a metal m...

DNA and clones

...ore of the nucleus.The discovery, announced at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, shows that DNA has an internal structure that scientists were previously unaware existed. It also provides clues to how active genes and 'junk DNA' might work together....

Constitution of memory

...merican Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting this year.// The researchers coupled a number of different brain parts involved in the very complex process of creating and storing memories. In their tests, healthy men and women were shown a list of words or pictures while they were scann...

Lessening operation and recovery time

...ic procedure. The research, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association by surgeons from the University of Michigan(U-M) Health System,// U.S., may help steer more physicians to choose the less-invasive and more precise technique for their patients. The study shows that han...

Biotech drug causing anemia-EPREX

...y Dr. Richard Glassock, a kidney specialist at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, who stated that there have been more than 150 cases of PRCA, which indicates a hundredfold increase over the usual rate. It has also been found that almost all patients who were attacked by this disease ...

Glivec the hot cancer drug from Novartis

... billion mark by the end of this year. Although an annual course of Glivec can cost as much as $25,000, demand for the drug took off so quickly that Novartis was forced to run its production line around the clock. Since the year 2000 Novartis has launched 10 drugs and this is three times more than its nea...

CT Scans Said to Accurately Detect Small Cancers

New research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America shows computed tomography scans may accurately detect small cancers and stones in the kidneys, bladders and urinary tracts of high-risk patients.// Multi Detector CT Urography ( MDCTU ) scans can...

New Vaccine Found To Be Effective In Reducing Childhood Pneumonia

...dren. Researchers found that between 1998 and 2002 annual incidence rates for invasive pneumococcal disease (pneumonia or meningitis) decreased among both // blacks and whites. In 2002, 14,730 fewer cases occurred among whites and 8,780 fewer cases occurred among blacks compared with the average number in t...

Sudden Rise in PSA Dangerous for men

...the actual PSA level itself. Researchers found an annual PSA velocity of more than 2 nanograms per milliliter was linked to a significantly increased risk of death even after having a radical prostatectomy. Results from various studies show , PSA velocity measurements during the year before diagnosis can h...

Airlines Pilot At Heightened Risk Of Having Cataracts

...n was assessed based on employment time as pilots, annual number of hours flown on each aircraft type, time tables, flight profiles and individual cumulative radiation doses calculated by computer. Among the 71 cases with nuclear cataract, 15 were employed as commercial pilots, whereas among the 374 contro...

Influence of Celebrities on Breast Cancer Awareness

...lions of women throughout the world to support the annual Breast Cancer Awareness month. Dr George Lundberg, editor in chief of Medscape.com and former editor of JAMA has said that when celebrities were open about their illnesses, it often educated the public. Increasing public awareness of common disease...

Dentists Recommend Kids Use Mouthguard To Protect Them When Doing Sports

...ional activities. As part of the ADA and the AAP annual back-to-school health promotion, when some 6 million high school students plan their participation in team sports, both health organizations remind parents that the use of mouthguards can help protect children from mouth injuries. Mouthguards help ...

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