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Fertility Test at Home Possible With a New Kit

... both men and women can contribute to infertility, experts say. It takes two to have a baby, as silly as that...ssional evaluation. They screen for main problems, experts say, but will not pick up all fertility-related difficulties. About one million American women seek ...

Using Expired Make-up Leads to Serious Health Risks

...nally fond of their favourite lipstick or mascara, experts from the College of Optometrists are warning that these can be a "hothouse" for bacteria. The researchers found that despite recommending that mascara be discarded after three to six months, 92 per cent of women keep it for longer. The same was t...

Multi-tasking is Mentally Damaging, Warn Experts

..." he says. Meyers comments come at the time when experts have been worrying about poor grades secured by may children at schools as a result of multi-taskingsuch as listening to music on their iPods, watching TV and doing their homework simultaneously. The researchers even went on to insist that multi-t...

Humans Could Face Greater Bird Flu Risk, Indonesia Warns

...orm of transmission of the deadly virus to humans, experts say. Krisnamurthi cited a lack of public awareness as being among the main factors contributing to the spread of the virus, which has now reached all but two of Indonesia's 33 provinces. "About 97 percent of Indonesian people already know of the ...

Controversy Spikes Over Anti-diabetes Drug Avandia

... over diabetes drug Avandia heated up Wednesday as experts pointed to studies linking it to greater heart attack risk, while a GSK study claimed rosiglitazone is safe. The GlaxoSmithKline study published online Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) gave preliminary results of a four-year c...

Environment Groups Appeal for Ban on Cleaning Chemicals

...hemicals; it is planning to phase out. But legal experts state that the EPA has limited authority to ban chemicals already in use when the toxics law came into force in 1976....

Cancer Experts Received Threats for Opposing Controversial Drug

Two prominent cancer experts receive e-mail and other forms of threats for oppo... discourage rational discussion of drugs and deter experts from serving on government advisory committees. Provenge is now the latest focal point of a long-r...

Second Hand Smoke Has Serious Consequence on a Childs Heart

... at home and in public places," Kallio said. The experts believe that this being the case the adults working in a smoke filled environment for longer periods of the days is at much greater risks. This calls in for stricter laws to protect the citizens against second hand smoke....

March of Dimes Praises Folic Acid Fortification

... underdeveloped brain. Maternal and child health experts agree that all women capable of becoming pregnant should take a multivitamin containing at least 400 micrograms of folic acid every day beginning before pregnancy, as part of a healthful diet containing foods fortified with folic acid and foods that ...

Experts Stresses the Need for National Vaccination Policy

A group of experts here have called for a national policy on vaccinat...nsulate here brought together a dozen immunization experts this week. The US has a Vaccine Action Programme (VAP) with India that began in 1984. India's vac...

AIDS Incidence in India Far Lower Than Previously Estimated New Study

... borders with Myanmar. That is exactly what some experts on AIDS surveillance techniques have been arguing for years, saying that Indians do not have the same kind of sexual networks that are common in southern and eastern Africa, in which both men and women often have two or more occasional but regular se...

WHO Cautions Against Spread of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis.

...e tremendous growth ininternational air travel, TB experts say: ``TB anywhere is TBeverywhere''. Coughing, sneezing, singing and many other such activity can easilyspread tuberculosis bacteria through air. Anyone can become infected,but prolonged exposure is usually required. ``About 30,000 out of the 42...

New Bird Flu Case in Hong Kong

... when six people died. World Health Organisation experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions worldwide....

First Case of West Nile Virus Death in Madison County

...erience any symptoms, according to the CDC. Some experts blamed the West Nile spike on weather, saying last summer's heat wave may have contributed to mosquito breeding and activity. It was comparatively cool in 2004 and 2005. Precautions are being taken to prevent a west Nile virus attack. Agressive mos...

Sunscreen Maybe Helpful in Preventing Skin Cancer

... 22,000 new cases of malignant skin cancer a year, experts warn against excessive sunbathing. They urge people to change their thinking and protect their skin well in sunny weather. 'We've got to get away from the false notion that being sun-tanned is beautiful and healthy,' said Eva Kalbheim, spokesperson...

US Court Asked to Decide Whether Childhood Vaccines can Cause Autism

...le's mother, Theresa Cedillo, as saying. Vaccine experts point out that parents often link vaccines with their children's symptoms because getting a shot can be upsetting. They also claim that children are vaccinated at an age when autism and related disorders are often first diagnosed. They point to t...

Anti-smoking Ads at the Movies Doesnt Make Any Impact on Smokers

...rs from taking up the butt, campaigners and health experts need to come up with new, innovative methods to woo smokers away from the habit. Placing an antismoking advertisement before movies that contain smoking scenes can help to immunise young non-smokers against the influences of film stars smoking, the...

New Gene Discovery Raises Hope for Childhood Blindness Cure

... the University of Leeds, working in alliance with experts from other centres around the world, discovered the gene, which is vital to photoreceptors in the eye, the cells that "see" light. The finding, the thirteenth gene to be linked to Lebers congenital amaurosis (LCA), comes at a time of hope for the p...

Child Vaccines a Key Issue for OIC Forum in Malaysia

...permissible under Islam was a key topic for health experts in talks here Tuesday ahead of an inaugural health conference for OIC nations . Senior health officials from the Organisation of the Islamic Conference's 57 member nations, along with the UN and other international agencies, met to tackle issues i...

Australian TV Channel to Study Breast Cancer Incidence in Its Women Staff

...today of a final report by an independent panel of experts into the high rate of breast cancer cases at its studios in the western Brisbane suburb of Toowong. "If there is a currently unknown or undetected aspect of work or the working environment at the ABC Toowong that could have contributed to the obse...

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