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Testosterone Cream – Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivor

... The women were divided into two groups. One group got a testosterone cream and the other received a placebo for four weeks. For the ensuing four weeks, treatment was interchanged between the groups. The groups had to answer a questionnaire in the beginning of the program and subsequently at four and e...

India’s First ‘condom Bar’ Inaugurated by AIDS Patint

...ion been there earlier, even my husband would have got some treatment for the disease," said Pooja, who is now an AIDS activist. Even female condoms are being offered freely at the bar - located at the beautiful Kalagram complex - similar to Dilli Haat - on the busy Chandigarh-Panchkula highway. "W...

Hearts Saved As Doctors Put Cutting Edge Discoveries to Use

... For example, 85 percent of heart patients studied got cholesterol drugs in 2005 versus just 37 percent in 1999, 78 percent got potent blood thinners including Plavix versus 30 percent in 1999, and 53 percent had quick angioplas...

The Pain Relieved With the Help of Palliative Workers

...o nothing to ease the pain. It was then the family got help from unexpected quarters- the palliative care team at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. A doctor at the center specialized in this field arranged a meeting with the patient and family. With the help of the palliative workers Ellen could cope ...

Chemo Brain- Nothing Forgettable About It

...40s into menopause. There are other suggestions got from various studies such as the discovery of a gene linked to Alzheimer’s in such patients and PET scans showing unusual activity in regions of the brain governing short term recall. Another such suggestion is the rapid onset of menopause after c...

Not Enough Tankers to Supply Water

...bigger capacity tanks is a hard battle. We've only got the one tank and once it was worked here, there was another job for it in Brisbane. We sent it straight down there again, because you just can't have it sitting around." Warwick's Leslie Dam containing only 9 per cent of capacity caters to towns wi...

Dispirited Teens Work Up Team Spirit to End Their Lives

... over the media about two friends in Victoria, who got together in a suicide deal and hung themselves from a tree, just the previous week. She went public with her response and said, "EBONY is my name. I'm 18 and I just wanted to write to you about the article in the Herald Sun about the two girls who ...

Cocaine at Daycare Centre in US

...rs are trying to figure how in the first place she got hold of it. A teacher was cleaning a room inside the facility when the toddler handed the teacher “a real small baggy, containing an off-white substance that was almost orange in color,” Waco police spokesman Steve Anderson said. The bag was mois...

Measures Needed to Avert Another Bloodbath

...s are reviewing their mental health program. We've got to put more effort into counseling and preventing depression,' said Michael Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan, which represents the state's 15 public universities. 'It's not about responding afterward...

U.S Officials Worried Over Failure In Preventing Food Contamination

...d the risk of unsafe food being consumed. "We've got to have mandatory recall authority," says U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee. "It simply beggars belief that we don't have a mechanism in that regard. The industry itself has a stake in the ability to stop the loss of confidence is these products." There are al...

High Demand for the Cancer Vaccine

...nders of Sanders Family Medicine in Concord. "I've got to say that the public is clamoring for it. Many have been encouraging parent s to find out if their insurers would pay for the vaccine rather than waiting for the free vaccine. The Vaccine was recently approved by the FDA. The states are providin...

NRI Doctor Protests Patient's Death in Kolkata Hospital

...th Kolkata, his neighbours had raised Rs.2,000 and got him admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital. His death sparked a big controversy on whether any hospital management can stop providing medical services to a patient, even if his bills are not reimbursed. The PBT memorandum said: "Chap...

MMR Immunization Drive Begins in Iraq

...n. The World Health Organization and UNICEF have got together to supervise the campaign. This will involve the concerted effort of 8,000 volunteers who will administer the vaccine to 3.9 million children. Iraq has been focused on its plan of eliminating measles from the nation. The former immunizati...

Tai Chi - More Than Magic

...ay it's helped their blood pressure, their balance got better, they now get around better. For younger pe...s) comparable to those of 30- and 40-year-olds who got the vaccine. After the tai chi practitioners received the dose, their immune response surged by 40 p...

Two Indians on Team to Battle Cervical Cancer

...ration, Peter Cartwright proclaimed: "I think it's got some potential. (The cerviScope) is much better actually than the colposcope... considering the social impact on women in the developing world, I would pay $1,000 to sponsor one or more cerviScopes for use in a low-resource country like Haiti." Thi...

Scientists Find Clue for the Prevalence of Bladder Cancer More in Men

...eir normal counterparts with the androgen receptor got significant levels of bladder cancer when exposed ...e had an effect. But 25 percent of these mice then got bladder cancer, clear evidence that the hormone is able to somehow side-step the traditional, recept...

Thalassaemic Child's Parents Campaign for Awareness

...les from various villages in Hooghly district have got their blood tested before getting married. "Whenever we hear of a marriage we go to that place with our child. We make them aware of the consequences of a union like ours," she added. The couple's campaign has impressed the entire medical fratern...

HPV Vaccine – Should It Be Mandatory for Girls

...a possible HPV-vaccine mandate. This has naturally got the critics (of immunization programs) thinking and they have begun garnering support from those who are concerned about a potential HPV-vaccine mandate. Considering that the virus is as common as the influenza virus to which nearly 80% of women ar...

Massive Recall of Magnetic Toys in US

...ht the product within the recall period."If you've got this product in the home and you feel uncomfortable, please call us," he said. But while the CPSC said that the expanded recall includes an additional 4 million sets, making a total of about 7.8 million, Radmanovich, says even with the expanded rec...

Robotic Surgeon to Team Up With Doctors, Astronauts on NASA Mission

... said. 'If you build something for the field, it's got to be repairable, modular and robust.' Once everything is installed in the undersea lab the crew will be alone with the robot. Crew members can communicate by phone with the ground team but they will have to operate the robot and fix any problems o...

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