Ebola Virus - 'Outbreak' Claims More Lives In Uganda.
.... More shocking is the fact that the dead include many health workers including doctors & nurses. But what shocked the nation was the death of Dr. Mathew Zukeviya, who was a prominent doctor spearheading the fight against Ebola in Gulu. There is no cure yet for Ebola although researchers in Paris last ...Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu
In many unfortunate instances we see couples who are HIV sero discordant but who would like to have a baby. If the husband is HIV –1 positive and the wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carries...What happens when Medications go wrong?
...lation, a study in the U.S.A. has revealed that in many instances about a third of medication errors that ... were studied. The study went haplessly wrong with many developing incurable cancers and the matter was hushed up with the President offering an apology and...Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers
...y do these matters become a major controversy when many sit up and take notice. Especially in the health care industry people don’t bat an eyelid when someone is fired because of ones HIV serostatus. Many nurses and doctors and allied health personnel are politely (at times rudely) asked to stay away from...The Cancer Rumour mill working over time
... the message to people around us!!!!! In the U.S. many people inadvertently forward mails to their friend... these is no basis for this. Yet we have known for many years that smoking has a link to not only lung cancer but to many other types including bladder and ...Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation
...and also plays a major role in alleviating pain in many patients. Researchers from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in Fairfield, Iowa, conducted the study along with others from Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and the University of California, Los Angeles. Ayurveda ...Stress reduces your immunity- startling but true!!!!!
...d other immune-disorder related conditions claming many victims every day, the new buzzword is immunity and how we can live healthy without compromising on our own inbuilt lines of defence. Especially when HIV and other immune suppressing conditions (generally following viral infections) already compromi...Crowning glory of 2000!!! Cracking of the genetic code is top of tops
...genetic code on June 26th. This has been hailed by many as the holy grail of biology. This new breakthro...open new avenues in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. Genetic mapping will also help doctors evolve more patient specific therapies. Use of gen...Abstain from sex- the latest mantra of American teens
...taking the buzzword seriously.Last year there were many public abstinence pledges with many millionaire celebrities joining the jing bang. This pledge has been taken seriously, alteast for a c...New hope for cancer victims – will vaccine cure the deadly bug
...g other types of pancreatic cancer vaccines. For many the detection of pancreatic cancer means a sure death sentence. But with this innovative tool available at least there is a glimmer of hope remaining for these hapless people bound to die a premature death. If the test results are any indication to g...Heart disease in the newborn is related to maternal malnutrition
...at women modify their lifestyles for the babies in many ways than one, taking care to ensure that they are adequately nourished for the well being of the kids is not something very difficult. Are the expectant mothers listening...“Brain fingerprinting”- The new lie detectr
... block. This matter has caught the imagination of many Americans as it was announced that an Iowa judge would rule soon on whether or not to allow this new lie detector to be used in a retrial of a man convicted of a 1977 murder. Lawrence Farrell, PhD, the man who developed this new brain fingerprinting ...Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children
With many festivals round the corner its boom time for firew...evere respiratory distress and cardiac failure. In many cases resuscitation and asthma treatment was effective but some were severely hypoxic (starved of ox...Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?
...country further damage. He has been the center of many burning controversies throughout his term and his mid east peace efforts have always come unstuck and has embarrassed his loud secretary of state Madeline Albright more than once. But the beleaguered president was also one of the most charismatic lea...Cut down TV and video games and you have less aggressive children.
... the kids seem to know all at a very young age and many parents complain that their kids are actually going over the edge, right in front of their eyes. While the topic itself is so intense that a thesis can be done on this, people are now wondering how they can make kids more docile and gentle and less...HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad
... difficult for these victims to travel because of, many reasons. Primarily the physicians of these patients do not encourage them to travel. Other reasons are that the travel agencies themselves politely rebuff them when they come to know that their passenger is HIV positive. These incidents not only scar...Man against HIV – new vaccine ready for human trials
... to bolster the immune system against the virus as many vaccines try to do. TAT protein is an important protein in the virus, which is a key building block of the dreaded virus. By blocking the TAT protein the scientists hope to stop the growth of the virus inside the human body. So they say this vaccin...Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene
...ical centers. Due to a scarcity of X ray machines, many fractures had to be treated without x rays. There were no recovery rooms available after surgeries. Open verandahs were used as makeshift recovery rooms and operation theatres to conduct caesarean sections to deliver babies. More than 700 doctors w...Controversial Levis jean ad to be withdrawn
...t not be used again. This followed complaints from many who felt that they did not enjoy the advertisement poking fun at organ donation. The ad shows an unconscious man falling from a carousel horse. A team of medics approaches him and finds he has a jeans donor card. They take his pants, put them in a c...... an infant but with the successful result obtained many more similar procedures will follow suit./p>...