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Adherence of Nanoparticles to RBC- Very Effective Drug Delivery Method

...e particles eventually detach from the blood cells due to shear forces and cell-to-cell interactions, and are cleared from the system by the liver and spleen. Red blood cell circulation is not affected by attaching the nanoparticles. Attachment of polymeric nanoparticles to red blood cells combines the...

Tinnitus Patients can Lead a Normal Life

...imated period) although these times may be longer, due to the factors mentioned. Not achieving the target in this time is thus not considered a failure. To help in the process, monitoring is required involving 5-6 clinical visits over 2 years, although this can vary according to the individual....

New Oz Road Safety Campaign Hits Speeding Youngsters Below the Belt

...igns that carry images of blood curdling accidents due to increased watching of violent films and excessive video gaming among youngsters. "To me the gesture says 'speeding - no one thinks big of you. It will cause people who are speeding to think twice about the image they are creating," Timesonline q...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...sea, paleness, cold sweats and vomiting. Children due to immature nervous system and secondly due to the fact that their vision of the road in front is poor are especially susceptible. Usually the c...

Georgia may Lose Most Pigs to Swine Fever: FAO

...have not reported African swine fever. "However, due to the probably ongoing movement of pigs and pig products between Georgia and neighbouring countries, spread of the virus can not be excluded," it added. The FAO said 52 of Georgia's 65 districts were suspected of being affected by swine fever by m...

Underwood, Eubanks Voted 'World's Sexiest Vegetarians' by PETA

...onight Show' band leader Eubanks, who bagged votes due to his show's host Jay Leno, who urged people to vote for the 49-year-old and 'bring honour' to the show. The runners-up of the title, which saw more than 110,000 people casting their votes on the animal rights group's website included 'The Village...

Ninth HIV-infected Child Dies in Kazakhstan

...ninth child who contracted the virus at a hospital due to negligence, an AIDS centre said. The death came as a court began reading a verdict in a suit against 21 officials accused in the case for negligence, corruption and fraud. If sentenced they could face between four and nine years in prison. Th...

Childhood Cancer can Lead to Chronic Health Problems Later in Life: Study

... one or more chronic health problems later in life due to the illness and complications from its treatment, a study released Tuesday suggested. Dutch researchers who conducted a long-term study of more than 1,300 childhood cancer survivors found that 75 percent went on to develop one or more chronic h...

Chandigarh Set to Be No-smoking Zone from July 15

... to the WHO, around 200,000 workers die every year due to exposure on tobacco smoke at work, while around... there will be more than ten million deaths a year due to oral cancer in the next thirty years with 70 percent of those occurring in developing countries l...

India Records Substantial Decline in Polio Cases

... have just eight. Moreover all the eight cases are due to P-3 virus, which generally remains restricted to the region,' an official of the polio eradication programme told IANS. He said unlike last year, the number of P-1 virus cases - the more virulent variety - is less. This year, of the 82 cases re...

Experts to Discuss Climate Change Health Risks: WHO

...Potential threats include malaria and dengue fever due to the proliferation of mosquitoes, while reduced rainfall and water shortage could lead to waterborne diseases, the UN health agency said. The meeting in Malaysia would discuss prompt action, it added. "With global mean temperature forecast to i...

Thrombosis Risk in Travel Lasting Over Four Hours is Higher: WHO

...obile on journeys of more than four hours. This is due to a stagnation of blood in the veins caused by prolonged immobility, which can promote blood clot formation in veins. One study within the project examining flights in particular found that those taking multiple flights over a short period of tim...

Meningitis Shots for Teens

...gh 10 and there are vaccines to prevent meningitis due to Streptococcus pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae bacteriaVaccination is going to do a whole lot to reduce the incidence of this disease," said Lynn Bozof, executive director of the National Meningitis Association. "The CDC's action will raise ...

Pete Doherty Set for Another Drug Trial

...he troubled singer has been arrested several times due to his drug addictions and has repeatedly sought treatment. During a September court hearing he was warned that he would be sent to jail if he continued taking drugs. Earlier, the 'Babyshambles' singer was warned in February, that he might face j...

New Innovation in Clubfoot Treatment

...wearing the brace, one patient had skin blistering due to improper use of the brace, which was eventually corrected, while the other patient was not kept in the brace because of the caregiver's work schedule. "The newly designed, more flexible foot abduction orthosis is equally effective, or more so, t...

Potentially Lethal H5N1 Bird Flu Resurfaces in Europe

...authorities have suggested that the virus could be due to wild birds contaminating litter. They think the infection could have been transferred on the shoes of a worker or on a car tyre between the two poultry farms, which belong to the same cooperative. All previous 13 cases of bird flu in the Czech...

Pakistan to Launch World's Biggest Anti-measles Drive

...aign targeting all children aged up to 13 years is due to start on Monday in southwestern Baluchistan pro...dwide since 1999, from 873,000 to 345,000, largely due to a decline in Africa. Measles was the world's single most lethal infectious disease before an ef...

Highly Effective Method for Screening Drug-resistant Forms of HIV Developed

...ecome the majority, resulting in treatment failure due to drug resistance," he adds. Around 40 million people across the world are currently living with HIV/AIDS, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The commonly prescribed cocktails of antiretroviral drugs help slow t...

Vitamin D Deficiency Still Persists in Babies

...become weak. Rickets can lead a bowing of the legs due to the softening of the bones, though other symptoms are also seen. They include failure to thrive, limited mobility in affected infants. If untreated, there is an increased risk of bone fractures. The disease is highly preventable with Vitamin D ...

WFP Announces Food Assistance Plan for Timor Leste

...ng drought. "There is a need for food assistance due to the persistence of the drought, and we will work closely with the Government to ensure that food is available through the lean season," said Tarek Elguindi, WFP Representative in Dili, Timor Leste. A recent food security and crop survey conduct...

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