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Chinese PLA Names Bogus Army Medical Bodies Selling Fake Drugs

...alth department today published a list of 16 bogus military medical institutions advertising fake medicines as...rts to crack down on drugs fraud.// "These bogus military institutions advertised fake drugs in newspapers, magazines and on websites, posing a serious threat...

HIV/AIDS on Rise in Jammu and Kashmir

...asily created. The increased presence of police, military and paramilitary forces in the state has added to the risk because of HIV/AIDS among security personnel. A majority of the cases detected in the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and the SMHS Hospital in Srinagar were those of Bo...

Clothes Treated with Insecticide Reduces the Risk of Malarial Infection

...ed clothes - a strategy already used to protect US military personnel operating in areas affected by malaria. But Desmond Chavasse, global director of malaria control at Population Services International in Washington DC, US, a charity that works to improve healthcare in the developing world warned that the...

Alzheimer's Drug can be Used to Treat Nerve Agent and Pesticide Poisoning

... He says these findings have a clear relevance for military personnel under the threat of exposure to the dead...added to the arsenal of medications carried by all military members and first responders, who could easily administer it to themselves should they suspect that ...

Understanding the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Decision-Making

... This study has been especially beneficial for the military operations, where working without sleep especially...m in 1999 to promote research in health issues the military faces. Since its inception through 2005, the program has spent almost $300 million to fund nearly 20...

Low Testosterone Linked With Early Death

...nship between testosterone levels and death in 858 military veterans aged over 40. Reporting their findings in...be definitely representative, as it had focused on military veterans, who probably had a higher risk of death than the normal population. Pierre Bouloux, prof...

Community-associated MRSA: Most Common Cause Of Skin Infection

... among athletes, correctional facility inmates and military recruits. Still, the UCLA study demonstrates that the infections appear to be common in people who are not connected to any particular risk group. 'We noticed more patients showing up in our emergency room with infections that turned out to be com...

SWAN system for navigation

...e. Dellaert's robotics research usually focuses on military applications since that is where most of the fundi... at how to use technology originally developed for military use for peaceful purposes," says Dellaert. "Currently, we can effectively localize the person outdoo...

Vietnam veterans affected by post-traumatic stress

...st-traumatic stress disorder as a direct impact of military combat. However, higher and lower figures were rep...ir war experience since the findings were based on military records not available to researchers in previous studies. “The more severe the exposure to war zon...

New Approach Assesses Risk of Water-Borne Pathogen Disease

...cent outbreaks worldwide among adventure athletes, military personnel and travelers highlight the risk for acquiring leptospirosis in tropical environments. Noted risk factors include the use of well or stream water, minding livestock, walking barefoot and the presence of rats and cats in the home. Previous...

Military Hospitals Need To Be Prepared To Treat Children

...njuries or illnesses may seek medical care at U.S. military hospitals as well. When U.S. and coalition forces entered Iraq in 2003, Iraqi civilian hospitals were already understaffed and lacked the supplies and infrastructure needed to effectively care for citizens. From early in the conflict, medical care wa...

New System Monitors Tiny 'Earthquakes' in Bones to Prevent Fractures

...y recruits undergoing basic training. "Strenuous military exercises subject soldiers to prolonged physical activity in which relatively small forces are repeatedly exerted on bones," Akkus said. "The forces are not initially strong enough to break a bone, but it's the repetition that poses the most danger b...

Prevalence of Self-reported Snoring, Sleep-disordered Breathing in Military

...rdered breathing and sleep apnea have an impact on military performance and where suspected should be referred...an population surveyed in a previous study and the military personnel responding to this questionnaire. Lifestyle changes can alleviate some sleep disorders. ...

Finding the Source of Anthrax Attack in United States (2001)

... United States in 2001 had the imprint of superior military quality anthrax; further investigations revealed t... clear that, though the anthrax spores were not of military quality, yet they still were of very high quality and extremely potent with no additives, arousing t...

Findings Suggest New Method to Fight Staph Infections

...be used effectively to deodorize and decontaminate military clothing and equipment, and these products are currently being used by some U.S. troops overseas to deodorize protective body armor. From these uses, the idea emerged that it might also be used to kill bacteria associated with athletic equipment such...

Doc at a Distance

... offer a tantalizing possibility. They would allow military doctors, stationed safely distant from the front line, to perform operations without once putting their hands on patients. Medical vehicles equipped with such remote-controlled robots could get surgical care to soldiers in a lot less time than it wou...

Thermal Imaging Shatters Arousal Gender Gap Myth

...as the technology used in night vision goggles for military operations. Previously, sex researchers have measured arousal with instruments that require genital contact and manipulation. Binik focused thermographic cameras on his subjects’ genitals while they watched a montage of material from pornography to...

Iraqi’s Gripped with Insecurit

...h greater legitimacy and independence from foreign military support could also counter the violence fueled by high levels of xenophobia. Three years after the removal of Saddam Hussein from power, Iraq remains at the forefront of political debate in the US and the world. This important new study sheds more ...

Laser Surgery Safer Than Contact Lenses?

...r to calculate. Mathers looked at a large study of military personnel who had laser surgery and found results similar to those of the OHSU Casey Vision Correction Center. A study of more than 32,000 U.S. Armed Forces members receiving laser surgery published in the journal Ophthalmology found a loss of visi...

Food Poisoning Kills Nine at Chhattisgarh Relief Camp

...a movement in June 2005. The movement now receives military and monetary backing from the state government. At least 50,000 indigenous tribals have settled at over a dozen government-run relief camps in Dantewada. Source-IANS...

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