Tag: "lifeline" at medical news

Zimbabwe Faces Shortage Of AIDS Drugs

...ith this comes acute dearth of antiretrovirals and lifeline medications. Zimbabwean health officials are of the opinion that Zimbabwe’s lack of foreign exchange has caused a shortage of antiretrovirals, as the local manufacturers are not able to adequately import drug components. The past few years, in Zimb...

Phone Calls Lend Vital Support to Moms of Mentally Ill Children

... regular phone calls from psychiatric nurses are a lifeline for mothers who often are isolated because of their child’s illness and overwhelmed by the mental healthcare system. In the cases of these mothers, their child's mental illness has resulted in their isolation and disconnection from previous support...

A Worm Turns: Banking on Blood From a Little Lugworm

...quid that courses through our veins, very much our lifeline has always been in great demand. Often, there is a huge scamper for blood during complex surgeries to save the life of the patient. Nature seems to have many secrets in store, and a little worm which is popularly called the lug worm, and commonly ...

Ayurvastra Initiative Launched

...reatment. The success of the experiment could be a lifeline to the handloom industry, which is currently struggling because of liberalized policies. Previous experiments conducted on coir and handloom had found that the garments could help in skin diseases, arthritis and blood pressure....

AIDS Sufferers Turn to British Doctor to Prolong their Survival

...er is really doing a great service. He is giving a lifeline to people and is very considerate with our requests. We have asked him to send us his patients receiving the first line of treatment, and take from us those who need second-line of treatment, which we cannot afford," says S.K. Guha, in-charge, ART Ce...

Molecular Medicine And Diabetes

... Lilly's mother disconnected her insulin pump--the lifeline and security blanket she had relied on for years--for the last time. "She is so proud," said her mother, Laurie Jaffe, "so happy, so excited. She's just thrilled, for the first time to be like her friends and her brother and sister." "It is a mir...

Richard Gere Urges Truck Drivers to Have Safe Sex

Terming truck drivers as an important lifeline of the growing Indian economy, Hollywood star Richard Gere urged them to practise safe sex and help prevent HIV.// "Since truck drivers stay out of home for nearly 25 days a month, they succumb to their desires which finally ends up in spreading HI...

Rainwater to Receive a Fillip in India

...n, experts say. Rainwater harvesting can provide lifeline water for human consumption, reduce water bills and the need to build reservoirs which may require the use of valuable land, experts note. As part of its recent initiatives, The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) of India has now issued directio...

Nurturing Our Nurses for Healthcare Par Excellence

...olves around management of a good resource and the lifeline of healthcare. We need to emulate worldwide best practices and spread this information so that others can follow. Sharon Hudacek, in 'A Daybook for Nurses' has summed up the life of a nurse wonderfully, 'Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, an...

New "second-line" AIDS Drug Shows Promise in Trials

...xperimental drug that researchers hope will cast a lifeline to HIV patients who have exhausted first-line treatment has shown early promise in long-awaited trials, The Lancet reports on Saturday. Etravirine, also called TMC125, is designed as an alternative for patients who are resistant to a class of drug...

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