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Vitamin A supplementation inadequate in India: Need for effective strategies

...Tamil Nadu have over 75 percent coverage under the national programme. A majority of the other states, including Delhi, have less than 50 percent coverage. Around 57 percent of children under six years in India are estimated to be in potential danger of sub-clinical Vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency...

Radiation therapy effective against Eye cancer

...rative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS), a multicenter national trial reported in 2001 that radiation was a safe and effective alternative to removing the eye. The current study involved plaque radiotherapy, which is the most frequently used system for delivering radiation to the eye tumor. With this treatment,...

Strategies To Boost Living Donor Kidney Transplants

...gest that these locally adopted strategies reflect national trends in living donor renal transplantation....

Results Of Human Trials Of Hungarian Bird-Flu Vaccine Expected Today

...ng the vaccine,' Gyurcsany said in an interview on national radio. The government has said that it can produce 500,000 doses of the vaccine per week and estimates that 3.5 million of the country's 10.6 million people need to be vaccinated to avert the predicted pandemic. The total cost of providing free vacci...

Rural India shows apathy towards dental problems: Survey

A new national survey conducted by Synovate India and sponsored b...entist twice a year,” commented Dr Bhagwant Singh, national president of the Indian Dental Association. “Children, right from the age of three should be made aw...

Under-Recognition Of Mental Disorders As A Cause Of Deliberate Self-Harm

...ersity Medical Center, New York set out to examine national patterns in the emergency department assessment and treatment during visits by young people, who are seen following an episode of deliberate self-harm. They conducted an analysis of a nationally representative sample of hospital emergenc...

Jumping The Queue Has Left Hospital Suspending Transplantation

...ed its liver program following allegations a Saudi national improperly received an organ ahead of dozens of ot...aring, the nonprofit organization that manages the national donation program...

New technique to assess risk of fracture

...er develop this technique, and use it as part of a national screening programme which hopefully could be done in any GP's surgery. By identifying the risk of any problems developing early enough, this could make an enormous difference to the health of individuals,' Dr Draper concluded....

38 million Americans including 14 million children left to combat hunger

...unger rates that are significantly higher than the national average. Oregon however has shown significant decreases in food insecurity and hunger since 1999-2001. In view of the alarming level of food deprivation in America, the researchers have expressed concern regarding managing the hunger crisis is an e...

Indian Minister wanted Media to Propaganda HIV/AIDS awareness

...he regional level would help formulate an informed national policy response and co-coordinated national action.” ...

Bird flu alert in Kaziranga Park

...r 100 anti-poaching camps inside the 430-square km national park have been alerted about the possibility of migratory birds carrying the deadly avian flu virus and asked to report immediately if any unusual avian behaviour. A veterinary doctor has been sent for training outside the state about preliminary det...

Survey finds that discussion with family very crucial in organ donation decision

... donation at a closer level.// The findings of a national survey conducted among Blacks show that many often overlook a family discussion about organ donation, which is very crucial in the process of becoming an organ donor. Infact is has been established that more than 8 out of 10 African Americans unaware...

Lack of adequate sleep among people over 50

...en corrected to statistical precision to provide a national representation of all adults 50 or above. Nearly half of the individuals surveyed said they had an inadequate sleep amounting to less than seven hours of sleep each night and a quarter believe they have a sleep problem. Worry, stress or anxiety ra...

Bird flu vaccine from wild bird flu strain

...ief Veterinary Officer said, “The collaboration of national and international agencies and groups in Mongolia provides a solid example of how the threat of avian influenza can be monitored and countered and an effective teamwork on all levels is our best defense against this potential pandemic.” Source: New...

Decline in Paternity Rates Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer

...1980 through 1994 were invited to participate in a national multi-center follow-up survey in 1998 through 2002. The participants were allocated to five groups according to the treatment received after orchiectomy, including treatment at relapse (surveillance, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, radiother...

Kalam Appeals to Eradicate Hearing Disability

...fect free hearing and speech for all should be our national mission. President Kalam very few people are aware has been involved in the indigenous development of a cochlear implant to benefit children with profound sensory, neural and hearing loss, using electronics and IT at a nominal cost and has done pion...

Dead Palestinian Boy Saves Lives Of Six Others

...s were sent to many hospitals with the help of the national transplant centre. Besides the heart, the boy's liver was given to a six-month-old baby and a 56-year-old woman; his lungs were given to a 14-year-old girl; and his kidneys were given to a five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl. The transplant s...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine To Be Developed In India

...ation against Hepatitis B would become part of the national immunization schedule by the next financial year. ...ew RCC. The government has already constituted a national taskforce on cancer to formulate strategies in view of changing needs. A national taskforce has also...

Lip Piercing Can Be Fatal

...rd Starkie was of the opinion that there should be national guidelines 'regarding the training and standards of those practicing body piercing. In this case, body piercing started a chain of events that eventually cost Daniel his life.'...

Aussie teens applauded for declining sun tan

... the results on Sunday, Cancer Council Australia's national skin cancer committee chairman Craig Sinclair said they represented a mixed bag as far as skin cancer prevention went. He said melanomas, the most serious and potentially deadly form of skin cancers, were the most common form of cancer in people age...

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