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U.S. unprepared to tackle bird flu

...le diseases for the Seattle and King County health department said that though this amount looks big it is not so after it has been divided among the 5,000 health departments. Each would receive only $70,000 each. Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said...

Cocoa Treats: Chocolates, as a Health Investment? Chew on this!

... according to stalwarts from the food and industry department , though such medicines are still a distant dream. Flavonoids, is found in chocolates, green tea, vegetables and red wine. Budding research in this area seems to suggest that flavanoids can boost the working of blood vessels, and thus holds promise...

Any Form Of Minimally Invasive Surgery- Name It & They Do It!

... about 1,000 operations through MIS, and 25 of its department heads have been trained in countries like Germany and Switzerland....

Vaccine For Bird Flu May Not Be Effective

...rdered 14.6 million courses. A spokeswoman for the department of health said that almost five million had been delivered so far, the report said....

Novel Study Unravels a New Dimension to Decision Making

...as this study is called, four investigators in the department of psychology at the University of Amsterdam, conducted some experiments amongst shoppers in several stores. To take an example, of a car-shopping experiment, the participants first absorbed information about the ‘eligible’ cars. When they were fini...

Bird Flu Hits India

...birds are confirmed deaths. The Animal Husbandry department said that some samples have tested positive for the dreaded H5N1 virus. The rapid response team has sent five members down to the district and the Cabinet Secretary has called an emergency meeting on how best to tackle the situation. Police officers ...

International Teleradiology: The Future Of Radiologic Diagnosis

...examination on a patient admitted to the emergency department in a U.S. hospital. The X-ray film can then be taken up for analysis by a team of radiologists located in Israel, Australia or Switzerland. The findings can then be communicated back to the United States either through fax or telephone depending on t...

Indian Government: No Reason For Worry About Bird Flu

... hospitals to prepare special wards and the health department was told to set up a help-line to deal with the possible outbreak of bird flu. Sri Lanka and Nepal banned the import of poultry products, even as a number of India's domestic airlines took chicken and mayonnaise off their menus. Making a statemen...

Bird flu affects the export of poultry products to Sri Lanka and Nepal

... the country. Dr Abeysinghe said that the health department officials are on high alert and discussed with hospital authorities on providing intensive care incase of an outbreak. They have asked for the financial assistance of the World Bank to equip the Angoda National Hospital with the latest facilities. Th...

India Awaits Test Results To Confirm The Bird Flu Virus In Humans

...ays. The results are expected soon," said a health department official on telephone from Navapur. "Once we get the test results, we will decide the next course of action. As of now there is no confirmed case of human avian influenza anywhere in Maharashtra," said the official. The official said a total of 1...

Bihar Government Dismissed Doctors For Negligence

...r neglecting duties. Sources in the state health department said the government plans to take stern action against dozens of doctors against whom the district magistrates have submitted complaints. --Edited IANS...

Doctoral communication gets wired badge: wireless communication.

...e in the hospital simply by speaking their name or department into the device. "We've only really been experimenting with it so far," the spokesperson told Government Computing News on February 22, 2006. "We hope that it will save time for staff and also it will help increase staff safety because they can use...

Air Pollution and Cancer

...man of the Indiana University School of Medicine's department of public health. He added that the risk basically boils down to "a question of human health on the one hand and the cost and trouble of controlling pollution." The EPA study also noted that diesel exhaust is thought to pose the greatest danger to he...

Rise in Deaths Rates Due To MRSA

The National Statistics department said that there is a sudden rise in the death rates due the people suffering from MRSA, the so-called hospital superbug. // According to the latest figures MRSA is now six times more likely to be a factor in the deaths of people in National Health Se...

Increase in HIV Cases Due To Restricted Offering of the Preventive Treatment

...ernment policy on PEP. But on the other hand the department of health rejected his claims by saying that there...nt was not prescribed to him. To his comment the department of health officials said that it had funded the Terrace Higgins trust to raise awareness of PEP amon...

Alcohol Consumption Pattern Plays A Vital Role in Alcohol Related Injury

...oblems, // and colleagues screened 8,736 emergency department patients who had been admitted to the hospital's surgical ward during an 18-month period. It was found that moderate drinkers who occasionally drink heavily are more at risk to suffer an alcohol-related injury than chronic heavy drinkers. He said tha...

Smoking Increases Chances Of Needing Root Canal Treatment

...ist at the Boston VA Hospital and professor in the department of health policy and the lead author of the study. "But because root canal treatment is so common--it's estimated that half of US adults have experienced one by age 50--I think people can relate to it more than lung cancer and other smoking-induced c...

French Minister To Visit La Reunion Island To Monitor Chikungunya Epidemic

...prevent transmission of the disease. The Tourism department has however reported some cancellations over the past few days. The health officials have urged the residents to remove any stagnant water and use bed nets, sprays and mosquito repellents in an attempt to take control of the present situation. ...

Bird Flu Does Not Spare the Wild Swans in Georgia

The head of the veterinary department at Georgia's Agriculture Ministry said that the deadly strain H5N1 causing the avian flu was detected among the wild swans// in Georgia. Jambul Maglakelidze told the press that bird flu has entered Georgia and has confirmed it after a series tests...

Bombings in Japan have left Indelible Health Impression

...tist and chief of the division of radiology in the department of clinical studies at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Nagasaki, Japan. The new findings have been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association....

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