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AIDS Assessment Centres To Be Increased In The Country

...xisting 750 sites) to create an accurate system to gauge the number of people affected by HIV/AIDS,' said K. Sujatha Rao, additional secretary and director general of NACO, at the end of a three-day national seminar in the capital Sunday. There were around 5.1 million HIV/AIDS affected people in the coun...

HIV/AIDS On The Rise In India

...which they hope would create an accurate system to gauge the number of people affected by HIV/Aids, she said that according to the 2005 estimates there are around 5.1 million HIV/Aids affected people in the country. She stated, explaining that as these were huge figures and if they do not work to contro...

Hi-tech Walking Stick Developed For Visually Impaired

...e new cane can navigate much above the knee level, gauge the obstacle from over a three-metre distance and send radio frequency to a passing public bus to detect the route number," Paul told IANS. The Rs.50,000-project has a user-triggered wireless identification system, vibration warning signal manager ...

Mediterranean Diet Effective in Staving off Risk of Alzheimer’

...ical history, replete with a personal interview to gauge health and neuropsychological function. This information was essential in knowing about the presence or absence of dementia. Participants were subjected to a follow up every 18 months, for about 4 years. The authors reported that "Higher adherence ...

UN research symposium To Focus on Open source and Open Medicine

...e production in economic development. It will also gauge the efficacy of available global financing mechanisms, already on the table, desirous of bringing a change in health research and development, and enable affordable drugs to the poor nations. The speakers in this symposium will include: 1. Rishab A...

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center To Study Ways To Prevent 'Chemo Brain'

...t-Ingram Cancer Center are embarking on a study to gauge if exercise can prevent memory and cognitive problems experienced by many cancer survivors after chemotherapy.// The study is being funded by a foundation established by well-known cancer survivor and athlete, Lance Armstrong. Charles Matthews, Ph....

Heart Disease Risk Halved By Minimal Cholesterol Reduction

... comparisons with similar genetic factors, to help gauge the benefit of LDL reduction. Columbia University professor Alan Tall said The study’s findings suggest that a one percent reduction in LDL cholesterol level over a lifetime translates into a reduction of more than two percent in the risk of cardio...

Job Stress, causes build up of ‘Sick building Syndrome

... syndrome. Outside observers were also asked to gauge the civil servants' physical work environment by evaluating factors such as temperature and light. The observers were also enabled an insight into the job demands and support mechanisms available for the workers. It was found that nearly 14% of men a...

Heart Brakes: Hearts in European Union Invite Health Attention

...olicy makers , that is expressed in money value to gauge the enormity. ...

Setting Standards: Benchmark Medical Tests to Gauge Accuracy of Medical Tests

...which is compared the medical test in question, to gauge the preciseness of the result or measure the deviation. Generally Gold standard benchmark tests consume time and are often an ex pensive proposition. Anne Rutjes and colleagues studied 487 primary studies of test evaluations to check out if publishe...

PET Scans Could Predict Treatment Outcomes In Cancer

...on tomography (PET) technology can help // doctors gauge the response of a cancer to the treatment being provided. Juweid and co-author Bruce Cheson, M.D., of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital have explained about the extended usage of PET n gauging the response o...

Learning About Healthy Diet Choices Begins At Schools

...nd solicited views from the head of the schools to gauge importance of nutritional standards in competitive foods. The findings of the survey conducted amongst 228 foodservice caterers and 79 principals at schools in Pennsylvania found that only few schools gave importance to nutritional competitive food...

Placing a Finger on Responses to Placebo Types

... period of time. Earlier studies used placebos to gauge the effectiveness of novel treatment methods, but this time researchers were keen on examining the effects of different types of placebos. Ted Kaptchuk, assistant professor of medicine and associate director of the Division for Research and Education...

Quality Platelets and Improved Blood Availability No Longer a Pipe Dream

...PM), is the first of its kind that can effectively gauge the quality of blood platelets- A definite boon considering that there is no method of testing or evaluating the quality of platelets. Guidelines dictate that platelets are required to be used within five days to avert a possible bacterial attack to ...

Visual Awareness Is Generated At the Back Of The Brain

...ed scientists as to how the human mind can quickly gauge the object that it is seeing. Now researchers say that this power to quickly analyze this is generated in a small portion at the back of the brain. Stephen Macknik, Ph.D., a researcher in the Neurosurgery and Neurobiology departments at Barrow, a...

Fat Patients Require Longer Needles

...administered an intra-muscular injection with a 23 gauge needle, which included a small air bubble. Two independent radiologists analyzed the CT scans to fix the position of the bubble, Dr. Chan said. The analysis found that among the women, 23 of 25 injections, or 92% failed to reach muscle. Among men, 1...

Women can now gauge their own future fertility

...one, released by the brain, increases. The results gauge how many viable eggs are left. While this test will assist women in planning a family, there are other important factors involved in the decision. Clare Brown, chief executive of Infertility Network UK stated that ovarian reserve is not the only as...

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy aids in mapping protein structure

...cademy of Sciences has outlined the procedure// to gauge the strength of hydrogen bonds in proteins, the building blocks of life. The study was conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists led by John Markley, Professor of biochemistry. The research focused on iron-sulfur proteins called ...

Toxic chemicals found in domestic products poisoning newborn babies

...tances are in some way harmful, it is difficult to gauge the potential seriousness of this finding." But he added: "It's not something to be alarmed about. These substances have probably been around for years and years. "We are designed to live in hostile environments."...

Cholesterol in low levels are good

...terol levels, all patients underwent ultrasound to gauge the thickness of their carotid arteries at six months and one year following the initiation of treatment. People taking pravastatin lowered their LDL, or "bad" cholesterol levels, on average, to about 110 mg/dL. Those on atorvastatin had levels that...

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