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Pharma Companies May Influence The Decisions Of Medical Students

...interactions. In 2005, the researchers conducted a national survey of student affairs deans to measure the prevalence of school-wide policies on drug company–medical student interactions. The overall response rate of the surveys was 72.3 percent (826/1,143). The researchers found that average exposure for ea...

Safe Neighborhood Means Less TV For Preschool Children

...id that theirs is the first study to examine, in a national sample, the relationship between parental perception of neighborhood safety and obesity, physical activity and television viewing in preschool children. Television viewing is associated with aggression and poorer academic performance in school-aged c...

Hospital Infections Like MRSA Affect The New Arrivals More

...h blood stream infection occurs (bacteremia). A UK national surveillance scheme counts MRSA bacteremia by hospital trust, but it has not yet addressed whether cases of MRSA bacteremia are arriving in hospitals from the community. Researchers at the University of Oxford analyzed methicillin resistant Staphyl...

Testing For HIV/AIDS Compulsory For New Military Recruits

...at at all times," Singh said on the sidelines of a national conference on environmental medicine at the Armed Forces Medical College here, adding that "the armed forces would use all its might to eliminate the enemy". India is the second highest HIV-affected country in the world after South Africa. Singh s...

Pediatricians Need To Talk To Parents Of Overweight Kids

...g less than 1 percent of well-child visits. The US national rate of obesity among children at that time was substantially higher -- between 13 and 15 percent. When the doctors diagnosed obesity, they were more likely to talk to patients and their families about diet and exercise, the study found. The findi...

Physicians To Discuss Ways To Save Premature Babies From RSV

... risk of serious health complications. During this national media teleconference, experts from Children’s Hospital Boston and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses will discuss the recent studies on the long-term impact of RSV on children’s health, signs/symptoms of and treatment for RSV, and ways to pr...

Launch Of India’s First Virology Course At Pun

...tes, selected out of the 400 students who took the national entrance test. The course comprises of four modules: hospital-based, field-based, laboratory-based and epidemiology. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

Smokers Face The Risk Of Getting Diabetes

...smoking and diabetes among participants in a major national study, reports science portal EurekAlert. They compared the incidence of diabetes after five years among smokers and among those who had never smoked. Twenty-five percent of participants who smoked and did not have diabetes when the study began had...

Quality Awareness In Hospitals Can Reduce Mortality Rate Of Patients

... could leave the hospital. The checklist, based on national heart-care guidelines, helped make sure that patients got crucial drugs; tests and lifestyle advice that could help prevent another heart attack. And that’s what appears to have saved the lives of many patients, compared with those treated before t...

Dental health neglected by over 60 % of Indians

... to the dentist’s clinic. Surprising isn’t it? A national consumer usage and attitudes survey conducted across 233 Indian cities has revealed that dental problems in India are reflected in the low awareness levels and poor oral hygiene habits. In addition, it has been shown that people do not associate dent...

Gardasil vaccine for cervical cancer

...illion) a year. Physicians want it to be part of a national program and say it should be given to boys as well as girls between the ages of nine and 11 before they start any sexual activity. Cervical cancer is caused by human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and the vaccine protects against two types of HPV which are ...

Strategies to prevent the rising tide of the epidemic of chronic diseases

... country’s efforts in areas like setting up of the national programme for prevention and control of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and efforts to identify action pathways and partnerships for implementing the Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health. The article concludes on the note that...

Need for concerted action for prevention of chronic diseases

...lar disease should be major priorities on both the national and pan-European level. The new goal set by the WHO to reduce the worldwide death rate of chronic disease by two per cent per year over the next ten years seems to be realistic. There is abundant scientific evidence that preventive action is effect...

More collaborations and strengthening of India’s AIDS control body require

...ssibilities of coordinating the program with other national programs and one of main agenda would be to announcement that the National Commission on AIDS control would be chaired by the Prime minister. Nafis sadik said that, “Most countries that were once resistant to the idea of making condoms accessible ...

United Kingdom Is Lagging In Novelty In The Field Of Pharmaceuticals

...icy would be to resolving a patchwork of different national systems for drug pricing, which” place a significant burden on industry and can delay access to the market.” The last policy of restricting on patients access to information on new medicines are to be considered. Verheugen is confident that the pro...

Indian Olympic Association And UNICEF To Collaborate On HIV/AIDS Awareness

...gers of HIV infection//. The program would enhance national awareness through sports as children’s and young p...ion will focus on promoting initiatives to enhance national awareness of UNICEF program priorities, using the opportunities provided through national games, use...

Booster dose not required for Hepatitis B Vaccination

...cent hepatitis B vaccination integrated into their national immunization programs. The researchers conducted their trial in 1212 children’s and 446 Italian Air Force Recruits by vaccinating with Hepatitis B vaccination. They found that 64% of children and 89% of the recruits retained protective concentration...

Non-Communicable Diseases Mounting Up At An Alarming Rate in India

... the challenge. The government would soon launch a national programme to combat ailments like diabetes and str...sals have also been considered towards launching a national programme for speech and hearing therapies. The Central Government is expected to table a Bill for ...

Vitamin D prevents development of gum disease

...ngivitis. Researchers combed through data from a national U.S.// health survey and found that teenagers and adults who had high levels of Vitamin D were less likely to develop gingivitis than those who had low levels of the same. This condition causes the gums to swell up as well as causes them to bleed eas...

Higher incidence of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

...rt the results of a recently performed multicenter national survey to provide an up-to-date assessment of the rate, causes, clinical manifestations, and treatment of BDI in 56, 591 patients who underwent LC between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2000, in 184 hospitals in Italy. Out of these, 235 BDIs were ...

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