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Britain's Bird Flu Contingency Plans Faces Criticism

...y plan is the increasing number of people becoming ill as a result of bird flu infection. Very little importance is being given to the functional disruption of the society as a consequence of influenza pandemic. Health officials feel that the contingency plan should give adequate importance to the disr...

New Lease Of Life For Baby With A Heart Transplant

...their infant son, and the other over their gravely ill baby. //Then in an act of kindness and with the help of modern medicine, the child has a new lease of life. The parents of twins Nick & Nate were devastated when they heard that babies were born suffering from a disease of the heart called dilated c...

Gene Therapy Helps To Cure 'Incurable' Illness

...tion to repair a defective gene, the once severely ill patients show signs of complete recovery, a German-based team of scientists said Sunday.Scientists believe that this latest success will lead to further operations for treating other such chronic and incurable conditions due to inheritance of defecti...

Another contender for bird flu besides poultry; cats!

...14 out of 15 cats in a household near Bangkok fell ill and died. One had eaten a chicken carcass on a farm where there was an outbreak of the virus. A dead cat was also found in Germany in March after the H5N1 virus was found in wild birds. The Erasmus researchers say there is too little data to es...

Medicare Benefits For Patients seeking Psychiatric Help

...that the changes are designed to help the mentally ill no matter where they live in the city or in the bushes. The aim is to help them to perform the basic tasks of daily living, the stuff most people take for granted such as cooking, shopping or simply going out. More money he said would be available fo...

School Principal Suspended For Food Adulteration In Hostel

...n Annupur district. About 20 children were taken ill after eating food provided under the midday meals programme and admitted to the primary health care centre. A 17-year-old died the next day Friday, but the situation of the others is reported to be stable. "Investigation by a special team revealed ...

Ahmedabad Pronounced Safe with Nil Bird Flu Cases

...dar Murghiwala, a poultry dealer in Jamalpur, took ill after 200 chickens under his care died. Suspecting a possible bird-flu infection following complaints of fever, he was admitted to a hospital here and kept in an isolation ward. The symptoms of bird-flu as listed by the WHO, has not been evident in t...

Hush…..A Deadly Killer on the Prowl in Rural Andhra Pradesh

...es, are fast becoming a symbol of unenviable heart ill health. This region portraying a high incidence of cardiovascular disease has raised the concern amongst International Health bodies. A major health initiative is taking shape under the name ‘Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative’ – APRHI, which i...

Dead End: Aged, Ailing and Alone In Death

...ified death to the aged. Nearly 57% felt they were ill equipped to handle dying patients and can do better with more training and support. Some of the health professionals confessed that the care accorded to elderly patients suffering from cancer, dementia and heart disease was far inferior when compared...

20 Years Later: Chernobyl’s effects are indelible and lastin

... has left a lot to be desired in Britain, with the ill effects still being felt across the nation.// Farmers around North Wales need to be cautious, despite the 20 years gone by, relying on Geiger counters in possession of government inspectors who scan the lambs before they are sold, to check for sign...

Greenpeace Says 93,000 Extra Cancer Deaths Due To Chernobyl Fallout

...ir fathers and grandfathers were. "They're falling ill at an age when they really should still be quite fit." The original report had estimated that only nine children had thyroid cancer, but the new report says that this number is exponentially larger....

Over 100 Persons Taken Ill After Feasting At A Marriage Dinner

Over 100 people in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh fell ill after feasting at a marriage dinner, the second su...al spokesman said. Earlier, 35 people had fallen ill after eating at a marriage feast. While many of those admitted to hospital are gastroenteritis pat...

Rise in the Number of Premature Births Has a Bad Effect on the Society

...ctors fear the worst and warned the society of the ill effects if the trend continues. According to Dr Andrew Shennan and Dr Susan Bewley of St Thomas' Hospital in London say that premature births though account for fewer than one in 10 births, they are the major cause of about 75% of neonatal deaths and...

Hospital Admitted Parkinson’s Patients at a Disadvantag

...or schedule is disturbed, the patient can get very ill and may even be crippled enough not to able to even walk out of bed. Added to this, even the digestion and bowel functions can get disturbed, some patients show severe mood and sleep disorders. In severe cases, even hallucinations grip the patients. ...

Swearing-in Of Girija Prasad Koirala Postponed Due To Ill Health

...duled to take place on Friday was put off// due to ill health, but his party sources informed that his condition is stable and improving. The 84-year-old, appointed prime minister by King Gyanendra Thursday evening, was scheduled to be administered the oath of office at the Narayanhity palace at 11 a.m....

Children Are At The Risk Of Inheriting Coronary Disease

...expectedly, if both parents have a history of such ill health, the male and female risk of heart attack and angina increases even more - by 108 percent and 82 percent, respectively. "If a person has a mother or both parents with coronary heart disease then it means he or she should be more aware of oth...

Doctors at GMCH End Strike

...l College and Hospital to protest this incident of ill treatment by an attendant of a patient. Later the doctors stopped their agitation after a meeting was convened between civil, hospital and police authorities. Doctors and nursing staff have resumed work after the authorities confirmed that action w...

Authority to Health Staff, To Scan Patient Medical Records

...ass index and other prognostic factors for chronic ill health examined and identified." Patient groups are not too happy with the turn of events and Michael Summers, chairman of the Patients Association, said: "The person who knows best about a patient is their own GP, so it does not need someone els...

A Couple To Create A Designer Baby As A “Saviour Sibling

...e a "designer baby" who will be a donor for a very ill baby. Charlotte Mariethoz, from Leicester, has a rare blood condition called diamond blackfan anaemia and her only hope of survival is by a stem cell transplant from a genetically matched donor. So doctors now plan to create embryos through IVF tr...

Dispensing Drug Dosage To Children Through Computers

...fe-threatening harm. Dosing errors also cause more ill effects in children because still-developing bodies absorb, metabolize and excrete drugs at different rates than adults and thus have lower tolerance for medication overdose. Children undergoing treatment for cancer are at even greater risk because t...

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