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Breast Cancer on Rise Across Middle East

...nd Africa Oncology summit . However, the medical experts agreed that the patients in the region suffering from the disease are living longer, WAM news agency reported. The good news though, said the doctors from Abu Dhabi's Tawam Hospital, is that breast cancer cases (in UAE) are being caught much earlie...

Australia's Aborigines Affected by Poor Health: Experts

...gher than in the general population. The AMA and experts claim that Aboriginal children are at least 150 years behind on every kind of social indicator. AMA President Dr Rosanna Capolingua pledged on Sunday to get Aboriginal health back on track. Speaking on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the re...

How to Cope With Side Effects from Pelvic Radiotherapy

...formation Steering Group consisting of a number of experts in this field of treatment, the distribution of these booklets has been made possible by a partnership between Cancer Research UK and Cancerbackup. The charities are planning to work together on a number of joint projects and to develop new ways to g...

The Global Health Council Announces Launch of Global Health TV

...eb-based video site bringing brief news clips from experts and civil society on the major health issues faced by people throughout the world. This new service is a collaborative project between HBL Media, a London-based communications agency and the Council. The Global Health TV website, http: www.globalh...

New Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Program in African Workplace

...a predominantly African editorial team of HIV/AIDS experts to help develop and test the Blueprint. Merck also drew on the experience and best practices of various stakeholders such as UNAIDS, the International Labor Organization, the World Bank, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and companies that have...

Surge in Cancer Incidence in Asia Feared

...ive Asian cancer rates up 60 percent by 2020, some experts predict. More and more people in Asia are moving... reaching large swaths of the Asia-Pacific. Some experts worry it could take years before the new vaccine for the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, ...

Indonesian Teenager Dies of Bird Flu

...orm of transmission of the deadly virus to humans, experts say. "She became the 79th victim to die," the doctor said. The virus is widespread among birds in the vast archipelago nation where poultry and humans live in close proximity. The government had hoped to halt human deaths from the virus in 2007...

World may Get Much Wetter With Global Warming Than Believed

...ents," Soden said. Wentz believes that computer experts have to now reconcile the differences between their models and what the satellites show....

Regular Use of Laptop Could Seriously Damage Your Health

...percent between April and September 2006. Health experts are worried because booming laptop sales have led to a surge in the number of computer users with back and muscle problems, reported online edition of BBC News. Girls as young as 12 are being diagnosed with nerve damage caused by slouching over scree...

Sunbathers Beware of Skin Cancer, Dermatologists Warn

...oose to hit beaches during summer in the West, but experts warn of skin cancer . "Enjoy it, but enjoy it in moderation and with common sense," said Dr. Warren Heymann, head of the division of dermatology at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. If you're going to be outside, try to stay out of the midday...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

...ter our interview with one of the world's foremost experts on this potentially lethal form of tuberculosis, Dr. Kanti Daya,' continued DiGeorgia. 'I am convinced that the absence of a viable program against tuberculosis (TB) being used as a weapon compromises our state of national security,' says Dr. Daya....

Man Contracts Deadly Bird Flu Virus in Vietnam

...ks worldwide since 2003. World Health Organization experts say a bird flu pandemic among humans would kill millions of people across the globe....

Ayurveda Resorts in Kerala Gear Up for the Monsoon Season

...h rejuvenating health packages. The rainy season, experts say, is the best time for Ayurvedic treatment. Although Ayurveda evolved centuries ago in India, it has only in recent years that it has become a huge selling point for Kerala's tourism industry, especially in the months June-August. According to...

Yale Cancer Center Answers: A New Weekly Radio Progam on WNPR

...nst cancer, Miller explained. The help comes from experts at Yale Cancer Center who are working to develop new and better treatments. The hope comes from our doctors, nurses and staff whose knowledge and compassion are helping to win the battle against cancer, one patient at a time. Myths, facts and advan...

Implanting Electrodes in the Brain Could Help Treat Severe Depression

...ry University School of Medicine in Atlanta. But experts claim that focusing on the brain's pleasure centre could also have some unpleasant consequences. "The nucleus accumbens has been modeled as an area of craving. Could you get habituated to the chronic stimulation? Sometimes side effects are worse th...

Gene Therapy a Better Alternative to Viagra Please

...trials involved injections into the penis and some experts queried whether men would choose this option....

Zambia Trying Hard to Tackle Crisis in Mental Health Care

...s beliefs in some cases result in mental disorder, experts say. Head injuries from traffic accidents and neurological complications arising brain infection are the other factors cited. On top of it, those suffering from mental illnesses are stigmatised, scorned, condemned and ostracised. Only the aged, who...

Arsenic Poison can Make Longer Life of Leukemia Patients

...y of Oncology (ASCO) which brought together 25,000 experts in Chigago. "The difference in survival rates and relapse rates are great enough to justify including arsenic trioxide in standard first-line treatment" of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Powell argue...

China Repudiates Warning on Its Toothpaste

...uality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said experts from the Health Ministry had deemed diethylene glycol a ``low-level'' poison that does not accumulate in the body and found no evidence the substance caused cancer or deformities. It also said European Union standards allow for a certain amount of ...

Fortis to Inject Rs.300 Mn into Escorts Hospital

...lf of them are doctors. "Our hospital is full of experts and we don't need to recruit more doctors," he said. The Escorts hospital, meanwhile, appointed senior cardiologist T.S. Kler as new executive director of cardiac science. Anil Karlekar has been appointed head of anaesthesia and critical care - the...

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