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New Gene Therapy Treats Diabetic Neuropathy

...icular gene responsible to prevent nerve damage in hands and feet – diabetic neuropathy. The positive preclinical results – reported in the journal Diabetes – are further evidence that the research could lead to a new treatment for diabetic nerve damage or 'neuropathy'; initial-stage clinical trials on ...

Flying Injection: Prevent the bite of disease

...est to wear appropriate clothes that keep legs and hands covered. Mosquito netting on windows and beds is a good idea to keep mosquitoes at bay....

Residents Doctors Call Off Strike In Rajasthan

...while, irrigation department employees also joined hands with the agitating medicos with five of the department sitting on relay hunger strike today. Yesterday, seven medical teaching staff had sat on strike at SMS hospital in support of the striking medicos. Source:PTI News...

Lawn Mower injuries - children needs precaution

...or to help their parents, //children fall into the hands of dangerous condition, which needs more precaution. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that about 20,000 children below 19 years in an overall average of 230,500 people were admitted for lawn mower-related injuries in 2004. To h...

Career Choice, Entrepreneuship All Behind Genes

...son whether to be self-employed or not lies in the hands of genes. // Family background and grown environment comparatively have lesser effect than genes on a person success - A study with 1,200 pairs of twins shows. It was also proved to be true upto (48%) by researchers at St Thomas' Hospital, London, ...

Intel Outside: Exploring Life beyond the Chip

...o Systems, Medtronic, and seven others have joined hands to enable high-end healthcare services to the public. The Continua Health Alliance, led by Intel will seek to effectively merge electronics with healthcare. The outcome of this alliance will not only aim to reduce healthcare costs but also help rea...

Importance of Hygiene to Be Emphasized For Health Acre Workers

...d that health workers often failed to wash //their hands after every patient which resulted in increased cr...ong patients. She said that failing to wash their hands is due to the attitudes learnt in childhood. If they were taught from a young age to wash their ha...

Cleanliness and Personal Hygiene –The Mantra to Prevent Food Poisonin

... to the 4Cs for Food Safety that is cleanliness of hands and all materials in contact with food, and washing of food eaten raw; cooking thoroughly, to kill bacteria, chilling to store foodstuffs safely and cross-contamination of cooked produce by uncooked food. The Lauder Nursery in Dunfermline was oper...

Diseased Parakeets in Exhibit in Zoo

...uld have no trouble as long as they sanitize their hands after visiting the zoo birds, clean their shoes, shower thoroughly and wash their clothes and hair....

Enbrel Joins with Methotrexate to Cure Rheumatoid Arthritis

...ning stiffness, usually in the small joints of the hands and feet and often symmetrically. As the disease progresses, irreversible joint damage may lead to loss of function and physical disability. Rheumatoid arthritis can be a devastating disease that can negatively affect quality of life and may result i...

Hospital Administers Animal Vaccine on Patients

...agency for government purchases, tried to wash its hands off the controversy. In a statement to the police, MPLUN chairman Vipin Dikshit claimed that his agency was not responsible for the supply of the vaccine. The company had sent 199 vials of the vaccine through the MPLUN to the hospital, which use...

Bihar Legislators Join Hands to Fight Against AIDS

Legislators in Bihar have vowed to join hands against HIV/AIDS and are set to discuss the threat it poses and ways to check its spread//. Alarmed by the rising numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in the state, members of both houses of the state legislature cutting across party lines are to participate i...

J&K Health Department Advices Measures To Check Water-Borne Diseases

... health department has also advised people to wash hands with soap after going to toilet and before eating. They should also use chlorine tablets, the spokesman said. Source:PTI News...

A syndicate formed to spruce up mental health

...ea of mental health, many Irish groups have joined hands to garner acceptance from stakeholders //to petition the upliftment of mental health services. The Irish section of Amnesty International, Bodywhys, GROW, the Irish Advocacy Network and Schizophrenia Ireland are putting their heads together for a si...

AIIMS Strike Enters Second day, Support Continues To Pour In

...future of the Institute will lie ultimately in the hands of the Director, the Professors and the other members of the teaching staff and stdents...”...

Patients Empowered to Force for Better Services

... to give private firms an opportunity to get their hands on local NHS budgets, as it would mean that firms would be involved in commissioning services and providing care, creating a potential conflict of interest. Alex Nunns, of anti-private campaign group Keep Our NHS Public said, "As we have found out...

Around 20 Percent Take-Out Foods Are Unhygienic

...taurants were found to have staff who did not wash hands properly before packing the food. Also infestations of mice, rats, and cockroaches were reported from some places. Consumer and public health groups say the government could impose a rating system on restaurants to improve standards. Such a system ...

Panel to Help Combat HIV/AIDS In Asia-Pacific Region

...cy-makers and civil society representatives joined hands today to boost efforts by governments in the Asia and Pacific region to tackle HIV/AIDS. // Headed by C Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, the 10-member independent commission on AIDS in Asia and the Pacifi...

Industrial Houses to Ensure Medicare for BPL Population

...industrial houses including Tata Steel have joined hands with the Jharkhand government to form the Sarva Swasthya Mission Trust to ensure medicare to the state's Below Poverty Line population. // The Tata Group has pledged to contribute Rs 25 crore for the said purpose while Jindal Steel, Birla Group and...

Most HIV/AIDS Patients do not Disclose Status: Report

...er cent have reported facing discrimination at the hands of the employer," a UNDP-NACO-NCAER report on "Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in India" said. Discrimination against people living with the disease is higher in rural areas, and in cities many among them have been forced to resign from work o...

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