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Study links diabetics to increased risk of urinary tract infections

In a research covering 218 diabetic patients and 799 non-diabetic women volunteers in the age group of 55-75 yrs//, scientists of Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Seattle, US had said that being diabetic increases the risk of having a urinary tract infection ...

Lorenzos oil for prevention of pediatric neurological disorder

...y rare. In this disease, the brain loses its fatty covering called myelin sheath and the adrenal gland degenerates. This can lead to increasing neurological disability and ultimately to death. There are no cures for the disease condition and treatment involves hormonal therapy and bone marrow transplants. Th...

Eleutherobin From Coral Fights Cancer Cells

... cancers affect the outer layer of mucous membrane covering the oral cavity. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/oralcancer.asp Information about Prostate cancer: When a person is affected by prostate cancer, the cancer cells may spread outside the gland to other ...

Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients

... cancers affect the outer layer of mucous membrane covering the oral cavity. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/oralcancer.asp Information about Prostate cancer: When a person is affected by prostate cancer, the cancer cells may spread outside the gland to other ...

Possibility Of Treatment For Permanent Hearing Loss

...he interfering RNA was placed against the membrane covering one opening into the inner ear of the mice. The slightly porous membrane allowed the interfering RNA to diffuse into the inner ear cells. Source: Newswise Medindia on Hearing Loss: Further information: Hearing loss: Losing the ability to hear s...

Learning Just How Different We Are

... considerable variation in the expression of genes covering a wide range of biological functions, such as those regulating antibody production. While the main findings are important for determining how individuals may respond to different medicines, it could also be used for determining nutritional needs. Th...

Where there is a will, there is a way!

...ent has entered the Guinness Book of Records after covering a 149-km route from Trest near Jihlava to Prague on foot in 28 hours. The 68-year-old Jan Klima's feat was announced Friday by Lubos Rafaj of // Dobry den agency, a Czech record database. The man from Trest, who has suffered five heart attacks and ...

Deprivation Can Cause Undetected Heart Problems

...he Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) - covering 31 indicators from income to access to services, based on areas of residence, was applied retrospectively to the data. Using the SIMD, the authors compared "observed risk" of death/illness from heart disease with "expected risk," estimated using the...

Exercise For Effective Pain Management In Old People

...tionnaires were filled up at the end of each year, covering aspects about health status, exercise habits and history of injuries. The results showed that the greater majority of physically active participants did, on average, between 355 and 2,119 minutes of exercise per week over the course of the study, wh...

Ketoacidosis Is The Main Cause On Mortality In Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

...lation-based incident childhood diabetes register, covering onset cases since 1 July 1977, was linked to the Swedish Cause of Death Register up to 31 December 2000. The official Swedish population register was used to calculate age- and sex-standardized mortality rates, excluding neonatal deaths. To analyze ...

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

...Sasthamkotta, Kandachira, Ashtamudi, Vembanad Lake covering three districts, Kattampalli, Madakkara and Thattekkad bird sanctuary in Ernakulam. Dr. Udayavarman, additional director of the department of Health has said, "All our offices have been alerted to send samples of dead birds and fresh droppings and t...

Negative Effects Of Sedatives

...s of 24 studies carried out between 1966 and 2003, covering 2,417 participants over 60, the online edition of BBC News reported. The researchers compared people who had taken sedatives for five consecutive nights with others taking dummy pills. They found that the risk of side effects such as dizziness, ...

Woodruff Foundation Grant To Support Doctorate Of Nursing Practice Program

...es 40 graduate semester hours over four semesters, covering trends in effective care, methods of care delivery and concepts in evidence-based care. Before this program was developed, nursing was the only health profession without a practice doctorate, said Dr. Saundra Turner, chair of the MCG Department of ...

WHO Calls For Greater Emphasis On Combating AIDS

...d by 50% in the first half of the year to 150,000, covering roughly one in seven of those who need it. (DPA)...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

...dical Association. The term ‘Meninges’ refers to covering of the brain and spinal cord and ‘itis’ refers to inflammation. Meningitis is therefore an inflammation involving the coverings that protect the central nervous system. Meningitis of bacterial origin can be effectively treated with anti-biotics, if d...

India To Produce More Cost Effective Vaccines

...cond phase of the program of the alliance aimed at covering more children across the world with more vaccines. The pharmaceutical industry in India has contributed towards reducing the production cost of the anti- Hepatitis B vaccine and the anti-retroviral drugs meant for treating HIV patients, according t...

Dog (Man's best friend) Genome Sequenced

...ncers. The Researchers isolated the DNA sequence covering nearly 99 percent of the dog genome, from a female boxer named Tasha. The boxer was chosen as a representative of the average purebred dog to produce what has become a reference sequence for the dog genome community. Using the sequence information as...

Dummy Usage Raises Doubts.

...king sure that they are asleep on the back without covering their face. They also have a separate safe sleeping program exclusively for babies. Statistics show that this program has reduced cot deaths from 500 to 70/ year....

Rehabilitate Sex Workers - Mata Amritanandamayi

...ect run by her is a 23 million dollar undertaking, covering a broad range of relief efforts in India and Sri Lanka. Though the relief fund earmarked for Sri Lanka is a mere 30 million rupees, her followers have undertaken projects for nearly 2 billion rupees. Her hermitage is a place for people from all rel...

State Of The Art Healthcare Facility Opened In 'New Dubai' by Welcare

...hat it offers convenient walk in/walk out services covering a wide range of diagnostic and treatment procedures, all under one roof, in an atmosphere of personalized care. Thus, the Center is a unique mix of primary level healthcare and the surgical expertise generally restricted to larger hospital settings”,...

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