Distribution of Flu Vaccines Unpredictable
...h Systems said his company has not had to cancel a clinic so far because the company ordered from multiple manufacturers. On the other hand SMMC Visiting Nurses of Kennebunk is relying heavily on one manufacturer that has yet to deliver half of its order. The agency has had to postpone its weekday flu sho...TB Returns , Sharp Rise In Cases In UK
...ertificate giving the all clear from an accredited clinic in their country. Anyone who appears ill is also examined at airports like Gatwick and Heathrow. Public Health Minister Caroline Flint that these measures could help tackle the problem in England but long term, sustained efforts are required to ...Tonsillectomy reduces risk of strep throat
...it by undergoing tonsillectomy,according to a Mayo clinic study.// Children whose tonsils have not been removed are over three times more likely to develop subsequent episodes of strep throat than children who undergo tonsillectomy. . "These results suggest that tonsillectomy is a useful therapy for trea...China's First Gay Health Clinic Commences Operations
... opened up the first ever gay health clinic. The clinic will be administered jointly by the Disease Prevention and Control centre and an HIV/AIDS volunteer group. This move by China is a response to the growing body of concern among HIV/AIDS organizations regarding the alarming growth of HIV cases in Chin...Pet Peeves: Conservatives Howl at Proposal to Share NHS Hosp by Pets and People
...k, suggestions came in from the staff that a pets’ clinic could be instituted on Saturdays to put the under ...y the managers, the earnings from the Saturday pet clinic would at least help pay the salaries of the nursing staff. Assuring no disadvantage to patients, h...Flower Therapy New Fad In Jaipur
...very day," says Neerja, who owns a skin and beauty clinic here. "Owing to its natural properties people are opting for this therapy," says Aastha Shinghvi, a beautician. Pastes of different flowers are used for different problems. Aastha explains, "For example to remove the dark circles under the eyes th...Joint Effort: Striking ‘Bone’ Homie with Arthrits
...ely 20-30% of the visits to any hospital or health clinic are due to difficulties in the musculo-skeletal system. Not surprising, that musculo-skeletal disease figures as one of the most common diseases in the world. Further, 70% of these conditions are due to trauma, injuries, sprains, and mis-use of the m...... for not taking their sick children to the nearest clinic which is many miles away unknown to the westerners who are used to hitch hiking miles thanks to their sophistication, which by the way is also missing in interior Africa. . MST...New Sleep Disorder – Sexsomani
...rajanovic, a researcher at the sleep and alertness clinic at Canada's Toronto Western Hospital. “With no cure, addressing triggering factors — stress or sleep deprivation — can help,” said Michael Mangan, a psychologist at the University of New Hampshire who has a Web site, www. sleepsex.org, to help suff...Apollo Eyes Expansion in Kolkata, Opens Ayurveda Clinic
... Wednesday evening after inaugurating an ayurvedic clinic here within the hospital premises. Apollo Glenea...in the current fiscal, Reddy said. The ayurveda clinic inaugurated here Wednesday would be run by the Kerala Ayurvedic Health Spa, a unit of Kerala Vaidyas...Older Mothers Pass on Infertility Risk to their Daughters
...Atlanta, selected 74 women attending the fertility clinic and asked them about their parents' ages when they were born and the ages at which their mothers reached the menopause. Following this the women were divided into two groups, one group of those who had successful pregnancies, and the other of those w...Smokers Warned to Give up else Face Denial of Operations
...ad want them to be referred to a smoking cessation clinic and give them three months to stop smoking.' 'What we are doing is asking people to have a stab at giving up for three months and at the end we would review the situation. Some people will have stopped and will go on and have a referral for surger...Genomic tests for better cancer treatment
...pproaches like these will soon be available in the clinic so that more patients will receive treatments that are right for them." GY...Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response to Hurricane Katrina
...er population. In many cases, patients seen at the clinic couldn't be found for follow-up, such as when important test results came back. Another challenge was confirming the credentials of health care professionals volunteering to help at the clinic—some were retired doctors or nurses with expired licenses...The Search For Eternal Youth-DHEA Not The Magic Potion
Researchers at the Mayo clinic have conducted a randomised, placebo controlled, double blind trial on 87 men and 57 women to study the effects of the popular antiaging// supplement DHEA(dehydroepiandrosterone). The report published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Oct 19) h...Helping Hand Needed for New Dads
... fathers. “Support for fathers via the perinatal clinic could also be provided by remote services, using a dedicated telephone help line,” says Mr Fletcher. Source-edindia...Bush Administration Proposes End of Funding of Anti-AIDS Program in Swaziland
...mcised at the Family Life Association of Swaziland clinic in Mbabane as part of a ground breaking research program which has shown that circumcised men are less likely to contract HIV. So far it has been estimated that one out of three Swazis between ages 15 and 49 have been infected by HIV. Dudu P. Simela...... past 13 years. What began in 1993 as a one-room clinic is today the Association for Blindness and Leprosy Eradication (ABLE). Made possible through generous NRI funding and local land donations, it has till date treated some 30,000 patients and performed 500 surgeries. "The government didn't help," Khull...Migrant Bihar Labourers Bring Dengue Home
...amastipur district have been admitted to a private clinic for suspected dengue. Both had returned from Delhi a few days ago. Mithilesh Kumar, a resident of Sabait village in Nalanda district, had returned from Faridabad a few days ago. He has also been detected with dengue. Bhawesh Jha and Laldev Sharma......round 2,500 men were questioned at a sexual health clinic between October 2002 and February 2004. None of the men tested positive for HIV, but one in five had a sexually transmitted infections These included gonorrhea, Chlamydia and syphilis. "This shows the possibility of sexually transmitted infections (...