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Link Between Migraine Attacks in Teens and Suicidal Tendencies

...headaches, a new study has shown. Explaining the importance of timely diagnosis, study author Shuu-Jiun Wang, MD, of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine in Taseipei, Taiwan said, “Teens with chronic daily headache should be screened for psychiatric disorde...

Many NYC Pharmacies Fail to Translate Prescription Labels for Patients Who Don't Understand English

...age other than English at home. "Considering the importance of taking medication as prescribed, everyone deserves to have their medication instructions in a language they can understand," said co-author Olveen Carrasquillo, M.D., M.P.H., a Spanish-speaking physician with Columbia University's Center for the H...

National Infant Immunization Week Urges Parents to Vaccinate On Time

...e in NIIW by sponsoring activities emphasizing the importance of timely infant and childhood vaccination. CDC and HHS will collaborate with state and local health departments, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on NIIW events across the United St...

Increase in Pneumococcal Infections That are Not Covered by Vaccine

...the currently available vaccine and emphasizes the importance of development of extended valency vaccines or vaccines not dependent on serotype-specific prevention. These data also highlight the value of continued surveillance and other epidemiological investigations to monitor the effects of pneumococcal vacci...

A Village in Madhya Pradesh Achieves Total Sanitation

...h one started aping the other. They understood the importance of having a personal and exclusive toilet,' says M... Even the children of this village have learnt the importance of personal hygiene. Talk to them about the subject and they start parroting lines straight out of t...

Bush Signs Bill for Cancer Screening Program for Low-Income, Uninsured Women

...al cancer, and it's helped educate women about the importance of early detection." The program is projected to conduct about 700,000 screenings in 2007, Bush said. Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) said she hopes the bill's reauthorization raises awareness of the program particularly among minorities and women living...

Laws on Mentally Ill Endangers Public Life

...ight of the family and the community must be given importance as much as the patients. The ease of procuring arms and guns too must be controlled to avert such mishaps. <...

Social Factors Not Genetics Drive Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival

...mental causes of these associations, including the importance of biologic versus socioeconomic factors, remain poorly characterized. For their new study, Dr. Xianglin Du, Tamra Meyer, and Dr. Luisa Franzini of the University Of Texas School Of Public Health at Houston reviewed the literature and aggregated th...

Hospitals Make Positive Strides to Reduce Wait Times for Patients

... Medical Association. The report also stresses the importance of timely information to patients about exact treatment times, especially for priority procedures. Most hospitals have managed to keep up the target, which is good news. Nearly 80% of the patients who required bypass surgery received the treatment ...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Disability in Older Adults

...s and tuberculosis. "Recent findings showing the importance of vitamin D status on multiple health outcomes underscore the need for more research on the effects of low vitamin D levels in elderly populations," said Houston, an instructor in internal medicine - gerontology. Vitamin D is naturally produced wh...

Thalassaemic Child's Parents Campaign for Awareness

...heir conjugal life. But now they have realised the importance of a premarital blood detection test and initiated...hey inform brides and grooms in villages about the importance of the blood test before getting married. "When Soumi was only six months, she suddenly fell ill. ...

No-scalpel Vasectomies by Skilled Surgeons may Speed Recovery

...his procedure, as much has been stressed about the importance of the training. Yet training is not always available or sought, said lead reviewer Dr. Lynley Cook, a public health physician and clinical senior lecturer at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand. She said, "Training may not be a...

Smoking Indicator of Alcohol Misuse

...creening.” The findings, she said, highlight the importance of physicians adopting standard alcohol screening questions into their practice. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines hazardous drinking as exceeding either daily or weekly drinking limits. Men should consume no mo...

Magic of Motherhood Through Egg Donation

...he legal-ethical aspects of IVF and also about the importance of honesty in documenting patient detail. 'To every child a family and to every family a child' is a noble notion that need not necessarily take shape within the confines of an embryology lab. Although it is every human’s right to parent a chi...

Harassment in School Affects Majority of Elementary Students

...than do non-victims. Such statistics highlight the importance of being able to identify at-risk kids and assess the effectiveness of interventions. Efforts to stop school bullying have been gathering steam for several years. Those most likely to be effective, according to Tarshis, promote an attitude change ...

Richard Gere Urges Truck Drivers to Have Safe Sex

... highlighting the contribution of truckers and the importance of safe sex practices. "This event aims at fostering partnership among diverse groups and strengthening the commitment in the fight against HIV and AIDS," said Gere, who has been working with the community for the last nine years. Gere has been a...

Timing – Crucial for Asthma Drugs to Wor

...take them." Berger and Martin have explained the importance of regularity with allergy medications. In order to remember to take the drugs, they recommend that it is best to associate the task with other actions they perform during the day....

Eradicating Polio a Better Option Than Control of the Disease: Study

...HSPH, used a mathematical model to demonstrate the importance of maintaining and increasing the immunization intensity in currently endemic areas. Immunization intensity is an indication of the level of vaccination effort aimed at increasing population immunity. The authors suggest that even a relatively small ...

Intravenous Delivery of Clot-busting Drug Still Best Intervention for Ischemic Stroke

...n artery to the brain. The panel emphasized the importance of public education on the symptoms of stroke, which include: ? Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body ? Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding ? Sudden trouble seeing in one or both ...

Male Child Birth Dropping in US and Japan

...of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. "Given the importance of reproduction for the health of any species, the trends we observed in the U.S. and Japan merit concern," added Dr. Davis. "In light of our findings, more detailed studies should be carried out that examine sex ratio in smaller groups with defined ...

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