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Trachoma not Curable by Antibiotics Alone

...egy has to factor in hygiene and most importantly, clean water. Several groups are working on a vaccine, which could be ready in 5-10 years. Dr. Dean concludes that this would be the ideal solution....

AIIMS Campus - A Breeding Ground for Mosquitoes

...i mosquitoes that cause dengue and mainly breed in clean stagnant water. On Oct 3, the New Delhi Municipa...e highest standards. "Our hospital is definitely clean but cleanliness of the highest order cannot be maintained as over 8,000 patients are treated everyda...

Chemical in Curry May Help Immune System Clear Plaques Found in Alzheimer's

... fighting function in directly helping macrophages clean away amyloid-beta. The treatment of macrophages with curcumin is radically different from some of the vaccine approaches currently being studied. The study was funded by the Alzheimer’s Disease Association and private donors. The curcumin derived d...

Migrant Bihar Labourers Bring Dengue Home

...nment has directed the city municipal officials to clean garbage heaps and keep a check on stagnating water to prevent breeding of mosquitoes. Bihar has only three centres where platelets, needed to treat critically ill dengue patients, are available. Of these, two are in Patna and one in Muzaffarpur. ...

Medical Center Tops 3 Million IV Syringes Using IntelliFill i.v. Robotics

...nd the clock” (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) in a clean room environment with minimal intervention. A group of six pharmacy technicians over three shifts serve as part-time operators to replenish syringes, IV bags, and vials, and to perform general system maintenance. Using the system’s vial mode, the p...

Kerala Tourism Will not be Affected by Chikungunya: Minister

...colleges and schools to ensure that Kerala is kept clean and this season we expect better participation from these clubs which would add colour to the tourism season," added the minister. Kerala Tourism director B. Suman said there was a plan to build three dhows that would showcase for tourists how the ...

Bottleneck for Neck Stents - May Enhance Risk of Stroke, Says a Study

...reatment, to clear off blockages, doctors actually clean the artery with the help of surgery. This is an extremely risky proposition for patients who suffer heart problems or face difficulties in the other carotid artery. In a novel study, French researchers involved 520 study subjects who had atleast 60...

Smoky Haze Cause Health Problems in Singapore

...old The Sunday Times. The intangible benefits of clean air cannot be underestimated, said Geh MAin, president of Singapore's Nature Society. She said a regular problem like the current one will result in a tourism slump at this time of the year. Source-IANS...

How to Prevent Bedsores from Becoming Deadly

...and treatment efforts. To treat a bedsore, keep it clean and covered. Dead tissue may need to be removed because it can interfere with the growth of healthy tissue. But it’s much better to take steps to prevent the bedsores from occurring in the first place, because even if a bedsore heals, there is a good...

New Flat Keyboard To Tackle Hospital Super Bug

...ospitals NHS Trust keyboard is flat and so easy to clean - and is coated in silicon to help ward off bacter...0 percent. It makes it much quicker for nurses to clean them and nurses are responsible for cleaning keyboards in the clinical areas, it said. The trust is ...

Poor Hygiene in Ulster Hospital Kitchens

...f reputations, but you'd expect the kitchens to be clean at the very least." "Unfortunately we've found t...hat revealed many Ulster health trusts were not as clean as they portrayed.The report authors stated that while trust facilities in Ulster "are not seriously...

Yamuna Pollution Kills Thousands Of Fish

...r Works has used a record quantity of chemicals to clean the water, "but there's a limit to which you can use these harmful cleaning agents like bleaching powder and chlorine," said an official. Officials of the Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board have been...

WHO Urges Hospital Staffs To Use Alcohol-Based Hand Cleaners

... mainly spread by doctors and nurses who forget to clean their hands before visiting a new patient. Didie... result'. Doctors and nurses have to constantly clean their hands with an alcohol-based solution and this practice has to be integrated into health care r...

Babies born to drug addicted mothers, treated for drug addictions

...ourage parents, maybe even to mandate that they be clean of illicit drug-taking at the time of taking their baby going home. Secondly, they be prepared to give us proof of that with urine samples." The doctor has recommended the use of discretion during disbursement of the baby bonus sum of $4,000. He su...

Chikungunya Reaches Sri Lanka

...by next month unless drastic measures are taken to clean the environment,' said Pradeep Kariyawasam, who heads the capital Colombo's health department. Sri Lanka's Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, has made an appeal to the public to prevent the spread of both the diseases by keeping their surroun...

Fresh Water, HIV Biggest of India's Six Challenges: Chidambaram

...ol only when they give us access to resources like clean coal and uranium. Only then will we sign, which I cannot see happening before 2012," the minister maintained. Speaking on the demographic issue, the minister described this as "an opportunity" as India's number of young people will continue to gro...

Best HIV-Prevention Programs Help People Build Skills

...t include needle-exchange programs — which provide clean needles to IV-drug addicts — or substance-abuse programs. Nor do the programs examined include those aimed specifically at kids in school (because they’re funded separately) or those that rely solely on HIV testing or counseling of sexual partners ...

Americans’ Concern for Skin Infections, Flu, Spreads Across the Countr

...ing staph or skin infections: ? Keep your hands clean by washing thoroughly with soap and water or using...l-based hand sanitizer. ? Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed. ? Avoid contact with other people’s wounds or bandages. ...

Pregnant Women Can Minimize Risk Of Rodent-Based Virus

...e rodents, their droppings, urine and bedding, and clean affected surfaces with bleach to ensure that the virus is destroyed. -- Any woman who is pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant should not acquire a pet mouse or hamster, although a pregnant woman who already has a pet mouse or hamster likely do...

Poor Sanitation Causes 3.1 Million Child Deaths In Asia

...as all the more important that they have access to clean water since they are often the primary care-givers to the sick family members. "In many communities, they walk long distances, often risking personal safety. There is an increased evidence of sexual and physical assaults when toilets are in a remote...

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