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Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response to Hurricane Katrina

...disaster planning, including conversion of disused military bases into fixed evacuation sites. For several r...to a disaster area. He suggests outfitting disused military bases as a network of evacuation centers, equipped in advance with water, food, medical supplies—eve...

US calls 'interrogation techniques' national security secrets

...ears in CIA custody had been transferred to the US military base at Guantanamo to face prosecution. Source-IANS...

Judge bans veiled lawyers in courtrooms

...s been in evidence in Pakistan since the US-backed military efforts to drive out the Soviet Union from Afghanistan in the 1980s. Source-IANS...

Pakistan civil servants may retire at 62

...million) annually on account of pension to retired military and civil personnel, are said to be exposed to "an un-quantified and a continuing liability". Source-IANS...

35 dead in suicide attack on Pakistan army base

... and private television channels reported, quoting military sources. // The attack occurred on the elite Punjab Regiment's training centre in the Dargai area of the Malakand district. The district, which borders the tribal territory of Bajaur, is where the Pakistani Army bombed an Islamist school on Oct 3...

Link Shown Between Military Service And Risk For ALS

...is (ALS), also known //as Lou Gehrig's disease and military service. This is a fatal neurodegenerative diseas...udies on the relationship between the disease and military service as mentioned in a report from the US Institute of Medicine. Dr Richard T Johnson said 'The...

Aung San Suu Kyi complains of irregular medical visits

... visit come at a pivotal time for Myanmar's ruling military junta, the self-styled State Peace and Development...tical reforms in the country, which has been under military rule since 1962. The convention is drafting a new constitution, which is to eventually pave the wa...

Pharmacy Care Program Can Increase Medication Adherence in Elderly

...dy pharmacy care program to a new level within the military health care system by developing a high-risk clinic for patients at risk for non-adherence, especially elderly patients. “If we can identify high-risk populations and help them sustain their medication regimens, we could become the template for assur...

Former Chilean Dictator Hospitalised After Heart Attack

... suffered a heart attack Sunday and was taken to a military hospital, an official statement said.// A medical bulletin described Pinochet's condition as "serious but stable". It said his heart was not working sufficiently and that his lungs were also affected. On Nov 25, Pinochet, who ruled from 1973-90...

Much Ado About Herbicide Sprays?

...e extensive spraying of chemical herbicides in the military training base in Canada. The harmful substances found in defoliants could pose a health risk to those who are directly involved in the spraying activity. The researchers confirmed that people who live in the surrounding areas or those who have been...

Increase Vitamin D In Blood, Decrease Risk For Multiple Sclerosis

...isability databases from 7 million samples of U.S. military personnel stored in the Department of Defense Serum Repository. The study results shows that among white people, the risk for MS is least among those with the highest vitamin D levels, and maximum for those with the lowest vitamin D levels. It wa...

Soldiers Exposed To Gunshot Noise Need Better Hearing Protection

...10 to 15 percent of soldiers returning from active military service without the use of hearing protection develop acoustic trauma. The study recommends the military adopt hearing protectors that will muffle the most harmful frequencies while still enabling soldiers...

Myanmar Junta Head to Be Treated in Singapore

...ckness could accelerate a power shift in Myanmar's military hierarchy with many speculating that Than Shwe mig...is bid to lead the junta. Myanmar has been under military rule since 1962 when former strongman General Ne Win overthrew the elected government of Prime Minis...

War Trauma Scars Pose Risk of Heart Disease

A major study of about 2000 military veterans who served in the armed forces during the second world war prove that they suffer from symptoms// of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The study also suggests that they stand a greater risk of heart disease as their live unfolds. Rese...

Nurses Ease the Wounded Heart

... PhD, RN have found in interviews with active duty military women—25% of whom had experienced domestic violence (DV) during their military service—that less than half of respondents thought abuse should be reported to the commanding office...

Advances Have Cut Combat Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan

...tuhl within 24 hours, and are on their way to U.S. military treatment facilities within 48 to 72 hours. ? Med... large. Today, accumulated advances in technology, military organization, and medical and surgical care have lead to unprecedented improvements in the chances o...

Mighty Conqueror Felled by Stomach Cancer

...rs attribute the occurrence of gastric cancer to a military diet high in salt content and low in fresh fruits and due a chronic infection by the bacteria H.pylori. Source-Medinia ANN...

Understanding Autoimmune Disease

... The immune system is often described as a kind of military unit, a defense network that guards the body from invaders. Seen in this way, a group of white blood cells called T cells are the frontline soldiers of immune defense, engaging invading pathogens head on. These T cells are commanded by a second gro...

U.S. Issues Guidelines in Case of Flu Pandemic

...asures. The guidelines did not suggest using the military to enforce quarantines, as President Bush said he might do when he first mentioned avian flu in 2005. Dr. Levi said that using the National Guard to set up temporary clinics or move pharmaceutical supplies might make sense. “But they’re not there...

South India to Have Modern Military Hospitals

...Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will upgrade their existing military hospitals to state-of-the-art Command Hospitals.//...Chandigarh, Kolkota and Bangalore, besides several military hospitals, which approximately cater to two million serving armed forces personnel, their 7.5 millio...

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