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Vaginalis Increases the Risk of Becoming Infected With HIV

...otential confounding factors noted above (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.52; p = 0.03). The investigators then turned their attention to the factors associated with Trichomonas vaginalis infection. They found that it was significantly related to shorter duration of prostitution (p Unsurprisingly, 100% condom ...

Mercury can Kill

...d out that mercury poisoning posed an occupational hazard to medical staff and the community at large, including young children and pregnant women. Its findings from tests conducted at hospitals revealed that the metal was present in amounts far exceeding the prescribed limits. Prashant Pastore, lead in...

New Study Links Western Wildfires to Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

...r onset of spring in the West, poses "an increased hazard for wildfires that may continue for decades." The ...ing the 20th century have increased fuels and fire hazard in some forest types, although forest thinning may help reduce the impact of some severe fires by el...

Law Professor Finds Home Health Care Workers Have Few Legal Protections

...loor of a client's home can pose a `trip and fall' hazard to a health care worker as she attempts to assist ...d that in terms of health and safety, the greatest hazard to workers stems from the amount of client lifting that can often lead to severe muscle injuries. "H...

Industrial Chemicals Are Impairing the Brain Development of Children Worldwide

... regulations, which could later be relaxed, if the hazard were less than anticipated, instead of current regulations that require a high level of proof. At present in the U.S., requirements for toxicity testing of chemicals are minimal. “The human brain is a precious and vulnerable organ. And because opti...

WATCH's 2006 List Of Ten Potentially - Dangerous Toys

...coming entangled in the string - potential choking hazard for babies. 4. Pyramid Stacker : a pottery barn kids stacking toy composed of multicolored pieces that are stacked one upon the other - can cause blunt impact and potential injuries. 5. Bow & Arrow Set : The set comes with rubber-tipped, solid ...

Islamabad Bans Hookah Smoking in Public Places

...capital saying that besides being a serious health hazard they were spoiling the younger// generation. A way of relaxation, either individually or in company down the ages across South Asia and the Middle East, the hookah, known as 'sheesha' in Arabic, is now popular in all major hotels and motels in Paki...

It's the Heat and the Humidity: How Each Worsens Gout Symptoms

...y had experienced the two days prior (known as the hazard period). They also were asked to complete the same...ospheric Administration, was then compared between hazard period and control period with adjustments made for alcohol consumption, purine intake and diuretic ...

Nanotech Wipes for biohazard detection

...ckly activate the fabric to detect whatever is the hazard of the week, whether it is bird flu, mad cow disease or anthrax.’ Frey and her colleagues are working on ways for the fabric to signal detection of a contaminant. ‘We’re probably still a few years away from having this ready for the real world,’ Fr...

Cell Operators Claim that Mobile Towers Pose no Health Hazards

...ate the claim that mobile towers were not a health hazard and did not cause cancer. "Mobile towers use extremely low frequency. Their radiation is in the non-ionising zone and cannot cause any genetic damage to humans," he said. Structurally too, the towers did not pose any threat to life and property a...

RA Drugs Not Implicated In Cancer

...Comparing biologic DMARD users with MTX users, the hazard ratio was 1.37 for blood-related cancers and 0.91 for solid tumors. The overall difference in estimated cancer risk was less than 5 percent between RA patients treated with a TNF blocker and those treated with a standard DMARD. "We found no signific...

Aging Critical For Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease is usually accepted as a hazard of aging, but researchers actually do not know whether neurodegenerative diseases are a consequence of aging// or not. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Scripps Research Institute have now conducted a study that proves ...

Emergency Heart Patients Do Better With Invasive Approach

... treatment. “Common to all of the trials is this hazard of increased death or heart attack within the firs...rtant to risk-stratify patients, because the early hazard would be magnified in the low-risk patient and would be mitigated to a degree in the high-risk patie...

High-altitude Illness Affects Pilgrims of Mansarovar

... the brain caused by oxygen deficiency, a frequent hazard in high altitudes. Samir Shende, a member of the group, informed the Nepal police and Indian embassy in Kathmandu of Bhoyar's death and the body was flown to Nagpur via Delhi for cremation. Bhoyar's death comes just four days after the Indian med...

Britons don't Need Malaria Pills Before Visiting India

...en 1999 and 2004. Even though malaria remains a hazard in the subcontinent, the study concluded that, for the average holidaymaker, the dangers from taking prophylactic drugs rated higher than the risk of disease. The TropMedEurop analysis showed that a visitor to India faced a risk of catching malaria...

Addition Of Budesonide To Formoterol Reduces Risk Of Mortality

...bronchodilator group (p=0.036), with an associated hazard ratio of 0.564 (p=0.039). This represents a 44% reduction in all-cause mortality over one year for patients treated with Symbicort / budesonide(1). "Previous findings have shown the beneficial effects of combination budesonide and formoterol, i.e. ...

Immunization Programme In Bangladesh A Success

...tain the spread and resurgence of a serious health hazard like polio"....

Immunization Programme In Bangladesh A Success

...tain the spread and resurgence of a serious health hazard like polio"....

Risky changes in food rules

...an inspection will only be carried out if a health hazard is suspected to exist. Dr. Graham Pollett, chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health said that 'This weakening of basic public health protection puts the public at greater risk of food-borne illness,' Potentially hazardous condi...

Yorkshire hit by a different ball game: fish disease

...VHS). The virus is thought to be a very serious hazard to fishes (touts) and it is mandatory by law for fish farms to inform the authorities of a suspected infection. Rainbow trout is the most affected and the virus has the capability to destroy and kill up to 80% of the fish. Just as in bird ...

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