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US Airlines Worried About Bird Flu In Passengers

...lu, which is expected to be far deadlier that SARS ever was. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken steps to increase the number of quarantine centers in big airports from 8 in 2003 to 18 at the moment. The threat of the bird flu virus is primarily responsible for the same. Ram Kopp...

UK Govt Says On Course For National Chlamydia Screening

...g infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man. Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. ...

Selenium linked to osteoarthritis

...ry excited about these findings because no one had ever measured body selenium in this way in relationship to osteoarthritis and the study results suggest that we might be able to prevent or delay osteoarthritis of the knees and possibly other joints in some people if they are not getting enough selenium....

Smoking and mouth cancer

...he place to start making sure these children don’t ever smoke.” He says that children are very impressed with the graphic images and go home and tell their parents about it. “By educating the kids we are also educating their parents about smoking and mouth cancer,” Hutchinson points out. It is estimated ...

Partnership Between Diabetes India And Elsevier Announced

...on Diabetes Care In India, has traveled a long way ever since it was started by merely 400 diabetologists. It now comprises of a panel of medical specialists, family physicians, people with diabetes and all others interested in the cause of diabetes. Their nationwide survey of the prevalence of diabetes ...

Running Water Restored In Chinese City

...mits far down. The spill is possibly the biggest ever of the chemical, a potentially cancer-causing compound used in making detergents and plastics. Liu Yurun, general manager for the Harbin Water Group, the city's water utility, said local radio and television stations will broadcast a color-based ind...

Paid-For Sex Rates In Britain Has Increased Two Fold Over The Past 10 Years

...ears. In 2000, almost 9% of men said that they had ever paid for sex, while 4.2% said they had done so within the previous five years, and 1.3% said they had done so over the past year. Moreover, men who said they had paid for sex within the previous five years were more likely to be aged between 25 and ...

DAPIC Project to Prevent Amputations

...ns in the foot. None of the visiting villagers had ever worn footwear in their lives. Some villagers were regular participants at the local fire-walking festival, consequently, their feet were in a bad shape. In Mani's case, undiagnosed diabetes had resulted in numbness and reduced blood circulation in ...

Clinical Trials of New Drug Febuxostat Show Promise in Gout Treatment

...t and is believed to be the largest clinical trial ever done on patients with Gout. The mechanism of action of Febuxostat is very similar to allopurinol. The study participants were either given allopurinol or febuxostat (two different doses) as a form of treatment, the goal of which was to reduce plas...

Smoking Causes Eye Disease

... the amount smoked rather than whether someone had ever smoked that was critical. While regularly smoking a pack or more a day for 40 years almost tripled the risk of age related macular degeneration, the risks faced by non-smoking partners had nearly doubled. It was also discovered that while smoking ...

Americans Consume Far Too Much Salt and Sodium

... participants were also asked if their doctors had ever advised them about dietary sodium. There was no difference in sodium intake between patients advised about sodium consumption and those who were not. “It seems like we need to do a little bit more than just advising,” Ajani said, calling for more pu...

Americans Growing Out Of Shape

... that we have been concerned about. But no one had ever documented before how poor fitness actually is across the population in the US," Carnethon said in the study published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. --Edited IANS...

Residential Locality, A New Determinant Factor For Weight Gain

...level of education. The present study is the first ever conducted in Australia to explore the influence of locality on weight, irrespective of education or income. A part of the results of the ongoing study (Victorian Neighbourhood Lifestyle Environment (VicLANES) Study have been published in the Intern...

Both Kidneys Robbed From A Poor Rickshaw Driver In Bihar

...ctor along with his assistants has been absconding ever since the case came to light early this week. A court in Hajipur town of Vaishali district has issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Gupta and his assistants. "Surendra had undergone a painful round of dialysis for several days. There was sc...

Poisonous Gas Caused Mass Extinction

The largest ever mass extinction on earth may have been triggered by poisonous volcanic gas which erupted in Siberia 250 million years ago // , according to a new research. This must have happened before dinosaurs came into existence, towards the Permian era's end, w...

Cocaine Kates Lover Wants to Kick his Drug Habit

... earlier in her press releases denied that she had ever used drugs. Post revelation she lost many prestigious contracts and went on a five-month rehabilitation centre course at Arizona's Meadow Clinic. She even paid for Doherty to join the programme but he quit. In a public statement she had said: "I wa...

China Doubles Its Investment In AIDS/HIV Treatment.

...t it has taken all possible measures to reduce the ever increasing number of HIV/AIDS infection in China. // It said that it is going to double the funds in the next two years allocated to keep in check the number of HIV positive people below 1.5 million by 2010. The money spent on this would be aroun...

Increase In Health Insurance Premium Likely In Australia

With the ever increasing technological advancement, improved health care and a significant rise in medical costs, an increase in the private health premium is likely be to be implemented sooner or later in Australia. // Despite reports of profit, insurers have app...

Genuine Laughter Is The Best Medicine!

... more are genetically superior to those who hardly ever chuckle. They could be healthier, happier, more attractive or more cooperative. (Source: ANI) ...

Advertisements Prompt Youth To Drink

...ple were beginning to drink at an earlier age than ever before and their actions could affect their performance at school, as well as cause accidents. The researchers also analyzed youth drinking in relation to the money spent on advertising, based on industry figures, and found investment in marketing...

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