Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed Near Islamabad In Pakistan
... primarily a poultry disease and as per guidelines issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization, the public is assured that cooked poultry meat and eggs are safe for consumption and there should not be any undue concern in this regard, he added. Late last month, the W...Golden Staph- the super bug spreads, posing a major health risk.
...ing a deadly health menace, according to a warning issued by scientists. // Golden staph, which has been pre...g blood poisoning and pneumonia. Professor Nimmo issued a warning to General Practitioners about the potential infections that golden staph could cause and ...High Cost Forces NHS To Reject Inhaled Insulin
... that had manufactured the drug. As the guidance issued by NICE has not been finalized, the general public and health care professionals have been urged to voice their opinion regarding the issue, before a final statement is published in October. 'Our review of the evidence indicated that inhaled insul...NHS To Take Extra Care Of The Aged
...h dignity in the hospitals, according to new rules issued by the government. // Ministers said there would be an attitude of zero tolerance towards any abuse of the older patients in the hospitals. <brProfessor Ian Philp, the government's older people representative made it clear that hospitals will be...Mumps Fever Spreads Unabated In US
...protection against the disease. The state of Iowa issued a public health bulletin informing the risk of participants and spectators in various mass gatherings and events for contracting mumps. According to the state of Iowa those younger than 50 who have received two doses of mumps vaccine and those older ...Investigation into the Poor Hospital Facility That Led To the Death of George Cook
...jority of ER doctors at Vancouver General Hospital issued a letter to patients saying that overcrowding was leading to poor and undignified care. ER doctor says that due to the lack of proper beds they cannot treat the patients. Taylor responded that the complex problem requires complex solutions....Reliability of Pacemakers and Defibrillators to be Improved
... first became headline news when the Guidant Corp. issued an alert saying that about 28,000 pacemakers had defects that could make them malfunction. In addition it was revealed that the company had decided not to issue alerts about life-threatening defects in some of its implanted defibrillators. Since then...Cancer Therapy from Early Stage
...Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance recommending that both treatments should be given to patients who had cancerous tissue removed at an early stage. Hence the Ulster charity chief asked the health officials to provide the same treatment for bowel cancer patients as those prov...FDA Not In Favor Of Legalizing Medical Marijuana
...d vomiting and cancer cachexia. In a statement issued on Thursday, the FDA stated that "no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use." This stand taken ...European Medicines Agency (EMEA) Recommends Herceptin For Early Stage Breast Cancer
... 27 days review//. A license for the drug is to be issued in three months time. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK will decide now if Herceptin can be recommended in the NHS. The drug, which costs £20,000 a year, is already being fast tracked by NICE. "We will be able to i...A Couple To Create A Designer Baby As A “Saviour Sibling
...uman Fertilisation// and Embryology Authority, has issued a licence to a clinic allowing it to use controversial testing techniques to create 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 o...Government Questioned On Providing Unhygienic Food In Train
...h comprising judges M.K. Sharma and Reva Khetrapal issued notice to the respondents to file their replies by July 19. The bench had directed IRCTC, entrusted with the task of supplying food to passengers on running trains, to file a reply to the petition at a hearing on April 28. Counsel for IRCTC Thurs...Culling Complete at Norfolk farms
...tment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have issued this statement. A restricted zone extending nearl...oultry products will be possible only with license issued from the State Veterinary Service. <br...Lifting The Screen off Misleading Sunscreen labels
...nther Verheugen, the commission vice-president has issued a warning saying: "The situation is untenable. The best way forward is a recommendation in which industry commits to label sunscreen products openly. This will give consumers clear and coherent information without creating unnecessary red tape for in...Germany Donates $870,00 For HIV Prevention Programs In Myanmar
A UNICEF statement issued on Saturday confirmed that Germany has donated $870,000 to the U.N. Children's Fund for fighting AIDS through prevention programs //aimed at youngsters who are out of school in Myanmar. UNICEF said the funds would be used to teach youngsters aged 1...New Zealand To Issue Graphic Warnings In Cigarette Packs
... While unveiling 14 different images in a document issued for public consultation, before the government makes the new warnings compulsory, O'Connor said 'in a country where we pride ourselves on our outdoor healthy options, our smoking rate remains alarmingly high'. Carrick Graham a spokesman for British...Long Hours At Computer Screen May Also Cause Deep Vein Thrombosis
...fected by deep vein thrombosis. This warning was issued after reports that a computer programmer from Bristol almost died after a 12-hour stint in front of his screen in what is believed to be one of the first cases in the UK of a growing phenomenon dubbed e-thrombosis emerged. Beverley Hunt, medical di...Fresh Polio Cases Reported In Uttar Pradesh
... of the National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) issued here this month. Some of the victims had undergone the much-publicised immunization programme, funded not only by the state but also by international agencies like UNICEF, Rotary International and World Health Organisation. According to the repor...US Firm To Supply Female Condoms To India
...Karnataka, Maharastra) in India," said a statement issued by FHCO Wednesday. The order was placed through the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). NACO estimated the number of HIV infected individuals in India in 2004 to be 5.1 million, the second largest HIV affected population after South Africa. ......of the doctors were against this law. Lord Joffe's issued a bill for assisted dying where it states that the doctors should be given rights to prescribe drugs that could end the sufferings of the terminally ill person. But the physicians of the royal colleges said that an alternative for terminally ill pat...