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Pink Shawl Project is a unique initiative

... sector that despite the exponential morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer//, very few men and women are aware of what actually happens, what are the risk factors and what is to be done in case they come across a lump. In America, Evelyn H. Lauder, founder and president of the Breast Cancer Re...

Vitamin filled nutrition candy for School children

... nutrition candy is expected to could reduce child mortality in the country by about 25 percent. Experts claim it is a cost effective solution in a country where a large number of children suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Indo-Asian News Service...

Acute Toxicity Of Nano-Scale Zinc Powder: Severe Renal Damage And Anemia

...lulose was used as the control. The symptoms and mortality after zinc powder treatment were recorded. The effects of particles on the blood-element, the serum biochemical level and the blood coagulation were studied after 2 weeks of administration. In the experiment, severe symptoms of lethargy, vomiting, ...

Early Retirement Age Found To Double Death Rate

...es who retired at 55 had a significantly increased mortality compared with those who retired at 65. In contrast, employees who retired at 60 had a similar survival rate to those who retired at 65. Surprisingly, the observation could not be explained by factors such as sex and socio-economic status. The result...

Researchers Identify Sipa 1 Gene, Responsible For Cancer Metastasis

...phism that influences metastasis in cancer. Cancer mortality is most often the result of metastasis rather than the primary tumor.//Previous studies from Kent Hunter’s group demonstrated that the genetic background of the host can influence metastatic efficiency. They expressed the polyoma middle-T transgene i...

Annual PSA screening reduces risk of prostate cancer deaths

...pecific antigen (PSA) // significantly reduces the mortality associated with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent type of cancer found in men after skin cancer. The prostate itself is a small gland in the male reproductive system, which produces some of the fluid that transports sper...

A New Diagnostic Approach To Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease

...sease, and abnormal gas exchange with considerable mortality and morbidity. ILD presents enormous diagnostic challenges because the differential diagnosis includes more than 100 conditions in both adults2 and children. Researchers from Texas and Colorado conducted a descriptive, observational study was to ev...

Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Can Widely Infiltrate The Larynx

...noma is uncommon, but causes serious morbidity and mortality when present. A recent article, which appears in the July issue of The American Journal of Surgery , reports on 5 differentiated thyroid carcinomas in which a total laryngectomy was included in the surgical procedure with special emphasis on the hi...

Beta-Carotene Linked With Lower Incidence Of Deaths In Elderly

...alpha-tocopherol with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in elderly people. The current study involved 116...ne, on the other hand, was associated with a lower mortality for cancer. Carotene was also linked with a lower risk of death from heart disease, but only in thos...

Ketoacidosis Is The Main Cause On Mortality In Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

Although the main part of excess mortality in type 1 diabetes is due to long-term complicatio...t signs of long-term complications. Except for the mortality caused by onset ketoacidosis or diabetic ketoacidosis after onset, part of the excess mortality has ...

Aprotinin in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock trauma patients

...for hemodynamic parameters, blood loss volume, and mortality rates. Early administration of aprotinin resulted in temporary hemodynamic stabilization and prolonged survival in a model of uncontrolled bleeding. Further studies are needed to establish the possible use of aprotinin in the treatment of trauma pa...

Evidence against use of Beta blockers as first choice in the treatment of primary hypertension

...eta blockers on stroke, myocardial infarction, and mortality of all causes . For the study, the Cochrane Library and PubMed were searched for beta blocker treatment in patients with primary hypertension. Data were then entered into the Cochrane Collaboration Review Manager package and were summarised in meta-...

Importance Of Early Diagnosis And Treatment For Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Cardiac disease is the major cause of mortality in patients with muscular dystrophy and is present in most boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and approximately 70 % of those with Becker muscular dystrophy. // These are the two common forms of muscular dystrophy caused by defects in a gene calle...

TWO India Doctors Listed in TIME for Contribution to Global Health

...vated basic programs, which has reduced the infant mortality rate in South Asia. The duo are the founders of ...ich has been working on reducing the high neonatal mortality rate in developing country. There new innovative ideas have fetched them a name along with 18 heroes...

Time magazine has recognized efforts of two Indian doctors towards reducing infant mortality rate

...t in their sincere efforts towards reducing infant mortality rate in the country by initiation of a n innovative program. // Abhay Bang and Rani Bang, who are founders of the Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH), are sharing the credit. The program was first initiated in Ma...

Death from heart attack can be reduced by new drug combination

...t attack remains one of the significant causes for mortality in more than 10 million people all over the world. It accounts for 29.2 percent of total global deaths according to the World Health Organization.// People who survive the episode require long-term care and support. Amongst the risk factors, the impo...

Enzyme Linked To Spread Of Skin Cancer

...an target it at an early stage and thus reduce the mortality associated with various cancers. "The important thing is that the cancer cell, in and of itself, has a very deregulated system so the FAK protein can make the cell go wild when it's inappropriately active," she said. The researchers note that the i...

Northeast To Get Mega Rural Health Mission

...he emphasis of the mission is to reduce the infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate and the total fertility ratio. "We are planning to train some 2,50,000 nurses across the count...

Legal Action against Authority Regarding Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Diseas

...lly recover completely from the disease that has a mortality rate of 10 to 15 %. The investigators believe that the outbreak could be caused by an air conditioning unit at the council's Forum 28 centre, opposite Barrow town hall. The outbreak has been regarded to be one of the worst known in Britain, infecti...

Statins Reduce Deaths And Strokes After Carotid Surgery

...y significant difference.""The operative or 30-day mortality among patients on statins was only 03%, as opposed to about 2% among patients who were not taking statin drugs - again, a highly statistically significant difference," Dr. Perler added. Dr. Perler presented the results of a retrospective chart review...

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