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Weakened Hospital Care During Weekends

... will aid in the improvement of patient care while avoiding undue demands on the physicians. Increase of staffs and their compensation and providing PCI, colonoscopy and miscellaneous advanced services during weekends are bound to help in this issue. Applying premiums to medicare reimbursement for weekend tre...

Due to Cost, Heart Attack Patients Often Avoid Follow-up Care and Medication

...er to care and medications so that patients aren’t avoiding care or cutting pills in half.” Source-YALE Universiy SRM...

New Zealand’s Pharmac Subsidies Two More HIV Drug

...V-negative people, it's important to remember that avoiding infection in the first place is still the best weapon we have against HIV (which) means always using condoms’, Smythe advises. NN...

MSU Research Strengthens Link Between Smoking, Pancreatic Cancer

... smoking can dramatically improve their chances of avoiding cancers. “If these chemicals act like cancer promoters and not initiators,” Trosko said, “then quitting smoking can assist in interrupting the process.” Souce-Bio-Bio Technology SRM...

Study Examines Negative Reactions to Sexual Assault Victims

... and concern, offering help if or when needed, and avoiding negative reactions is the best thing to do." Source-Newswise...

Not a Rotten Idea Anymore

...tion is the use of maggots in treating wounds, and avoiding the extensive use of antibiotics, which create such superbugs. The idea is not new. Maggots or pre-adult stages of flies, shaped like tiny white worms, were used many years ago till the beginning of the last century, to treat festering and open wo...

Spring is Time for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness

...et rich in fish, fruit and green leafy vegetables; avoiding foods with trans fats; exercising and controlling your blood pressure and weight.” Other risk reducers include: ? The National Eye Institute’s (NEI) Age-Related Eye Disease Study found that high levels of antioxidants and zinc can reduce the risk...

Family Planning Method is as Effective as the Contraceptive Pill

...ycle is as effective as the contraceptive pill for avoiding unplanned pregnancies, according to a report. The symptothermal method (STM) is a form of natural family planning (NFP) that enables couples to identify accurately the time of the woman’s fertile phase by measuring her temperature and observing cer...

High Cholesterol Increases Risk of Stroke in Otherwise Healthy Women

...els are a biologic risk factor for stroke and that avoiding unfavorable cholesterol levels may help prevent stroke.” Kurth said there were several limitations to the study, including that cholesterol levels were measured only once and that participants in the study were all health professionals and mostly w...

'Cancer Prevention' - In Your Hands

...ng a healthy weight, staying physically active and avoiding abuse of alcohol. The above factors are also risk factors for other diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Therefore a cancer prevention program can be a panacea for prevention of many other lifestyle diseases as well. Source-Medini...

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Early Aggressive Treatment Needed

...as the best course for preventing joint damage and avoiding the// fate of a wheelchair. Still, the use of DMARDs, even the widely prescribed and generally safe methotrexate, brings the risk of liver damage and other serious complications. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a painful and potentially disabling aut...

Let Your Genes Become Your Diet Expert

...y invite trouble. Nutrogenomics will hence help in avoiding grave situations," he told IANS. Already available in the US, this technique will come to India in a few years time. Source-IANS...

MDCT Accurately Locates Bowel Perforation: Study

...cise site of a bowel perforation.// This helps in avoiding the need for surgeons to do exploratory surgery of the patient's gastrointestinal tract to locate the problem. In the past, the best way to find a perforation in the bowel was to administer oral or rectal contrast media then watch to see if and wh...

English Women Avoid Smear Test for Cervical Cancer

...cal fraternity, the young women population who are avoiding this test are the ones who are at a greater risk. Cervical cancer is caused by Human papilloma virus which usually strikes women in their late thirties. Research in 13 European countries indicated that wherever there was screening, there is indeed ...

Significant Drop of Measles Cases Across the World

...es in Scotland. This has been attributed to people avoiding the MMR vaccination (measles, mumps and rubella) as a study talked about a possible link of autism and bowel disorder to this vaccine. Though this study is not yet authenticated, number of people opting for this vaccine is less. But it has been prove...

New Technique Uses Pubic Bone for Grafting

...ic bone graft technique is a promising approach to avoiding these problems, Dr. Polley and colleagues point out. Because it requires a small incision with minimal dissection, the pubic bone technique is less traumatic than harvesting bone from the iliac crest site. Since there are no nerves supplying sensatio...

Allergic Reactions to Insulin Have Declined

...d molecules that mimic the action of insulin while avoiding triggering an allergic response. In addition new modes of drug delivery, such as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), may help, and early reports suggest that CSII can help people who have previously had an allergic reaction to insulin. ...

Tips to Prevent and Treat Winter Laryngitis

...a bug, and that means things like hand washing and avoiding direct contact with somebody who already has a cold or respiratory infection.” ? Causes of other types of laryngitis include acid reflux, which can cause an inflammation in the vocal cords; bacterial infections; fungal or yeast infections; smoking; ...

Simple Steps to Safe Guard Patients from Bloodstream Infections in ICU

...e part of the study. Techniques like hand washing, avoiding placement of catheter through the femoral artery in the groin, proper use of separate gloves, masks and gowns for each procedure; cleaning’ skin of patients with chlorhexidine; and removing catheters at the earliest, were stressed upon. The results ...

Simple Steps to Safe Guard Patients from Bloodstream Infections in ICU

... part of the study. Techniques like hand washing, avoiding placement of catheter through the femoral artery in the groin, proper use of separate gloves, masks and gowns for each procedure; cleaning’ skin of patients with chlorhexidine; and removing catheters at the earliest, were stressed upon. The result...

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