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Kalam Appeals to Eradicate Hearing Disability

...cade we have treated nearly 750 cases in all. That means we are able to reach only 0.075 percent of the affected population in the country, Kalam said. In the end the President concluded by saying that there were three challenges that today faced the medical community for removing profound hearing disabil...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

...enetic mutation and responds poorly to traditional means of treatment. In other words, only advanced cancers can benefit by its use. The Lancet decided to take action after the British health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, publicly demanded the National Health Service provide the drug to a woman who had sued ...

Trauma Research has to be boosted

...they argue, and those in existence are small which means their findings do not contribute much to certain improvements. The first large scale clinical trials in trauma care carried out by the UK's Medical Research Council found that a treatment that had been used for more than 30 years did more harm than...

Doctors unhappy with insurer’s ratings proposa

...on the quality of care provided by them. // This means that patients will be allowed to choose the doctor... physician as regards quality and efficiency. This means that some system to measure the same should be arrived at. 'That is something that is critical for t...

Brain development compromised in premature babies

...t. // Premature babies taken care of by artificial means have been found to have a poor brain development when compared to full term babies. An ultrasound scan done regarding brain development of babies born around 26 weeks gestation revealed that certain aspects of brain development were compromised t...

Viewing Loss Of Virginity As A Social Phenomenon

...but it doesn't tell us what losing their virginity means to them. Nor do these figures tell us how teens and young adults made decisions about when, where and with whom to lose their virginity, said Vanderbilt University sociology professor Laura M. Carpenter. She conducted a survey among men and women fro...

Eat 'The' Color and be healthy

...s of fat, saturated fat, Sugar and salt. Green - means a healthy food that should be eaten often Amber – means an okay choice Red – Means a less healthy choice that should only be eaten sparingly. Ministers ...

North-Eastern Leaders Of India Meet To Discuss HIV Problems

... South Africa. 'The meeting would discuss ways and means to work out a systematic and scientific approach by using all the resources available with the governments to control the disease,' the health minister said. --IANS...

Malaria Vaccine May Be 10 Years Away

...se under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. African poverty means few buyers for even relatively inexpensive insecti...y telephone from Cameroon. 'We have today far less means to control malaria than 50 years ago.' This means, he said, that 'the next decade will be a very ba...

Australian Scientists 'Silence' Cancer Gene

...ntinued development and spread of the cancer. This means that the other genes // are left unharmed. If successful, this new method promises to beat the conventional methods of treating cancer which include radiation and chemotherapy. These two treatments lead to unnecessary hair-loss and nausea. Lead resea...

Genetic Disorders, Not Fetal Distress Increase Cerebral Palsy Risk

...ebral palsy,' Prof MacLennan said. He adds that it means that birthing problems, such as a lack of oxygen, may not be contributing factors. The Professor hopes that in the future it may be possible to prevent cerebral palsy with immunization programs when it's due to infection, or even through genetic eng...

High Hopes Pinned At Hungarian Bird Flu Vaccine

..., and we are past the first step after that, which means the manufacturing of 5,000 vaccines,' said. As yet there are no firm orders and up to 25,000 vaccine shots first need to be made to test industrial production. The plant outside of Budapest would need investment to expand its capacity, Batiz said. ...

Diet Effective In Curing Diabetes

...als suggests that tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of preventing diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts. Researchers fed green and black tea to diabetic rats for three months and then monitored the chemical composition of the rats' blood and eye lenses. At levels that would be eq...

Meta Analysis Links Diabetes And Colorectal Cancer

...roblem in diabetes is the decreased immunity which means that a diabetic is more prone to respiratory infections, periodontal problems including bleeding gums as well as delayed wound healing....

Children’s Stress Levels Directly Related To Maternal Job Satisfaction

...‘Improving the job satisfaction of working mothers means that they are less stressed themselves, and extending the availability of affordable and adequate childcare may not only improve the quality of life for the mothers, but in doing so may improve the long term health of their children.’ Certain compan...

Credentials Of Specialists Need To Be Checked

...ecialists, rather than being referred by a doctor, means people are putting their health at greater risk if they do not check the qualifications of the person treating them. A new campaign, which aims to emphasize the importance of checking that specialists are qualified and permitted to practice by law, ...

Dentists Not Lured By Golden Hello Scheme In The UK

...ntal practice in Scotland for the first time. This means a dentist usually qualifies for the grant when someone has retired or relocated," said Colwyn Jones, consultant in dental public health at NHS Lothian. The total number of dentists who have received the grants so far number just 36. The British Denta...

India Needs To Pay More Attention To Detecting Cancer

...ases are being reported every year in India, which means emphasis needs to be on early detection and preventive care,' Surabhi Kakar, Secretary of Indian Cancer Society said. According to Sunita Kaistha, Secretary General of the Congress, uterine cervix and breast cancers account for over 50% of all cance...

Anti-Microbial Coating For Use Over Biomedical Devices Developed

... of the catheter at frequent intervals. This again means an additional expense for the patient. Some of these bacteria that are present on medical devices even settle on contact lenses, leading to eye infection and inflammation. Nanometer size (of the order of 10-9 m) coatings are currently being devel...

Vatican’s Message For World AIDS Day Condemns ‘Pansexual Cultur’

...hat sexual transmission remains the most important means of infection, even greater than by mother to child and blood transfusions. The message also stressed that this is greatly fostered by a kind of pansexual culture that devalues sexuality, reducing it to mere pleasure without any further meaning. P...

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