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New Gene Identification Help Asthma Treatments

... a person's susceptibilityto asthma. With combined efforts internationally, doctors have identified about half of these genes. This new gene, PHF11, was found on chromosome 13, a chromosome that was known to contain an asthma-related gene that had until now gone unidentified.// Scientists say that the asthma...

WHO lifts HongKong advisory

... welcomed the lifting of the warning, praising the efforts of medical staff, but highlighting the need to remain vigilant. Meanwhile, Taiwan's SARS crisis is threatening //to deteriorate rapidly after more than 100 cases were reported in the past two days. The situation may explode with almost 1,000 suspecte...

Drop in global deaths from measles

... was not available. The WHO is concentrating its efforts in Africa and Southeast Asia, the two regions hardest hit by measles and hopes to cut the number of annual measles deaths to 437,500 by 2005.Africa has about 10 percent of the world's population and accounted for 58 percent of measles deaths in 2000....

Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses

...d adolescent health comes at a crucial time in our efforts to save the lives of millions of children" says Dr Tomris Turmen, Executive Director of Family and Community Health at WHO. In addition to highlighting the urgent need to reduce child mortality the strategy also focuses on adolescents. There are 1.2...

Scientists crack dengue fever puzzle

...the infection quickly. The discovery could hamper efforts to find an effective dengue vaccine. The risk, is that if the vaccine does not "hit" all four types of the virus, the vaccine may end up mimicking a second natural infection. For example, the vaccine may "prime" the immune system to attack only one o...

In Chronic Diseases - Poor compliance of Patients with drug treatment

...fault, incentives must be created to reinforce the efforts of all health professionals in favour of adherence," said Dr Rafael Bengoa, Director, Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO. What is required is a behavioural support system for the patients.This will ensure betterresource utilisation in the ...

What Makes Teens take Drugs

... that are linked to behavioral problems, treatment efforts that target the antisocial behavior itself may be effective. Boys' substance use may be reduced by directly altering those family and peer characteristics that are most influential," Silberg says....

How to Improve Life Expectancy

...rchers from several international centers combined efforts to determine the potential health gains of reducing risk factors for disease. They looked at 20 risk factors. Some of those include unsafe sex, alcohol use, unsafe water, //sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke, childhood sexual abuse, and vitamin def...

It's Never Too Late to Stop Smoking,Study Finds

...use. "Cardiologists need to incorporate aggressive efforts to promote smoking cessation into practice in the same way they have incorporated ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers," they wrote, citing research showing that only 46 percent of smokers who see their physicians in a given year are advised to quit and ...

Diabetes cases could double in developing countries in next 30 years

... November, 2003, with a commitment to increase its efforts to reduce the impact of diabetes and its complicat...iet and Physical Activity, which will underpin its efforts to help Member States prevent diabetes and other diseases related to unhealthy diets and physical in...

WHO and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005

...ork of NGOs (like MSF) and faith-based groups, the efforts of pharmaceutical companies to reduce the prices o.... This strategy demands massive and unconventional efforts to make sure they stay alive." UNAIDS announced last week that 40 million people around the world a...

Suicide Prevention Program – Having its Intended Effec

... program consists of multiple community prevention efforts involving agencies inside and outside the health care sector. According to a report, suicides are down 33 percent since the program was put into place in 1997.In addition researchers have also noted a decrease in several other factors thought to b...

Common Medication Errors in Children

... that pediatric intensive care unit patient safety efforts that focus on medication delivery are needed. ...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

...findings suggests the need for quality improvement efforts that address these specific issues -- physician knowledge, habit, cost management, and patient demand -- for antidepressant, anti-anxiety, sedative/hypnotic, and pain reliever prescribig....

Rat Genetic Code Mapped

..., the laboratory rat has played a valuable role in efforts to understand human biology and to develop new and better drugs. Now, armed with this sequencing data, a new generation of researchers will be able to greatly improve the utility of rat models and thereby improve human health. Researcher say that a...

Identifying Predictors Of Anthrax

...chers believe these findings represent preliminary efforts toward identifying clinical predictors of inhalational anthrax, but they say more study is needed....

Life-Saving Heart Drug Often Not Prescribed

... say their findings highlight the ongoing need for efforts to optimize the use of ACE inhibitors with the goal of ensuring that all eligible patients benefit from these life-prolonging medications...

Improving Life Expectancy

...rchers from several international centers combined efforts to determine the potential health gains of reducing risk factors for disease. They looked at 20 risk factors.// Some of those include unsafe sex, alcohol use, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke, childhood sexual abuse, and vitamin def...

Sudden Weight Gain Could Increase The Risk Of Heart Disease

...nsion. Thus researchers say greater public health efforts should be aimed at weight stabilization over the long term and the easiest way to do it is to decrease the amount they eat one eats and increase ones physical activity....

Creating A Greater Awareness Among Smokers

...light the importance of focusing smoking cessation efforts on individuals who are nicotine dependent, individuals who have psychiatric disorders, and individuals who have comorbid nicotine dependence and other psychiatric disorders....

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