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Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...tems which tell us that an employee has been fired from an establishment after testing positive for HIV. B... are politely (at times rudely) asked to stay away from work once it is known that they have the dreaded virus. In one issue of “INDIA TODAY” it was reporte...

The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

...people sit up and take notice in health care apart from AIDS or HIV should be cancer!!!!!!!!!! The mere me...th Texas Health Care System, agrees. "The nicotine from smoking is both physically and psychologically addictive. It's as severe as cocaine. Smoking is one ...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...s world wide is asthma. Asthmatics not only suffer from the usual symptoms of the disease but they are unf... knowledge that asthmatics are warned to stay away from aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. What happens when they take aspirin? And fu...

Prince Charles lends support to Alternative Medicine

... of these studies into alternative medicine suffer from paucity of funds and this appeal by the Prince has given added impetus to the research. "It is critical that government funding is made available for this initiative," Michael Fox, the foundation's chief executive, was quoted as saying. The scope o...

Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation

...in alleviating pain in many patients. Researchers from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in Fairfield, Iowa, conducted the study along with others from Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and the University of California, Los...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...ventilator can be brain dead, despite explanations from medical staff. However by witnessing tests to conf...ring testing felt that the relatives had benefited from this," Dr Stephen Bonner said in a report in the British Medical Journal. The intensive care speci...

Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

...urgery may improve symptomatic outcome.” So apart from going to a good doctor it is also important that we have the burning desire to get well and feel confident about our recovery because the patients perception does help in speedy recovery!!...

Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...gelos, who won millions of dollars as compensation from the tobacco industry in Maryland, has announced that he is dragging Vodafone to court in a billion dollar suit. He is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by Verizon w...

When Celebrities Die

...empts to commit suicides. Now, medical research from Great Britain reveals a surprising side effect of ...f them over the edge. Now, medical research from Great Britain reveals a surprising side effect of our "celebrity connection." The researchers say ...

Stress reduces your immunity- startling but true!!!!!

...be the new threat. Fight stress and be more immune from all infections!...

Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors

...s will be done only after getting prior permission from the donor. If for some reason the donor wishes to ...ver 16 years of age can find out if they were born from donated sperms or ova. And this new ruling will come into force only in the New Year and only after ...

Want skin cancer? Please have a cigarette

... on a study conducted by Dr. Jan N. Bouwes Bavinck from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and colleagues. The authors found a significant increase (almost three times) in the risk of developing skin cancers amongst smokers than non-smokers. The researchers also noted a significant dos...

Abstain from sex- the latest mantra of American teens

...ill their marriage. The matter is not so important from the ethical viewpoint but a very important topic with regards to healthy sexual behavior, they say. With sexually transmitted diseases making a come back in terms of number of cases reported and with ever increasing abortions sparking a major interna...

Contraceptives via Internet

...ing an order through the Internet. Investigators from the University of Washington in Seattle posed as c...onsumers and ordered various contraceptive devices from Web sites located with commonly used search engines. The team found that male and female condoms, va...

Antioxidants protect health tissue in people undergoing radiation therapy.

...cumin were found to help protect the bacterial DNA from damage by irradiation in test organism. Spices with antioxidants property have radio protective effect and protecting organisms like Escherichia role and Bacillus megaterium organisms (taken for study) against of gamma radiation. The study offers h...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

... matches where even cricket stadia aren’t exempted from fireworks. Last but not the least, private functio...ire works!!!! Almost everyone likes them at least from a distance. But apart from the phenomenal cost that goes into fireworks we fail to realize that fire...

Cut down TV and video games and you have less aggressive children.

...t, it is hoped that the parents take more time off from their schedules and spend more time with their kids and talk to them, touch them and joke with them and involve them more in the social aspects of day-to-day life. Let the television sets and video games rest for some time. Poor machines they are so ...

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

Many HIV infected patients, apart from suffering the social neglect and being unwanted even by near and dear ones have this major handicap - they just can’t travel like the other people - wherever they want and whenever they want. Some people just avoid having HIV infected co passengers. ...

Doctors needed urgently in Gujarat

...RAM ROAD AHMEDABAD This appeal from Medindia.net is addressed to all doctors to help...t every person’s work willmake a difference. Apart from this there are also various other things thatcommon people can do. People can donate used clothes; f...

Man against HIV – new vaccine ready for human trials

...tackling the virus. The idea is to block the virus from growing inside the body rather than trying to bolster the immune system against the virus as many vaccines try to do. TAT protein is an important protein in the virus, which is a key building block of the dreaded virus. By blocking the TAT protein ...

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