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Having OCP’s All Year Round to Eliminate Menstrual Cycles Not Unsafe: Says Stud

...e hormones with seven days of placebos to continue monthly menstruation. During menstruation, many women suffer a variety of symptoms including headaches, bloating and irritability, Archer said. In the study, conducted at 92 sites in North America, researchers used a birth-control pill consisting of 20 mi...

Overworked Doctors May Put Patients At Risk

...hich could be prevented. The study was based on monthly surveys covering around 2,737 first year medical residents working in 4 shifts, longer than 24 hours. The study analyzed areas such as their work schedule, sleep patterns and days off including reports on any medical mistakes they made on the job. ...

Herbal Supplements Fail to Relieve Hot Flushes

...after the beginning of the study and also received monthly telephone calls from study nurses. The women were recruited into the study from May 2001 through August 2003. When the first reports from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in July 2002 raised possible concerns about the safety of menopausal hormone...

An End to Periods?

...r bleeding that can occur when they are not having monthly menses. Shedding menses three to four months after...t just 36 percent of clinicians surveyed think the monthly period is something that women have to deal with. ? A 2003 Gallup Organization survey, conducted f...

Living Near Toxic Waste May Bring On Diabetes

..., said the study published in the January issue of monthly research journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Possible mechanisms for the association with diabetes are unknown, although some speculate that PCBs may influence the retention of body fat, which is a risk factor for diabetes. Although it is t...

Intervention Can Cut Job Stress While Protecting the Heart

... or in a passive program that offered articles and monthly e-mails on stress reduction techniques. Participants in the passive program also had access to services offered by the company's medical department. The weekly stress management sessions focused on mental relaxation techniques, as well as cognitive...

Stomach Banding Surgery Effective for Adolescents

...rneath the skin at the time of surgery. At regular monthly visits, the ring can be made tighter or looser by injecting saline into the port. This minimally invasive procedure is usually performed in under an hour. It is reversible, adjustable, and requires no cutting or rerouting of the gastrointestinal trac...

Public Urged To Prevent Mosquito Breeding

...artment spokesman said today (January 22) that the monthly average ovitrap index for December last year had dropped to 2.3%, from 7.4% in November. The ovitrap indices reflect the prevalence of Aedes albopictus, a mosquito vector for dengue fever transmission. Among the 38 areas surveyed, 23 of them reco...

Vaginalis Increases the Risk of Becoming Infected With HIV

... sex workers who were HIV-negative at baseline. At monthly intervals, the women provided information about their general medical, gynaecological and sexual health. The women also had physical examinations and were screened for HIV and a variety of sexually transmitted infections, including Trichomonas vagina...

Robotic Suit to Assist Easy Movement for Elderly

...e Inc plan to produce 400 suits a year and set the monthly leasing fee between 60,000 yen ($495) and 20,000 yen. Each suit is worth 500,000 yen. Daiwa has invested about 1 billion yen in Cyberdyne, Japan's business daily said. Source-IANS...

Building a Better Breakfast to Manage Weight

...o the latest issue of Food Technology. Published monthly by the Institute of Food Technologists, this issue’s cover story reviews recent food science, nutrition and metabolic research and translates it into food and ingredient combinations that could possibly lead to a reduction in consumers’ caloric intak...

Bhopal Gas Victims Demand Treatment of Children With Birth Defects

...nday demanded free treatment of the children and a monthly pension of Rs.1000 from the state government. Th...their 'Right to Life' campaign, are also demanding monthly pensions for women who were widowed in the disaster, persons who are too sick to earn a livelihood, ...

A Combination of Botox and Surgery Cures Migraines

...t had one," said Mrs. Bennett, who began suffering monthly migraines as a teenager. As she grew older, the headaches become more frequent and unpredictable. "They were messing up my life. I couldn't make any commitments or plan activities for my kids. This surgery has made a huge difference in my life. It's ...

Unique Savings Scheme Aids Sex Workers

...ir respective bank accounts when they go for their monthly health checkups. There are community members who have saved to the tune of Rs.20,000 in three months. But banks do not want to have the marginalised as account holders, say officials. "Though I wanted to save money in a bank, I had problems opening...

HIV Testing Improves After Withdrawal of Consent Letter

...sisted on the consent letter for AIDS testing. The monthly rate of HIV testing rose up from 13.5 HIV tests per 1000 patients to 17.9. This was much evident after the San Francisco Department of Public Health Medical Care System decided not to stress for a written consent letter for testing HIV. The average...

Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes Due to Defect in the NO Mechanisms

...of 11 peer-reviewed scientific publications issued monthly by The American Physiological Society (APS) (www.The-APS.org). Background Sexual dysfunction is a well-recognized consequence of diabetes mellitus in men. Erectile dysfunction, retrograde ejaculation and the loss of seminal emission have all been ...

Retiring Government Doctors to Be Reappointed to Overcome Paucity of Specialists

...thesiology, would be reappointed on a consolidated monthly remuneration of Rs. 25, 000. The remuneration would be in addition to their monthly pension emoluments. Initially they would be given a one-year contract but it would be extended if...

Could Estriol Be Used as a Therapy for Treating MS?

...t they must be given by injection daily, weekly or monthly — depending on the drug — and are expensive, costing between $12,000 to $24,000 a year. Estriol is a hormone produced by the placenta that is virtually undetectable until pregnancy, when it progressively increases. It is thought that its role is t...

Depression Increases the Risk of Disease Progression and Death in HIV-positive Women

...ve months postpartum. The women were followed up monthly and later quarterly for approximately six to eight years after HIV diagnosis. Survival and mortality data were collected through tracing participants if a clinic visit was missed. A woman was classified as alive on the day of contact if a home visito...

Collateral Damage-Children Of Canadian Soldiers Suffer

...government, and that it provide the Ombudsman with monthly progress reports. Responding to the Ombudsman's recommendations, the government immediately announced a $2-million emergency fund to provide children's mental health support for communities in crisis such as Petawawa, and committed to providing the...

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