department 1 4

Tag: "department" at medical news

Kerala Government is in High Alert for Bird Flu

... the state of Kerala but the Government wanted the department to be very cautious as the chickens which are brou...ulam. 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 dropp...

CMSI produces Low cost Anti-retroviral drugs in India

...l, Catholic Health Association. A new microbiology department which could maintain the quality control and Research facilities was dedicated to this manufacturing unit. The two drugs, Nevirapine and Zidovudine, manufactured by the Essential Drug project of the CMSI, are now available at “reasonable” rates. Th...

Mizoram Prepares To Combat Bird Flu

... situation. And the State Environment and Forest department has been made in charge of keeping a watch on the ...and state," Mr. C Sangnghina said adding, that the department had added responsibility to ensure that no one raises false alarm. ...

Philippines Government prepares to counter bird flu

...task force program is a combined program involving department officials from agriculture, environment and health. In this program 20 important migratory bird destinations will be placed under close watched because they are near poultry farms.Panganiban said, "We’re in a critical stage now with the coming of mig...

Kasturba Medical College Organizes 'CME- Orth 2005' From 4th To 6th November

...- Orth 2005' is being organized by the Orthopedics department of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal from November 4 to 6. The programme includes course lectures,// clinical case discussions and demonstration of orthosis, prosthesis and radiological techniques. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. R S P Rao, Dean of...

Bird flu threat ruled out: Karnataka Forest Department

... of any birds coming in from outside. "The forest department is, however, totally geared up to meet the threat of bird flu from migratory birds like the bar-headed geese from China which are likely to arrive in the state in a fortnight," he said. The issue will be discussed in detail during a special session ...

A warning for children consuming hamburgers: Asthma

... hospital outpatient visits, 1.9 million emergency department visits, 484,000 hospitalizations and 4,261 deaths in the US in 2003, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Source: Wellington Medical School...

Vietnamese Scientists Unravel Genetic Code Of Bird Flu Virus

...to decode the gene. Officials of the state health department have reported the identification of two more new forms of the deadly virus. While H5 is the most commonly observed, two other forms designated as H3 and H4 have been identified from poultry samples. This finding adds evidence to the fact that the vir...

Illegal Drug Use In England Mounting Up At An Alarming Rate

...ion visits and 400,000 admissions to the emergency department each year. The findings are based on anonymous interviews with // patients visiting the emergency department of a hospital in South West England. The doctor in charge of emergency care was also asked to assess...

Asthma Patients Under The Care Of An Allergist Report Less Severe Symptoms

...y 2 million asthma-related visits to the emergency department each year. Researchers surveyed a random sample of 3,568 patients with persistent asthma enrolled in an integrated health care system, to compare asthma care in patients seen by allergists vs. those seen by primary care providers. Of the patients ...

Prostate Cancer Can Be Treated By Application Of LASER Technology

...s,' Sama told reporters. S.N. Wadhwa, head of the department of urology, said the new technology could prove beneficial for foreigners coming to India for treatment. Prostate enlargement is a condition that causes urinary problems in nearly half of all men over 50 years. By the age of 80, around 80 percent me...

Drugs Used In Osteoporosis Can Help Prevent Periodontal Bone Loss

...s. Nabil Bissada, chair and professor // of Case's department of Periodontology; and James Liu, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology of University Hospitals of Cleveland collaborated with Ms Palomo in the...

Time For Jodhpur Residents To Have A Health Check: New Hospital Coming Up

...be soon," an official from the technical education department told IANS. In view of the fact that India is fact emerging as a destination for quality health care, such an initiative has to be welcomed and appreciated. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

Men under 50 susceptible to suicide after discharge from emergency

...e of breast cancer in the weeks after an emergency department discharge. The research found the five most significant factors for predicting risk of death overall included the urgency given to a patient's case on arrival at emergency, increasing age, being admitted to hospital, seeking help for an ...

Khushboo Should ‘Talk about Safe Sex’ and not ‘ Premarital Sex’ Says Miniter

...r prior to marriage.’’ The minister said that his department had engaged many celebrities to talk about AIDS. He said: ‘‘Our brand ambassadors include Aishwarya Rai, Shilpa Shetty, Salman Khan and we also want Shah Rukh Khan. All of them will be talking about AIDS prevention and safe sex.’’ Explaining why ...

Smoking Banned In Southeast Asian Games Venues

The Philippines health department has banned smoking within a 50 meter radius of the venues of the 23rd Southeast Asian games.// Health Secretary Francisco Duque said 27 medical response teams would bedeployed in all venues to enforce the ban at the biennial meet beginningSunday. D...

India Marks World AIDS Day

...ve to get out of the narrow confines of the health department and 'become an integral part of all government departments'. He underlined the need to make the National AIDS Control Programme part of the national rural health mission and the public health network. The rural areas of the country account for 59% if...

Rising Rates of Whooping Cough in Idaho

...en // reported totally by central district health department so far in Ada (55 cases), Boise, Elmore (17) and Valley counties in southwest Idaho. Statistics shows that the numbers of cases are on the rise when compared to the 10 year average period of 23 cases/year. The aim is to prevent the spread of disea...

Patna To Receive Better Health Care Facility Informs Health Minister

...ea about giving certain sectors in the health care department to the private authorities. He also mentioned that the chief minister Mr. Nitish Kumar is also having a keen interest in providing the best health care to the people of Patna. Later the health care Secretory Mr. Deepak Kumar told the press about the ...

Measles Break Out In Relief Camps

...g campaign jointly launched by the region's health department and the United Nations. He said the vaccination drive had been intensified and 250 staff members had been sent to remote mountainous villages. Out of 800,000, he added, 545,000 children of under-15-years of age had been vaccinated in the mountainous...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10