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The Long Wait ... Dying for Lack of Kidneys

...le could court trouble in the after-life. The same applies to living donors in Japan, where life and death are not based on brain death -- the end of mental activity -- but on cardiac arrest, because body parts are seen as part of the personality or soul. One answer to organ drought would be to get people to...

Prostate Cancer Claims More Life Than Breast Cancer

... is the best way to detect anything abnormal. This applies primarily for men 50 and older or younger men at higher risk. Prostate cancer grows slowly over many years, and many cases are not life threatening. If diagnosed, there may not be a need to rush a treatment decision. there are many treatment o...

Take Precautions Before You Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet

...Crush solid medications or dissolve in water (this applies for liquid medications as well), and mix with kitty litter or a solid kitchen substance such as coffee grounds, before placing in a sealed plastic bag to be tossed in the trash. This reduces the risk of poisoning for children and/or pets. Remove an...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

...nt lies on an examination table while a technician applies gel to the neck to image the carotid arteries, located on both sides of the neck near the skin's surface. The technician uses an ultrasound machine while following a patented protocol to capture specific images of the carotid artery wall. Using the A...

FDA Refuses to Lift Ban on Blood Donation by Gays

...e FDA would not buy into such compromises. The ban applies to any man who has ever had sex with another man, even as far back as 1977. With terrible accidents happening all the time all over the country, there is a dire need for storing enough blood, critics say. Blood shortages are not going away anytime ...

US Army Opens Laboratory to Research Injuries

...athletes. So the army has opened a laboratory that applies the science of sports medicine to the battlefield. The Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Laboratory is situated in Fort Campbell. Scott Lephart, the project's principal researcher from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center noted t...

Studies Reveal Inappropriate Use Of Drug-Coated Stents

...terpret the evidence available, and here is how it applies to your situation.' This does not mean don't use the stents outside their approved indications, but if you start to do that, you'd better have a pretty good reading on what the risks are.' In conclusion, all experts stress one additional point: A...

Portable Splint When Injured Far Away from Medical Help

...lint, which has won an international design award, applies rigidity and heat quickly to the limb via a special gel created by a chemically reactive metal strip and saturated sodium acetate solution. Paul Chamberlain, professor of design at Sheffield Hallam University said: "Plastic has surprising uses tha...

New, Less Painful Wound Treatment for Pediatric Patients

...apy is usually delivered via a vacuum system which applies negative suction pressure to the wound base through a sponge sealed to the wound by an adherent drape, says study senior author Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye. The system accelerates wound contraction, decreases wound and tissue swelling, increases local micro...

Anti-osteoporosis Drugs Could Result in Irregular Heart Rhythm, New Study

...fect. For now, it's unknown if the possible risk applies to other drugs in the class known as biphosphonates. Future studies are expected to help clarify the risk....

Steve Tyler Tells All About His Beauty Regime

...uring the band's heyday in the 1970s, says that he applies a special cream under his eyes in order to keep his looks attractive. "I have a beauty regime," the Daily Express quotes him as saying. "I have special cream I put on under my eyes every night. You have to look after yourself," he adds. Tyle...

US FDA Wants Vitamin Manufacturers to Test All Ingredients

...s won't have to comply until June 2008. The rule applies to all domestic and foreign companies that manufacture, package and label supplements for sale in the U.S. It requires them to analyze the identity, purity and strength of all the ingredients that go into their products before they are distributed. ...

Artificial Trans Fat Banned in Chain Restaurant in King County

...u items in chain restaurants. The ban The measure applies to Seattle and most of its suburbs despite objections from restaurant owners and food-industry officials. Trans fats, produced when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, increase the shelf life and improve the flavor of foods. but have been linked to...

India Grapples With First Bill to Stop Workplace Sex Harassment

...phic or electronic" as "unwelcome conduct," but it applies only to women working in the organised sector. "Finally, this bill will empower Indian working women to fight back injustices they have been suffering for decades," said Jaya Arunachalam, a prominent Indian feminist. But she added that "89 percen...

Group Therapy and Willpower can Help Smokers to Quit

...he body with the nicotine it so craves. The same applies to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) medicines that are usually only available on prescription. Zyban (buspronion and Champix (varenicline) reduce the burning desire for nicotine but their side effects are undesirable. Those observed in clinical t...

Haneefs Visa Revoked by Australia

... Under section 501 of the act, a "character test" applies to people seeking visas to enter the country. A person fails the character test if, among other things, he or she has an association with another person or group whom the minister suspects is involved in criminal conduct. Andrews said he had cons...

Extrovert People Drink More Alcohol

... on the behaviour and influence of others. This applies to men in particular. Among young people, alcohol addiction is not yet an issue but excessive alcohol use is directly related to, for example, aggression, vandalism and traffic accidents. Hence, it is important to gain a better understanding of the p...

Bio-defense Lab Ordered Shut Down as Researchers Get Infected

...on order to a lab before. He said the Jun 30 order applies to every agent the lab works with. The list of affected agents is not public information because of security concerns, Roebuck said. In the Jun 30 letter, the CDC outlined the concerns it has about the lab, which include the adequacy of biosafety p...

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