Optimum Period is Five Years to Treat Osteoporosis: Study
...osis using Bisphosphonates should be reached. The institute also demanded that clinical researchers should determine the ideal age to begin treatment and the optimum duration to continue treatment.The recent study conducted to find out these specifications points out that women who stopped using a bisphosphon...Manmohan Calls for Statistical Reforms in Healthcare and Education
... honorary D.Sc. degree by the ISI. Thanking the institute for the honour, he announced that June 29, the birthday of India's pioneer economist-statistician and ISI founder Prasanto Chandra Mahalanobis, will be observed as National Statistical Day from next year. Source-IANS...Pre-Marital Sex Is Normal Behavior In Americans
...in the current issue of Public Health Reports. The institute studies sexual and reproductive issues. The study surveyed around 38,000 people from the early 1980s to 2002 and also included findings from the federal National Survey of Family Growth and found that 95 percent of them had sex before marriage. ...Madhya Pradesh to Set Up Medical University
...on include setting up a state-level AYUSH research institute and making medicine available in tribal areas. "These too will be implemented soon", he said. Source-IANS...India’s Need for Specialization in Infectious Diseases Urge
... the National Board of Examinations, an autonomous institute under the ministry of health and family welfare, about the desirability of introducing ID specialty in medical education. Shah revealed that during discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Health Minister A. Ramadoss in January this year,...Indian American Scientist at Work on Multi-targeted Drug
...erapy in case of cancer. I would like to set up an institute in India in partnership to undertake research and develop next generation of products that will target cancers, viruses and parasites with one drug," said Chakrabarty at a lecture organised jointly by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Ind...Kashmir To Get Cancer Hospital
...in the second phase 500 beds would be added as the institute evolves into a high tech facility of medical excel...lic about the causes of cancer,' Sinha said. 'The institute would cater to the needs of Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining regions and provide services at par with...Researchers Disprove that Cuban Sugarcane lowers Cholesterol
A research institute in Cuba had earlier proved that Policosanols present in Cuban sugar cane haddramatic cholesterol-lowering effects. A new study done by// Canadian researchers contradicts this view. Two Canadian researchers Dr. Peter J. H. Jones and Dr. Amira N. Kas...Paucity of specialists sends emergency department on a spin
...Health Board, on a collaboration with the WDHB, to institute a regional pediatric service. Further discussion on this subject is due to take place....Need for Legal Rights to Birth Parents
One of the leading adoption institute in U.S. named Evan B. Donaldson adoption institute insists about the necessity of bringing out legal protection in favour of birth parents// right now....Scotland Plans To Raise The Legal Age For Buying Cigarettes
...ollowed by England and Wales, who, are supposed to institute the same law next year and it is expected that the rest of Europe will certainly be included in this list in the forthcoming years. SRI...A Bird Flu Vaccine Produced In Vietnam
An institute in Vietnam, The Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines an...n, one of those involved in the research, said the institute is planning to produce another 5,000 doses of the vaccine in early 2007 to be tested at various inte...Are call centers turning a deaf ear to potential acoustic shocks?
...stimate about potential risks. It is imperative to institute standard testing measures for ascertaining the health of the equipments as well as establish reliable safety policies and practices....Premature Babies- What should be done about them?
...own guidelines. However their advice on whether to institute intensive care appears rather prescriptive. Knowing the unreliability of assessing the maturity of these infants, deciding each case on its merit would be a better option, rather than lay down what should be done on a week-by-week basis. The British ......ccidents, an average of 23 a day, last year. The institute reveals that in Ontario and Canada, falls are the major cause of hospitalization due to injuries.Last week, a woman in Toronto died after falling off a ladder and a head injury. 'Often there are injuries in life we can't do much to prevent, but cer...Systemic Pre-Surgical Treatment Can Prolong Survival Of Kidney Cancer Patients
... The Phase II Clinical Trial conducted by a cancer institute in USA provides the first evidence on pre-surgical treatment // for kidney cancer with the help of bevacizumab and erlotinib[1], the results have also proved that the treatment is safe, effective and may help in prolonging patient's survival. Renal...Sugary drinks increase Pancreatic cancer risk
...s related to the amount of sugar in the diet,” the institute said in a statement.“Despite the fact that the chances of developing pancreatic cancer are relatively small, it’s important to learn more about the risk factors behind the disease,” said Susanna Larsson, one of the researchers involved in the study. ...Revolutionary Eye Cancer Treatment
...uthor of the paper. In those cases, the physicians institute aggressive systemic chemotherapy to reduce the size of the tumor, followed by one of several possible therapies such as radiation or lasers to destroy the remaining cancer cells in the eye. "When successful, this therapy often saves vision," Wilson s...Ramadoss Blames State Governments for High Dengue Toll
...ator as well." Describing India's premier health institute as 'the All India Institute of Political Sciences', Ramadoss said today doctors were indulging in strikes and politics rather than treating patients. "Today the AIIMS is slowly becoming the All India Institute of Political Sciences. See these guys ......ing up// a Rs.1.5 billion institute. The medical institute would provide training as well as conduct research in the medical field, said V. Satyanarayana Reddy, CEO, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata. 'We are waiting for the government to identify and hand over a site for the project so that we can star...