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For West Nile Virus: Prevention Is The Watchword

As the West Nile Virus continues to affect more and more in USA, physicians have suggested that precaution is the way to contain the epidemic. West Nile virus activity peaks in August and September, according to the U.S.// Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and floodwaters...

Patient Choice Cesarean Section on The Rise

... The controversy over 'patient-choice' C-sections continues in the medical community, with some doctors believing that patients should have the ability to choose a C-section if they prefer. Other doctors believe that patients can never fully understand the risks involved, and should never choose major surgery...

Nutrition Guide For Diabetic Nephropathy

...erm complications//. As the prevalence of diabetes continues to soar, primary care practitioners are confronted with an ever-increasing tide of patients presenting with signs of diabetic nephropathy. Undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in patients with diabetes. Because of the likelihood that di...

Cigarette Smoking Leads To Development Of Type 2 Diabetes In Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

...nsulin secretion and increased glucose production, continues to expand unabated throughout the world. The development of new diabetes can be attributed // to decreased physical activity, decreased functional capacity, increased body mass index, preexisting glucose and insulin abnormalities, advanced age and he...

Mobile phones may influence normal brain functioning

...restricted to the period of real exposure or if it continues after exposure cessation. Researchers from Italy recorded the resting electroencephalogram of 20 healthy subjects in order to investigate the effect of EMF exposure on EEG waking activity and its temporal development. The subjects were randomly assi...

Changing Trends Regarding Insurance Cover For Weight Reduction Surgery

...a drastic way. As the demand for bariatric surgery continues to increase, employers and insurers are increasingly forced to make or revisit decisions about whether or not to provide insurance coverage for the cost of the procedure. Several studies have been conducted on whether an insurance cover for such typ...

HIIP- A Novel Inhaled Insulin Delivery System As An Alternative To Injectable Insulin Therapy

The disease burden of diabetes continues to grow and currently affects more that 18 million Americans and their families. These data emphasize a need for alternative diabetes therapies with earlier more physiologic use of insulin.// The delivery of insulin by the lung may provide an attra...

Weight-Loss Medication Evaluated By Nutrition Expert

...e number of overweight individuals in this country continues to increase each year, and the risk of these folks progressing to obesity - and the resulting more serious medical problems - is significant."...

India’s smallest premature baby brings immense joy to Indian parent

... India has greatly improved over the few years and continues to do so. Adding proof to the above statement is the achievement where a premature baby of less than 26 weeks //has been saved due to appropriate medical care. This will be the third case of saving such babies. A full term pregnancy means the foetus...

AIDS control requires co-coordinated move regarding safe sexual practices

...te spectators to the colossal tragedy of AIDS that continues to unfold across many countries worldwide...The AIDS pandemic is closer to us than we realized, most people even now are not armed with adequate knowledge. Several times, political leaders themselves do not have sufficient knowledge and quite a few o...

Novel protein found to enhance effect of Vitamin E and suppress prostate cancer

... and progression of prostate cancer. If research continues to show the important role of TAP, we could use TAP expression levels to better assess and predict the aggressiveness of the cancer. We may even be able to use TAP levels to predict whether a patient will respond to treatment....

HRT And Alcohol Combine Increases Risk Of Breast Cancer

...ssible to detect grain sized tumors; breast cancer continues to plague millions across the globe....

Survey finds that discussion with family very crucial in organ donation decision

The novel idea of organ transplantation continues to entice the imagination of successive generations with significant advancements being achieved every day. The worldwide demand for human organs has prompted researchers to look into the concept of organ donation at a closer level.// The findings ...

Past President Narayanan's Condition Still Critical

New Delhi: Former Indian President K.R. Narayanan continues to be in critical condition in a hospital here whe...nce then. There is no change in his condition. He continues to be critical, the aide said. Narayanan was president from 1997-2002....

Land of Kebabs, also reaps enormous profit in fast food

... the same people come here every day of the week," continues Shehzad. "They are mostly office workers who work nearby." Across the road is Chick 'n' Chicks, part of the KFC chain, but aimed more specifically at children. Amanat Chann, manager of the restaurant on the Mall, says: "Between five and 10 of the...

FDA Warns Against Birth-Control Patch

...igher estrogen levels since delivery of medication continues all day. Those elevated levels may be high enough to increase some women's risk of blood clots, Miller said."If the patch is delivering too much estrogen, then it may need to be redesigned," Miller said. Even before the warning, some advocacy group...

AIDS Numbers Continue To Rise : WHO

...ections. But the reality is that the AIDS epidemic continues to outstrip global and national efforts to contain it,' said UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot. 'It is clear that a rapid increase in the scale and scope of HIV prevention programmes is urgently needed. We must move from small projects with sho...

WHO Calls For Greater Emphasis On Combating AIDS

... stopping the spread of AIDS by 2015, the epidemic continues to grow in many countries. 'With 10 more years to go, the target can be met but only if bold responses focused on vulnerable groups are taken,' he said. The WHO data also reveals that fewer than one in five infected people have access to basic HIV p...

US life expectancy climbs to a new high

...says. Still, the health of the nation as a whole continues to improve as life expectancy hit an all-time high and deaths from heart disease, stroke and cancer continue to decline. These findings were published in Health, United States, 2005, which was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Se...

Study supports century-old cancer theory

...e up residence in other areas of the body while it continues to divide.' The study appears in the December issue of Lancet Oncology....

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