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Women Deliver Babies With Eye Defects in Jharkhand Villages

...Giridih district administration to investigate the matter and submit a report. All possible help will be extended to these children by the government," he said. According to residents of Giridih district, both Chatro and Mahuatand villages in Giridih witness babies born with either physical deformities o...

Satraplatin Benefits Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients

... with Satraplatin. These results are consistent no matter what the prior chemotherapy treatment, including Taxotere?." All disease progression events were adjudicated by an independent expert review committee of medical oncologists and radiologists. The vast majority of progression events were based on ra...

New York Governor to Introduce Bill to Strengthen Abortion Rights

...move abortion from criminal statutes and make it a matter of professional and medical discretion. It would also repeal an old statute “that criminalizes, among other things, providing nonprescription contraception to minors,” according to the governor’s office. “Even if the Supreme Court does not understa...

Overseeing Agency Indifferent to Workplace Safety in US

If war is too serious a matter to be left in the hands of generals, so also the safety of workers cannot be left to the care of labour department officials. At least such// seems to be the case in the US. Latest trends show that agencies like the Occupational Safety and Health ...

Understanding of Schizophrenia Could Lead to New Treatment Options

...llness. "We show that causing a defect in white matter is sufficient to cause biochemical and behavioral ...also been linked with NRG1 and also involves white matter defects, he adds. Working with mice, the researchers blocked NRG1-erbB signaling in oligodendrocyt...

Muslim Organization Protest Against Sex Education in Schools

...sident Sarik Ansari. He said: "This is a serious matter and the government should opt for other ways to create awareness among students and public. The ministry's move seems to be motivated by multinational companies that are forcing the government to introduce such things in schools." The ISOI is also ...

Merced Firm Slams Slaughterhouse for Contaminated Meat

...her person. It comes from the stomach or the fecal matter of the cow. Thus it can spread only from the level of the slaughter house. E-coli are deadly bacteria. It can cause dehydration and diarrhea. Children and the elderly with poor immune system are more susceptible to the diseases. The symptoms show a...

Brain Structure Changes Years Before Memory Loss Begins

...developed MCI or Alzheimer's disease had less gray matter in key memory processing areas of their brains even at the beginning of the study when they were cognitively normal. "We found that changes in brain structure are present in clinically normal people an average of four years before MCI diagnosis," s...

Smoking Indicator of Alcohol Misuse

...ot frequently screen for alcohol misuse. This is a matter of concern because 26 percent of the U.S. population is drinking at hazardous levels, which puts them at increased risk for alcohol-related consequences such as injuries from motor vehicle crashes, hypertension, depression, and certain cancers. “On...

UK Mental Health Reforms Will Do More Harm Than Good, Critics Warn

... It seeks to amend the existing legislation on the matter to ensure that patients continue to take medication following discharge and to prevent relapses. Under the proposed laws some psychiatric patients discharged from hospital will be subject to community treatment orders (CTOs) which make care and tr...

AMA Calls For Calm Approach To Aged Care Illness Outbreaks

...il and vulnerable nursing home populations. 'No matter how perfect the environment and the systems, there will still be outbreaks. 'Outbreaks of gastroenteritis are commonly related to airborne viruses in addition to food poisoning so it is important to be sure about the aetiology of such outbreaks....

Two More Pet Food Products Recalled in US

...hat it is working with the FDA to investigate the matter and is urging consumers to not feed either pet food product to their animals. Last month Canadian pet food manufacturer Menu Foods recalled 60 million cans of dog and cat food after the deaths of 16 pets, mostly cats, that ate its products. Menu Fo...

Families Need Help to Deal With Aftermath of Suicide Attempts

...child who attempted suicide of their sight. But no matter how a family deals with the aftermath of a suicide, they are forever changed by it. “The repercussions from a suicide attempt can go on for years,” says Daniel Hoover, Ph.D., a psychologist with the Adolescent Treatment Program at The Menninger Clin...

Doctors Advised: Don’t Ignore Deat

...equent. People are expected to ‘get over it’ in a matter of weeks.' However, Dr Allen says there are several good reasons to send written condolences when a patient dies. “The first reason is that it is simply a decent, tangible thing to convey … sympathies in writing to the next of kin and show that...

Court Issues Notice to Venugopal Over Fund Irregularities

...t Commissioner Ranjit Narayan had told it that the matter had been referred by the union health ministry to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for further probe. Mabood, a resident of Greater Kailash in South Delhi, had filed the petition in the district court seeking direction for a vigilance probe a...

Climate Change Threatens Sundarbans and World Heritage Sites

...ercent of them sweep the land in Bangladesh. "No matter whether the frequency or intensity of cyclones change in the future due to climatic disturbances, exposure of the region to the devastating effects of storms will increase if the mangroves cannot be conserved successfully," the report said. In the ...

Outsourcing of UK Hospital Records to India Opposed

...itten to the chief executive complaining that this matter was not raised through the proper channels. Our medical secretaries have said they will have nothing to do with it. The union will oppose any effort to take these people's work away." Southport's Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh described the plans as...

Parents To Blame For Soaring Counts Of Binge-Drinkers And Smokers

...mitted infections. True sexual responsibility is a matter of saving sex for marriage - and keeping it there once married." ANN/B...

Lithium Increases Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains

...r bipolar disorder, increases the amount// of gray matter in the brains of patients with the illness. Th...not on lithium, they found that the volume of gray matter in the brains of those on lithium was as much as 15 percent higher in areas that are critical for at...

Different Approach Needed to Protect Brains of Premature Babies

...ique vulnerability in the developing brain's white matter that likely contributes to those disabilities. We will be looking for new drug treatments to prevent injury." The research, reported in the April 11 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, was conducted at the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders,...

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