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Minorities Likely to Keep Fighting Death to the End

... modest means." The largest study to examine the matter is an ongoing Harvard project funded by the National Cancer Institute. The Harvard researchers who looked at 800 terminally ill cancer patients in five states, found that African-Americans were two to three times as likely as whites to want everyth...

Medical Personnel Can Save More Lives by Screening for Oral Signs of Disease

...e is only $10 for all treatments except x-rays, no matter how many visits are needed." The clinic's multilingual staff and students often translate for patients whose first language is not English, and students gain invaluable experience from having full patient contact eight to 12 hours each week. Dr. Co...

Doctors Put on Their Dancing Shoes to De-stress

...ing and is just what I need to relax myself.' No matter what the dance form is, the doctors sure have decided how to beat the blues away. And they prescribe this for the world at large. So, jive away to glory! Source-IANS R.S...

Wet Distiller's Grains Could Play a Role in Cattle Diets

...hree of the diets had 15 percent of the ration dry matter as wet sorghum distiller's grains. The distiller's grains replaced a combination of 35 percent cottonseed meal and 65 percent steam-flaked corn, he said. Yellow grease was added to the steam-flaked corn diets as a fat source because the distiller'...

Government Tries To Change Nursery Admission Cut Off Age

....K. Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Khanna referred the matter to the Ganguly committee, which has been set up to look into the aspect of admission procedures for nursery classes. The committee is headed by the former Central Board of Secondary Education chairman Ashok Ganguly. The order directing him to exam...

Research Finds Why Omega-3 is Able to Improve Our Mood

... like salmon//, are associated with increased grey matter volume in areas of the brain commonly linked to mo...day, the researchers sought to investigate if grey matter volume was proportionally related to long-chain omega-3 intake in humans, especially in areas of the...

Assam Reports HIV Suicides, Treatment a Distant Dream

..., said. "Not being able to access treatment is a matter of serious concern." Source-IANS...

Dance to De-stress

...ing and is just what I need to relax myself." No matter what the dance form is, the doctors sure have decided how to beat the blues away. And they prescribe this for the world at large. Source-IANS...

Researchers Urge Regulators to Rethink Strategies for Soot Emission

...this chemical processing leads to more particulate matter in the air, meaning that regulators are likely und...ing is that the properties of this new particulate matter are different than we previously thought and potentially more toxic," added Donahue, an associate pr...

UK Indian Doctors Obtain Injunction Against New Rule

...areers (MMC). The injunction says that until the matter can be heard inter partes on March 8, before a judge of the Administrative Court, those non-EU doctors under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme whose visa becomes due for renewal before August 1 2007 should not be excluded from interview and the a...

Research Improves Kidney Transplant Chances for Sensitized Patients

...only a small chance of receiving// a new organ, no matter how long they are on the list. Due to prior transplants, pregnancies or blood transfusions, these patients have developed antibodies that make it very difficult to match them with donor organs. Researchers at Emory University have developed a decis...

Health-Care Workers Exposed to HIV on Job Need Preventive Treatment

...tible to the first-line drugs?” There’s also the matter of side effects, which can keep people from wanting to continue on HIV drugs for the recommended full month. For now, Rutherford recommends that health-care workers follow federal guidelines regarding the risk of HIV infection from needle sticks. ...

FDA and CDC Remind Consumers of the Dangers of Drinking Raw Milk

...l kill harmful bacteria. In fact, raw milk, no matter how carefully produced, may be unsafe. The CDC, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the Association ...

Nanoparticle Research Offers Hope of Artificial Retinas, Prostheses

... Nanoparticles are artificially created bits of matter not much bigger than individual atoms. The same forces that shape molecules control their behavior; they also exhibit the bizarre effects associated with quantum mechanics. Scientists can exploit these characteristics to custom-build new materials "f...

Weather Forecasts Spring Pollen Allergy Severity

... typically from late spring to early summer. No matter what the spring allergy season brings, the ACAAI encourages people with pollen allergy to take control of their condition through: ? Avoidance – reducing exposure to pollens by staying inside when pollen counts are at their peak; keeping windows cl...

Garlic Supplements may Not Lower Cholesterol: Study

...erage cholesterol or other blood fats (lipids), no matter what kind of garlic they had consumed, reported the online edition of health magazine WebMD. "Garlic supplements or dietary garlic in reasonable doses are unlikely to produce lipid benefits" in people with moderately high LDL cholesterol levels" th...

A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor

...nline consultation with cyber doctors is in fact a matter of increasing global concern. Studies done by the United Nations show that the easy access to extremely powerful sleeping tablets, painkillers and antidepressants are leading to an increasing number of people suffering form heart attacks, blindness...

Disturbing Trend in AIDS Cases In US

... not known. Sex between men is turning out to be a matter of concern. As per a recent study 47% of gay population indulges in unprotected anal sex and 11% of them are totally unaware of the HIV status of their partner. Jaffe says that 50% of people who are affected with AIDS are the gay population in US. ...

A New Guide to Choosing the Right Vitamin Supplement

...V at all. Ignore marketing gimmicks. It doesn’t matter whether vitamin C is derived from organic rose hips or synthesized in large batches in a laboratory; your body will use the resulting product similarly. Also, if you’re not sensitive to specific ingredients, such as wheat, rice, or lactose, there’s n...

Research Offers Hope to Control Meningococci

...ire. In Africa 250,000 people were affected// in a matter of weeks in the late 1990s. Mortality rate in cases without treatment is 85-90 percent and with treatment 10-15 percent. Patients also run a high risk of serious disability after recovery. The World Health Organization, WHO reports that each year 1...

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