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Senior drug card saves little

... cards now available to older Americans offer only meager savings, particularly in urban areas. The cards, which are marketed by private companies, charge seniors a modest fee, usually $12 to $25 per year, in exchange for discounts. But savings are minimal for many of the most popular name-brand drugs. // ...

Oral Cancer: Awareness is Not Equivalent To Knowledge

...risk groups like smokers and tobacco chewers had a meager knowledge of the condition. "This article is based on a research paper that appears in the 11 February edition of the British Dental Journal." http://www.bda-dentistry.org.uk...

Conditions for a Happy, Satisfied Retirement

...rom some form of physical disability or received a meager pension. The finding has been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The men who spoke of their retirement as a happy one, were almost thrice as likely to have enjoyed happy relationships, and were keen with play and hobbies, according to ...

Increasing awareness of sexually transmitted infection chlamydia

... men today are aware of Chlamydia as compared to a meager 35% way back in 2000-20001. 91% of women too are armed with valuable information which can protect them from contracting this illness. Younger women definitely are on the higher end of positive infections probably owing to the fact that they are more...

Private Hospitals Not Popular

A new poll by Irishhealth.com has indicated the meager support for the increase in the number of private hospitals in the Irish Health Service. //Only one among three individuals thought it would benefit healthcare. The 40-bed Whitfield Clinic in Waterford and the 183-bed Beacon Hospital in Dublin are ...

WHO States, “One Billion People Are Affected By Neurological Disorders

...urological disorders. Dearth of skilled personnel, meager supply of vital drugs which includes cheap medicines like aspirin and incidence of conservative practices contribute to the higher incidence of neurological disorders especially in countries like Africa. These disorders could be minimized if some s...

Rare Case of Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Between Dental Patients Recorded

...activity and intravenous drug use have resulted in meager vaccination rates. "Fewer than 10 percent of young adults with high-risk behaviors have received HBV vaccine," they said. In contrast, the incidence of HBV infection in children has been dramatically reduced by universal vaccination policies, and sur...

Integrated Trauma Care Facility in Mumbai

...e place per 10,000 vehicles every day as against a meager two such accidents in the US. In Mumbai, the ratio is 40 trauma accidents per 10,000 vehicles. "While the fatality rate in road accidents are up to 20 percent, in case of train accidents the casualty rate is at least 50 percent. We hope the initiati...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

...n the South Pacific island of Savaii jumped from a meager 1 percent of the population to about 39 percent. The researchers considered this a stunning comeback and credited it to the rise of a suppressor gene that holds in check the Wolbachia bacteria, which is passed down from the mother and selectively k...

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