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The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

... read stories attributed to phony medical journals listing these products as potential cancer causers. However, medical experts are concerned that people believe such myths yet ignore research that clearly shows that some substances, such as tobacco, cause numerous forms of cancer. "It never ceases to ama...

Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

...unced on Thursday that plans are afoot to consider listing on US bourses in 2003. "We would consider listing on the US bourses after 2002," Pratap C Reddy, chairman of the Apollo Hospitals group said, adding i...

High Fiber Diet Found To Protect The Heart

...ning of the research. Each person completed a form listing what he or she ate for 24 hours. The nutrient intakes were calculated using computer software. The participants were then followed for an average of 19 years to see who developed heart disease. Researchers report 1,843 of the participants developed ...

US Doctors Association Gives away $110,000 To NGO’

...ode and category. Medindia.net's comprehensive NGO listing has around 8,000 NGO, which increases everyday, making it more extensive. NGO search with medindia.net is complete click here to view NGO directory ...

Experts State Strategies To Increase Good Cholesterol

...upport their summary findings with a concise table listing heart medications with guidelines about how and when the drugs - niacin, fibrates and statins, or various combinations - can be used to raise HDL cholesterol levels. Also provided in the table are details on the drugs’ chemical properties, or mechani...

Simplest therapeutic regimen found less effective against HIV

...elines reflect the broad choice in AIDS treatment, listing the pros and cons for each, while suggesting that doctors and patients pick a regimen that best fits their needs. While at present there are more than 20 HIV drugs that fall under four broad categories, with an almost infinite number of combination...

Food labels to include information on trans fats in US

...ans fat content can still receive a zero trans fat listing under the new rules, even if a hydrogenated oil is an ingredient. If a food has less than 0.5 grams of fat per serving and makes no claims about fat content, manufacturers can skip the label. If a product simply has less than 0.5 grams of trans fat, ...

Organic food loses its whole-grain image

...m. All his products are marked with labels clearly listing the ingredients. Some of the traditional sausage stands in Berlin have also gone organic. They offer organic meatballs, organic wieners and organic hotdogs, enlivened of course with organic mayonnaise and organic ketchup and, to wash it down, there...

Training in Australia's Medical Schools Inadequate

...ment of Education, Science and Training this week, listing arguments from more than two dozen professors, consultants and medical academics for a rethink on medical education. ...

Mother’s Attitude Towards Immunisation Makes it Inaccessible to Childre

...ts were about 9 months old. They were shown a card listing the primary vaccines, given at 2, 3, and 4 months of age, and asked if the infants had received three doses of all listed vaccines. Overall, 3.3% of infants were partially immunised and 1.1% were unimmunised. These rates were highest in England (3....

Government Warned Against Dilution of Medical Standards

...affidavit in the next date of hearing in September listing out the developments. (Source: IANS)...

Drug for Cancer to be on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

...would have to spend about $100 million per year by listing Herceptin on the PBS but it would serve to make th...more widely available. According to Mr Abbot the listing of Herceptin was moving ahead more quickly than any other drug since he had become Health Minister. ...

Stigma attached to HIV/Aids hampers efforts to fight the disease

...ghts Watch has communicated the extent of abuse by listing out the innumerable cases when AIDS activists, outreach workers, and people living with HIV/AIDS have been physically abused, put in prison and even killed. According to Joe Amon, such incidents will cause a setback to the concerted efforts to combat...

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Extended for 2 Novel Breast Cancer Drugs

...cting deputy director Dr Alison Evans said, "Their listing on the PBS is wonderful news as it provides additional treatment options for patients with early breast cancer."...

NYC health agenda: Dishing out calorie content of items on the menu

...ty’s health department is chewing upon the idea of listing the calorie content of the food available on the menu in restaurants // that dish out consistent portions. Fast-food brands have not been able to digest this proposition too well. They fear that this would make an apology of the fast food concept, w...

Italian Who Met Former KBG Spy is Arrested

...an investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya and listing other potential targets for assassination. SRI...

New Software to Help Patients

...hat allows patients to print out a 'calendar-type' listing of their current medications. The goal is to help them remember often-complicated prescription schedules. 'The printout also shows warnings about similar-looking pills to protect patients from taking the wrong medication,' he says. The computer ...

Beauticians and Barbers can Do More Than Their Services

...hat included heart-healthy cookbooks, wallet cards listing stroke warning signs, and other stroke-related materials. At the start of the study, 40.7 percent of the women surveyed knew three stroke-warning signs, compared to 50.6 percent after five months. The study also found an 8 percent increase in th...

New Moms Must Not Skip Meals

...o do after a baby arrives," said Waltraud Pfarrer, listing milk production and hormonal adjustment as examples. New mothers also have to reckon with fatigue because babies typically wake in the night to nurse, added Pfarrer of the insurer DAK in Hamburg. And nursing a child requires an average of an additi...

Total Mayhem In Online Medical Training System

...ons have been received for 22,000 posts. The short listing could not be completed last week due to the receipt of disproportionate number of applications, very short time period and a lack of proper guidance. According to Dr Jo Hilborne, chairman of the BMA junior doctor’s committee, the government has act...

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