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Experts Propose New Criteria for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

An international group of experts have proposed new criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as they feel that the existing criteria are out of date due to unprecedented growth of scientific knowledge in the field. "(These existing criteria) are the prevailing diagn...

Indonesia Confirms 81st Bird Flu Death

...orm of transmission of the deadly virus to humans, experts say. The UN health agency said last month that though the fight against bird flu had improved around the world, the situation remained critical both in Indonesia and Egypt. The frequent contact many people have with domesticated birds elevates the ...

Online Counterfeit Pills Kills Woman

...hat sold the pills has since shut down. But health experts say fake pharmacies are an ongoing scam. The report makes no recommendations, but calls the sale of counterfeit drugs on the Internet a "complex and emerging health-care problem." "If you order from these sites, you may get counterfeit drugs with...

A Break Through Energy Bill by the US Government

...with every passing year, scientists say. Energy experts no longer debate about whether Hubbert's peak will occur, but when. So now the focus is shifting from reliance on fossil fuels and foreign oil toward renewable fuels and green technology. A new survey showed that Americans prefer energy con...

Food Colour in Sausages, Burgers Could Trigger Cancer

... of breakfast sausages and burger meat. The EFSA experts said Red 2G was converted in the body into a substance called aniline. Following tests on rats and mice, the researchers concluded that aniline should be considered as a carcinogen or cancer-causing. "Based on similar metabolism of aniline in anima...

Air Pollution in India Causes 527,700 Deaths a Year

...loped in consultation with 80 environmental health experts across the globe, would drastically curtail the number of Chinese pollution deaths. With the 2008 Beijing Olympics round the corner, the Chinese capital has a massive incentive to improve air quality for the smog-smothered masses....

Fossilized Midges can Predict Climate Change: Study

...dict climate change in the future . According to experts at the University of Liverpool, the University of ...other. The detection of these events will allow experts to understand more clearly what can happen when the climate system is disturbed. Professor Jim Ma...

Two In One Drug For Smokers And Drinkers

...ording to Bartlett. At the same time, several experts not involved in the study warn that there is no such thing as a magic cure-all for addiction and that varenicline and such drugs may find more immediate use in treating diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's....

Eco-architecture Takes Root in Thailand, but Growth is Slow

...natural light and air flow -- simple measures that experts say would improve life for millions of people. A recent report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that eco-friendly buildings cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce death and illness caused by poor air quality, especially i...

Bashful Men 50% More Likely to Die of Heart Attack or Stroke

... three decades later, 60 per cent had died and the experts then compared the questionnaire results with death certificate details, reports the Daily Mail. After taking into account factors more commonly linked to heart disease such as smoking, high levels of cholesterol, and obesity, the researchers still ...

Navigating Healthcare

... health care. Medical tourism is alive and well, experts say, with health care consumers scanning the globe for the best deals in everything from back surgery to angioplasty. Cost is the primary motive for many Americans who travel abroad for care, usually because they lack health insurance coverage for ...

China to "salvage" Reputation on Food, Drug Safety

...verseas. The new regulations call for a panel of experts to approve new drugs, more transparent drug approval procedures, greater inspections of pharmaceutical factories and bigger fines for companies that flout the law, the paper said. "In a renewed effort to ensure drug safety and salvage its credibili...

Picnic Memories Turn Rotten With E.coli Poisoning

...are to see outbreaks such as this one, food safety experts say this example is a reminder to be careful when cooking meat and preparing food....

Researchers Develop Tool to Gauge Quality of Life of Hepatitis B Patients

...ng literature, conducted a focus group with health experts and interviewed hepatitis patients. They then took the information and developed a patient questionnaire that clinicians could use to measure patients quality of life. We were shocked to find that for many hepatitis B patients without advanced live...

Study Shows Positive Results for Zestra(R) Feminine Arousal Fluid

...ith the nation's leading medical and sexual health experts and our commitment to research demonstrate our intent to advance the science of female sexual health and provide a meaningful and safe solution for women today." Despite a decade of prescription pharmaceutical research in female sexual disorders, and...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...ng is against it," he said. "Our advice from the experts said the results from the (radiation) monitors that were recovered are sufficient to establish that ionizing radiation was not the cause of the cluster," he said. However, former ABC newsreader Lisa Backhouse today said both the ABC and the scienti...

India to Monitor Pregnancies to Check Girl Foeticide: Report

...lion unborn girls in the past 20 years, but Indian experts have challenged the number, saying it likely closer to five million....

Vets To Team Up With Human Health Specialists

...terinarians to work more closely with human health experts in dealing with contagious diseases, Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Atlanta-based federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was quoted: "Thirteen out of the last 14 new infectious diseases that have affected people have arisen f...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

.... Honing in on the incidence of the HBV virus, experts have said that the virus is more common than the AIDS virus, and can easily spread through contaminated blood and fluids like saliva, breast milk, vaginal secretions, open wounds, and even tears. The virus is virulent, because it could cause a host ...

Determining the Sex of the Baby in Wild West Way

...ng sex determination tests in the market today but experts But experts are not only skeptical about the accuracy of such tests, they are also worried about the possible ad...

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