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Failing Heart Failure Patients

...ed with those who do not have heart failure. These deficiencies in prescribing may lead to substantial increases in [cardiovascular] events in these patients. “Given the absolute benefit of drug therapy in patients with heart failure after MI, our findings suggests the potential for suboptimal prescribing [exis...

Doctor Failed To Treat Asthma Properly

... progress of Jessica-Lee's asthma. I find that his deficiencies may also have been exacerbated by his slightly compromised English skills," she added. Dr Jeyaprakash had failed to apply proper principles in treating asthma, Ms Sheppard said. A specialist respiratory physician who was asked to review the case sa...

Keralites Have a Weak Heart: Cardiologist

... lead to a weak heart. "Nutritional and calorie deficiencies at the early stages in life have been a contributing factor for the high incidence of heart disease among Keralites," added the cardiologist, who heads the SUT Hospital here that conducts around 20 by-pass surgeries a month. Studies have shown that...

Bariatric Surgery Patients Have Special Medication Needs

...jection, suppositories, or nasal spray. Nutrient deficiencies may also be a problem, including deficiencies of calcium and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K). Patients are also at higher risk for developin...

Gluten Intolerance Quadruples Susceptibility to Tuberculosis

... both intestinal malabsorption and the nutritional deficiencies of a gluten free diet, may help to explain the findings, suggest the authors. Vitamin D is a key player in marshalling the immune response against TB infection. Source-IANS...

Inaccurate reporting of child physical abuse by healthcare staff

...le training tools. They also highlighted perceived deficiencies in the education they had already received. "There is no more time for complacency" said one Doctor. "To do this we need knowledge and input from a wide range of professionals and agencies, all of whom should be communicating, working in partnershi...

Iron rich rice to beat anaemia in children

...ta yearly loss to GDP resulting from micronutrient deficiencies (Rs.284)," said Laviolette. "We expect the new plan to be in line with India's 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12). It would involve scaling up some of the existing programmes for improving nutrition intake of children and young women," he said. The ad...

Newly Cloned Wheat Gene May Boosts Foods' Nutrient Contents – Says A Researc

... of the grain, offering solutions to //nutritional deficiencies that affect millions of children worldwide. Resear...ses in wheat's nutritional value may help decrease deficiencies in protein and key micronutrients," said Professor Jorge Dubcovsky, a wheat breeder and leader of th...

Fortified Milk Reduces Morbidity in Preschool Children

...t strategies to reduce the burden of micronutrient deficiencies in the developing world. Our results suggest that micronutrients can be delivered successfully through fortified milk, which is also a well-accepted delivery method in these communities.” Source-Neswise SRM...

HIV Treatments Improve Health, but Nutritional Issues Remain

...th HIV may still be at higher risk for nutritional deficiencies and abnormalities. // In two different studies, ...e of metabolic syndrome and existing micronutrient deficiencies among participants in the Nutrition for Healthy Living (NFHL) study, a cohort with HIV. Both studies...

Structure of Iron Regulatory Protein-RNA Complex Solved

...cts in uptake and metabolism that result in either deficiencies or overload of iron cause a variety of diseases and disorders, including heart disease, arthritis and cancer. The iron regulating protein, called IRP1, has two structural forms, each with important functions within the cell. When serving as one o...

Manmohan Calls for Statistical Reforms in Healthcare and Education

...ry among other sectors, he said: "Overcoming these deficiencies will call for reforms in the administration of the Indian Statistical System and upgrading its infrastructure. "The National Statistics Commission, under the chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, which went into these issues pointed to the imperative...

'Gender-Benders': Sports and Sex Determination

...ic abnormalities and who have sexual developmental deficiencies involving the gonads and the external genitalia. Several others opine that these tests are inaccurate, besides being insensitive and humiliating. The sex determination tests cannot lay claim to being absolutely fair as they failed to 'expose' the mig...

Higher Folate Levels Linked to Reduced Risk for Alzheimer’s Diseas

...n the body’s processing of homocysteine—therefore, deficiencies in these nutrients increase homocysteine levels and may contribute to cardiovascular disease, stroke and dementia. José A. Luchsinger, M.D., Columbia University Medical Center, New York, and colleagues examined, interviewed and assessed the diets of...

Selenium Supplements May Suppress HIV Viral Load

...reatment arsenal" - the authors write. Selenium deficiencies have been observed in patients with HIV spectrum disease and evidence suggests that selenium supplements can improve immune functioning. Barry E. Hurwitz, Ph.D., University of Miami, and colleagues conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-cont...

Hypertension Treatment: US Beats Europe

...ached the goals set by expert guidelines." These deficiencies are important, he added, and suggests "we need to find ways to overcome clinical inertia, the tendency of physicians and patients to rationalize the causes of elevated blood pressure and to delay stepping up treatment." The researchers used data fr...

Worldwide Parkinson's Cases To Double In Next 25 Years

...s, maternal and infant conditions, and nutritional deficiencies combined. "Understanding and predicting the burden of disease is critical to guiding future health, social and economic policy," said Dorsey. "The challenge for these developing countries that currently don’t have the infrastructure in place to car...

Smartcard Legislation Fails The Privacy Test - AMA

...nefits of the Access Card but is dismayed that the deficiencies of the legislation undermine these benefits. The AMA’s major concerns are: 1) Future Function Creep – the legislation gives such broad powers to the Minister and Secretary of the day to allow almost anything to be added to the list of use...

Now Fight Iron Disorders With a Drug Against Hypertension

We all know that iron deficiencies are dangerous, but also too much iron is bad for our health. Our body stores excess iron in various tissues//, where it can lead to organ failure and even death if not treated before irreversible damage has occurred. Researchers from the Innsbruck...

A New Approach to Manage Opiate Addiction

...rate that, like hyperactive stress systems, severe deficiencies in major components of the stress-responsive system may worsen the somatic reactions to drug withdrawal," the researchers concluded. Source-Eurekalert PI...

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