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Experts Advice That Pregnant Women Should Receive Flu Vaccination

...rust, said, “Pregnant women are at greater risk of contracting infections because there immune system is compromised by being pregnant. But I think if this does happen the risks of side effects will need to be fully explained to women so they can make a choice as there are some vaccines pregnant women are advise...

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever hits Turkey

... to educate the population about how the risks of contracting the disease can be reduced by avoiding contact with ticks. Control of tick population is another area being looked upon by veterinarians and entomologists. Turkey has enough expertise in treating patients as it has witnessed several outbreaks of...

Patient and Staff of Two Hospitals at Risk Of Contracting TB

...ple warning them about the possible danger of them contracting the// disease. The condition of the patient suffe...ers, explaining the level of risk they may have of contracting the disease, have been sent to 500 patients and staff at Woodend and at the infectious diseases unit...

Forty-Six Suspected Bird Flu Cases In Thailand

...nday that a total of 46 Thai patients suspected of contracting the deadly avian influenza are under close medical... at hospitals nationwide for patients suspected of contracting the disease. Hospital in Provinces where the situation is severe such as Phichit, Uthai Thani, Kamp...

E.coli Infection Affects Child at Nursery

...w is recovering at home in North Lanarkshire after contracting a strain// of the E.coli O157 infection. The Craigneuk Nursery Centre cares for 130 children and so far no other cases have been reported. A NHS Lanarkshire, spokesman who refused to reveal the child's age or sex, said all staff and parents of ...

Dentist Tested Positive For HIV - Queensland Health To Screen Patients

... Young also explained that the risk of any patient contracting HIV from a dentist was very minimal. Stating that, “It has never happened in Australia,” she said that there had been cases in the United States. She also clarified and calmed the anxious patients and family that the dentist observed standard dental ...

Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners

...ected sex, teens in both groups may be at risk for contracting HIV and sexually-transmitted diseases," says Lescano. Prior studies have shown that adolescents use condoms significantly more often with casual partners (anyone you have sex with, but do not consider to be a main partner) than with main partners (...

Flood-ravaged Surat Issues Epidemic Warning

...nd avoid large gatherings since the possibility of contracting the virus is high. Vikas Desai, head of the preventive social medicine department, said two people - Dipak Tarsariya (24) and Kanji Ghaskata (36), both residents of Katargam area in Surat, died due to the disease. Desai, however, ruled out the po...

Rotavirus Vaccine – NT Shows the Wa

...are immunised, when they all face the same risk of contracting the diseas.”...

Aspirin May Reduce Risk Of Enlarged Prostate

...logy says that Aspirin may also reduce the risk of contracting the enlarged prostate by 50 percent. According to Jennifer St. Sauver, the paper's lead author, said, "It (an enlarged prostate) is very, very common among aging men. And, as our population ages, it will just be more common exponentially." Enlarged...

A New CD With Songs On HIV/AIDS Prevention Launched

...reful. It's cool to be aware of the possibility of contracting something. It's not cool to die young.' The executive director of the AIDS Responsibility Project said that he hopes this is just the beginning and said, 'We hope very much to attract other artists. We hope other artists see what we're doing and ...

Strange Burial Practice Followed for People Affected by HIV/AIDS

...rd to a dead man just because he passed away after contracting HIV/AIDS. "The church is actively involved in spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS. I have heard people burying a dead person packed in polythene bags although I have never seen it myself," Reverend Rosiam, senior executive secretary of the Mizoram P...

Government must uplift the downtrodden children

... crowded housing localities are ten times prone to contracting meningitis, a study conducted by Charity Shelter has found. The findings reveal that more than a million children in England live in extremely pathetic conditions - poor housing and even temporary accommodations. Such children stand a 25% risk of suf...

Stolen Body Parts From Human Cadavers used as Implants by 25 UK Hospitals

...oducts, while reassuring that the risk of patients contracting AIDS or other diseases is only minimal. The governing body for medical instruments and medicines has warned patients about the risk of contamination, though it refrained from naming the hospitals involved. A spokeswoman for the heath watchdog sai...

Smokers May be at Greater Risk of HIV Infection

...eady been linked to a higher than normal chance of contracting other infections generally, including those that have been sexually transmitted. The researchers trawled through 13 academic research databases, three abstract databases from recent international AIDS conferences, as well as viewing relevant websit...

HIV Risk Reduced With Male Genital Hygiene

...s//, which goes a long way in reducing the risk of contracting HIV infection. Previous studies have shown reduction in HIV rates with male circumcision. Dr. Nigel O'Farrell and a team from Ealing Hospital in London observed the presence of "subpreputial penile wetness," under the foreskin of most uncircumcise...

Catastrophic Elephant Man Drug Trial Victims Injected Recklessly

...ertook the trial. The victims are now at a risk of contracting cancer and other chronic and incurable diseases such as multiple sclerosis. An investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, concluded that no discrepancies existed in the making and testing of the drug but rather was bl...

AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin

...workers and homosexuals who stand a higher risk in contracting AIDS in China. Deputy director general of the bureau of diseases prevention and control at the Ministry of Health Hao Yang told media this week that statistics reveal that about 48% of new AIDS infection is reportedly from sexual contact. First lin...

High-Energy Clamp Simplifies Heart Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

...er chambers of the heart twitch rapidly instead of contracting fully and regularly. The condition can lead to stroke or heart failure. For some patients, medications can control the abnormal heart rhythms and the risk of clotting associated with atrial fibrillation, but they do not cure the disorder. The Cox-M...

Increasing awareness of sexually transmitted infection chlamydia

...h valuable information which can protect them from contracting this illness. Younger women definitely are on the higher end of positive infections probably owing to the fact that they are more sexually active than their older counterparts as figures have the last say.31% of women below 30 years have tested posit...

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