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“Alcohol” To “Cancer”: I Hereby Invite You To Join Me At The Earlest

... problems not just in our country but in developed countries as well. More on Medindia: http://www.medindia.net/ patients/patientinfo/ alcoholicliverdisease_about.htm...

DNA Directory Under Construction For Indian Criminals !

...order. Infact, when cases were reopened in various countries based on DNA evidence, many persons who were convicted were found to be innocent based on DNA profiling. Every person leaves traces of his DNA at the crime scene. It is the gathering of these traces at a scene of offence that helps investigators in i...

Glucose may support in Cardiac Arrest

...cal School study of more than 2,000 patients in 12 countries to answer that question. The findings, presented at the Berlin meeting, showed that magnesium infusions were useless for such patients. Fifteen percent of the patients died in the month after their heart attacks, regardless of whether they had had t...

Arsenic in drinking water

...s drinking arsenic-rich water over long periods in countries world-wide. Source Arsenic is widely distribute...es to its development. However, studies in several countries have demonstrated that arsenic causes other, less severe forms of peripheral vascular disease. Accor...

SARS outbreaks contained

... Director General Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland warned countries around the world not to let down their guard against the virus, saying they must remain vigilant against the disease which has claimed 812 lives. "Today is a milestone," she said, but it came with the warning that "the world is not SARS free." "The...

New Blood Thinner Pill - First Potential Alternative to Warfarin in 50 years

... drug. The Swedish study of 1,223 patients in 18 countries tested Exanta for the prevention of recurrent clot... replacement surgery. About 2,300 patients in five countries received either one of two doses of Exanta or warfarin for up to 12 days after surgery. About 20 p...

SARS (Bird Flu) spreading in the Asian continent

... epidemic. The virus has managed to lurk in Asian countries and surface every so often and is quite capable of springing major surprises. Already it has taken a toll of 55 people in Asia this year. The virus currently appears to spread only by close association of humans and poultry. But the Health and ani...

WHO Steps Up To Create A Public Awareness About The Consequences Of Exposure To Radon

... launching the International Radon Project to help countries reduce the health risks associated with radon gas and also increase public and political awareness about the consequences of exposure to radon.Radon is the second most important risk factor for lung cancer, causing between six and 15 per cent of all ...

The Potential Of Cadaver Transplantation Programme In India

...st no one has actually looked at some of the other countries who have quietly marched forward with the cadaver ...did 3 per million, we could take care of all SAARC countries demand for organs At 5 per million we would have 10,000 kidneys, 5000 hearts and 5000 livers - and...

Experts Recommend Preventive Measures For Avian Flu To Begin From Farms

... explained Dr. Karesh. This information will allow countries in the region to protect human and domestic animal health by limiting contact with wild birds and increasing surveillance for the virus on poultry farms. Source: Newswie...

A Cheap Device to Stop Snoring from New Zealand

...on for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries with sleep disordered breathing. In New Zealand, an estimated one million people suffer from sleep disordered breathing problems. About 800,000 are bad snorers, and about 200,000 have undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea. The device has been used...

Success Of Preventable High-Risk HPV Infections With Vaccines May Vary

...es of women without cervical abnormalities from 11 countries in Asia, South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe. They found that, although both overall HPV prevalence and HPV16 prevalence were highest in sub-Saharan Africa, HPV-positive women from Europe and South America were significantly more likely to ...

Water Borne Diseases causing More Havoc in Mumbai

... poor water supply or quality. In developing world countries four-fifths of all illness is caused by water-borne diseases, with diarrhoea being the leading cause of childhood death. Of the 14 major floods, which occurred globally between 1970 and 1994, floods in West Bengal led to a large cholera epidemic. A...

Watch Out! Pollution hazard from E-waste recycling in India & China

...des a compelling case for immediate action in both countries to address workplace health and safety issues, as well as waste management practices and reinforces the need for the electronics industry to eliminate the use of harmful substances in their products. Source: (IANS)...

Popularity Of Homeopathy On The Increase

...meopathy are the subject of intense debate in many countries and at the government level. German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt even wrote of a recent German congress on homeopathy, saying it took a "leading role because of its holistic approach". -(DPA)...

Encephalitis Claims 131 lives in Uttar Pradesh

... he said: "The mortality is not unusual as even in countries like Japan, China, Thailand and Indonesia, where the disease is prevalent, it takes a toll of about 20-40 percent." He said, however, there was a difference - "unlike those countries, there is a total absence of any kind of preventive measures here"...

The Link between obesity and Breast Cancer

...s studied more than 2000 women from five different countries who all had a mutation in one of the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. Around one in 200 women has a mutation in at least one of these genes and about 80 per cent of these women would end up getting breast cancer, compared to 8-10...

WHO declares Tuberculosis – ‘An Emergency’ in Afrca

...during 2006-2007. "Despite commendable efforts by countries and partners to control tuberculosis, impact on incidence has not been significant and the epidemic has now reached unprecedented proportions,” said WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo. “Urgent and extraordinary actions must be tak...

Encephalitis Deaths Cross 220 in Uttar Pradesh

...otified disease". "The result is obvious - today, countries like China, Malaysia, Indonesia and even (South) Korea and Japan have managed to contain the killer disease, while we were still allowing common people to die for no fault of theirs," he added. (Source- IANS) ...

Zinc Supplements Once A Week Can Fight Illness In Children

Scientists from the developing countries have said that it is possible to help children live healthy and strong by giving them a weekly supplement of zinc. The research report was published in the current edition of The Lancet. // From 2000 to 2003, pneumonia caused 2 million of 10·6 mil...

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