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Solarium use is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer

...hers rechecked the women's cancer status using the national health registries in Norway and Sweden. The researchers found 187 cases of malignant melanoma diagnosed among the study group during the eight-year follow-up period. They found that women of any age or hair color who regularly visited tanning salon...

The Future Pattern Of Weight Gain Is Laid As Early As Three Years Of Age

...Increasing physical activity must be a part of any national prevention efforts for weight gain....

Exercise may be best defense against heart disease

...ational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a national study which was done from 1971 to 1975. The participants were grouped based on reports of caloric intake (low, middle, high), recreation exercise (least, moderate, most) and body mass index (normal, overweight, obese). During 17 years of follow-up,...

WHO Steps Up To Create A Public Awareness About The Consequences Of Exposure To Radon

...ation. WHO guidelines based on this work will help national authorities to develop, promote and strengthen activities at country or regional level.The WHO says the fact sheets produced by them in the course of the Project will be a central communication tool to increase public awareness about radon. The WHO I...

Anxiety Can Increase The Risk Of Attempting Suicide In Men

...equent health of the interviewees, by checking the national registers for deaths and hospital admissions. During the five-year monitoring period, 1025 people died. Those who reported severe problems were twice as likely to die, and between three and four times as likely to be admitted to hospital with mental...

Prime Minister Declares War on AIDS

...ought on ‘war footing’ as it was becoming a "major national problem"//. Singh made this announcement from th... control.’ He Added: ”AIDS is now becoming a major national problem and we need to tackle this on a war-footing. We need to have a mass movement to ensure that ...

Patients Fare Better With Doctors Who Do More Angioplasty Procedures

...er threshold than 75, the current standard used by national heart groups. (Source: Newswise)...

Attitude Towards AIDS Patients – Time For A Change

... intellect, with the capacity to contribute to the national economy, and national development, to be deprived of the opportunity. ...

Experts Insist That Neonatal Herpes Be Reported Regularly

...cies, and professional societies to support to the national health agenda. Source: Newswise...

WHO declares Tuberculosis – ‘An Emergency’ in Afrca

...tment success rates with expanded DOTS coverage at national and district levels; Reduce the combined TB pati...ophylaxis against TB for people with HIV; Expand national TB partnerships, public-private collaboration and community participation in TB control activities. ...

T-waves to sweep over imaging technology

The 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington will focus on T-rays that offer the potential to see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation. T-rays are opening the door to a wide variety of //...

Women and Black Patients have less chances to survive a Heart Attack

...d blacks in the // USA. In one of the largest national studies on this topic in the US, the researchers have shown that the ‘use of clinically recommended treatments’ - such as aspirin, beta-blockers and reperfusion therapy , were lower in women and black patients with a heart attack. Additionally...

Pepsi, Coke Join Hands To Spread AIDS Awareness

...es cola companies, several other multinational and national companies with large sales networks, as also banks, are now being looked at by NACO as potential vehicles for creating mass awareness and promotion of condoms. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

Atypical Antibiotics For Super Bugs

... The research findings were presented at the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. // The new antibiotics are synthetic forms of cephalosporin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic closely related to penicillin. They appear to kill bacteria by masquerading a...

Free Condom Counters For Border Security Force Cadres

...iods can't avail of leave at their will because of national concerns." He said certain conditions made them prone to the infection and a few of the troopers were found to be HIV positive. The BSF's effort was to offer them moral support and tell them that it was not the end of the road and they could work ...

Initiation Of New Study To Help Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia

...compliance level of the patients to the therapy, a national Phase III clinical trial to investigate whether a new combination treatment can prevent a secondary stroke in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and eliminate the need for nightly injections with a drug that reduces iron overload in these patient...

Metal In Medicines Can Fight Diseases Effectively

...ng their findings at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Washington, DC, researchers from the study had described how the same patent-pending technology could one day produce novel anti-tumor agents. Drugs based on these molecules could produce fewer side effects compared to some of today’s trea...

Genes responsible for cancer in women associated with increased cancer risk in men

...gene between them. The families were picked from a national register of families with breast and ovarian cancers in several relatives. The researchers avoided the known carriers of the gene and instead studied the incidence of cancer among their family members who had a 50% chance of being a carrier - this...

Physicians Need To Treat Patients With Respect For Treatment To Be Effective

...r effective treatment of their ailments. // In a national survey of more than 5,000 Americans, those who said they were treated with dignity during their last medical encounter were more likely to report higher levels of satisfaction with their care, adhere to therapy and get preventive services. Hopkins r...

Hepatitis B Vaccine To Be Included In National Immunization Programme

...nt would include Hepatitis B vaccination under its national immunisation programme// as it has been emerging as a "problem greater than AIDS." Addressing the valedictory function of an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-World Health Organisation (WHO) organised training workshop on laboratory diagnosi...

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