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Survey Shows Asthma Not Controlled in Severe Asthma Patients

...tional Asthma Education and Prevention Program has emphasized daily preventive management as opposed to treating asthma attacks. The objective of the Real-World Evaluation of Asthma Control and Treatment (REACT) study was to assess the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma and the factors associated with the lack...

CRN Emphasizes Importance of Folic Acid Benefits

...y and potential reasons behind their findings, but emphasized that the findings involved a relatively small number of diseased subjects, limiting the generalizability of the results to the generally healthy population. "Consumers can still feel they are doing something good by supplementing or fortifying with f...

Flush Water Pipes to Reduce Lead Contamination Risk, Schools Told

...m Smith, Ontario's chief drinking water inspector, emphasized yesterday. "Let there be no misunderstanding: tap water in this province is among the safest in the world and today's actions will make it even safer," Smith told a Queen's Park news conference....

Hillary Clinton Speaks Up Strongly for Stem Cell Research

...s lack the votes to overturn a veto. But Clinton emphasized that the bill would permit funding only for research on embryonic stem cells donated from in-vitro fertilization clinics with the donor's approval that otherwise would be discarded. "We do take seriously the ethical concerns," she said. "This is ...

Who Receives a Kidney Transplant First?

...he new allocation system, even though it should be emphasized that no formal proposal has been made to date. The debate is only further complicated by the reality that deceased donor kidneys are variable in their quality – while patients, to a large extent, rely on their doctors to make appropriate decisions fo...

Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

... the researchers wrote. However, the researchers emphasized that their predictions of disease risk need to be interpreted with caution because the diabetes group in their sample was "enriched" with people who had affected siblings and because the healthy group excluded people who had impaired glucose toleranc...

Exports Of Herbal & Dietary Products Has Huge Potential

...of the Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha systems.’ She emphasized that the growing demand for herbal products globally was putting unsustainable demand on forests leading to depletion of the plants Bio diversity that threatened the very survival of a number of medicinal plants species. She said that there during ...

BP and Prostate Problems Drug Effective in Treating PTSD Nightmares

...ntract prices. It is not a sedating sleeping pill, emphasized Raskind. "It does not induce sleep. But once you are asleep, you sleep longer and better." And better sleep can make a big difference. "This drug changes lives," Raskind said. "Nothing else works like prazosin." Trauma nightmares appear to ari...

Eradicating Polio a Better Option Than Control of the Disease: Study

...ion could lead to relatively large outbreaks. They emphasized that the world cannot let up in its vaccination efforts for polio, at least until eradication has been achieved. Comparing the numbers of expected cases and costs for 20 years into the future for a range of eradication and control options, the auth...

Intravenous Delivery of Clot-busting Drug Still Best Intervention for Ischemic Stroke

...blood flow in an artery to the brain. The panel emphasized the importance of public education on the symptoms of stroke, which include: ? Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body ? Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding ? Sudden trouble seeing ...

FDA Re-Emphasizes Warnings to Consumers on Risks of Pet Turtles

...ecessary public health measure. FDA has repeatedly emphasized the risks of turtle-associated salmonellosis because of a resurgence in the sales of such turtles in the last four years. The public health impact of turtle-associated salmonellosis in humans is an estimated 74,000 cases in the United States per year...

Ban on Trade of Human Organs in China

...nd for those who sit on death row is the same." He emphasized that organs of executed prisoners were used for transplants only when the death inmates had voluntarily expressed their desire to donate their organs, or their families had given consent to such usage. The law is essentially passed to safeguard cit...

WHO to Stock Bird Flu Vaccine

... as large drug makers to make the plan work. She emphasized that the global fight against bird flu required the full cooperation of developing countries, an obligation that will be enshrined in a new global regulation. "The sharing of information on the virus is a requirement for all countries under an inte...

Educational Video Increases Knowledge but Not Behavior

... The use of low vision devices by these people was emphasized to illustrate and underscore the adjustments and adaptations that have enabled them to maintain independence. The video, which eventually won the 2003 Telly Award, also featured a virtual home to which adaptations were made and an educational sect...

Study Finds No Conclusive Benefit from Treating Kleptomania

...tudies you can't tease that out," he said. Koran emphasized that the results of the clinical trial are not definitive, and some people may be helped by therapy involving medication. For others, receiving psychological treatment, perhaps in combination with medication, may prove most effective. But regardless,...

Solutions Possible for Providing Water and Sanitation in Poor Urban Settlements, Says WaterAid

...used on the theme of the celebrations. Her address emphasized on the need to change our consumption patterns if ...r table declining at an alarming rate”. Ms Dikshit emphasized a change in people’s mentality and small modifications in behavior that would result in big improvem...

Leukemia Survivors Prone to Other Cancers

... St. Jude’s Dr. Nobuko Hijiya, who led the study, emphasized on the need to closely monitor the health of childhood cancer survivors for decades after their original treatment. GP...

Can Certain Common Foods Trigger Cancer?

...is finding by the team from Queen's University has emphasized the importance of eating a balanced diet including garlic which can go a long way in stifling the development of carcinogens. The researchers are now studying the outcome of treatment using vinyl carbamate on mice. Vinyl carbamate, which is present i...

Disturbing Trend in AIDS Cases In US

... prevention of fresh infection of HIV cases. Jaffe emphasized on the scientific approach rather than moral and religious methods of combating this issue. According to him, the abstinence programme aimed at teenagers was a big fiasco. On a comparative note he observed that AIDS cases in US are higher than th...

C Section On The Rise In Obese Women

...a bigger delivery bed and operating table. He also emphasized the need for healthy diet and exercise which will enable the women to get back to shape after delivery. JYT...

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