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HIV Prevention to Thai Prisoners

HIV is more common among prisoners than among the general population of Thailandone study, for example, in Klong Prem Central Prison, Bangkok, found that 25% of prisoners who agreed to be tested were HIV positive compared with a general prevalence of 1.5% in the natio...

Patients With Alcohol Problem Need Mechanical Ventilation

...bility. In addition, noted de Wit, AUDs are very common in patients who require admission to the intensive...alyzed all adult patients with one of the six most common diagnoses associated with admission to the intensive-care unit pneumonia, sepsis (severe infections...

Gatifloxacin Very Effective for Typhoid Treatment

... Enteric fever, of which typhoid fever is the most common form, is a major disease affecting the developing ...monella enterica serovar Paratyhpi A, the two most common bacteria to cause enteric fever, do not show resistance to Gatifloxacin, unlike for other fluoroquin...

Non Communicable Diseases to Be the Cause of Deaths in Poor Countries by 2115-World Bank

...ercise mean that poor countries face a future when common diseases become major problems. "Many studies tend to underestimate the real cost of no communicable diseases to individual people and their families, which can cause a household to slip below the poverty line," She said many families in developing ...

Research Shows Way for Drug Therapy for Autism

...inherited cause of mental retardation and the most common genetic cause of autism. "The condition, tied to a mutated gene in the X chromosome, causes mild learning disabilities to severe autism," researcher Sumantra Chatterji at NCBS told IANS. Presently, there is no effective treatment for FXS and other ...

Thrombosis Risk in Travel Lasting Over Four Hours is Higher: WHO

... 1 in 6000. According to the study, the two most common manifestations of VTE are deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a condition in which a blood clot, or thrombus, develops in a deep vein - usually in the lower leg. Symptoms of DVT are principally pain, ten...

Preterm Labor Drug Causes More Side Effects

...or, magnesium sulfate, is more likely than another common treatment to cause mild to serious side effects in pregnant women. Their findings suggest that, since the effectiveness of the two drugs appears similar, physicians should consider side effects more strongly when choosing which drug to prescribe. ...

Angioplasty may Damage Kidneys

...and colleagues has found that angioplasty-the most common procedure for clearing blocked kidney arteries ca...estions about how to most safely perform this very common procedure. Edwards said that understanding more about potential complications from the procedure c...

Vaccine Ninety Percent Effective Against Cervical Cancer

...ns," he said. Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women, with deaths projected to rise by almost 25 percent over the next 10 years, according to the UNFPA. Earlier this month the British government took steps towards vaccinating girls as young as 12 against the sexually-transm...

Chilean President's Cousin Successfully Tests Allergy 'Knockout' Technique on Mice

...pproach that may help eliminate allergies like the common cold and asthma. Chilean-born Ido Bachelet has been honoured with the Barenholz Prize, which is named for the donor of the prize money and noted researcher Prof. Yehezkel Barenholz of the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, in recognition o...

Surgery- Very Effective for Common Back Pain

...ed that patients who underwent surgery for another common back problem herniated discs experienced slightl... its findings are beneficial for people with these common back problems. While it is generally not a good idea to rush into back surgery, the SPORT trial show...

'Missing Link' Stem Cells may Shorten Path to Therapies

...alyses suggest that the new cells may have more in common with human embryo stem cells" than the ones taken earlier in the life cycle from mice, commented Ian Chambers, the head of embryonic stem cell biology at the University of Edinburgh, in an e-mail. "These are exciting findings that hint at ways in w...

Men and Women With Multiple Sclerosis Equally Transmit Genetic Risk to Kids

...nal effect with mothers much more likely to be the common parent," he added. Ebers said the findings show no evidence of the Carter effect, which was recently cited in a study that found men with MS were twice as likely to pass the risk of disease on to their children. According to the Carter effect, men ...

Probiotic Drinks can Stave Off Hospital Infection

...yeast, with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as the most common microbes used. LAB have been used in the food industry for many years, because they are able to convert sugars (including lactose) and other carbohydrates into lactic acid.Experts found that drinking Actimel, a yoghurt-type drink, reduced the chance...

Young Adults Seldom Try Proven Methods to Kick the Butt

...ported support from friends and family as the most common form of stop-smoking treatment. "Receiving advice from health care providers, having higher educational attainment, and having health insurance that might cover the cost of treatment are associated with using proven treatments," Curry said. "How...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...ional therapies, but much less likely to cause the common side-effects of impotence and incontinence. Conventional Therapy vs, HDR Brachytherapy and the New Image-Guidance Technology Standard treatments for prostate cancer are surgery (prostatectomy) to remove the prostate, and radiotherapy. Normally, rad...

War Spreading AIDS a Myth-UNHCR

...should not worry about HIV in conflicts. It is a common belief that violence and rape fuel the HIV epidemic in countries affected by conflict, and consequently refugees fleeing humanitarian emergencies have a high prevalence of HIV infection. But the study team could find no clear evidence to support the ...

Cancer Deaths of Rural Men on the High

...tate cancer overtook colorectal cancer as the most common cancer among Australians, followed by breast cancer, melanoma and lung cancer. Between 1993 and 2003, the cancers which increased the most in number were thyroid cancer (106 per cent), myeloma (44 per cent), melanoma (41 per cent), kidney cancer (39...

Depression Drugs Could Make Bones Fragile

... fragile, new studies have shown. Depression is common among older people and doctors often prescribe a class of antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Two new studies, which have appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a publication of the American Medical ...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...ll all provide information much of which will have common threads but will have their specialist emphasis. T...ough the differences are narrowing due to evolving common channels of information delivery. 6. With medical information available at the click of a button...

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